Location: Scottsdale, Arizona: Facts & Stats
03/01/2006
FACTS & STATSTO A TEE: Scottsdale boasts nearly 200 golf courses—here are some of its finest: Camelback Golf Club, 480.596.7050, www.camelbackgolf.com; The Golf Club at Eagle Mountain, 480.816.1234, www.eaglemtn.com; Grayhawk Golf Club, 480.502.
1800, www.grayhawk.com; The Phoenician, 480.423.2449, www.thephoenician.com; SunRidge Canyon Golf Club, 480.837.5100, www.sunridgegolf.com; Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale, 480.585.4334, www.tpc.com; Troon North Golf Club, 480.585.5300, www.troonnorthgolf.com; and We-Ko-Pa Golf Club, 480.836.9000, www.wekopa.com.
AT THE HELM: Within an hour or two of downtown are rivers and lakes, the latter with sizable marinas for vessels as large as houseboats and small yachts, as well as trout, crappie, bass, catfish and superb scenery. Canyon Lake Marina, Tortilla Flat, 602.944.6504; Saguaro Lake Marina, Mesa, 480.986.5546; Apache Lake Marina and Resort, Tortilla Flat, 928.467.2511; and Pleasant Harbor Marina, Peoria, 602.977.7377. For general boating information: 602.942.3000, www.azgfd.gov.
TICKET TO FLY: Seven miles north of downtown, the 300-acre Scottsdale Airport, which began in 1942 as a training facility for World War II pilots, is one of the busiest single-runway facilities in the nation and will land private props, helicopters and mid-size corporate jets: 480.312.2321, www.scottsdaleaz.gov/airport.
REALTOR 101: If you are interested in downtown Scottsdale for a primary or secondary home, now is not the time to wait: “Land values are certain to go up—they already have—and, conversely, so will the cost of future developments,” Jarson notes. Hotel Valley Ho Residential Tower, Russ Lyon Realty, Mark Himsl, 480.650.1300, mhimsl@russlyon.com, and Alyssa Wick Thomas, 602.538.4437, awick@russlyon.com, www.hotelvalleyho.com; Third Avenue Lofts, Sandi Faulkner, 480.941.2929, thirdavenuelofts@trilliumresidential.com, www.thirdavenuelofts.com; Main Street Plaza Scottsdale, Deborah Hayes, 480.675.0200, dhayes@mainstplazascottsdale.com, www.mainstplazascottsdale.com; Optima Camelview Village, Eileen Sheehan Hovey, 602.840.2500, hoveye@optimaweb.com, www.optimacamelview.com; X (Ten) Lofts and Portales Place, 480.860.5440, tenlofts@aol.com, www.tenlofts.net and thezeleznakgroup@aol.com, www.portalesplace.net; Residences on Main, Carolyn Whitaker, 480.675.9400, cwhitaker@tollbrothersinc.com, www.tollbrothers.com; W Scottsdale Hotel, Triyar Hospitality, 310.234.2888, www.triyar.com; Scottsdale Waterfront Residences, Swenson Realty Group, Babbi Gabel or Mary Grassl, 480.421.2000, bgabel@scottsdalewaterfront.com, mgrassl@scottsdalewaterfront.com, www.scottsdalewaterfront.com; T he Duke and The Upton, Scott and Debbie Jarson, Jarson & Jarson, 480.425.9300, jarson@azarchitecture.com, www.azarchitecture.com; Mackey Martin, Re/Max Discover, 480.941.3779, takkmar@aol.com, www.remaxdiscoveraz.com, www.discoverscottsdale.com; Safari Drive, 480.993.0560, info@safaridrivescottsdale.com, www.safaridrivescottsdale.com.