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Originally Posted by Jjs5056

The former Onyx plot was sold recently; not a lot of info- but, it would be great if the buyer plans to actually develop the land and something tall went up. Still wanting to see some 300' towers in Tempe.

Also, maybe I was the only who never knew the full scoop, but that "Sky Tower" project that was flooding the news with press releases back in the spring with ambiguous details, like "near Mill Avenue," "in the 5th street district," etc. is officially dead, not that anyone thought it was going to happen. It was planned for the lot that currently houses an abandoned small office building on the north side of 5th by the railroad tracks (western end of the Hayden Condo parking lot). A pretty awesome location for a high rise, given the West 6th towers right next door and and the railroad tracks creating a natural break before the smaller-scale residential along Farmer. any way, Google Tempe Towers LLC for more info; the guy filed bankruptcy.

I really, really wish that area of Tempe developed as planned. Mill just shouldn't have skyscrapers along it's frontage, so leaving the high rises to cluster along the western end with Mosaic, the 4 Centerpoint Towers, and Sky Tower before stepping town to the Farmer Arts District and finally, to the great dense infill on the western side of Farmer was just a fantastic plan. Driving along Ash now is just so depressing knowing what should have been... Nothing but garages and lots aside from Encore.

Keep the faith; Phoenix and Tempe have both done quite well during the Neo-depression we are living through. Just imagine how great things will be when the economy really gets going. Which it will....eventually....I hope...