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Floor Plans: A Desert Oasis Made in the Shade
Project:
Shade at Desert Ridge
Developer:
Geneva Holdings
Architect:
Thomas P. Cox: Architects, Inc.
The Arizona desert is home to saguaro, scorpions, bobcats and Gila monsters. Now, with the new Shade at Desert Ridge luxury apartments developed by Geneva Holdings of Phoenix. renting at near capacity, at least one of the tamer segments of the desert is also home to many young professionals.
Everything about the Shade apartments — part of the new, higher-density Desert Ridge master-planned community in northwest Phoenix — is geared to young professionals and projects a young and hip image.
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Desert deco |
Designed in “desert deco”-style architecture, the apartments are finished in a striking color palette of terra cotta, sage, tan and ochre to provide the right balance of cool and warm desert vibes in a residential resort setting with resort-style amenities.
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Apartment interior |
Swimming Pools, Yoga Rooms, Roman Tubs and Wake-up Calls
Nothing says resort in a desert setting more than water. The Shade apartments feature two community swimming pools, one lap pool and two Jacuzzi spas in its two recreation areas. The apartments feature Roman tubs or showers and, in some floor plans, master baths with double sinks.
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Pool area |
Other community amenities include a clubhouse with a living room, lounge and kitchen, an open 24-hours-a-day, fully-equipped fitness center, yoga room, barbeque plazas and available concierge services that include everything from car rental and taxi service to errand running, business and conference services, golf tee times, floral services, spa and salon treatments, pet sitting, air travel, child care and wake-up calls.
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Fitness center |
Forty Floor Plans, Sushi and Starbucks
Shade offers more than 40 different floor plans that range in size from 762-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bath units renting for $915 a month to 1,510-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath units that rent for $1,745. Some town home apartments feature two-story ceilings.
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A colorful balance of cool and warm desert vibes |
All have “tuck-under” parking, and the community design gives each apartment an identifiable “front door” along the community’s main circulation route.
Shade at Desert Ridge was designed as a walkable community with pedestrian paths around a “spine” that connects with the adjacent Desert Ridge Marketplace featuring enough restaurants, including sushi, for residents to dine out every night of the week — plus a neighborhood Starbucks and convenient shopping.
Shade at Desert Ridge is the winner of a 2007 NAHB Multifamily Pillars of the Industry award for Best Rental Apartment Community of five stories or less in the non-garden category. The 342-unit community is 92% occupied.
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C2 floor plan
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Apartment Features
- Ceramic tile floors in kitchen, baths and entry
- Two-story ceilings in town home apartments*
- Ceiling fans in living and bedrooms
- Pear wood veneer cabinetry throughout
- Cultured marble bathroom counters and sinks
- Master bath double sinks*
- Roman tubs or showers
- Walk-in closets
- Built-in computer desks*
- Private patio or balcony
- Multiple telephone and data lines
*Available in select models
Community Amenities
- Adjacent to Starbucks, Walgreens, Celsius Sushi Bar, Bravo Pizzeria and other neighborhood retail shops and restaurants
- Tree-lined streets with courtyards and a large grassy lawn area
- Private garages or shade sail covered parking spaces
- Two pools with fountains for swimming
- A separate lap pool
- Two Jacuzzi spas
- BBQ plazas
- Clubhouse with living room, lounge and exhibition kitchen
- Resident business center with conference and video room
- 24/7 fitness center with state-of-the-art cardio and weight training equipment
- Yoga room
- Pets: assistive-living animals only
Developed by Geneva Holdings, Phoenix.
Designed by Thomas P. Cox: Architects, Inc., Los Angeles
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