One of north Scottsdale’s most luxurious neighborhoods is getting its first place to do commerce.

One of north Scottsdale's newest upscale golf communities is faring far better than par. Many real estate experts say Silverleaf is among the hottest luxury places to live, even without a sales office, which won't open until October.

Arizona State University researchers have been awarded a $104,000 grant as part of a federal program aimed at controlling nonnative pests and diseases harmful to crops or livestock.

With a deluxe home theater, six-car garage, two-bedroom guest house and an $8 million price tag, north Scottsdale’s newest home in Prado Estates is the epitome of luxury. And when the home is completed later this month, it also will be among the last crop of sprawling estates that have transformed north Scottsdale.

By pricing their energy-efficient homes aggressively, two East Valley men have developed a business partnership in combination with their friendship.

Don Ziebell’s customers have to be wealthy, inclined to history and jazzed by things like stone stairs that are virtually impossible to drill but worn in the middle anyway by hundreds of years of countless footsteps.

Don Ziebell’s customers have to be wealthy, inclined to history and jazzed by things like stone stairs that are virtually impossible to drill but worn in the middle anyway by hundreds of years of countless footsteps. The architect owns Antiquities in north Scottsdale, an import business that caters to designers, developers and home owners who want antique building materials and unique objects, mostly from central and southern Europe.

For the rich and famous, there is no slump in the real estate market. According to Multiple Listing Services numbers supplied by Scottsdale luxury homebuilder Calvis Wyant, sales of homes of more than $3 million are up so far in 2006 compared with the last two years.

Two-year-old Steven Schwartz barely talked, and his word development was slower than that of other toddlers. It worried his parents, Steve and Krista Schwartz of Scottsdale, who at first thought he might have a hearing problem. "He stopped talking, and other children were," Steve Schwartz said.

Denise Martinez, one of Arizona's first female directors of golf at such prestigious clubs as Forest Highlands in Flagstaff and Silverleaf in Scottsdale, was killed Sept. 18 in a motor-scooter crash in Truckee, Calif. Martinez was 46.

The One Scottsdale project developer is preparing to ask the city for a height variance to construct at least one high-rise building, upsetting an activist group fearful of setting a new precedent.

The One Scottsdale project developer is preparing to ask the city for a height variance to construct at least one high-rise building, upsetting an activist group fearful of setting a new precedent.

Scottsdale-based Camelot Homes wants to tap the wealth of options available in home building without restrictive floor plans to better cater to its home buyers.

The vocabulary is expanding beyond upscale and luxury to describe some of the newest among north Scottsdale’s growing number of custom-built homes.

September 12, 2004

It's been touted as the next big hope for Mesa and the south East Valley. Now, part of the 5,000-acre General Motors Desert Proving Ground, owned by Scottsdale-based DMB Associates, is set to be turned into a destination resort with a major conference center, a retail project and a high-end golf course.

The Valley's housing market may be sluggish, but a recent sale proves multimillion-dollar deals are still getting done.

A local condominium developer is branching out with plans to build its first single-family home subdivision in Scottsdale.

Scottsdale City Council members were not enthused upon learning Tuesday of requests for height exemptions and millions in city money for the One Scottsdale project.

For Doug Westcott, golf is more than a game, it’s a lifestyle, and Scottsdale is where he and many others have come to live it.

A months-long traffic bottleneck for drivers on the way to northern Scottsdale destinations is about to be fixed. Pima Road north of the Pima Freeway section of Loop 101 has been bogged down with construction since March, becoming a headache for some residents and businesses in the area.

While the luxury of flying by private jet was once available only to millionaires, it is becoming a more popular means of transportation for business and recreation in Scottsdale.

While the luxury of flying by private jet was once available only to millionaires, it is becoming a more popular means of transportation for business and recreation in Scottsdale.

As city officials and a raft of builders milled around at an open house last week, one thing was clear — major development in north Scottsdale is on the way.