Avondale, AZ Housing Market Report

Avondale's founding father, William "Billy" G. Moore, arrived in Arizona in the late 1860s, settling near the Agua Fria River around 1880. Billy Moore called his settlement "Coldwater, Arizona" - apparently both for the river and for the water that flowed from a local spring.

In the early 1900s, the Coldwater post office moved to a site near the nearby Avondale Ranch. The post office soon became known as Avondale, and the name Coldwater was discontinued. In December 1946, the City of Avondale was incorporated.

Avondale is a modern city, near the heart of the Phoenix-metropolitan area. To keep pace with the rapidly-growing population, a variety of cultural, economic, recreational and educational advantages have evolved.

Avondale is situated in an ideal commercial corridor at the crossroads of Interstate 10 and the Loop 101, which has piqued the interest of many investors, especially along the I-10 and Avondale Boulevard. This corridor is a mecca of multiple power retail centers, an extensive auto mall, hotels, restaurants, business parks and more.

Avondale has already begun the next step in its evolution to meet the growing local demand for employment, with an emerging medical corridor, attraction of offices, business parks and light manufacturing. Over 400 acres, designated as employment in the General Plan, is currently in various stages of design approval, and under construction.