Drove by on I-10 through downtown yesterday and the Sky crane looks like it's at about the height that the tower will eventually be. It's going to look pretty good driving west into the tunnel on I-10. Moon Tower is also now fairly visible as well.

With both of these and Link 1 & 2, I love how the towers are steadily approaching I-10. I've always thought this was kind of a week spot for driving through our downtown on a major interstate. You really can't see any towers except from a couple miles out.

Rivulet Media to develop mixed-use project at iconic Union Station in downtown Phoeni
 

Finally some updates regarding Union Station!! Soooo does this mean the building won't be used for Amtrak?

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...n-station.html
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That looks fantastic! :cheers:

Man, who edited that article? Two glaring mistakes in a short blurb.

I don't doubt what the guy behind this company has done before but their penny stock business is by nature sketchy as hell. I would be very skeptical of this.

I do hope they keep this publicly accessible so it can be used as a train station.

Strange the icehouse sold too... I never thought the owners would give it up, but I suppose without the raves they had in the early 2000s and events drying up and not appreciably near the entertainment core they finally had to divest.

I realize it's just a placeholder, but wow is that tower awful.

Boo. I'm okay with waiting 5 more years until there is more of a population in that area and having something cool like an indoor market or Churchill type experience that's open to the public and not some office space.

The Ferry Building in San Francisco is a good example of what this space could be. Maybe the permanent home of Phoenix Public Market with both long-term leases and weekly leases for vendors.

Another reason I'm skeptical of this. An actual architect wouldn't be that full of himself to put a gynormous boiling hot metal panel on an otherwise functioning balcony.

An actual developer wouldn't waste money on a "placeholder" tower rendering. This is a level of fantasy that would make all those condomania fly-by-nighters ashamed.

Phoenix Considering Downtown Entertainment District
 

Well, 2nd time...errr 3rd time is the charm? I just hope the conversations regarding the future of South Building kick back up and incorporate it into the "entertainment district".

https://azbex.com/local-news/phoenix...ment-district/

Cities are so lame, it already has an entertainment district, Roosevelt row.

stop trying to make a "new one"

Roosevelt should be it’s own thing separate from an entertainment district. Roosevelt Row is also several blocks from Chase Field and Footprint. The City has a great opportunity transforming the south convention center building.

Hmm. I seem to remember Hines pitching this idea a few years ago when they were in the planning phase for Adeline and I distinctly remember the City of Phoenix saying something like "not so fast".

Now that Tempe is working on the Coyotes Entertainment District...which we all know Phoenix is miffed about...they suddenly want to bring this up again? They should have taken up Hines's proposal (which was the 2nd time Phoenix slapped Hines in the face) and maybe even tried bringing the 'Yotes when they had the chance.

Lost opportunities.

Also on a side note. It looks like the demo of the Phoenix Public Market and adjacent buildings on 1st St. may be happening soon. Crews are onsite today, doing minor interior work and setting up fencing.

Right. I think it was the area from 3rd St and Monroe and all the way down to Washington. Missed opportunity for sure

The City of phoenix has really left a lot to be desired when it comes to downtown.

They see much more concerned with developing the Northern edges of town up at Desert Ridge and Deer Valley, most of what has gone on downtown has happened despite the cities lack of interest and lack of effort.

Of all of the projects the city has subsidized, of all the companies that have moved here they couldn't get just one to be the flagship tenant on a new or remodeled office building? Not a single one?

Agree that CoP should be highly encouraging (tax breaks) the revitalization of Chase Tower in some way to make it happen. Tallest and most iconic building needs to be economically viable DT. The proposed remodel is stunning and City should make it happen.

In unrelated news, has anyone seen the remodel of the old Easley's Costume Shop on McDowell? I drove by it earlier and wasn't able to get a photo, but it looks really good imo.

Why do all that when this is the doomed fate of Chase Tower? :haha: :haha: :haha:

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That's where the new brewery, Roses by the Stairs, is going in:cheers:

Retail follows rooftops. Downtown has been the center of a very poor area of town when you look at 1 and 5 mile income radiuses from any given spot. Local boutiques might be a little bit more nimble, but larger chains are much more keen to better raw data.

It also takes the right kinds of spaces and development partners to reposition a building. The two strip centers on 7th Ave and McDowell gentrified almost overnight for example.

This Made-For-TV movie is another gem where Chase Tower is destroyed, even asteroids don't want it :haha:

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