Gremlyn Bradley-Waddell | Special for The Republic azcentral.com
For the 24 upscale townhomes they’ve created on an acre near downtown Tempe, developer Irene Clary and architect Bing Hu turned to their equally vibrant hometowns for inspiration.
She recalled the classical brownstone dwellings of her native Toronto, and he harkened back to the similarly styled, urban-and-vertical living spaces of Beijing. Together, the Scottsdale-based professionals have crafted the community of 4 TwentyOneWest using what might best be described as an updated brownstone: an attached, three- or four-story urban dwelling that has “all the elements required for a single-family home,” said Clary, owner of Catclar Investments.