The city looks good. I had no clue Adeline was that much built out already. What is going on with the under pass at the 2:30 mark on the lower left of the screen? Again, I can't wait to see if the Thunderbird Legacy building will be built and hopefully Barrister if that ever happens.

Oh it's gotten very impressive. Adeline has picked up speed hardcore. It's very tall now. I just drove past it today coming from Frys.

And yes, Thunderbird Legacy and Barrister are really essential for this southern part of downtown. They need to happen because they would absolutely transform the area.

What's happening with the empty lot across the street from celery stick arena? I guess it would be 2nd and Jackson.

Does anyone know if this is still a thing?

https://roselawgroupreporter.com/201...er-in-phoenix/

Also what are all of the current approved towers underway?

Yo Biggus, that's the Home2 Hotel Development.
I'm 98% sure that's what that is.

This was a screencap that I got from the city council meeting I watched months and months ago. When it was being proposed.

https://i.postimg.cc/mg5b0sKB/Screen...9-You-Tube.jpg

That would be Astra. You can get all your information on that here.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=241480

And someone else would have to help me on that second question.
There's a ton of approved towers. It's just getting them started that is the tricky part.

https://dtphx.org/development/ is about the best we have for projects in the works.

I wish Phoenix would get its act together and do something like Tempe has--an ESRI integration for maps and all the development review documents available online so poor Crested doesn't have to FOIA what should be easily available public information. Phoenix's Development Services Department's process hasn't changed since I started tracking this stuff like 15 years ago--I remember going in and waiting forever at the counter just to get a site plan of Grace Court so many years ago and realizing what a waste of time it was. Even Planning takes down rezoning applications/reports for some stupid reason.

On the underpass that might be the reconstruction for the south bound light rail system. That would be my quess.

Correct :tup:

I just call everything by whatever it was named when my family moved to Phoenix in 1996. A lot of those buildings, Desert Sky Pavilion, America West Arena, eventually BOB still had their original monikers.

Same difference: Banner University will always be Good Sam to me.

That dtphx web page does an awesome job of showing the current projects in Phoenix.

Looking at that DTPHX page.

I did not know the Hance Park project received a 2MM donation from the Fiesta Bowl.

Another San Francisco tech company moving to Phoenix.

Oh no... Too bad...

Digital signature company ZorroSign moves headquarters to Phoenix

Hyatt Regency Garage RFP update. No real update. Negotiations are still in progress with the recommended proposer (Berger). :shrug:

Stupid. The Hines proposal walks all over the Berger proposal...although I would be curious if Hines were to still have an office tenant lined up?

Totally agree the only thing I like about Berger is the streetscape. Hines taller and doesn't look like a box like Berger.

The Hines proposal looks better but the Berger feels like a better project.

There's a lot more to Hines proposal than just the height.

The Berger project's main issue is that the parking garage aspect of it is just ludicrous. It is wide open and very visible. It screams that Phoenix is a car-centric city when Phoenix is trying hard to reverse that image.

Also, another main draw for the Hines proposal is they have a large tenant already lined up if built that would take up a large portion of the office space. Although, I am wondering if it's possible that would no longer be the case with the current epidemic, but we are talking at least 2 years to complete the office portion which we could be well into recovery by then.

Hines also has stated they intend to focus on completing the the ground-floor retail and hotel portion first in order to be ready for the next Super Bowl. The remainder of the tower would then be completed afterwards. I do not believe Berger has such a plan in place. I can read through their RFP again to verify this, but pretty sure they don't have a plan in place for the Super Bowl.

Lastly, there's the design. Berger is just another bland block with too much emphasis on the garage. Granted, the garage is part of the RFP, but that doesn't mean it has to be so obvious. Also, IMO it's just time for Phoenix to have a tower that is not a square block.

Just took a drive around downtown. Its much more lively with the kids back in session and I imagine ancillary businesses that make their living on the students.

If only baseball could have in person fans we would be almost back to normal.

I have noticed an uptick of pedestrians this week so far and also Fry's was very busy during lunch today. I always park in the garage and the Fry's portion of parking was about 2/3 full. It's never even been half full any time I have been there. Good signs, good signs.