Aviano, Fireside at Desert Ridge, Sky Crossing, High Street and the areas around them rent to different people at different prices. Which community you own in decides the return — here is how we read them.
A Toll Brothers community of more than 400 acres, with single-family homes and the Villages at Aviano condos and townhomes, a resort-style clubhouse and heated pools and spas. The amenities are already built and the streets are kept by the association, which is exactly what residents here are paying for.
Built by Del Webb and Pulte as eight subdivisions, from Amber Crest and Copper View to Sierra Park and Sunset Canyon, with a range of home sizes under one association. Steady year-round demand, and a community that still looks the way it did when it opened.
Among the newest construction in Desert Ridge: Pulte and Taylor Morrison homes on the western edge, north of Deer Valley Road, with the gated Astarea enclave inside it. Newer homes keep the maintenance line low in the first years, which is worth something to an out-of-state owner.
The walkable center of Desert Ridge: High Street’s restaurants, offices and residences, and the 1.2-million-square-foot Marketplace across the road. Homes near here suit residents who want to walk to dinner and be on Loop 101 in minutes, and they are priced differently from the gated neighborhoods.
North on Tatum Boulevard are Tatum Ranch, Tatum Highlands and the edge of Cave Creek: established homes on larger lots with the desert closer at hand and a tenant who wants a little more room. Many Desert Ridge owners hold here too, and we manage across the line.
East along Loop 101 are Kierland, Scottsdale Quarter and the rest of North Scottsdale. Many owners hold property on both sides of the freeway, and a growing portfolio stays with one company.
