Phoenix Development News (3)

[dtnphx]

Finally....

ArtHAUS Brings Artful Residential Infill to Midtown

Downtown Phoenix Journal, Courtney McCune, May 27th, 2015

Phoenix’s Midtown District is known for its collection of artistic venues, including the Phoenix Art Museum, The Heard Museum, and The Arizona Opera. By next spring, that list of artful spaces will grow with the addition of a new architecturally unique residential project called ArtHAUS.

ArtHAUS will fill in a portion of the vacant lot on 1st Avenue, near Central Avenue and McDowell Road. It will feature a total of 25 units, including seven three-level townhomes, 15 two-level lofts, and three single-level flats. The project will break ground this month and is anticipated to be completed by May of 2016.

According to Jason Boyer, the architect and developer of ArtHAUS, the concept behind his project is to “provide an attainable, well-designed, well-located urban infill residential choice.”

ArtHAUS residents will be able to live in an artistic and thoughtfully-designed urban dwelling in the cultural center of Phoenix, with easy access to light rail and the many restaurants, galleries, shops and events that are drawing more and more people to Downtown Phoenix.

Boyer has lived and worked in Phoenix for the past 20 years and was inspired by the transformation he’s witnessed downtown. In that transition, he also saw an opportunity. “As I’ve watched it mature, obviously one of the things that’s been missing is residential opportunities.”

Greg Kilroy of The Velocity Group real estate team is the sales representative for ArtHAUS, rounding out a team that is dedicated to enriching Downtown Phoenix with artfully designed spaces that contribute to the soul of our city.

ArtHAUS caters to the need for residences that are tailored to the true needs of the community and the people who want to live there. As a believer in context-based design, Boyer designed ArtHAUS to blend with the existing neighborhood and to be optimized for community-building.

“We wanted to be a good neighbor and a complement to the neighborhood, paying attention to scale and how the units address the street. And creating a place that had the ability to build a sense of community amongst its residents,” says Boyer.

The smallest unit in ArtHAUS is approximately 550 square feet and the largest is around 1900 square feet. Prices range from $156,000 to $490,000.

All the units within the building are connected at the second level with courtyard spaces. “You can sit out and have coffee and conversation while neighbors are going to work, walking their dogs,” says Boyer.

The design also complements our regional climate, with large overhangs and the use of glass within the units that maximize the Arizona indoor/outdoor feel. And according to Boyer, the interiors of the units are created to be as multifunctional as possible. For example, smaller units have islands that double as a dining table: “The kitchen tends to be the gathering point anyways, so why not make that the centerpiece?”

Boyer’s focus on attainable, well-designed living spaces was inspired by Phoenix, but he also took some cues from projects in Southern California, where “a more attentive eye to design and the living experience” proved to be favorable amongst buyers. Boyer hopes to infuse this idea into Downtown’s fast-evolving residential landscape.

Boyer and Kilroy hope to attract a variety of residents to this project. “We would truly love it to be mixed, really a representation of what we want downtown to be.”

ArtHAUS is set to be an architectural point of interest in Midtown Phoenix, contributing to the personality and value of the neighborhood, while creating a sense of place for those who live in and around it.

The sales center for ArtHAUS is located in the Porter Acme building at 1425 N. 1st Street. You can find out more about the development and make reservations at arthausphx.com.

http://downtownphoenixjournal.com/2015/05/27/arthaus-brings-artful-residential-infill-to-midtown/

[PHXFlyer11]

Originally Posted by dtnphx

Finally....

ArtHAUS Brings Artful Residential Infill to Midtown

Great to see a nice project develop off of 1st Ave. Portland is also not right on Central. This is encouraging to see density branching out a bit.

[TakeFive]

Side Topic: Move over WebPT and make room for CearDATA

"ClearData lands $25 million in latest funding round"
May 28, 2015 by Hayley Ringle, Phoenix Business Journal

ClearData Networks Inc., the Tempe-based health care cloud-computing software and service provider, has closed on $25 million to expand its sales and marketing team and continue developing its software.

The Series C funding for the high-growth company was an over-subscribed amount, with the company only initially seeking $15 million to $20 million, said CEO Darin Brannan. The company closed on the deal May 18.

“We took on more than we were planning based on good terms and the right investment partners,” Brannan told me by phone Wednesday. “It’s a good time to be raising capital in this market.”

I wasn't at all familiar, but I am now. This is one impressive story.

