What's Open Near Verrado Marketplace in Buckeye

Ask three neighbors in Verrado what's open at "the new shopping center" and you'll get three different answers. That's not because anyone is wrong. It's because there isn't one new shopping center going up at Interstate 10 and Verrado Way. There are three, built by three separate developers, running on three different construction and leasing schedules, and they happen to sit close enough together that a year of press releases has blurred them into a single blob of "stuff coming to Buckeye."

Here's the thing worth knowing if you actually live near this interchange: knowing which project is which tells you exactly where to drive this weekend and which announcements you can stop refreshing. Buckeye's population grew more than 1,200 percent between 2000 and 2023, and that kind of growth curve is why three unrelated developers all bet on the same stretch of Verrado Way at roughly the same time. The overlap isn't confusion for confusion's sake. It's what happens when demand outruns any single company's ability to build fast enough.

Three developers, three timelines, one interchange

Vestar, working with DMB Associates, is building Verrado Marketplace, a 500,000-square-foot, $275 million project at 1435 N. Verrado Way, right at the I-10 interchange. Across the street and around the corner, Sunbelt Investment Holdings Inc. is behind Buckeye Commons, the Costco-and-Home-Depot side, and Buckeye Commons West, the drive-thru pad sites directly across Verrado Way. Further south, at Roosevelt Street and Verrado Way, Eisenberg Co. is developing The Mix on Roosevelt, a smaller, grocery-and-fitness-anchored project that only started delivering its first tenant this summer.

Three companies, three lease-up schedules, three grand-opening calendars. None of them are coordinating with each other. That's the actual mechanism behind the confusion, and it's why a resident can drive past two active construction sites and one freshly opened Sprouts in a single afternoon and reasonably assume it's all the same development.

What's open, by project, as of August 2026

That table is the whole story compressed, but the details behind each row are where it actually gets useful.

Verrado Marketplace is the one everyone means, and it's still only half open

When people say "the new shopping center," they almost always mean Verrado Marketplace, and for good reason. It's the biggest single project on the corridor, and its own site lists six anchors as officially open: Target, Bath & Body Works, Famous Footwear, Marshalls, HomeGoods, and ULTA Beauty. Ross followed in mid-July. A June wave brought in Einstein Bros. Bagels, Great Clips, NextCare Urgent Care, CityVet, Pacific Dental Services, and a handful of other service tenants.

What hasn't landed yet is most of the food. OHSO Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, Chili's Grill & Bar, Shake Shack, Salt Tacos + Tequila, Sourdough & Co., Handel's Ice Cream, Paris Baguette, and an observatory-themed cocktail lounge called Emersa are all signed but not seated. Harkins BackLot, the 75,000-square-foot bowling-and-arcade-and-sports-bar concept anchoring the entertainment side of the project, is still penciled in for a fall debut. The whole thing isn't projected to be fully leased and open until January 2027, with more than 55 tenants eventually in place. If you've been waiting for a specific restaurant to open here, you're not missing anything. It genuinely isn't open yet, and the developer's own timeline says most of the dining lineup is still months out.

One detail worth knowing if you're planning an evening out once more of it opens: Verrado Marketplace includes a Sip & Stroll program, meaning guests 21 and older will eventually be able to carry a drink between the entertainment-district restaurants rather than staying tethered to one patio.

Buckeye Commons East and West are a different project, and most of it already works

This is the part that trips people up most, because Buckeye Commons sits at the same interchange and gets folded into the Verrado Marketplace conversation constantly. It shouldn't be. This is a Sunbelt Investment Holdings project, built around Costco, and it has been filling in steadily rather than opening in one splashy wave. Home Depot opened in mid-June. DICK'S Sporting Goods held its grand opening on July 1. Panera Bread, Five Guys, Jimmy John's, and Nothing Bundt Cakes are already running alongside a mix of medical, personal-care, and financial tenants.

Across Verrado Way, the smaller Buckeye Commons West pad sites are further along than most people realize. In-N-Out and Raising Cane's are both already open. Oregano's, Super Star Car Wash, and Valvoline signed leases and are still working toward opening, but the two drive-thru names most people ask about are already serving customers.

The Mix on Roosevelt is the newest name to learn, and it's still mostly a construction site

South on Verrado Way, at Roosevelt Street, Eisenberg Co.'s project is the newest addition to the corridor's vocabulary. Sprouts Farmers Market delivered its first real milestone with a grand-opening weekend running July 24 through 26, complete with a 6:45 a.m. ribbon cutting. The store at 20975 W. Roosevelt St. is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

"One of the things we've consistently heard from residents is the desire for specialty grocery options in Buckeye," Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn said at the Sprouts opening.

Beyond Sprouts, the project's own developer-sourced updates are candid about how early this still is. EōS Fitness has a confirmed target, but that target is 2027, not this year. A handful of other restaurant names have circulated without confirmed addresses or opening dates, which means they're worth watching rather than planning around. If a headline promises a business at The Mix and doesn't include a street address, treat it as a lead, not a done deal.

How to actually use this if you're nearby

If you're trying to decide where to point the car this week, the three projects sort into a simple order based on what's genuinely ready:

1. Buckeye Commons East and West for everyday errands. Costco, Home Depot, DICK'S, In-N-Out, and Raising Cane's are all functioning normally right now.
2. Verrado Marketplace for retail and quick service. Target, Ross, HomeGoods, ULTA, and the service tenants are open, but treat the entertainment district and most restaurants as a fall and winter project, not a this-weekend one.
3. The Mix on Roosevelt for one specific stop. Sprouts is worth the drive south on Verrado Way. Don't build a full outing around it yet, since it's the newest and least filled-in of the three.

Why this matters beyond the shopping list

The pace of this corridor says something real about where Buckeye is headed. Three developers don't commit hundreds of millions of dollars to the same stretch of road unless the population growth backing it up is durable, not speculative. For residents already settled in Verrado or the surrounding neighborhoods, that translates into steadily improving day-to-day convenience over the next several months, delivered in waves rather than all at once.

If you're watching this growth and starting to wonder what it means for home values or new construction in the area, our Buckeye new construction buying guide walks through that side of the picture. And if you want a broader view of the neighborhood beyond this one interchange, our Buckeye area guide is a good next stop.

For everything else Buckeye-related, from what's opening next to what a move here actually looks like, Tag Team AZ keeps a close eye on this corridor because we live and work in it too. If you have questions about the area or want a second opinion on what's real versus what's still a rendering, reach out anytime.