Tempe Development Thread

[PHXguyinOKC]

what's the word with the Monti's project?? Haven't heard anything in awhile.

[ciweiss]

^^^^
Good question PHXguy. Not much news on that one as of yet. It is interesting because it seems like a lot of places are just trying to gauge interest. Take for instance the Onyx building. I believe they have an open house or a presale or something this month. What is odd though is when I drive my bike next to Northshore it appears dead and the same development is thinking of building a 26 story building. Course maybe the Northshore people have not moved it yet. I believe it was just recently finished. I hope the Onyx place gets built. If you look at their website http://www.weststonecommunities.com/onyx/index.html
it looks like a cool design and has a lot of cool amenities.

There does seem to be some places that are selling. Here at Hayden Square I saw about 7-8 properties for sale a few months ago and now there are only a couple. New paint is making the place look better.

Aloft is on its second story. Their bulldozing at Southbank and dozing at Tempe Gateway. Alot of work next on Apache all over the place. That road is starting to look good from Mill onward. That religous school (forgot the name) has some cool big windows in the front. They are looking pretty good.

I saw the lightrail train roll by. Pretty cool though I hope it doesn't hold up traffic to much during the testing phase (or when it is in service).

[tempedude]

Does anyone have any idea of what is going on with the property directly west of the Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA)? The area between Rio Salado Blvd. and the Salt river, directly west of TCA, and all the way to Priest Dr. along the river has been fenced off. There appears to be a lot of grading and earth moving going on.

I have also noticed that there is some sort of activity going on with the Campus Edge site on Apache Blvd. There are all kinds of digging equipment on site, and quite a bit of digging and earth moving has begun. I had thought that this project was dead, or put on hold for a long time. I guess I was wrong. (Campus Edge - proposed loft style condos- is directly east/behind the Taco Bell on the corner of Rural Rd. and Apache Blvd.)

I added some renderings of Campus Edge for those who don't know or have forgotten about it..





Courtesy of WEKNOWURBAN.COM:
http://www.weknowurban.com/highrise-loft-buildings/Tempe/Campus_Edge_Lofts.html#photos

[Sekkle]

Originally Posted by tempedude

Does anyone have any idea of what is going on with the property directly west of the Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA)? The area between Rio Salado Blvd. and the Salt river, directly west of TCA, and all the way to Priest Dr. along the river has been fenced off. There appears to be a lot of grading and earth moving going on.

I saw this PDF on the City of Tempe website that shows that property as “Elements at TCA” for the portion closest to the Arts Center and Commercial/Hotel for the corner of Priest & Rio Salado. There’s also this page that gives a vague description of the "elements"… Not much help I guess.

[SunDevil]

Originally Posted by ForAteOh

I saw this PDF on the City of Tempe website that shows that property as “Elements at TCA” for the portion closest to the Arts Center and Commercial/Hotel for the corner of Priest & Rio Salado. There’s also this page that gives a vague description of the "elements"… Not much help I guess.

I vaguely remember catching a program on community access where they were discussing what to do with the space described. The council seemed to like the idea of building an area for art galleries and related businesses (restaurants, and even some non-gallery office/commercial space).

[ciweiss]

^^^^^^
That would be cool to see some art galleries/shops etc in that area. That is one thing Tempe DT is missing is some galleries etc. It would be nice if they cleared out the Priest/Rio Salado corner as well & moved that stuff from the NE corner to a different area. That is starting to look like an eyesore with all the new buildings going in over there. An art scene would give people another excuse to walk/bike around the lake if there would be some galleries there - or a boardwalk type of scene.

I thought I read that on the Tempe development report they are going to put a Chipotle on Mill. 7th or 8th st maybe? Anyways - not a skyscraper but man I love that place. I was hoping they would put it in the newly vacated Quiznos spot.

They have a big crane at the Tempe Gateway location. Not the skyscraper crane but a mobile/tractor one.

[escodu05]

i was at a uli event last night that had some updates on the tempe development scene:

centerpoint has only sold 35 units.
onyx will break ground, but has not fared very well in presales.
hayden mill will be developed, but the silos are probably 10 years out.
the old long wongs site will be phased, but move forward (city gave out some serious tif money for this).
most of the other sites are on hold, or being removed from the development slate.

[HX_Guy]

Damn...only 35 units sold? How many total units do the two condo towers have? I imagine 300+?

[Vicelord John]

what is under construction across from the police station/court building?

looks like they started building a parking garage and then abandoned it.

[Sekkle]

I think that's where the new Marriot is going. Where Bandersnatch used to be...

[tempedude]

Originally Posted by John_Vandercook

what is under construction across from the police station/court building?

looks like they started building a parking garage and then abandoned it.

That is where the new hotel is going...and the parking garage is moving along quickly....it didn't have that much built even 2 weeks ago. The hotel is the old Bandersnatch location and the parking garage is where a couple of old buildings were that were demolished....in fact i posted a couple of pictures of the garage getting under way just a few weeks ago...

[ciweiss]

Good news. The Tempe Gateway tower crane is up. Hard to say how high it is from my angle but I would say around 12 stories. Its already moving around all over the place so it looks like they are putting it to good use.

[PC2001]

Originally Posted by HX_Guy

Damn...only 35 units sold? How many total units do the two condo towers have? I imagine 300+?

They told me 35% are sold. Not 35 units. They're not selling any units yet on the 2nd tower.

[wissundevil06]

Saw the tower crane go up today for the Tempe Gateway project. After one tower crane came down, it's nice to see another one go up.

[plinko]

Hah! I've got pictures!

Yesterday:


Today:

[plinko]

Having finally seen Centerpoint in person, I have to say that they have dynamically altered the East Valley landscape. And shoot me for saying so, but I don't think any other buildings that tall should be allowed in Tempe (I'm partial to 'A' Mountain).

Some Centerpoint and Tempe skyline shots for you guys...































From Christown area!


From downtown Phoenix

[ciweiss]

Great pics Plinko - thanks. I especially like the b&w one.

[loftlovr]

Great pics as always Plinko!
Loved the Centerpoint update!
You're quite the A mountain hiker huh?

[andrewkfromaz]

Was it hot enough for ya?

[PC2001]

I dont think Centerpoint turnover will happen in June as planned. The shorter building doesn't look done at all. They must be out of funds if only 35% are reserved/sold. Maybe they should cut their prices some.