SHADE AT DESERT RIDGE

Phoenix, Arizona

Horizontal mixed-use design includes a “circulation spine” of walkable streets to neighboring retail.

  • CLIENT GENEVA HOLDINGS
  • COMPLETION DATE 2007
  • UNITS 342
  • DENSITY 26 DU/AC
  • SQUARE FOOTAGE 451,440 SQ FT

This project was conceptualized as a “horizontal mixed-use” project in Phoenix, Arizona. The community was visualized as a contemporary enclave of mostly 3-story walk-up flats and townhomes, plus one 4-story elevator building. The master plan sought to achieve a very high level of walkability throughout the community and was developed around a circulation spine of walkable streets, with a minimum of garage doors facing the semi-public automobile access routes. The entire 1/4-mile long site is traversed by an enhanced pedestrian walk path that gathers pedestrian flow throughout the site and delivers it, by way of the central recreation area, to the adjacent commercial center which proffers a desirable blend of neighborhood-serving retail uses.

AWARDS

2007 PCBC Gold Nugget Grand Award Best Low Rise Apartment Project (up to 3 stories)

2007 PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Attached Suburban Residential Project of the Year

2007 Pillars of the Industry Awards Best Rental Apartment Community, 5 stories or less (non-garden)