The company, which has more than 100 employees now... “We think we have the top best in class team and will be over 1,000 people in the next few years,” Brannan said.

Welcome to the cloud. Being the curious sort I checked out their web site whereupon I discovered that one of their notable customers is CCMCN. From ClearDATA's web site we find that:

Comprising 15 community health centers with more than 90 clinic sites—including school-based clinics, pharmacies, and mobile units—nonprofit Colorado Community Managed Care Network’s (CCMCN) mission is to proactively respond to Medicaid managed care.

The testimonial is interesting. As a quick aside the State of Colorado currently collects about $600 million in hospital provider fees. They get a 2 for 1 Federal match which adds up to a $1.8 billion pot. CCMCN is a one-third partner. They've existed since 1994.
The Behavioral Health Information Network of Arizona is also a customer.

Wrap:
This gives Metro Phoenix two young, growing. successful, homegrown healthcare software companies. Pretty impressive and success breeds success.

One thing the ACA did was to unleash a lot of innovative energy. There's of course no shortage of competition but ClearDATA looks like it could be very, very successful. One last quote from CCMCN:

After evaluating offerings from Microsoft, Amazon, and a few other local vendors, Greer notes that “they didn’t seem as robust. All seemed OK, but they didn’t know enough about healthcare or HIPAA.” With Microsoft’s offering, for example, it felt like he’d be buying a utility without a lot of people to support it.

ClearDATA proposed three virtual, cloud-hosted servers with a combined total of 3.1TB of storage space. “ClearDATA came with people and expertise,” Greer says

Maybe some day ClearDATA will build their own downtown highrise?

[PHXFlyer11]

Originally Posted by TakeFive

Maybe some day ClearDATA will build their own downtown highrise?

These are the kinds of companies that should be located either.

1. Tempe Athletic District (The District)
2. Phoenix Bio Campus Downtown

[TakeFive]

I've got to admit it's getting better (Better)
A little better all the time (It can't get more worse)
I have to admit it's getting better (Better)
It's getting better since you've been mine
(Paul Mccartney, John Lennon)

Hotels in the area will be packed with the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown nearly sold out for Friday and Saturday night, and the Renaissance Phoenix looking at 90 to 95 percent occupancy, according to hotel staff. The hotels also are host sites for several Comicon events.

Downtown businesses assembling for Phoenix Comicon
May 28, 2015 by Jesse A. Millard, Phoenix Business Journal

Downtown Phoenix is turning into a superhero hub with caped crusaders and comic book fans lining up at the Phoenix Convention Center for Phoenix Comicon. Restaurants and hotels are ready for the growing crowd as up to 80,000 fans will be in Phoenix for the event running from May 28 to 31.

These events have been growing all over the country with San Diego holding the largest and best. But with expected attendance near 80,000 this weekend that's also impressive.

Which Reminds Me...
As the urban vibe and energy picks up in downtown Phoenix, they should really try to find a couple of new FREE events to start holding annually. One quick example: Denver holds a Day of Rock (this last Saturday) where they set up 5 stages along the 16th Street Mall. One day, one totally FREE event which draws "regionally" over a 100,000 people. Denver does a number of these FREE events, the largest being their Gay Pride weekend which last year drew over 350,000 people. Food, beverage and hotel are extra of course.

[exit2lef]

Originally Posted by TakeFive

I've got to admit it's getting better (Better)
A little better all the time (It can't get more worse)
I have to admit it's getting better (Better)
It's getting better since you've been mine
(Paul Mccartney, John Lennon)


Downtown businesses assembling for Phoenix Comicon
May 28, 2015 by Jesse A. Millard, Phoenix Business Journal

These events have been growing all over the country with San Diego holding the largest and best. But with expected attendance near 80,000 this weekend that's also impressive.

Which Reminds Me...
As the urban vibe and energy picks up in downtown Phoenix, they should really try to find a couple of new FREE events to start holding annually. One quick example: Denver holds a Day of Rock (this last Saturday) where they set up 5 stages along the 16th Street Mall. One day, one totally FREE event which draws "regionally" over a 100,000 people. Denver does a number of these FREE events, the largest being their Gay Pride weekend which last year drew over 350,000 people. Food, beverage and hotel are extra of course.

I walked over to the Convention Center during my lunch break to pick up badges for my family to use this weekend. I then had lunch at CityScape before riding a GRID bike back to work. The whole time I was impressed with how much pedestrian traffic I saw, and we're just in the earliest hours of Comicon.

