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TEMPE | Union Tempe/7th Street Mixed Use | 240/200/164 FT | 20/16/12 FLOORS
Construction appears to be going full tilt here so I figured it was worth getting its own thread. I walk by nearly every day and should be able to get fairly regular pictures. Should be fun to watch it go up.
3 January 2017: http://i.imgur.com/wqqngY0h.jpg 5 January 2017: http://i.imgur.com/Zuj0TFFh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9IBbYpbh.jpg For reference, the most recent renderings: http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f263...ATOV1T.1-0.jpg http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/4640...project-2-.jpg Webcam: https://app.oxblue.com/open/EDR/tempe |
Nice update. It may be worthwhile to also post this in the Highrise Construction area:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=103 |
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My question is if the hotel is not happening anytime soon...then what is filling University? A concrete pad like for the hotel at The Collier Center that never happened??
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Ugh. 7S is apparently being mostly bought out by, and will be managed by a student housing developer.
EdR Announces Edge-of-Campus Student Housing Development at Arizona State University Quote:
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Starting to peek above ground.
http://i.imgur.com/ZGbwYBZh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6zBfohgh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aWVnk9oh.jpg |
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Nice pics! Thanks for posting.
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I have a feeling I will be in a high rise again in teme :slob::)
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May 2, 2017
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June 7, 2017
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June 29, 2017
This thing is starting look imposing.
http://i.imgur.com/WJ6vXxGh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QXJe3b0h.jpg |
July 12, 2017
It doesn't show up very well in my crappy phone pictures, but you can see the setback taking shape from the walk-up units that will be on the north side.
http://i.imgur.com/977pGwEh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WEpp1zQh.jpg |
^ That's a quick walk to House of Tricks! Thanks for the pics.
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Aug. 24, 2017
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October 4, 2017
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Drove by today, it appears the smaller tower (12 floors) is topped out and work is starting on the 16th floor (eventually 20) should be topped out around December.
They've started going vertical on the southern retail portion... I'm assuming they'll leave the SW corner flat until the hotel portion is ready to get built? |
https://www.facebook.com/UnionTempe/
Like the Stewart, this project now has a FB page. It's also been named Union Tempe Apartments. |
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The FB page links to a leasing website: http://www.uniontempe.com/, which has a webcam: https://app.oxblue.com/open/EDR/tempe From the webcam, it looks like the north tower is topped out--I believe that one was always supposed to be 12 stories. Middle tower is at about 16 out of 20 stories. They are starting to build out the podium to the University frontage. From the renderings looks like the plan is to build out the podium in this phase, but not the initially proposed 16-story hotel. Hopefully the hotel can be built at some point--project would look lopsided without the third tower. |
Cladding is starting to appear.
https://i.imgur.com/HSyNZfrh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/B7ukHKqh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tYXZQL6h.jpg |
Has the tall portion topped out?
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I'm interested to see what's done with the front "third" fronting University now. They have columns on only about half of it. Unclear to me if they're going to build out the whole garage only? Or go ahead and build the third tower? |
I thought this was going to be student housing?
Looking at their website, that doesn't appear to be the case. |
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So who knows. Maybe not solely student housing but amenable to students living there? |
November 14, 2017
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^Nice.
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December 21, 2017
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We have windows!
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January 17, 2017
Exterior continuing. Balconies are going up. I hope they find a developer for the hotel portion soon--I think it will look weird with that corner cut out of the block. But with Omni, Westin and Hayden all also in the works, it's hard to say whether anyone will be willing. If it does languish for a while, hopefully they have a plaza/park/grass area instead of surface parking.
https://i.imgur.com/Lqng2Ilh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6uqgkLxh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/r2u2aPUh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fzWgqVoh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/oU5mL6qh.jpg |
Those balconies are sharp!
This is going to be one of my favorite buildings in Tempe once it's finished. BioDesign C under construction down the street is #1. Tempe is getting some seriously awesome new architecture. |
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Jeez, this building is big.
For reference, the block there is 500 feet a side whereas Phoenix's are 300 feet a side. And there's room for more still... |
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https://azbigmedia.com/canopy-hilton...w-hotel-tempe/
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Should've read the article. 14 floors will be nicely rounding out the development.
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I don't know how likely it would happen given the area's weird copper/faux wood fetish, but it would be great to see the hotel incorporate bricks like some of the other Canopy hotels do. Outside of some places on Mill, that kind of brick work (facade or otherwise) is sorely lacking given all the super modern buildings popping up and Downtown Tempe's relative age.
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21 February 2018
I think the cladding and windows are looking pretty good.
https://i.imgur.com/HcDSJLVh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bcTG20Xh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1WI6fmTh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/w6GdNdwh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0AhLmbJh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cX1rDzPh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/M7oA822h.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZQr103Oh.jpg |
Love the texture the balconies provide. This is a great addition to Tempe, even more if it's not 100% student housing.
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https://www.instagram.com/uniontempe/
https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram...33205504_n.jpg Prospective view from the building: https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram...01573120_n.jpg |
So many things wrong with this photo. What's with the pink on the building on the right? Gleaming mid-rises next to one of the uglier mountain-ettes in the Valley, Christmas camels still on in February. That's not an ideal view to have in Tempe.
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It's interesting to see Tempe midrises getting less and less value engineered. That Marriott is a prime example of the beginning of the recovery. I've been hoping ASU would renovate or at least paint the University Towers for a decade. Reindeer (camel) guy forgot to do his job this year :haha: |
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Perhaps extrapolate on what exactly makes you feel "Gleaming mid-rises next to one of the uglier mountain-ettes in the Valley, Christmas camels still on in February." is indicative of "so many things wrong with this photo" . . . I mean, the phrase starts with a capital "Gleaming" and ends in a period after the word "February" indicating this must be a "sentence" but is clearly an incomplete combination of two random observations with no further detail or connecting point or information . . . is it that the "camels" as you call them are unsightly? The fact that you think the hill is ugly? That the building "gleam"? Are "gleaming" buildings a good or bad thing? lol Lots of questions based on your observation haha Also - did you move away 15 years ago? |
I agree with Ballister's observation. Ugly pink building, double tank gash on the mountain, Christmas camels. Where is he off base? Let's not forgot the f'n smog...
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Those water tanks have been on a mountain for like 50 years. The last I checked the towers are just beige like everything else from that era...just in need of a power wash and the photo isn’t white balanced well.
And I get that these aren’t the best features, but they are far from anything new. There’s way more than there was a few years ago developed, And although I am definitely not alone and have a never really had much of an appreciation for the brown ugliness of the desert, there are a lot of people who do. Always have the perspective. |
The only thing I see bad about this photo is it is being viewed by a narrow lens that wouldn't show half of what the human eyes would see. Yea, there's a couple of water tanks on the mountain. Eh, doesn't bother me. I think Hayden Butte in between all of this urban development is one of the finer things of Tempe. Not a lot of cities have this kind of mix. :tup:
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