Through WittDev LLC, Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway Co. applied in March 2021 to purchase the Arizona State Land Department property located in the West Valley, state records show. This application process allows private developers or individuals to request a public auction of state land; the state land commissioner has the power to approve or deny the request.

The massive property is located northeast of State Route 60 and the existing BNSF railway between Wittmann and Surprise in the West Valley, which has some of the fastest-growing cities in the nation.