The aging 12-unit apartment building will be replaced by a 36-unit workforce housing project. City of Mesa

A 36-unit workforce housing project got the OK to proceed in downtown Mesa after last week’s split council vote and despite opposition by neighbors who complained about the density and the cars it will bring.

COPA Health plans to tear down an aging 12-unit apartment building on Beverly, north of Main Street and replace it with the three-story Beverly Apartments. It’ll have 44 parking spaces.

“When I step out of my front door with my kids to walk or ride bikes, every single car on Beverly is a danger,” said Madison Reynolds, who lives down the street from the site. “There’s no such thing as a safe moving car. When it comes to children, disabled neighbors, or our elderly, every ca

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