Tempe Development Thread - Page 448

PHXFlyer11 · #**8941** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 4:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by muertecaza

Yeah, the elevator core and the tippy tops of the columns are above ground, but only just.

My God... I can't for the life of me understand this project. Taking that long will just bleed them dry, it makes no sense!

Obadno · #**8942** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by PHXFlyer11

My God... I can't for the life of me understand this project. Taking that long will just bleed them dry, it makes no sense!

Money laundering

jvbahn · #**8943** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 6:13 PM**

Didn’t the developer say it was a family-affair? Maybe the kids are nickel-bag dealers in Papago Park. Would explain the pace.

azsunsurfer · #**8944** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 6:16 PM**

Can't be any slower than Park Place....Gilbane sprouted up quicker than it took for Park Place to fill the underground garages....they should have been much further along right now...

phoenixwillrise · #**8945** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 6:50 PM**

[QUOTE=jvbahn;8726958]Didn’t the developer say it was a family-affair? Maybe the kids are nickel-bag dealers in Papago Park. Would explain the pace.[/QUOT
Maybe it's an apprenticeship project where someone is teaching their kids every phase of construction. This project takes slow to whole new definition.

CrestedSaguaro · #**8946** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 6:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by PHXFlyer11

My God... I can't for the life of me understand this project. Taking that long will just bleed them dry, it makes no sense!

I'm guessing they are building at whatever pace they can afford, and if the economy does crash, declare bankruptcy and move on...

combusean · #**8947** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 7:05 PM**

Permits are time-limited, at least in Phoenix, so it's not like they can drag ass forever.

Spitfiredude · #**8948** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 8:09 PM**

I legit drive by this site twice a day & have seen more workers on site the last 3 weeks or so...so maybe that’s a positive sign. Someone on here said it will be a 3-4 year project & the developer said financing was fine. But in reality, the writing is on the wall. They are self financing & as Ronnie said, the project will crash if the economy does.

Mr.RE · #**8949** Posted **Oct 23, 2019, 9:21 PM**

I read an article the other day from 2017 that they had to change to post tension slab Type I construction from their original plans. I will try to track it down but it said it delayed their new construction drawings by two years to reconfigure and plan the whole building again. With that said, that falls around this time frame so they could be ready to move at a faster pace.

azsunsurfer · #**8950** Posted **Oct 24, 2019, 3:40 PM**

And that article was about the Pier?

Mr.RE · #**8951** Posted **Oct 24, 2019, 3:51 PM**

Sorry I forgot to clarify. Yes it was about the Pier.

muertecaza · #**8952** Posted **Oct 25, 2019, 9:25 PM**

Lunch walk:

Oliv

Westin

Mirabella

First/Farmer

combusean · #**8953** Posted **Oct 25, 2019, 9:42 PM**

The enormity of Mirabella kitty corner to the enormity of Union is mind boggling to me--the footprints of these projects is just huge. I had been around ASU since the mid 1980s and remember the IGA.

xymox · #**8954** Posted **Oct 26, 2019, 5:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by combusean

The enormity of Mirabella kitty corner to the enormity of Union is mind boggling to me--the footprints of these projects is just huge. I had been around ASU since the mid 1980s and remember the IGA.

...and the Tower Records...

I drove down University for the first time since all this construction and it felt like I was somewhere else. I think its great change. Need Scottsdale to go through this sort of transformation as well.

Edifice · #**8955** Posted **Oct 26, 2019, 7:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by muertecaza

Lunch walk:

Oliv

Westin

Mirabella

First/Farmer

Holy Crap! Those are some great pics! Thanks for posting! Love what’s happening in Tempe! Lived at Palo Verde West (still there!) in 1976 and would never have imagined that it would look like this now. I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming...

Socalzonie · #**8956** Posted **Oct 26, 2019, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr.RE

I read an article the other day from 2017 that they had to change to post tension slab Type I construction from their original plans. I will try to track it down but it said it delayed their new construction drawings by two years to reconfigure and plan the whole building again. With that said, that falls around this time frame so they could be ready to move at a faster pace.

They recently posted some more current pics of their progress on their project site.

https://www.rinka.com/ucpier-1

azliam · #**8957** Posted **Oct 26, 2019, 5:15 PM**

Right around the 3:00 mark gives a good view of all of the progress made recently in Tempe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU9vs4wylmE

CB1 · #**8958** Posted **Oct 27, 2019, 4:19 PM**

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.azf...46e1f.amp.html

Classical in Phoenix · #**8959** Posted **Oct 29, 2019, 8:46 PM**

The latest on the Omni lawsuit.

https://kjzz.org/content/1271086/ari...mni-hotel-deal

combusean · #**8960** Posted **Oct 29, 2019, 9:46 PM**

I've hated Mark Brnovich, and seeing his punchable smirk makes me hate him even more. What a rotten, rotten man.