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Originally Posted by hthomas

http://tucson.com/business/tucson/tu...1e7d00684.html


The Greyhound bus terminal will soon have a permanent home.

The Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District bought 46,107 square feet of vacant land at 801 E. 12th St. from Broadway Euclid LLC for $575,000.

At its June 28 meeting, the Rio Nuevo board initiated an invitation for bids to construct the new Greyhound terminal near Broadway and Euclid.

The $1.9 million project will be awarded to the lowest bidder that meets the requirements. Bids will be opened at the end of July, with the contract being awarded almost immediately thereafter, officials said. Once the terminal is constructed, it will be leased to Greyhound Corp.

Greyhound has been in a portable building near Broadway and Interstate 10 in downtown Tucson since 2006, when the city relocated the terminal from a site on Congress Street next to the Rialto Theatre to make way for student housing. It had been at the Congress Street site since 1969. The 1,500-square-foot terminal is expected to open by the end of the year...

(Hopefully this means things will pick-up at the arena site)

Speaking of the arena site... I've seen Rio Nuevo say they would like to work with the Arizona Coyotes on getting a 2nd ice rink downtown in a year or year and a half. I wonder if they plan to work a deal to make it a part of the arena site plan.