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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1976
Page
5
Eleanor Ligon praises her Aptos geodesic dome home as light easy to maintain and comfortable. Cathedralite Domes of Santa Cruz claims to be the world’s largest dome maker with over 4000 domes sold, touting lower cost per square foot versus conventional houses.
Cathedralite markets dome homes from 26 to 60 feet in six sizes sold as kits or erected with optional trained labor. Miller credits the energy crisis for renewed interest, noting up to 50 percent savings on heating and cooling versus conventional homes. Buyers often hire contractors. some finish interiors themselves. Homes are FHA VA financed and ICBO approved, easing permits. Preston Newton, an Air Force retiree, describes his 39 foot dome as attractive though costly in shingling and cabinetry.
Zoning once guided buyers with clear development limits but downzoning now slows growth, cuts value, and complicates loans. It can raise construction and insurance costs and create tax and condemnation complications, harming owners in apartment and single family zones.
The state revises real estate licensing with two renewal periods. September filings before Sept 23 keep old terms: one-year licenses, fees 25 for salesmen and 50 for brokers. September renewals after Sept 23 switch to a two-year period with fees 50 for salesmen and 100 for brokers. Bonds and durations align with the two-year term after Sept 23.
Grubb and Ellis reports the Phoenix area office and industrial markets improved in first half of 1976. Tempe and downtown Phoenix areas show strong activity with rising space leasing, low vacancy in downtown, uptown Phoenix gains, and notable deals in Scottsdale Executive Park and Club Med leasing.
Scottsdale's Development Review Board approved plans for a 1,800 square foot Zantigo Mexican restaurant at 3309 N Scottsdale Rd between Osborn and Monterey. The action also clears three area restaurant plans and notes a fourth Salt Seafood Galley proposal was continued for design work. Two Monte Vista Homes offices on Camelback Rd were approved on a 17,000 square foot lot.
Hayne Thompson appointed Arizona area manager for Kaiser Aetna's commercial division with duties in Scottsdale and Verde Valley Shopping Center Cottonwood. Thompson, an Iowa State graduate, will oversee leasing and management after prior Kaiser Aetna roles and Westinghouse background. Living in Scottsdale with his wife and two children.
The Scottsdale planning section will require plans for nonresidential construction over 50000 dollars and nonresidential remodeling over 15000 dollars to bear a registered architect stamp. City officials discussed whether a city ordinance is needed beyond state law, with most council and commission members favoring no duplication. City planner David Schlanser noted about 80 percent of past plans had an architect stamp, and the change moves architect involvement to earlier design stages. The building inspection office already requires registered architect approval on submitted plans.
Warren G. Harding will teach the Trade Secrets of Exchanging seminar at the Scottsdale Hilton from September 20 to 26, not September 26 to October 2. Sponsored by the Valley of the Sun Real Estate Exchangers, a division of the Arizona Association of Realtors. Registration is 300 dollars and Arizona licensees receive 12 hours credit.
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