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Short-term rentals increased in Scottsdale last year BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEWS................................. 4 Spring Training Season on life support.
BUSINESS................. 30 Scottsdale business infuses good health
ARTS..................... ..........33 Ride a trolley, watch a dance
BUSINESS...............................................30 OPINION................................................. 32 ARTS............................................33 FOOD............................................38 CLASSIFIEDS.............................. 40
Sunday, February 27, 2022
D
espite a slight setback created by the pandemic in 2020, the number of short-term rentals in Scottsdale continues to grow. There were 5,404 short-term rentals in the city in December 2021 listed by Airbnb and
Council shelves Ironwood plan , future in doubt
Vrbo, according to AirDNA, an independent agency that montors the short-term rental industry. That’s up from 4,119 in December 2020 and 5,221 in December 2019. “It looks like the dip was almost straight after the onset of the pandemic, and more properties came back online in spring of 2021 as bookings picked up again,” said AirDNA spokeswoman Madeleine Parkin.
Planting hope
“One thing to bear in mind is that supply in short-term rentals is much more flexible than in the hotel world,” Parkin continued. “Property managers can choose to take their property offline one month, for personal use or longer-term rents, perhaps, and then return to short-term rental when the market is more
see RENTAL page 12
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
T
he controversial 92 Ironwood apartment project near the intersection of 92nd Street and Shea Boulevard is dead for now, but it might come back in the future. Scottsdale City Council was scheduled to vote on rezoning the 8.59 acres earmarked for the site but developer Jim Riggs requested a second continuance. Riggs’ attorney Kurt Jones pointed out the council had granted a second continuance to the developer of the Greenbelt 88 project at the corner of
see IRONWOOD page 8
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