Last tidbit in regards to patios/restaurants:

- The Dressing Room is planned to open in 2 phases now. Phase I will open in June; it's a planned coffee shop inside the former SongBird space. Eventually, this will include wine and beer, as well. Phase 2 is TBD and will be the renovation of the adjacent building into a restaurant, along with a patio that sounds like it will be pretty massive. It will definitely at least be in the front from MonOrchid to the end of the adjacent building, and from KickStarter's original plans, it sounded like it would also expand in the back and side of the building. A rooftop patio was also part of the KickStarter plans.

Excited for Phase II - with GreenHaus and SongBird gone, that area needs a little life. Hope Phase I is successful, but dang, there's a lot of coffee options downtown!

I've been to Miller Park and knew it had a decent tailgating scene, and after having attended a game there and seeing the tailgating first hand, it makes perfect sense why it was constructed away from Downtown Milwaukee in a sea of parking lots. Its tailgating experience began when County Stadium still existed, and probably makes it the only ballpark in the majors where that kind of built environment is justified or understandable. It's truly a unique experience and something the Brewers and its fans should be (and are) proud of.

You guys have already touched on this, but besides the Warehouse District to the southeast and the food trucks set to be placed outside the west gates, what other urban experiences could possibly be created around Chase Field? The garage mahal and the south exhibit hall of the Convention Center are to the north and the Seventh Street overpass is to the east. Other than taking the light rail and the handful of bars and restaurants in the parking garage separating Chase from America West Arena (or whatever its soon to be called), what other hope is there for creating an urban baseball experience besides the Warehouse District?

Also, I know this is hypothetical, but what happens to America West if the Suns get a new arena and leave? Would it sit vacant besides concerts or would it be torn down and replaced with something else? The Valley seems to be getting to a point (especially if the Coyotes leave) where it has more arenas and concert halls than it knows what to do with...

Quoted and responded to your post in the General PHX thread, Buckeye.

Quite impressive list!

hello, long time stalker here, curious if anyone has renderings of 11 Capital Place and 12 Capital Place. I've been searching quite a bit and only came up with two of them which aren't that great.

Also, why is it 11 Capital place? Is there some significance here?

The retail component looks nice, maybe it's going to be all banks and financial businesses.

http://www.discoverytriangle.org/cms...1.50.30-PM.png

http://www.discoverytriangle.org/cms...7.52.48-AM.png

This neighborhood has hit critical mass, it's going to be so sweet in a couple of years.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bel...estaurants.php

I drove by yesterday and thought the same. It's really a prime corner and will help fill some of what may have been lost with a couple of buildings that have been torn down recently. Very good project. I can't wait to check it out once open.

Where will 11 and 12 Capital projects located?

Both are under construction if I'm not mistaken on Washington just East of 7th st. One is on the South side of Washington, the other is on the North side a block or two further West.

Oh those!!!!! Thanks!

Great news! I think the most important part of this bill is that it allows microbreweries to produce more AND also expand restaurant locations up to 7.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/...ools/70723492/

So this is happening... http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/n...ners-into.html

Shipping Container Apartments
http://www.jetsongreen.com/wp-conten...015/03/ext.png

The complex is called Containers on Grand and is located at 12th Avenue and Grand Avenue, in Phoenix.
A total of 16 decommissioned shipping containers will be used to build eight apartment units. Each of the
apartments will be made of 2 recycled shipping containers, yielding 740 square feet per apartment.

The architects will keep the floor plan open and modern, while at the same time celebrating the fact that
shipping containers were used to build these homes. The apartments will all be one-bedroom units. A kitchen
island will be located in the middle of each apartment, with a large living area on one side of it and the
bedroom and bathroom on the other. To achieve adequate space, one of the longer sides of each container
will be cut away and two containers will then be welded together to form a single apartment.

http://www.jetsongreen.com/wp-conten...15/03/plan.png


Source

Is it 8 or 16 units? 8 seems very small, well so does 16. Oh well:shrug:

I think its great the more gentrification for central Phoenix the better, I don't buy into the anti-gentrification mentality bring it on!

It's 16 containers for 8 units. Each unit is 2 containers. Yes, small, but cool project nonetheless.

Love this unique project....... The only thing I have to say - CURTAINS!!! :)

Vanishing Phoenix reports that the Wilcox House at 314 E Roosevelt is being moved across the street today.

Found these renderings at last for Illuminate (the project that will replace Greenhaus and the Scientology building) on Fox's website about their coverage of those structures' demolition:

http://emvis.net/~sean/ssp/projects/...lluminate1.png

http://emvis.net/~sean/ssp/projects/...lluminate2.png

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/story/28...ment-community

With so many empty lots why would a developer choose to tear down instead of building on unoccupied land?

Cool. I like that house, even more than the Bodega house. I wasn't happy that taggers made horrible work of the brick. Hopefully that can be cleaned. Does anyone know which exact lot it is being moved to? (I saw the post and someone said next to Modified... that could be one of 3 lots).