TUCSON, AZ (June 2, 2026) — KB Home is expanding its presence in Tucson’s eastside housing market with the opening of a new community at Bella Tierra and the acquisition of the former Carson Middle School property for future residential development.
KB Home announced the opening of Bella Tierra Horizon, a new-home community within the Bella Tierra master plan in East Tucson. The community is located on East Irvington Road between South Houghton Road and South Camino Seco and offers one-story single-family homes priced from the $390,000s.
Homes at Bella Tierra Horizon offer up to four bedrooms and two baths. The master-planned community includes eight parks with children’s playgrounds, ramadas, open space, walking trails, and dog parks.
Bella Tierra Horizon provides access to Interstate 10, downtown Tucson, Tucson International Airport, and major eastside employment centers, including UA Tech Park, Amazon’s distribution center, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, and Pima Community College East Campus. The community is also near Lincoln Regional Park, Old Spanish Trail Marketplace, Houghton Town Center, and The Loop, Tucson’s 131-mile walking-and-biking path.
“With Bella Tierra Horizon, we’re bringing beautiful new homes to our highly desirable East Tucson master plan with a wide variety of community amenities,” said Amy McReynolds, President of KB Home’s Tucson division. “At KB Home, we focus on creating value through competitive, transparent pricing and giving buyers the ability to personalize their home based on what matters most to them. We put them in control, so they’re not paying for features they don’t value or compromising on ones they do.”
KB Home said its homes are designed to be energy and water-efficient and built to support healthier indoor environments. The company said its homes are designed to be ENERGY STAR® certified, a standard met by fewer than 12% of new homes nationwide.
Separately, KB Home Tucson purchased the former Carson Middle School property at 7777 E. Stella Road for $4,337,725. The 18.14-acre site includes an approximately 119,947-square-foot former school building constructed in 1977. The seller was Summit Development Services LLC, which had previously acquired the property from Tucson Unified School District for $3.1 million. The resale to KB Home was part of a double-escrow transaction.
KB Home is marketing the former school site as Carson Corner, a new residential community in East Tucson coming soon. The property is located near Pantano Road and Stella Road, surrounded by established neighborhoods and eastside retail and service corridors. A final platted lot count was not included in the reviewed sale information.
Craig Masters Investment LLC represented the seller in the Carson Middle School transaction. Andrew Gasparro, Director of Land Acquisitions, represented KB Home Tucson.
Together, the Bella Tierra Horizon opening and the Carson Corner acquisition point to continued builder interest in East Tucson, where established infrastructure, access to employment, and infill redevelopment opportunities are supporting new-home activity.
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