Scottsdale residents fighting back against development project
Scottsdale residents are fighting back against a development project that was passed, which would bring nearly 2,000 apartment and condo units to the city.
Scottsdale group gathering signatures to bring Axon’s proposed rezoning to public vote
A group in Scottsdale is circulating a petition to bring the rezoning for Axon’s proposed headquarters complex to a public vote. The Axon complex will include four apartment buildings and a hotel. Taxpayers Against Awful Apartment Zoning Exemptions (TAZE) has to file at least 15,353 signatures by Dec. 21.
Axon plan doesn’t fit North Scottsdale
The Axon project proposal for North Scottsdale should be able to stand on its own merits. For example, is a dense, multiuse development with 2,000 apartments needed? Does the project serve the community’s interests? Does it fit with the city’s character? Yet the proposal cannot stand on its own merits because it’s the wrong project […]
Axon, Scottsdale attorney lock horns over city official’s claim of intimidation by company
Scottsdale’s city attorney confirmed in a sharply worded letter that an Axon employee had contacted a city planning commissioner’s boss about the official’s opposition to a controversial project. “This type of action tends to raise public concern about the integrity of the city’s public hearing process,” City Attorney Sherry Scott wrote in a letter dated […]
Scottsdale Progress: Airport panel rejects Axon plan
Though it may prove a nonlethal blow, Taser-maker Axon’s plans for a live-work “campus” in North Scottsdale received a hard slap to the face Jan. 17. Hopes the billion-dollar giant had for a quick approval were reversed by the Airport Advisory Commission’s seven volunteers – who unanimously rejected Axon’s rezoning request. Several commissioners made the […]
Axon’s Scottsdale apartment proposal accused of “cheating” schools out of funding
Axon, the billion-dollar Scottsdale corporation that manufactures Tasers and police body cameras, wants to build 2,500 apartment units around its new planned headquarters near Loop 101 and Hayden Road as part of a plan to provide convenient housing and commercial amenities for employees. Yes, but: One of the Valley’s top real estate professionals is accusing […]