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Originally Posted by muertecaza

For the most part Midtown does not have as restrictive height limits as downtown as it is outside the flight path from Sky Harbor. Historically the tallest proposals in Phoenix have been in Midtown, but most of those have been pie-in-the-sky, and obviously none have been built. Basically all the towers in Midtown were built between 1960-1990, with almost nothing since. The area never really recovered from the S&L crisis. In the current re-urbanization, Midtown has mostly been filling in with the typical 5-story urban-ish apartment buildings that are going up all over the country. But there's a new Creighton University medical school and related buildings that are pushing in to the 10-ish story range, which is good, and could potentially be a catalyst for more. I'm with you that it would be fun to have huge towers in Midtown, but I personally wouldn't count on it anytime soon. The momentum is much greater downtown.

Midtown seems to be going down the path of the Texas Medical center with a rough focus on healthcare related stuff which is actually great for potential office demand down the road.