Scottsdale Arizona Realtor

City of Scottsdale:

Ranked as one of the top tourist destinations in America, Scottsdale has become “the place to be” for resorts, fine dining, shopping and high tech industry.  Some of the resorts include the Royal Palms Resort and Spa, the Scottsdale Camelback Inn, Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa, the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, W Scottsdale and The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa.  Scottsdale has also been named the most livable city, named one of the top thirty cities to raise children and one of the top fifty places to retire.  Scottsdale is located ten miles from Sky Harbor International Airport.  Many charter and commuter airlines fly out of Scottsdale Municipal Airport which is located in the Scottsdale Industrial Airpark.

Employers within Scottsdale include the world famous Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale Healthcare, General Dynamics and CareMark.  The Scottsdale Unified School District is one of Arizona ’s most excelling districts with their scores consistently being well above the national average.  There are many options located in Scottsdale for continuing education such as associate degree programs and technical degree programs at Scottsdale Community College (SCC), satellite locations of Northern Arizona University (NAU) in partnership with SCC provide undergraduate and graduate degree programs and there are many renowned culinary schools such as the Scottsdale Culinary Institute.

While in Scottsdale, you can stay busy by going to the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, WestWorld of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Stadium- spring training home of the San Francisco Giants, Downtown Scottsdale, riding the Scottsdale Downtown Trolleys- Scottsdale Fashion Square, Firth Avenue Shops, Marshall Way Arts District, and Main Street Arts District, the FBR Open (Tournament & Players Club), Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West.  The Resort Trolley – connects 10 resorts with shopping destinations. 

Popular subdivisions include DC Ranch, Shea North Estates, Grayhawk, McDowell Mountain Ranch, The Pinnacle, Pinnacle Peak Shadows, Candlewood Estates, Troon North, Winfield Montesano, Troon Village, Gainey Ranch and Carefree Ranch Homesteads.