While Scottsdale never approved the parcel bounded by Indian School Road on the north, east First Avenue on the south and west Marshall Way on the east as a parking lot, it became an informal one.
Now the Artisan Scottsdale mixed-use project is proposed on this 1.92-acre parcel. The Scottsdale City Council approved the zoning entitlements designating Artisan Scottsdale as Downtown/Downtown Multiple Use Type‐2, Planned Block Development zoning during its May 3 meeting.
Only one review process remains before the developers can pull permits on the project, which is largely residential with a commercial component. And several nearby business owners are not happy about the potential loss of the parking spaces and what it is replaced by.