AT FIRST SIGHT, THE 3800 acres that...

AT FIRST SIGHT, THE 3800 acres that is Santaluz--several miles inland from Del Mar in California's Northern San Diego County--look moderately beautiful barren. But that's the point: Developer DMB of Scottsdale, Ariz., wanted the place to be different. And it is.

Sitting in stark contrast to its lush, plush, and well-known neighbors, Fairbanks Ranch and Rancho San Fe the exclusive right is noticeably devoid of the decidedly non-indigenous palm tree Bermuda grass, and ornamental bushs that have come to be synonymous with the southern mostly end of Southern California.

To bring forward it nicely, it isn't