[Jjs5056]

Originally Posted by exit2lef

I walked over to the Convention Center during my lunch break to pick up badges for my family to use this weekend. I then had lunch at CityScape before riding a GRID bike back to work. The whole time I was impressed with how much pedestrian traffic I saw, and we're just in the earliest hours of Comicon.

Which makes the immediate environment surrounding the convention center all the more confusing and frustrating. If 2nd did a better job at moving people north and south, Monroe could turn into something decent. The Hilton Garden Inn has several retail spaces, and as far as I know, they have yet to decide what they are going to do with the Lodge adjacent to it. If they kept it and it was turned into a club or movie-house, that area would be pretty active with Valley Bar, Seamus, and Copper Door Lounge nearby... hopefully, several of the retail vacancies fill in with the addition of the hotel and the rejuvenated 111 building at each end. An upscale lounge in the 44M space, Ghost Lounge II, and some other unique nightlife options in the Subway building and US Bank Building would make for a pretty decent row between 1st Ave and 1st Street. Would be even better if the Chase moat was ever converted into anything other than a waste of space, and the Chase garage was renovated to add some ground level retail or redeveloped altogether.

12th St./Van Buren PUD: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-28-15n.pdf

I don't believe this has been posted yet; a PUD from Lafferty (responsible for much of the development in the Eastlake area) for 12th St. and Van Buren. St. Ambrose is a mixed-use, affordable housing project with a fairly confusing 3-phased plan that includes:

• One 4-story building with ground level retail (Phase I; creates an L along Van Buren and 12th Street)
• A 2nd 4-story building with 1,500 square feet of "gray shell commercial space" (Phase II; creates an L along the alleyways to create a complete rectangle with the first building)
• A 5-story parking garage (Phase I), and 7 stories of units that will wrap the west end of the garage (Phase 3; runs along an alleyway with small frontage on Van Buren).

It's nice to see more multifamily development in the area to complement the existing construction. A dense neighborhood east of downtown would go a long way toward adding critical mass. However, the fact that it's broken into *3* phases makes me pretty skeptical that the 7-story building will ever be constructed.

Also, the narrative mentions ground level retail in addition to "gray shell space" along 12th Street, but the attached site plan and renderings show the ground level almost entirely made up of residential units behind a low wall. If the rooms labeled "C" are the proposed commercial spaces and the dotted boxes the "gray shell space," then I really question the thought process. There are only 2 "C" rooms shown - 1 on the corner of VB/12th Street and another at the corner of the two alleyways that border the site; the two dotted boxes are also located along the alleyway.

First, 2 commercial spaces hardly warrants a description of "ground level retail, commercial, and restaurant spaces." But, more importantly, the narrative talks up its use of the alleyways to minimize vehicular impact on the main street frontages. This is hardly a novel concept... it's exactly what alleyways are intended to do. But, they've also tried to use the alleyways as pedestrian linkages, which is somewhat contradictory and just poor design - alleyways should be used to allow pedestrian access to amenities along the *main roads.* Orienting all of the public space into the alleyways, while approaching the streets with low walls is the complete opposite of TOD. Who in their right mind would lease a space located at the intersection of alley and alley?

For all their hype about their use of alleys to route vehicular traffic, the design is pretty much dominated by the massive 5-story parking garage which takes up nearly half of a block's worth of Van Buren frontage, and is completely exposed apart from the Phase 3 units that are again positioned along an alley. Overall, a very confusing and misguided design, IMO. If this goes anywhere, we'll probably end up with one 4-story building and a giant 5-story parking garage, which is pretty weak use of a potential redevelopment site.

[Jjs5056]

It's a little hard to keep up with the projects in the Eastlake area, especially since some are replacing previous proposals... so, I apologize if these have already been posted. I know we have discussed the 11th and 12th Capital Place projects, as well as The Presidential on 11 St./Washington proposal; but, I don't recall reading about The Enclave or The Liberty proposed for the corners of 12th St./Washington.

The Enclave: Southwest Corner of 12th St./Washington PUD: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-11-15.pdf

This project is a complete contrast to the mess described in the post above. While the density is a little weak, the design is ideal for a site that literally opens onto a light rail platform. It proposes 90 condos in 8 floors, which will help diversify the neighborhood with the addition of owner-occupied residential. Parking details are minimal, but whatever the solution is, it is completely concealed from both 12th St and Washington; an 'automated parking system' is referenced somewhere, so I guess they are proposing the machines that stack cars?

