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I'm a bit surprised that Phoenix hasn't done much with their skyline, for a city that will likely be approaching 2 million possibly by 2030, and a metro area that's growing even faster. I do realize that Downtown Phoenix can't put up anything taller than what's already there due to the airport nearby, but I'm surprised that there's not much going on in the pipeline. I'm also surprised that suburban enclaves like Mesa (approaching 500,000), Chandler, Scottsdale, Glendale, and Gilbert, (Approximately 250,000) haven't tried to come up with a semi-rival skyline, kinda like what Evanston, White Plains, Bellevue, and Clayton has successfully done.
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I would say Phoenix slightly underperforms for its size, but there isn't nothing. There are currently 3 200+ ft. residential towers going up, with a fourth about to start, and 1 office tower. I would say there are probably about a dozen proposals in and around downtown at varying states of progress and varying likelihoods of being built. And like a lot of other metros, there's a constant stream of the 4-5 story wood construction urbanish apartments going up in the central core. There's less construction probably than an Austin or other metros with big construction booms, but most Phoenix-area folks are pretty happy because it's currently so much better than we're used to.
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Tempe has Phoenix's semi-rival skyline. And that is where most of the urban development in their metro is going. Tempe has the same issues as downtown with regards to height and the airport. I wonder if Midtown has the same restrictions. If not that will probably grow into the supertall skyline if it ever comes to Phoenix.
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As a general rule, Midtown does not have the same restrictions (or at least the restrictions there are much higher than downtown, which generally ranges from 400-600 feet).
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I'm a bit surprised that Phoenix hasn't done much with their skyline, for a city that will likely be approaching 2 million possibly by 2030, and a metro area that's growing even faster. I do realize that Downtown Phoenix can't put up anything taller than what's already there due to the airport nearby, but I'm surprised that there's not much going on in the pipeline. I'm also surprised that suburban enclaves like Mesa (approaching 500,000), Chandler, Scottsdale, Glendale, and Gilbert, (Approximately 250,000) haven't tried to come up with a semi-rival skyline, kinda like what Evanston, White Plains, Bellevue, and Clayton has successfully done.
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Mesa has tried its damnedest to get any sort of urbanish development going downtown, pretty much to no avail. They've invested heavily in light rail, and will entitle basically anything that comes its way. I was hopeful a year or two ago because there was a spate of proposals for city-owned parking lots in and around downtown, but none of them seem likely to be built at this point. Its latest hope is that a satellite ASU campus will spur development. We'll see.
Gilbert has been very successful in revitalizing its little downtown as a bar/restaurant/nightlife destination with sort of a more family-oriented bent than Tempe or Scottsdale. Will be interesting to see if they can (and want to) parlay that into office and residential development.
Tempe and Scottsdale are where most of the development is. Tempe seems more willing to go up--there are at least a half dozen 100+ ft buildings either under construction or with building permits.