Sharon Smith

Corridor guide

Paradise Valley

One-acre minimums and the top of the Arizona market.

Paradise Valley is its own town with its own rules, most notably a one-acre minimum lot size that has held for decades and permanently caps density. No commercial strip development, no sidewalks, and the highest concentration of eight-figure residential in the state. Buying here is a documentation exercise: build files, water rights, easements, and view corridors all matter more than square footage.

  • —One-acre minimum lot size
  • —No commercial development
  • —Highest price tier in Arizona
Paradise Valley. Median $3.60M, typically 64 d on market — but the number that decides whether this corridor fits you is somewhere in the paragraphs above it.

What I send people to.

Eat & DrinkElements at Sanctuary · El Chorro · Lon’s at the Hermosa
ResortsSanctuary Camelback · The Phoenician · Andaz Scottsdale
OutdoorsCholla Trail · Mummy Mountain preserve · Camelback Corridor paths
EverydaySafeway Lincoln · PV Village · Scottsdale Fashion Square nearby

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