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Originally Posted by DevilsRider
"even more than that" I wonder if that means extending it south to 5th street along the east side of the parking lot? If so, that would be awesome, and would make a continuous path from 1st to about 7th St.
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That is indeed what the final outcome will be. However, I believe that it won't actually happen until the land gets developed. The first phase was a collaboration between the developers of Encore and the city. It is very likely that the second chunk of it would be done in a similar manner.
Tempe has been pretty smart about these types of moves. Unlike other cities that completely bend over for any developer asking for changes to the code to build their proposal, Tempe asks for something in return. Sometimes it is something as simple as remodeling the streetscape and planting shade trees in front of the development (as was required from the District on Apache). But there definitely is this underlying concept that if you are going to build in Tempe, you are going to be a part of Tempe, and therefore should do a little to make it better. Wish other cities in the valley learned from this.
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