Wesley P. Mehl
Vice President
Cottonwood Properties
Wesley P. Mehl is dedicated to building a better Arizona through quality development, community involvement and respect for the environment.
As VP of Cottonwood Properties, the Tucson native has extensive experience in developing residential and commercial real estate projects, resorts and master-planned communities such as La Paloma and Dove Mountain.
Mehl, who holds a bachelor’s degree from UArizona and a J.D. from Pepperdine University, consults for the Arizona State Land Department on projects aimed at enhancing economic development potential. These include the 2,000-acre H2K industrial zoning bank at Houghton and Interstate 10 and conceptual master planning for 35,000 acres of state land near Vail.
He served as deputy commissioner of the Arizona State Land Department from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, he was VP and general counsel for Town West Realty, Inc., and worked in private legal practice.
The father of three has also served on the Urban Land Institute Advisory Board and was Honorary Commander at Luke Air Force Base from 2016 to 2018.