The ground level is lined with the resident amenities, and small retail opportunities. While the parking system and fact that these are condos make me a little suspicious, I hope it gets built because this is the type of standard that should be set. I love that both Lafferty and Royal Green (the developer of The Enclave) both refer to their projects as buffers between downtown and single-family neighborhoods... finally, a more realistic view of what constitutes a midrise district.

The Liberty: Northeast Corner of 12th St./Washington PUD: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-27-14n.pdf

And, another crap proposal from Lafferty. This one was close - the design of the main lot is decent, though short (4 stories as is typical of all their projects); 90 luxury rentals with ground level retail along 12th Street set aside for a restaurant and grocer (yea...). However, the larger lot has been approved for a massive surface parking lot. A surface lot feet away from a light rail station should never be acceptable, and is embarrassing. Even worse are some of the justifications, such as the lot serving as a buffer between single-family homes and this complex. Since when is an asphalt lot filled with fuming cars a positive barrier adjacent to homes?

I get that parking is necessary. But, for it to be so large and so close to a light rail stop is just laziness and absolutely not the best use of land in such close proximity to transit. If a surface lot were to be used, it should have been placed behind at least one, single-story retail building with street frontage, though ideally a garage would have been built with apartments and/or retail wrapping it or on the ground level.

For reference, a link to the best of Lafferty's proposed projects - The Presidential - on 11th St./Washington (4 stories of rentals, with small retail space along Washington, and 6 live/work walk-ups along Jefferson): https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-32-14_PUD.pdf

[Jjs5056]

Lastly, Midtown continues to fill in with residential developments. Given the mess that is the Midtown built environment, and the fact that there will be an estimated shortage of over 15,000 units in the neighborhood by 2035 (cited in this PUD), I wish that some taller projects were being proposed. Not a single project over 5 stories has been proposed yet, and while the combined units proposed in all of these projects is a decent figure, these smaller buildings won't have much of a visual impact. I also wish at least some mixed-use projects were planned; as noted before, Midtown really isn't very urban at all beyond the tall buildings... it would be nice for some streets to start transitioning into more urban-oriented retail attractions.

This PUD request is for the 3rd on Osborn (3rd St./Osborn). If Broadstone Central were to be revived, then the two projects together would be great for this area that is dominated by parking lots. Too bad the success of One Lexington nearby didn't encourage any additional building on the large site it is on.

4-stories, single-use, fairly boring: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-8-15n.pdf

[mdpx]

Originally Posted by Jjs5056

Lastly, Midtown continues to fill in with residential developments. Given the mess that is the Midtown built environment, and the fact that there will be an estimated shortage of over 15,000 units in the neighborhood by 2035 (cited in this PUD), I wish that some taller projects were being proposed. Not a single project over 5 stories has been proposed yet, and while the combined units proposed in all of these projects is a decent figure, these smaller buildings won't have much of a visual impact. I also wish at least some mixed-use projects were planned; as noted before, Midtown really isn't very urban at all beyond the tall buildings... it would be nice for some streets to start transitioning into more urban-oriented retail attractions.

This PUD request is for the 3rd on Osborn (3rd St./Osborn). If Broadstone Central were to be revived, then the two projects together would be great for this area that is dominated by parking lots. Too bad the success of One Lexington nearby didn't encourage any additional building on the large site it is on.

4-stories, single-use, fairly boring: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-8-15n.pdf

If Midtown were to really fill up as you pointed out, it would take 20 years of continuous building and still it wouldn't fill the vast lots doting midtown.

Also the PUD is 3rd Ave. not 3rd St.

[Obadno]

Originally Posted by Jjs5056

It's a little hard to keep up with the projects in the Eastlake area, especially since some are replacing previous proposals... so, I apologize if these have already been posted. I know we have discussed the 11th and 12th Capital Place projects, as well as The Presidential on 11 St./Washington proposal; but, I don't recall reading about The Enclave or The Liberty proposed for the corners of 12th St./Washington.

The Enclave: Southwest Corner of 12th St./Washington PUD: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-11-15.pdf

This project is a complete contrast to the mess described in the post above. While the density is a little weak, the design is ideal for a site that literally opens onto a light rail platform. It proposes 90 condos in 8 floors, which will help diversify the neighborhood with the addition of owner-occupied residential. Parking details are minimal, but whatever the solution is, it is completely concealed from both 12th St and Washington; an 'automated parking system' is referenced somewhere, so I guess they are proposing the machines that stack cars?

