By Ronald Sampson Axon has developed quite a reputation for bullying its way through Scottsdale. Its attempts to shoehorn in its unwanted apartment megacomplex (apparently the largest apartment complex in the history of the entire state) into the city met stiff resistance, so it ignored the will of the people and leaned on a lame duck City Council. Once the … Read More
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Axon’s own renderings for its apartment city
Greenlight Communities Brings Desirable Amenities And Attainable Rents To New Community at 16TH Street and Polk
Greenlight Communities, the Valley developer building brand-new budget-conscious communities, is excited to announce the opening of their new Streamliner community at 16th Street and Polk Road in Phoenix. The second Streamliner to begin leasing, Streamliner 16th represents a new wave of attainable housing communities under the Streamliner brand developed by Greenlight Communities. Streamliner 16th is a joint-venture with Stockbridge, a private equity … Read More
Apartment Plans Amount to Cultural Appropriation
It is our belief that more housing options are needed and that development is a critical aspect in keeping the cost of living reasonable for our residents. Also, the concept of “cultural appropriation” has often gotten out-of-control, pushed to absurdity by the excesses of political leftists. But every once in a while these two items intersect, and in this case … Read More
A Big Scottsdale Whoops . . . And Reversal
There’s a helpful rule in political and legal circles: know the answer to the question before you ask it. Rarely has it been violated more spectacularly than last night, in Scottsdale. For a redevelopment project called 92 Ironwood that in most any other time would be on a consent agenda. As a reminder the plan seeks to replace an empty … Read More