Another former Tucson school site will become a housing community.
Homebuilder KB Home bought the former Carson Middle School property at 7777 E. Stella Road for $4.3 million, Pima County Recorder’s Office records show.
Reserves at Carson Corner will be a housing community at the site of former Carson Middle School at 7777 E. Stella Road.
KB Home plans to build 99 single-story houses ranging in size from 850 to 1,760 square feet, the company said.
Pricing and floor plans have not yet been announced.
Demolition of the former school site, which has been closed since 2013, is underway. Grading and underground utility work will begin immediately after.
Model homes are expected to open in the spring of 2027 with the first home deliveries in late summer.
To be named Reserves at Carson Corner, the development will pay tribute to the school’s history in its design and common areas, which will be managed by a homeowners' association, KB Home said.
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Carson Middle School closed in 2013 and is being demolished to make way for 99 new homes.
Declining enrollment prompted Tucson Unified School District to close and later sell or lease vacant school sites in 2010.
More than 20 schools have closed since that time.
Local homebuilder Pepper Viner bought three of the shuttered schools and built housing at the former Corbett Elementary School, 5949 E. 29th St.; Van Horne Elementary School, 7550 E. Pima St.; and Wrightstown Elementary School, 8920 E. Wrightstown Road.
Other closed schools have been leased to charter schools, Pima Community College and medical users, most notably the former Townsend Middle School at 2120 N. Beverly Ave., which has been redeveloped into the Pima Medical Institute campus.
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