Apartments planned on ex-car lot

A New York developer submitted plans last week to build apartments on the former Pitre Buick car lot northwest of 68th Street and McDowell Road. Chason Development Inc. is seeking rezoning to allow it to build Los Aguas, a complex that would have 154 apartments on the 5-acre site. The property borders a neighborhood and the Crosscut Canal. An existing parking structure would serve residents, and one-story garages would be built along the northern property line. The apartment buildings would be up to three stories high, with stoops leading to some of the units facing McDowell. Zoning attorney John Berry, representing Chason, said the project is in a niche between typical suburban and downtown apartment complexes. "This is something that is very different," Berry said. "We're trying to set the tone for what McDowell can be." The once-thriving Scottsdale Motor Mile has seen an exodus of car dealers over the past decade and the redevelopment of the old Los Arcos Mall into SkySong, ASU's Scottsdale Innovation Center.

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