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Luckily, there is a serious group of investors looking at downtown for multi-housing, hopefully in the next few months we will start seeing some real project news developing. It is a bit of a looking at the market game at the moment, but the interest is there and it they are looking at creating real urban projects. |
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Totally agree that downtown will only get better with more housing projects!
But all the people I know that party in old town or on mill drive to those places. And they enjoy it because there's a bunch of clubs all right by each other, and they can walk from place to place to place. And walking around, people watching is half the fun of old town and mill. Instead of developing points of interest randomly all over downtown Phoenix (example: Last Exit Live which is opening in a location with nothing similar nearby it), it would be nice to have an area where a lot of interesting and similarly focused points are nearby one another. That's the point I was making in my last post. |
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If we could get the old Valley National Bank Building, the Westward Ho, and one of the Luhrs Building/Luhrs Tower/Barrister Building converted to hotels, that would be a great first step. |
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Contractors were tearing down the new monstrous cinder block wall on the west side of the condos at 11th and McDowell. Hopefully they tear it down on the side facing McDowell also. Maybe their potential clients told them they didn't want their houses surrounded by a prison-like wall.
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I'll update with more pics after work. |
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Isn't the north side the side that fronts McDowell?
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That is the southeast corner of 11th Ave and McDowell. The wall they are tearing/tore down is adjacent to 11th Ave.
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They've taken it all down on the northwest corner of the lot. The north side that faces McDowell is marked to take it down about 2 feet. It will be a major improvement.
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I live in Story, and a neighbor posted the below on our message board about that wall. Hopefully this city will grow a sac and make them take it all dow. i know my neighbors are all up in arms:
We are discussing modifications to the wall on McDowell. The developer is willing to attempt to improve the appearance but is not willing to reduce the height or change the configuration. The wall on 11th Ave did not meet code (height/setbacks) and the entire wall was built without a permit before completion. The sight/safety triangle was also not properly configured. During our meeting with the developer and their construction advisors at the City Planning Dept, we urged them to observe the openness of the neighborhood which would better market thier project visually. Seeing the wall down now on 11th proves our point. We are hopeful that the remaining wall can be improved to reduce the overall negative impact that a structure in that location brings. |
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Fyi, apartments on Camelback and 26th seem to be finishing up- looks like all of their developments (such as the on Lincoln and Scottsdale Rd.) will be called Broadstone. This one, obviously, is Broadstone on Camelback.
As I mentioned in my Biltmore area rant, the design bothers me for a couple of reasons: 1) It's being touted as a green development with its work/live/play possibilities. Yet, there's no retail and, no walk-ups and, as far as I can tell, there isn't even an entrance to a lobby or sales office off Camelback. While the entire area is very faux urban, at least more recent residental projects like Optima made an attempt. With that, not only is the project unsustainable in lacking mixed uses, but it essentially fights against any possibility that residents might want to walk to the amenities nearby if their only way out is through the garage. 2) The materials and color scheme are so unimpressive. Fake brick, beige stucco... Very unimaginative. There seems to be a copper awning which is one nice touch. I asked earlier, but is density/height off the table completely for this corridor? It really needs some density on the north side of Camelback, as well as to the east and west of 24th. The office complex finishing up on 22nd sucks, as well. :( Will post pics tomorrow, not that they are worth sharing. |
Negative nancy. :P
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FWIW: I was in the office of Roosevelt Square today (2/14/13) talking to the property manager. She said the developer of the Portland Place Condo's was in last week showing them plans for the next phase of construction. Supposedly it's set to start sometime this summer. The building facing Portland will have 1st floor retail and 4 floors of residential. The building closer to Hance Park will be 9 or 10 floors (she couldn't remember for sure) all residential. There will be a courtyard between the two buildings. Also, construction on the old Lexington Hotel remodel is supposed to start soon. Apparently he was in the office letting management know so residents will know what to expect coming up in the next few months. I'm hopeful this is reliable information, but I really won't believe it until I see ground being broken. :shrug:
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