The chatter about Novus got me poking around for more information, and a recent ABOR Board agenda included an update on the status. Mr.RE, your hope is coming true, it looks like we're going to get a lot more in the near future. Some highlights from the report:

So I guess that's confirmation that the multi-purpose arena is going to go just north of the parking garage on Packard. And a bunch of new development at various stages in the pipeline. The packet contains some preliminary renderings too:

https://i.imgur.com/XuLLRlSh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QrepJ7Wh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ena3kWBh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QsGOmc1h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/xSngSNdh.jpg

Full packet is here: https://public.azregents.edu/Board/2...Board-Book.pdf

https://m.facebook.com/SouthPierTemp...ernal&mt_nav=0

This ad came up on my FB page with renderings for Southpier. Looks pretty pie-in-the-sky if it all gets built but man what an incredible addition! I’m digging the Ferris wheel.

Muerte - again THANK YOU:worship:

Great data here.

Does it list the name of the developer? I suspect this is just fluff to sell an idea/proposed plan to another group but I'm hopeful this is legit!

No developer name is listed on the site or the deadend CohenMcBride.com link.

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...-up-steam.html

This article from June talks a bit more of the project. Contains a new rendering of a lake-side development with 400K sqft of office space as well. Just to be sure, Southpier and Pier 202 refer to the same development?

Wow. Those parcel 5 and South Pier Projects look absolutely amazing. I had been hoping someone would propose an actual pier for years. Would be amazing if this happened and we started to see a few others pop up with restaurants and games.

How about a Boardwalk Tempe? Maybe a nice L-shaped pier today maximize the space.

I would love to see The Pier and South Pier start a trend of higher-end Miami style condos that scale up as you move west to east. Create a sort of high-end luxury Tempe and maximize what’s left of the lakefront property.

The street car should help accelerate some of that development now.

The housing market is only strengthening so maybe some of these will happen.

Judging by the rendering, is the South Pier tower just phase one of a master plan? Or is that the only parcel they own and are just hoping other developers build towers on the other parcels?

South Pier at Tempe Town Lake
 

This popped up as an ad on my Facebook yesterday! Is this related to one of the projects???

https://www.facebook.com/SouthPierTempe

Dude, literally scroll up three posts. Someone already posted the same thing and we are talking about.

Looks like from the Tempe Development Map that there are some apartments planned for the narrow lot on the SWC of Curry/Miller, 1255 E. Curry:

https://gis.tempe.gov/pad/Developmen...res/Banyon.JPG

Even though it looks to be just more 4+1 apartments, it's good that there are more proposals filling in the backlog, it seems like there haven't been as many in Tempe lately. And interesting that someone is willing to put out a proposal on that side of the freeway, next to all the automotive businesses. It looks like this is just outside the county island, and technically within city limits. But I wouldn't be surprised to see that whole automotive area, including the county island, be apartments before too long.

Not sure how I feel about more surface parking fronting Rio Salado but I guess I rather have it there than fronting the lake...

Tempe Depot is on the DRC agenda for the end of the month. No link yet to the file, really hoping for improved design and renderings. Looked like total trash before. 18 and 17 story is what I believe I read on the agenda.

Agree on the design. It's not so much the massive parking podium. I get the Tempe probably wants the additional parking for events. But that facade. :yuck:

10/13/20 Tempe Update
 

*WARNING PICTURE HEAVY*

Before I begin with today's update, enjoy these pics from the top of Watermark's parking garage I took last week (not sure if I was actually supposed to be up there lol) and one of the street car stations on Mill:



Here's a couple updates around the Novus/Apache area from earlier this morning (10/13/20):

Yeah, I don't love it either, but I've sort of made my peace with it. No one in a position to have meaningful input seems to regard Rio Salado as a pedestrian thoroughfare that needs pedestrian-oriented design. Which is slightly surprising given that they are putting the street car there.

Thanks for the pics interesting angles nice.

There is a packet for a presentation to the Historical Preservation Commission tomorrow, but it looks like the same renderings we've seen before:

https://www.tempe.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=85779

And yeah, it's too bad because there is a lot I like about it, especially the plan to rehab and restore the train depot. Between Mesa's historic train depot burning down in the 80s and Phoenix's being stuck in telecom-storage-purgatory, I would really love it if Tempe's station could be restored, preserved and utilized. Even though I have a gut reaction not liking the parking looming over the light rail tracks, If I was deciding I'd probably still support the project as is as good enough all things considered.

I like all the retail and such, the hotel tower and podium are just so ugly and stubby. They should be using more glass and less of that brick facade to detract from the massive podium.

Why doesn't it say what they are doing with the station? It'd make a cool bar.

I'm definitely here for any train-themed bar ideas :tup:

The packet I posted unfortunately doesn't have any info (surprising given that's it's for the historic preservation commission). There are ground floor spaces labelled as "retail," but the train station is just labelled "train depot structure." In my perfect world, they would use it as part of the development for now, but have some kind of an option to restore it to use as a train station if commuter rail along that section of the tracks every became a reality.

Yes, i looked through the packet. Thanks for posting, and saw that it doesn't say retail. Maybe it's TBD.

I won't see it as commuter per say, as that can be accomplished these days merely with ticket kiosks outside. Perhaps would need public restrooms.

There was a really cool train bar I went to to in Bethlehem, PA... cigar bar as well. Here's the link: http://www.thewoodenmatch.com/

ISTB7 might end up being the coolest building in Tempe once it's finished :tup:

Thanks for the great pics, skiesthelimit!