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Toll Brothers at Verde River: Intimate Gated Luxury View-rich community designed for sophisticated indoor/outdoor living and entertaining By Paula Hubbs-Cohen
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eaturing 35 single-family luxury homes, Toll Brothers at Verde River is an intimate golf course community offering five single-level floor plans with eight architectural designs including Contemporary, Modern, Desert Prairie, Craftsman, Desert Contemporary, Spanish Colonial, Ranch Hacienda and Monterey. Residents enjoy full access to the Verde River clubhouse and amenities including high-end recreational facilities, tennis courts, a sparkling pool and well-maintained hiking/biking trails.
Golf Course, the Mazatzal and McDowell Mountain range and a gorgeous view of Four Peaks,” said Richard Schoonmaker, division vice president with Toll Brothers. “The community is private but has a full-service state-of-the-art clubhouse with socialization opportunities included in the HOA fee.” Elegant open-concept floor plans Designed for sophisticated indoor/ outdoor living and entertaining, these elegant open-concept plans enjoy the personalization opportunities you get with a Toll Brothers home including the ability to use Toll Brothers’ 3D WalkThrough technology to visualize your home’s layout and design by adding potential materials, colors and options.
Expansive home-sites, fabulous views “What makes this community so stunning are the home designs, of course, but also the expansive 20,000-square-foot homesites along with views of the Verde River
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The future is back Luxury cars to rely on rechargeable batteries, driverless technology By Debra Gelbart
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hat’s on tap for luxury vehicles of the future? All kinds of configurations, standard features and options. Here are just a few tantalizing details: Mercedes-Benz is likely to offer self-driving vehicles within the next 10 to 12 years. If it were ready to go
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into production today (it’s not), the Audi Aicon (pronounced “icon”), a self-driving, all-electric concept car, would launch a drone when you step out of it at night that flies ahead and illuminates your path. The Cadillac Escala, which may become part of the American carmaker’s
portfolio as early as 2019, is a four-door coupe with a liftback to provide additional cargo space. By 2025, every Lexus model around the world will be available either as a dedicated electrified model or have an electrified option. The Aicon, or a product with similar
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