Considering what's being proposed at 3rd St and Pierce (assuming it actually happens), just thinking how that area would look like in the future and how extremely dense it will be. Do we know if The Met will be staying permanently? That development belongs somewhere in the 'burbs. Also, do we know what will be happening to the old Holiday Inn Hotel site on 5th n Fillmore?

The new Holiday Inn being built over off 10th ave will be replacing it; the new design is far more fitting for a downtown area. So I assume once that is built you will see the origina block up for sale. why a suburban hotel was built in the middle of downtown I have no idea.

As for the Met arent those condos? I think it will take some timem (like 25 years) before any developer is willing to buy out the whole complex and redevelop.

Cheaper land nearby

Also lets not forget the Hampton Inn/17 story condo building going up ont he northern Half of Central Park East

Are you certain the new Holiday Inn will be replacing the one on 5th Street? They are far enough apart to coexist.

The Met is apartments.

Yeah Holiday Inn on 5th St will be shutting down and moving.

http://https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ym...81%29.jpg?dl=0

Any news on what this might be. It's the empty lot on the NE corne of Garfield and 1st St.

I can't see your picture but there has been some activity on the NEC of Garfield and 1st lately, lots of guys who look like commercial developer/architect goings on.

Roosevelt is going to start looking really goofy with single stories empty lots and a random 20-story every couple of blocks

Not sure what you mean by "goofy." Maturing? I think this will only continue and you will see more and more 20 story buildings bridging the gap from the downtown skyline and then scaling down to 5-6 stories as you hit Roosevelt. I'd call it a boom.

https://photos-5.dropbox.com/t/2/AAC...60&size_mode=3

It lists farmers market which leads me to believe some sort of Desoto Market/Phoenix Public Market hybrid is on the way.

Your photos in Dropbox are not working here. 403 error.

Ay caramba! Weird, the photo is showing up for me.

Switched it out for a link.

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Downtow...C+19+39+33.jpg

I mean for a quite a while it will be in an awkward puberty stage between dense and urban and, well lets be honest, a dead zone.

I guess its like that already but adding some 20+ buildings will make it seem even more inconsistent.

a password protected link.

Are you trying to post a photo? just upload it to imgur and post the link.

As for what you're seeing, if it says Farmer's Market or Desoto my guess is someone is going to pave the lot for parking. Desoto needs parking.

http://imgur.com/Tdmp9IS

And I don't think it's parking.

Some sort of outdoor bar/farmers market... sounds cool

Transwestern Venture Buys Site for City Center Apartment at Hance Park

Two phases. First phase apartments, second phase office building and 100+ more apartments

https://brewaz.com/hot-news/transwes...at-hance-park/

That project has been in the works for a while

holy variances.

I found this to be an incredible surprise.

http://www.bizjournals.com/undefined...ice-deals.html

Phoenix, Chicago tops in U.S. for office deals beating Manhattan, LA, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Dallas

maybe we can see some office development with such a huge amount of demand??.... please

For Phoenix, I can concur that is a pretty accurate figure, but vacancies are still an issue. Depending on which commercial real estate house you follow, office vacancy is still high at between 16-19%. That sounds high but it has come down a lot in the past 4 years, but still very high compared with other cities on that list. Most new office buildings are for built-to-suit rather than spec builds because there's less demand. That will change if the economy continues to improve.