Question: Should the University of Arizona sell the old Christopher City property to private developers?

Answer: No.

Think this answer is deceptively simple?

It's not. Three plainly sensible reasons make it apparent that UA should rezone, not sell the Christopher City property.

First, the site could be used for mixed housing. The UA could construct single-family homes for graduate students, as well as apartments open to all UA students. While Jefferson Commons may not provide the best example, the complex does prove that it is possible to establish a large UA undergraduate community off campus. Perhaps it could help alleviate the UA's predicted undergraduate housing shortage and ease tensions with surrounding neighbors who fear big business development.