5,700 apartment units planned for Scottsdale

A condominium-development bust in Scottsdale has given way to a boom of developers lining up to build 5,700 apartments in 18 projects citywide. Optima Sonoran Village is the first project to get its building permits and start initial site work for a 10-acre property southeast of Camelback Road and 68th Street. Optima is primarily a condo development with rental units available, spokeswoman Susan Bitter Smith said. A half-mile to the east, Gray Development is planning a $170 million apartment project with 749 units in three buildings with a height limit of 128 feet northeast of Scottsdale and Camelback roads. "We're going crazy with apartments just like we went crazy with condos," said Councilman Bob Littlefield, of a development cycle that fizzled four years ago with the housing-market crash and recession. Littlefield and Councilwoman Lisa Borowsky have opposed recent apartment zoning cases and expressed concerns about the growing number of apartment projects throughout the city.

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