The ground level is lined with the resident amenities, and small retail opportunities. While the parking system and fact that these are condos make me a little suspicious, I hope it gets built because this is the type of standard that should be set. I love that both Lafferty and Royal Green (the developer of The Enclave) both refer to their projects as buffers between downtown and single-family neighborhoods... finally, a more realistic view of what constitutes a midrise district.

The Liberty: Northeast Corner of 12th St./Washington PUD: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-27-14n.pdf

And, another crap proposal from Lafferty. This one was close - the design of the main lot is decent, though short (4 stories as is typical of all their projects); 90 luxury rentals with ground level retail along 12th Street set aside for a restaurant and grocer (yea...). However, the larger lot has been approved for a massive surface parking lot. A surface lot feet away from a light rail station should never be acceptable, and is embarrassing. Even worse are some of the justifications, such as the lot serving as a buffer between single-family homes and this complex. Since when is an asphalt lot filled with fuming cars a positive barrier adjacent to homes?

I get that parking is necessary. But, for it to be so large and so close to a light rail stop is just laziness and absolutely not the best use of land in such close proximity to transit. If a surface lot were to be used, it should have been placed behind at least one, single-story retail building with street frontage, though ideally a garage would have been built with apartments and/or retail wrapping it or on the ground level.

For reference, a link to the best of Lafferty's proposed projects - The Presidential - on 11th St./Washington (4 stories of rentals, with small retail space along Washington, and 6 live/work walk-ups along Jefferson): https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-32-14_PUD.pdf

That area East of 7th is really blowing up! why cant we get that development along Roosevelt or in the downtown Core???

also that last project, its big in a primarily car centric neighborhood. Looks good to me!

[PHXFlyer11]

Originally Posted by Jjs5056

Lastly, Midtown continues to fill in with residential developments. Given the mess that is the Midtown built environment, and the fact that there will be an estimated shortage of over 15,000 units in the neighborhood by 2035 (cited in this PUD), I wish that some taller projects were being proposed. Not a single project over 5 stories has been proposed yet, and while the combined units proposed in all of these projects is a decent figure, these smaller buildings won't have much of a visual impact. I also wish at least some mixed-use projects were planned; as noted before, Midtown really isn't very urban at all beyond the tall buildings... it would be nice for some streets to start transitioning into more urban-oriented retail attractions.

This PUD request is for the 3rd on Osborn (3rd St./Osborn). If Broadstone Central were to be revived, then the two projects together would be great for this area that is dominated by parking lots. Too bad the success of One Lexington nearby didn't encourage any additional building on the large site it is on.

4-stories, single-use, fairly boring: https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/Z-8-15n.pdf

This project is GREAT for that location! It is a very shitty and run down area. I go to the Safeway right there all the time. This is a win.

Also, when you say nothing over 5 stories, you are forgetting the 8 story Edison that appears to be close to breaking ground soon right across from Park Central.

I am for all of these projects! Especially the density on Washington/Jefferson/Van Buren

[Jjs5056]

Obadno - I'd say there is actually more development activity happening off Roosevelt than in Eastlake. Additionally, there is a much greater variety of housing types, densities, heights, and overall designs than what's going on over in the 11-12th Street area. I also guarantee that if the City hadn't landbanked the remaining dirt lots east of Roosevelt Point that there would be multiple proposals for the land. Either way, this is a pretty impressive list for an area that had only 1 residential project completed since Roosevelt Square:
1) Union - 6 stories, large retail component, rentals [under construction]
2) iLuminate - 4 stories, rentals [under construction]
3) Linear - 4 stories, rentals [broken ground?]
4) Proxy - 5 stories, rentals and live/work [under construction]
5) Portland on the Park - 14 stories, lofts + townhomes + live/work, large retail component [under construction]
6) The Foundry - 4 stories, containers and live/work [proposed]
7) enHance - 5 stories, condos and live/work [proposed]

There are also the Townhomes on 3rd [nearly complete], McKinley Lofts [proposed], the townhomes on Roosevelt and 8th St [broken ground?], and potential talk of Alliance Residential purchasing the land adjacent to CANVAS.

I agree that the lack of development inside the core has been underwhelming, and sucks for the fact that these would be the tallest of any proposals... but, it makes sense. The core is still dominated by offices, education, and anti-urban buildings/parking garages. I'm not surprised most of the activity is occurring near the growing arts scene, local restaurants, and boutiques.

