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Skystone
Ranch, at Turquesa Estates, includes a barn with stalls
to hold 40 horses in addition to the outdoor facilities:
paddocks, a lighted, covered arena, round pen, turnouts,
and a hot walker.
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Turquesa
Estates is planned as an equestrian housing development,
and will include a five‑acre equestrian facility.
Skystone Ranch’s extensive amenities include a full‑time
barn manager, affording residents the equestrian lifestyle
without the daily care, maintenance and responsibility
of taking care of the horses.
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The
entry to Turquesa Estates off Peak View Road is closed
with heavy, hammered iron gates. Gracing the entrance
is “Joy of Life,” a bronze sculpture specially commissioned
for the development.
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Homes
and horses at Scottsdale’s Turquesa Estates
by
RaeAnne Marsh
A
residential community specifically targeted to horse
lovers is taking shape north of Dynamite Boulevard
in Scottsdale. The 40‑acre parcel at the southwest
corner of Scottsdale and Park View roads is being
developed with its own equestrian center to serve
the residents of this gated community.
Giving
their project the name “Turquesa Estates” (“Turquesa”
is Spanish for “turquoise,” which is Arizona’s official
gemstone), Monogram Companies developers hearken back
to the 13th century, when turquoise was cherished
by the Spaniards and Native Americans for its power
to bring good luck and health–and prevent injuries
caused by horses.
The
community’s custom home sites opened for sale in July.
There are 18 home sites laid out on the curving streets,
four less than the property’s zoning allows, comprising
roughly half of the development.
The remainder will be devoted to open space and common
areas–five acres of which
will be the community’s exclusive‑to‑residents
equestrian center, Skystone Ranch.
Construction
of Skystone Ranch will begin in mid‑November,
with completion expected by the end of December. The
facility will encompass a barn for 40 horses, paddocks,
a 100‑by‑150‑foot lighted covered
arena, a round pen, turnouts, a hot walker, an area
for horse trailers (where they will be concealed),
and living quarters for a full‑time resident
barn manager. The community is targeted to equestrian‑enthusiast
families who own a horse but board it rather than
having their own facilities. With a barn manager,
Skystone Ranch will provide 24/7 care for the horses.
“As
horse‑owning native Phoenicians, my partners
and I believe that Turquesa, with its unique blend
of high‑end residential homes and an equestrian
lifestyle, will appeal to horse lovers who want the
convenience of an on‑site equestrian facility
without giving up Scottsdale amenities,” stated Don
Allison. He and fellow Monogram partners, Russ Hermann
and Dan Hellman, had been looking for years to find
a suitable site.
This
site is large enough to accommodate their plan, plus,
said Allison, “It’s in the desert foothills, which
promotes equestrian use. And it’s close to shopping
and schools.”
Home
sites are one‑and‑a‑half to two
acres. Buyers at Turquesa can select their own homebuilder,
but must follow the community’s architectural guidelines.
These guidelines specify home sizes of at least 4,500
square feet and encourage big patios and porches for
outside living.
The
guidelines allow for basements, and Allison observed,
“The soil is perfect to accommodate basements.” The
developers anticipate detached garages and guest houses
as popular features of the custom homes.
The
low‑density development plan will preserve natural
vegetation, mountain views and expansive open space.
Two community parks will be built. Riding trails figure
significantly in the site layout, and will connect to
a public trail system in addition to running through
and around the project.
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“At
Turquesa, residents will be able to walk to the equestrian
center to visit or ride their horse 24/7,” added Allison.
Infrastructure,
he said, is well underway. “We’re three‑and‑a‑half
years into the project.”
Paving
of the streets began in early September.
Underway
as well is a sculpture Monogram commissioned for the main
entrance on Peak View Road. Noted sculptor Chris Navarro was
commissioned to create a bronze sculpture of a mare and foal.
The work of art is named “Joy of Life.”
“Like
the old blacksmith shop,” Allison suggested, the main entrance
will feature a gate of heavy, hammered iron. And grounding
the project firmly in the territory, Turquesa makes use
of
native stone, mined in the McDowell Mountains as development
occurred there, in the exterior design of the Skystone barn
as well as using it to embellish the roads.
Former
Phoenix Suns basketball star Tom Chambers will market and
sell the custom estate sites. For more information about Turquesa,
call him at Tom Chambers Properties,
(480) 924‑2424.
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