Unusually warm temperatures did not prevent thousands of potential homebuyers and their families from attending the grand opening of the new Eastmark community on Saturday.

Piece by piece, the world is becoming a little smaller in Mesa — about 100,000 times smaller. But, in this case, small is actually quite big — as in 40 stories tall, and with astonishing detail.

Recycling in buildings is nothing new to most businesses.

Recycling in buildings is nothing new to most businesses.

Eastmark is the Valley’s first large-scale integrated housing community to open in a decade.

The first residential phase of the long-awaited 3,200 acre Eastmark community in East Mesa will make its public debut Saturday.

The first residential phase of the long-awaited 3,200 acre Eastmark community in East Mesa will make its public debut Saturday.

The first residential phase of the long-awaited 3,200 acre Eastmark community in East Mesa will make its public debut Saturday.

The first residential phase of the long-awaited 3,200 acre Eastmark community in East Mesa will make its public debut Saturday.

Arizona-based Maracay Homes recently spent $4 million to design new floor plans based on consumer requests in a post recession economy. Those new floor plans — the New Arizona Living Collection — include secondary living rooms that can be used as playrooms, laundry rooms by master bedrooms and expanded outdoor spaces, said Maracay President and CEO Andy Warren.

Yoga, yachting and snow will all come together June 1 at the grand opening of Mesa’s Eastmark, the largest planned community in the East Valley in the last few years.