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Originally Posted by Obadno
Vision? It has nothing to do with vision its market demand.
There has been no demand downtown for office space, but we have 1 office building under construction and one possibly in planning. When there is demand for office space downtown they will build towers, but companies need a reason to want to move downtown.
Also you need the city to entice companies into the city instead of into Tempe and Chandler, Stanton and whoever the next mayor is going to be should be trying to get hometown companies like Tazer, Godaddy, Avnet etc to open corporate office in the core. I don't think Stanton ahs been particularly proactive in that area.
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Dude, you're just proving my point. Why hasn't a local hometown (First Solar, GoDaddy, LifeLock, Apollo, Avnet, etc.) chosen downtown? BC downtown has lacked civic leadership and vision. There is nothing remarkable about downtown. San Antonio had to build the Riverwalk as a signature destination to get some momentum. Austin as a lake and river nearby. Um, Tempe's resurgence is due almost entirely to the Town Lake built >20 years previous. Phoenix has shown zero vision in this regard so any growth there has largely been by osmosis. It's happening, yes, but it could be so much further along is all I'm saying. And if I were mayor I would ask my city managers responsible for DT development to push for HIGHER as it creates a focus point from all areas of the valley. Nobody notices DT Phoenix bc it's short and stubby. So, yeah, let's keep putting up short and stubby buildings...perfect. This is a choice bc we have the attitude of "we'll taking anything!"