I wonder what will become of the pad just south of the shorter condo building where the hotel was slated? Abandoned indefinitely? Seems like the perfect opportunity to get *something* in that development to face Rio Salado. If the hotel is out, I wish they'd at least put up a 2-story building or something: retail on the botnom, office up top.
On a somewhat related note, I wonder why they scrapped the previous design of the third office building? It was much more interesting, opened up to the coner, and provided a space for the NYE ball drop (couldn't care less about that, but hey, it's better than a generic office building). The new rendering does nothing for me.
The old one is still on their site:
http://www.haydenferry.com/office.php?id=5
Last comment for the day. I love the idea of seeing dense development around the lake; if this ever comes to fruition, I can die happy. Imagine flying into Sky Harbor and seeing this, across from Hayden Harbor, and finally Hayden Ferry Lakeside built out with more low-rise developments like The Lofts giving perfect views of the stadium and Butte...
I can't help living in the past and dreaminin like it's 2005, realism aside.
http://activerain.com/blogsview/630490/south-bank-on-tempe-town-lake
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