[Jjs5056]

Originally Posted by PHXFlyer11

This project is GREAT for that location! It is a very shitty and run down area. I go to the Safeway right there all the time. This is a win.

Also, when you say nothing over 5 stories, you are forgetting the 8 story Edison that appears to be close to breaking ground soon right across from Park Central.

I am for all of these projects! Especially the density on Washington/Jefferson/Van Buren

Yes, it's a nice development - it will just be a bit lost within its shitty surroundings.

I forgot that Edison moved locations and grew... still don't get what happened there (was originally 5 stories on Lewis/Central).

I think it's great that there is any interest in redeveloping Eastlake, but think some of the designs really are quite bad. I don't care that much, though.

[PHXFlyer11]

Originally Posted by Jjs5056

Yes, it's a nice development - it will just be a bit lost within its shitty surroundings.

I forgot that Edison moved locations and grew... still don't get what happened there (was originally 5 stories on Lewis/Central).

I think it's great that there is any interest in redeveloping Eastlake, but think some of the designs really are quite bad. I don't care that much, though.

Looks like the Central/Lewis Edison was pushed out, as they removed it from their web site. The rendering for Edison has changed to the 8 story one that had a different name. They created a FB account about a year ago, but now they post and tweet daily, plus they had a design review meeting last week. I saw the sign posted. It seems like they are beginning sales and will likely break ground when they are comfortable enough with commitments/interest.

Let's face it, anything like those projects is a huge step up for Eastlake. So I'm content. It will take some time for that area to evolve into a higher-rent district.

[exit2lef]

Following up on previous discussions about endangered buildings on Roosevelt Row, 314 E. Roosevelt is now being moved across the street to the lot next to Modified. After weeks of preparation, the actual migration is occurring.

http://downtownphoenixjournal.com/2015/05/30/wire-history-moves-on-roosevelt-street/

[PHX31]

/\ awesome! I thought that might happen soon. When I drove by last night the fence on the new lot was gone. I still can't believe all of the graffiti on the house, I hope it's able to be cleaned off so they don't have to paint the brick.

[RichTempe]

Here's a link to a preview for the webcam for Portland on the Park. This is courtesy of UEB and Portland on the Park. The cam isn't online yet, so if you try to start the live stream it will return an error.

http://ueb.net/webcam10.html?utm_source=...015)&mc_cid=d71395252a&mc_eid=e8bbd253a6

According to the e-newsletter I received:

"Over 200' of tower crane is now hard at work along with concrete trucks and a host of significant building equipment. Portland on the Park is officially rising into the Phoenix Skyline to be ready for your occupancy in late 2016. For the development geeks in the audience UEB (our General Contractor) is presently sinking dozens of huge 40' caissons into the site. It takes 5 full concrete trucks to make each one, which are made to measure on site. You will soon be able to get a closer look at the site every day simply by looking at our web site. We will let you know as soon as we have the link active."

It also says that the units are 20% sold.

[ASU Diablo]

Originally Posted by PHX31

/\ awesome! I thought that might happen soon. When I drove by last night the fence on the new lot was gone. I still can't believe all of the graffiti on the house, I hope it's able to be cleaned off so they don't have to paint the brick.

Looks like it was finally moved yesterday AM? Article on DPJ below.

History Moves on Roosevelt Street
Downtown Phoenix Journal
http://downtownphoenixjournal.com/2015/05/30/wire-history-moves-on-roosevelt-street/

In a brief and dramatic moment at sunrise this morning, a 104-year-old Craftsman bungalow moved from the north to the south side of East Roosevelt Street. The Joseph W. Wurth House, formerly located at 314 E Roosevelt Street is now at it’s new permanent location across the street at 401 E Roosevelt Street.

Originally built in 1911, the Joseph W. Wurth House was donated by Sam and Debra Moyer in memory of Vic Armstrong. John McCullough, owner of McCullough Move-A-Home, oversaw the lifting and relocation of the building. Now retiring, this building relocation will be the last of more than 200 structures that McCullough has relocated over the course of his long and accomplished career.

Found some pics over at New Time of house in new location!

[dtnphx]

This article touches on our discussions regarding midtown Phoenix gaining all these mid-rise apartment units and how it can begin to affect life in the area.

With all this multi-family activity, how will central Phoenix look when everybody moves in?

http://roselawgroupreporter.com/2015/05/...al-phoenix-look-when-everybody-moves-in/