The Owner of this project was a retired vice president of marketing for a large oil company who owned another large fuel center. After he acquired the property, we spent the best part of a year visiting other facilities, analyzing the components and layout of the project. The site was the first exit off the…
The scope of the project included converting a twenty year old masonry building from retail and offices to banking and offices. The project was located in Downtown Scottsdale with frontage on four sides. The focus of the remodeling and refurbishing the first floor and reworking the exterior to create a newer look. The project had…
Original Building This project started as a 50-year-old 5,000 square foot one story brick, bank building with the original job fabricated wood girder trusses, a wood frame roof and the original vault. The location, age, history and use combined to create a building with historical significance Phase I Construction Research showed that the building…
THE PROPERTY FACED SOUTH. THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE PROPERTY SLOPED UP STEEPLY FROM THE SOUTH WEST CORNER TO A HIGH POINT ON THE EAST SIDE ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE DISTANCE TO THE REAR PROPERTY LINE. THE MAJOR VIEWS WERE TO THE FRONT OR SOUTH. THE OWNERS WERE MARRIED WITH YOUNG…
PROJECT BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS The property faced south. The property was zoned for residential use. The property sloped up from the front right corner to a high point on the left about two-thirds of the distance to the rear property line. There was no sewer service. The views included bell rock to the north and…
HILLSIDE RESIDENCE BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS The property faced southwest. The property was zoned for residential use. The triangularly shaped property sloped up steeply from the southwest to a high point on the east side about one-half of the distance to the rear property line. The major view was to the front or west. The owner…