Montclair Scottsdale Opens: 215 Santa Barbara-Style Apartments Replace a Vacant Retail Center

Central Scottsdale has a new address, and it sits where a vacant shopping center used to be. High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company, and joint venture partner Mitsui Fudosan America have completed Montclair Scottsdale, a 215-unit Class A community at 10050 N. Scottsdale Road on the border of Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. The partners announced the delivery this week, and the community is now leasing and welcoming its first residents.

The design is the story here. ESG Architects gave the three-story community a Santa Barbara-inspired look built around multiple outdoor courtyards. Wespac Construction served as general contractor, and Greystar manages the property. The unit mix is one- and two-bedroom apartment homes finished with custom cabinetry, quartz countertops, upgraded flooring, wine refrigerators, gas ranges, and premium appliances. Shared amenities include a dog park, a private yoga and fitness studio, a resort-style pool and spa, a sauna, and co-working space with private offices.

The site tells the rest of the story. When the partners broke ground in January 2025, AZ Big Media described a 4.2-acre parcel just off Scottsdale Road and Gold Dust Avenue that had been occupied by a vacant retail center, and Trammell Crow’s Paul Tuchin said the surrounding neighborhood had been underserved by new quality housing despite its schools, health care, and retail. Completion was slated for mid-2027 at the time. Delivering in November 2026 puts the community well ahead of that target. Cody Kuhne, a vice president with Trammell Crow in Phoenix, said the company is proud to bring much-needed new housing to one of the Valley’s most established and sought-after neighborhoods. Residents are within walking distance of nearly 2 million square feet of shopping and dining, and Shea Boulevard connects the site to Loop 101 and State Route 51.

Why it matters to JFN

Three-story, courtyard-style communities like Montclair are the quiet workhorses of Arizona multifamily, and they carry a plumbing and mechanical program all their own. Low-rise buildings spread across a 4.2-acre site mean long site utility runs, multiple building water services, and gas distribution to every kitchen for those ranges, plus dedicated mechanical scope for a pool, spa, sauna, and fitness studio. Redeveloping a former retail site adds another layer, because the utility infrastructure that served a shopping center has to be reworked for hundreds of kitchens and baths before the first building comes out of the ground. A project announced for mid-2027 that is leasing in late 2026 is a credit to the whole team, and that kind of coordination is exactly what we build our work around. Congratulations to High Street Residential, Mitsui Fudosan America, ESG Architects, and Wespac Construction on the delivery.

Sources: Real Estate Daily News, November 13, 2026; Connect CRE, November 10, 2026; AZ Big Media, January 24, 2025