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I have a lot of interest in the Pin as it was announced practially the first day I moved here and have been watching it closely. Since we have not had any recent developments lately, I decided to contact Brian Stowell about 2 weeks ago. This is part of the response I received... "The city has expressed interest and plans are still in the works for the project. We have many preliminary issues to work out before we can identify a clear starting date, but we are at work on all of them." I know that's somewhat of a generic response, but at the least, it looks like the Pin may still be in development and hasn't been cancelled yet. My opinion of the location picked is due to the proximity of the ballpark, arena, the convention center itself and the high volume of pedestrian traffic this area receives during events which would help boost public interest and attendence. It's a "Hey, while we're here, let's check this out" attraction. Many cities have adopted this philosophy on "riskier" projects with much success. The powers that be know that this location could be a good bet versus a risk if it were buillt anywhere else. Be lucky they didn't pick Westgate :runaway: Personally, I would love to see a little more design thought put into it (especially after seeing the observation tower Miami is planning). Plus, my choice would be to build this at the downtown civic park instead which would allow much more height and still have high foot traffic volume. But I don't think the current spot is exactly a bad location considering. :tup: By the way, the Pin appears to have a new name of "Copper Point Tower" according to the website renderings. |
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Does anyone know what's going on at the NW corner of Central and McDowell? There are people working there today. Could this be something like infrastructure improvements related to the proposed Arthaus apartments that are going up behind the Opera Center? Or is this maybe the start of something completely new?
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^^^This should be prelimanary groundwork for the artHAUS development. But I have yet to see a rendering and I haven't looked to see if anything else is up for that location. Not sure the 30 unit artHAUS project would fill that entire lot?
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Long time lurker here too. Originally from San Antonio and moved here a little over a year ago. Just wanted to put my two cents in, but I'm not a huge fan of the design of the observation tower planned. I love the idea of building one and understand the reasoning behind that design, but like I said, I would like to see other options and maybe have the community vote on their favorite. Any who, I'm excited and can't wait for more news!
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I thought the arthaus project was going on the western portion of the AZ Opera lot, which would mean it would be behind the existing building in the background of the photo and fronting on 1st Ave. Of course, I could be wrong.
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The work could still be infrastructure improvements for the ArtHaus, however. |
Anyone know what is going on at the Arizona Center. The whole west side facade is covered in tarps. Are they opening it up or adding windows or painting????
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They're probably just adding a billboard. :yuck: |
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I hope this is just being moved to another day, but as I was looking through a Central Village Planning Committee meeting for 12/9, I saw that one this item was lined out:
5. Presentation and discussion regarding the Phoenix Tower proposed for the Heritage and Science Park. Jay Thorne & Kerry O’Reilly, Novawest Hope the deal is not dead... |
Detoured through downtown earlier today and snapped some quick progress pictures. Going to dump them all right here since it's easier. :D
[b]Cityscape apartments just about complete... http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/1.jpg http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/2.jpg http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/5.jpg New "cocktail parlor" opening in the corner of Central and Jefferson, great location! http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/3.jpg http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/4.jpg These are new, at least to me...lots and lots of green pots on a bunch of streets downtown. They look sort of cool I guess. http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/6.jpg West side of AZ Central is all covered and has scaffolding up, not sure what they are doing. http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/7.jpg http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/8.jpg Arizona Cancer Center http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/9.jpg Roosevelt Point http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/10.jpg http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/11.jpg http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/12.jpg DeSoto Building, came out fantastic! http://www.nitnelav.com/DT120513/13.jpg |
Great photos. DeSoto looks fantastic; fingers crossed for a great tenant who converts at least a portion of the surface lot into a patio or other outdoor use.
Any ideas what could be going on at Arizona Center? If they were adding entrances along 3rd, scaffolding wouldn't be going up first, right? I wonder if it's just signage- movie posters along AMC, for example? Bitter and Twisted has gotten delayed several times, but they seem super excited and passionate, so I'm confident it'll open in early 2014. Can't wait for some activity along Jefferson... A lone Subway doesn't do Luhrs justice, and this will be the perfect hangout for Palomar guests and apartment residents - great visibility. No comment on the pots, ha. |
So is it true that the council voted to allow the Circle K on 7th the other day?
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