That area is beautiful. I work just west of the 303 and Bell. I had to go to another one of our locations off Lake Pleasant Parkway yesterday. Can't believe there are so many track homes being built with RV Garages. Do that many people out there own RVs? I was thinking about moving to Surprise to be closer to work but all the neighborhoods out there have those damn HOAs. Hate that crap.
The HOAs out here are nuts. There's one new development being built by Mattamy Homes that is charging nearly 200 bucks a month, simply because they're gated, have a low home count, and have "nature views." But the developments going in around here are generally around the half-million mark to build and increasing every year. I'd say right now it's about where the Kierland area was just before I moved out of there in the late '90s. There are plans for some upscale Kierland-style shopping going in a bit southwest of where I am (Westwing area).
The sprawl that the north Valley is seeing is just ridiculous. When I first moved out to Peoria, I had done some home shopping in Cave Creek and ruled it out because it was too remote from where I worked - now, it's almost solid homes all the way up there. Taylor Morrison, the builder who built my current home, is putting their Sonoran Gate development in the middle of nowhere - around 7th Street in terms of east/west, and as far north as the 303 freeway. I went out there to look at models and there are literally six model homes, a pocket park, a couple of gates, and absolutely nothing else for
miles in any direction. But these are nice homes and the floorplans
start at over $500K.
I'm starting to wonder if, in the next 20 years, there will be
another northern loop freeway built (the 404?) northeast/west of the 303 once the development south of Jomax gets full. It seems like all the monied folks are pushing their way out at the edges of the Valley.