The Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley is a 123-acre, mixed-usedevelopment that will straddle Scottsdale and Paradise Valley nearLincoln Drive and Scottsdale Road. It is being done in a joint venture withChevy Chase, MD-based Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC and Five StarDevelopment Group Inc. of Scottsdale.

The residential component, planned for the Paradise Valley side,calls for 161 residences and 225-room Ritz-Carlton resort hotel asthe centerpiece. The Scottsdale land is dedicated to commercialdevelopment. The project is being designed by Peterson Architecture& Associates LLC of Scottsdale. A general contractor hasn'tbeen selected.

LastApril, Paradise Valley Town Council approved a special-usepermit for the project, but a citizens group--Preserve OurParadise--was unhappy with the residential side and collectedenough signatures to force a public vote in Tuesday's election.Proposition 411 was the first time a Ritz-Carlton development faceda referendum, passing with 4,371 of 6,537 votes.