As Optima McDowell Mountain takes shape in North Scottsdale, award-winning real estate firm Optima is setting a new benchmark for sustainable luxury with its $1-billion mixed-use community, featuring meticulously designed residences, cutting-edge green building techniques, expansive open space and community-driven amenities designed for modern desert living.

Designed by internationally acclaimed, award-winning architects David Hovey Sr., FAIA, and David Hovey Jr., AIA, the project features sustainable design and development that includes the largest private rainwater harvesting system in the U.S.; the project is designed to collect rainwater for all on-site irrigation and reduce residential and commercial water consumption. It will also be Scottsdale’s first development built under the newly adopted International Energy Conservation Code and International Green Construction Code.

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