Goodwood Motoring Club’s luxury car condos, designed by car lovers for car lovers, offer these automobile aficionados a place where their cars can be pampered, and, when they come to visit, they too can be pampered.

Inspired by the carriage house of yore, Goodwood Motoring Club’s luxury car condos are designed to evoke Old World charm–but with the latest of high tech that goes well beyond mere climate control. A complement of indirect lighting and pendant lighting will enable owners to highlight their prized possessions. And cameras will allow them to see their cars even when separated by distance, through their private access to the condos’ Web site.

But the condos are really designed to enhance the in‑person visits. Each condo offers an entertainment area of approximately 12 feet deep, with width varying per the contours of the individual unit. The space will be equipped with a refrigerator, a wine cooler, a sink and a microwave. “Everything but a cooktop,” Ham summed it up, explaining a cooktop would put the project into a different use category for which it is not zoned. Granite and travertine surfaces, of course. “We are choosing finishes that are elegant. We don’t want to give upgrades,” Ham said. “We want to give a big ‘Wow!’ factor,” meaning there are no upgrades left to give.

Cars will park on floors of brick plate, which Ham described as a tile that looks like a thin slice of brick. Available in a multitude of colors, it can also be laid in a variety of patterns, such as herringbone and basket. How many cars can park in each unit? That depends on how close together the owner chooses to park them, as well as on the size of the car.

Attractively finished in tongue‑and‑groove, the ceilings are open and the bottom of the rafters is 12 feet high–so owners may install auto lifts to hold more cars.

Condos will also include a full bathroom with a full shower.

Seven of the condos will feature a mezzanine, and the mezzanine will include its own kitchen and bathroom, a smaller version than on the main floor.

All condos will feature a private patio, accessed through double French doors at the rear of the unit. Each will front on a common center courtyard, to which will face the unit’s garage and main doors.

Doors may not happen to be open when the condo owner or a guest is overcome with the urge to start one of the magnificent cars. So, to ensure no one is overcome in a less glorious way, each unit will have installed a carbon monoxide sensor. This will kick on automatically when carbon monoxide reaches a certain level, and draw fresh air into the space.

Goodwood Motoring Club’s luxury car condominium development is the brainchild of Phoenix native Frank Beck, owner of Beck’s Independent Porsche. He worked with Phoenix‑based architect Duane Hyatt to design the condos. “We’re all car people,” Ham noted. “We know how much need there is for auto storage.” What they had seen elsewhere was open space rented inside a climate‑controlled facility–hardly private, as anyone inside the facility could walk over to the car.

Beck found a parcel of land north of the Highway 51/Loop 101 interchange, a location reached easily from Highway 51 and Cave Creek Road as well as east‑ or west‑bound Loop 101. Not quite four acres, the property will house the condos on the rear two‑and‑a‑half acres. Beck’s plans for the front acreage are for two commercial buildings that will offer further services to the condo owners, such as a car wash that will serve Goodwood Car Club members exclusively. Plus, he will relocate his own shop to this location.

With groundbreaking on the Goodwood Motoring Club’s luxury car condos expected within a month, anticipated completion of construction is nine to twelve months.

Interest in the condos has been tremendous, reports Ham. “I’ve even gotten emails from England.” Ham, a realtor with Sonoran Lifestyle Real Estate, is accepting inquiries at (480) 213‑1613.