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Originally Posted by biggus diggus
Tell me more, my office is on that corner and I haven't seen any sign of apartment construction.
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I don't know any more details beyond the fact that 50 units are being proposed; definitely not at the point of construction starting - they were scheduled for a site review a couple of weeks ago, but that was cancelled.
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Originally Posted by TempeAZNative
I would love to see an extension of cityscape on the parking lot between Colliers Center and Cityscape connecting the 2. This would help bring new merchants to the mostly empty Colliers Center, and could really make it a better entertainment district/sport district. They could add 2 more towers on the empty lot like the Palomar, and actually get a hotel built on the lot on Jefferson and 3 st that was suppose to be a hotel but never started. I world be a good place for a City Target or a badly needed grocery store like a mini Fry's.
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Using the last CityScape lot to connect the current CityScape with Colliers Center sounds great in theory, the design of both existing developments really inhibits a continuous, connected set of projects. The level changes on the Palomar block cuts off the retail-heavy west side of CityScape, and Colliers' 2nd Street frontage is awful - all of the retail is hidden and setback behind the staircase/escalator. In the end, it will end up just like CityScape and Luhrs - two mixed use projects that are entirely disconnected in spite of being adjacent to each other.
I also think this would be a horrible site for either a CityTarget or grocery store. CityTarget needs to be built in a dense residential area where there is potential for other large retailers. Jefferson/2nd Street is pretty much on the opposite end of downtown from where the bulk of residential development exists or grow, and a CityTarget couldn't succeed on its own regardless and downtown just hasn't been an attractive market for major retail stores. As I mentioned, Midtown is perfect. There is already several midrise residential buildings along Central, and it is easily accessed by dense, fairly wealthy adjacent neighborhoods. There is also enough empty land and redevelopment opportunities for large retailers (AND the parking that these stores will demand, even in the center of the city) to cluster - and Midtown might be more attractive given its proximity to wealthier neighborhoods.
As far as a grocery store, again - this needs to be built in a more residential section. I think the old Circles building is an ideal space given all of the proposed residential along Roosevelt Row, the established neighborhoods to the northwest, and the potential for huge growth to the southwest (where the major RFP was just issued for).