Check out this story on the Lyon family by reporter Steven Totten of the Phoenix Business Journal
“The Valley has a long history of some of the country’s best hotels, premier shopping malls and multi-million-dollar homes. Much of it is thanks to one family. The Lyon family was at the forefront of transforming the Valley into what it is today through development and real estate, dating back to the end of World War II, when Russ Lyon moved here and got his real estate license.”