{{Short description|Master-planned community in Goodyear, Arizona}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Estrella, Arizona | settlement_type = Neighborhood
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'''Estrella''' is a {{convert|20000|acre|ha|adj=on}} master-planned community in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.<ref name="Serlin">{{cite news | last = Serlin | first = Christine | date = October 25, 2021 | title = Joint Venture Acquires Arizona Master Plan Estrella | url = https://www.builderonline.com/land/joint-venture-acquires-arizona-master-plan-estrella_o | work = Builder}}</ref>
Estrella is located in the foothills of the Sierra Estrella Mountains, in the Sonoran Desert.
In 2023, there were approximately 7,600 homes in Estrella, and a population of about 21,000.<ref name="Hardle">{{cite news | last = Hardle | first = Alexandra | date = November 5, 2023 | title = Goodyear's master-planned community of Estrella is still growing. Here's what's coming | url = https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2023/11/05/goodyear-estrella-community-development/71256743007/ | work = AZ Central}}</ref>
==History== Estrella was created by Charles Keating, who purchased the land for approximately $100 million, and was later indicted on federal criminal charges alleging the development "was the vehicle for phony land transactions that hid from regulators and investors the fact that Keating's companies were headed for bankruptcy".<ref>{{cite news | last = Kammer | first = Jerry | date = April 2, 2014 | title = Keating profile: Still riding to the sound of the guns | url = https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/02/charles-keating-profile-archive-still-riding-sound-guns/7213525/ | work = AZ Central}}</ref><ref name="ST">{{cite news | date = December 24, 1991 | title = Desert Dream Turned Nightmare -- Community A Front For Fraud? -- Prosecutors Say Keating Conducted Phony Transactions | url = https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19911224&slug=1324833 | work = Seattle Times}}</ref> Keating envisioned Estrella as "a safe, clean, pornography-free community", and the original plans included deed restrictions forbidding residents from watching pornography or having abortions, and "the right to strip businesses and homes of art and publications he and his board saw as smut".<ref name="ST"/><ref>{{cite news | last = Granelli | first = James S. | date = October 13, 1996 | title = Keating’s Odds of Prison Fade With Memories | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-13-fi-54532-story.html | work = Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
Development began in the 1980s, and Estrella opened in 1988.<ref name="Hardle"/>
In 2021, a partnership of developers purchased {{convert|18000|acre|ha}} of land in Estrella for $212.5 million, which included "current and future homesites, multifamily and commercial parcels, and developer-owned amenities".<ref name="Serlin"/><ref name="Sievers">{{cite news | last = Sievers | first = Caitlin | date = October 25, 2021 | title = Estrella Community In Goodyear Purchased for $212M | url = https://patch.com/arizona/phoenix/estrella-community-purchased-harvard-investments-partners | work = Patch}}</ref> The new owners are entitled to build another 8,000 to 10,000 homes.<ref name="Hardle"/>
== Neighborhoods == {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2025}} Neighborhoods in the master-planned community include: * Estrella Mountain Ranch * Montecito * Cantamia – 55+ homes
==Parks and recreation== Parks and recreation include {{convert|65|mi|km}} of hiking trails, {{convert|72|acre|ha}} of lakes and parks, the Estrella Lakeside Amphitheater, the Golf Club of Estrella, a community welcome center, a waterpark, and the Yacht Club of Estrella.<ref name="Serlin"/><ref name="Hardle"/> This community also hates fun, because any motorized vehicle is banned from the trails.
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==External links== *{{official website|https://estrella.com/}}
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Category:Populated places in Maricopa County, Arizona Category:Neighborhoods in Arizona Category:Populated places established in 1989 Category:Goodyear, Arizona