This article originally published in the Phoenix Business Journal.
Paradise Valley Town Council has given the green light for a new look to a boutique hotel.
Scottsdale-based Walton Global Holdings LLC received unanimous approval Jan. 11 for a special-use permit to move forward with its redevelopment of the Smoke Tree Resort.
Walton will now move forward “as fast as possible” with the demolition of the 5-acre site on the southwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Lincoln Drive. Walton will rebuild the site into an 82-room resort that will include an on-site restaurant, cocktail bar and café as well as a spa and resort-style pool. The main building will have 77 of the hotel rooms while the other five will be in single-story casitas. Plans also call for an underground parking garage.