Real Estate
Author
Arizona Republic
Title
Home sales slump, prices rise
Created
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007
Link
www.azcentral.com
Content
'Green' condo project proposed on Hayden Lesley Wright The Arizona Republic Apr. 11, 2007 12:00 AM SCOTTSDALE - The Scottsdale Planning Commission will decide today whether a developer should tuck a 42-unit condominium complex between the Holy Cross Lutheran Church on Hayden Road and the Continental Golf Course on the Indian Bend Wash. Modus Development has proposed building five three-story buildings with underground parking - part of a green building design meant to reduce the urban heat island effect. Attorney John Berry said the project would install solar power, recycle rainwater and use other green devices in the contemporary-style buildings. "It's a very cool kind of pioneering project," Berry said. "It's really setting the standard for green multifamily projects." The development, proposed for 3110 N. Hayden Road, would include a long driveway fronting Hayden and leading back to the site behind the church. The Planning Commission and the City Council will have to agree to rezone the nearly 2-acre site from office zoning to high-density "urban neighborhoods" on the city's general plan. If approved, part of the median on Hayden Road, between Thomas and Osborn roads, would be removed to allow for left-hand turns.
