Developer mixes high-end and affordable housing in Flagstaff, aims to replicate model statewide

Timber Sky, a master-planned community in Flagstaff, will erect affordable housing next to multimillion-dollar homes.

BY BRANDON BROWN/PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL

Jun 7, 2025, 6:30 AM

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Most people agree that there needs to be more affordable housing options being built in Arizona, but where to build them opens up a huge debate. One local developer believes affordable housing should be built next to multimillion-dollar homes.

That is what he is doing at Timber Sky, a master-planned community in Flagstaff.

“You can deliver $2 million homes, and you can deliver Habitat for Humanity starters homes – they can be in the same development,” Walter Crutchfield, a partner at Vintage Partners, told the Business Journal. “The best communities span every economic level.”

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