Tempe Development Thread

[CrestedSaguaro]

Originally Posted by Mr.RE

Only information I have seen in the past two years has been on this architects website: https://www.rinka.com/ucpier-1

Well, it looks like they have a couple of updated pics and state the finish time in 2020. Let's hope they are ramping up construction to finish by the end of 2020.

[Obadno]

Originally Posted by RonnieFoos

Well, it looks like they have a couple of updated pics and state the finish time in 2020. Let's hope they are ramping up construction to finish by the end of 2020.

The pier will be done in 2120 maybe

[ASU Diablo]

Man i really loved this bar and such a bummer that it's being forced to close down. ASU is apparently the new buyer...wonder what the plans are?

Love what he has done for ASU over the years but Crow is really killing any remaining Game Day atmosphere left. This was the nearest bar to SDS and The Bank...now guess we have to hang out by our cars to drink prior to a game.

https://twitter.com/RachelColeTV/status/1201952495238467584

[exit2lef]

Originally Posted by ASU Diablo

Man i really loved this bar and such a bummer that it's being forced to close down. ASU is apparently the new buyer...wonder what the plans are?

Love what he has done for ASU over the years but Crow is really killing any remaining Game Day atmosphere left. This was the nearest bar to SDS and The Bank...now guess we have to hang out by our cars to drink prior to a game.

https://twitter.com/RachelColeTV/status/1201952495238467584

Interesting. I'm not upset about College Bar because I'm not a sports fan and have never understood athletic tribalism. I am wondering, though, about Royal Coffee Bar and the architecture firm upstairs. Are they going to have to leave too? I'd hate to see ASU take over all of that area. It's good to have a mix of uses near the Tempe Transportation Center and Sun Devil Stadium.

[PHX31]

Originally Posted by ASU Diablo

Man i really loved this bar and such a bummer that it's being forced to close down. ASU is apparently the new buyer...wonder what the plans are?

Love what he has done for ASU over the years but Crow is really killing any remaining Game Day atmosphere left. This was the nearest bar to SDS and The Bank...now guess we have to hang out by our cars to drink prior to a game.

https://twitter.com/RachelColeTV/status/1201952495238467584

I never went to this bar (haven't been to as many ASU games, nor do I drink as much for games since having 2 kids), although I followed it on Twitter and it sucks it's closing. I used to go to several of the establishments on College Ave before, during (halftime), and after games back in my post-grad years of being an ASU season ticket holder. Many are now gone, if not all. This includes Fumbles, the Hawaiian place, the college store where you could buy 12 packs at halftime, etc.).

This has got me thinking of all of the changes that have happened to the ASU area since I was a student at ASU. It's so much more of a new and big city feel down there now. I'm happy I was able to catch the tail end of the "glory years" of the scene down there, if you will, prior to the immense construction boom beginning with light rail. I have great memories of the old Dos Gringos on University, Long Wongs, Bandersnatch, the Thirsty Beaver, and many old Mill Avenue bars (too many to list, but my favorite was Owl's Nest when it first opened and Palapas (sp?)).

[exit2lef]

Here's coverage from the State Press. Apparently, Royal Coffee Bar will stay and there may be a new restaurant tenant:

https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/12/spcommunity-college-bar-closes

[DesertRay]

Originally Posted by exit2lef

Here's coverage from the State Press. Apparently, Royal Coffee Bar will stay and there may be a new restaurant tenant:

https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/12/spcommunity-college-bar-closes

Sounds like Gammage was calling the shots, and Crow had nothing to do with it. Hope they get something that folks can go to on Game Day that is fun. It will be nice to get the hotels up and running, but I like me a good college bar.

[dtnphx]

As a group, we tend to want to see massive development to transform our cities, but then look nostalgically back on what was lost. More often than not, what was there wasn't that great to begin with, or saying it's sad that a certain bar or restaurant is closing when one hasn't been there in 5 years. It's just tied to good times and memories that make it seem like that was the greatest time of our lives. When you look at it, Tempe (and downtown Phoenix) were not great places to be. Now with all the choices abound, it could become the place(s) that will be a foundation for future memories.

[ASU Diablo]

Originally Posted by exit2lef

Here's coverage from the State Press. Apparently, Royal Coffee Bar will stay and there may be a new restaurant tenant:

https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/12/spcommunity-college-bar-closes

Well, looks like the bar owners may be at fault for this? Oh well.

Originally Posted by PHX31

I never went to this bar (haven't been to as many ASU games, nor do I drink as much for games since having 2 kids), although I followed it on Twitter and it sucks it's closing. I used to go to several of the establishments on College Ave before, during (halftime), and after games back in my post-grad years of being an ASU season ticket holder. Many are now gone, if not all. This includes Fumbles, the Hawaiian place, the college store where you could buy 12 packs at halftime, etc.).

This has got me thinking of all of the changes that have happened to the ASU area since I was a student at ASU. It's so much more of a new and big city feel down there now. I'm happy I was able to catch the tail end of the "glory years" of the scene down there, if you will, prior to the immense construction boom beginning with light rail. I have great memories of the old Dos Gringos on University, Long Wongs, Bandersnatch, the Thirsty Beaver, and many old Mill Avenue bars (too many to list, but my favorite was Owl's Nest when it first opened and Palapas (sp?)).

No kidding. I graduated in 2007 and loved my time at ASU. 50 Cent Corona Nights on Thursdays at Dos Gringos or $1 Beer Stein Nights at The Vine were awesome. Even tailgating now is not as crazy as it used to be. Lot 59 (where Marina Heights is) used to be ridiculous but now ASU has banned kegs, drinking games, etc. I am a current Football season ticket holder and try to attend 2-3 basketball games a year so I know the current game day atmosphere and it's lacking. I'm all for development but the Novus Innovation Corridor has really hampered available tailgating locations too. At some point once all parking and empty lots are built upon, I really hope ASU opens up tailgating on College Ave and into the camps near Old Main. If you've ever been to a USC Football Game and seen the tailgating there, you know what I'm talking about. Or something similar to what happens during ASU Homecoming...close down University and allow some tailgating there and into the lawn in and around Old Main. One can hope...

[ASU Diablo]

Originally Posted by dtnphx

As a group, we tend to want to see massive development to transform our cities, but then look nostalgically back on what was lost. More often than not, what was there wasn't that great to begin with, or saying it's sad that a certain bar or restaurant is closing when one hasn't been there in 5 years. It's just tied to good times and memories that make it seem like that was the greatest time of our lives. When you look at it, Tempe (and downtown Phoenix) were not great places to be. Now with all the choices abound, it could become the place(s) that will be a foundation for future memories.

Well said

[Obadno]

Originally Posted by ASU Diablo

Man i really loved this bar and such a bummer that it's being forced to close down. ASU is apparently the new buyer...wonder what the plans are?

Love what he has done for ASU over the years but Crow is really killing any remaining Game Day atmosphere left. This was the nearest bar to SDS and The Bank...now guess we have to hang out by our cars to drink prior to a game.

https://twitter.com/RachelColeTV/status/1201952495238467584

Jesus now I feel old.

That place didnt exist when I was in school. We got by on Gameday when everything around the stadium was lots, parking and just dirt with the only bars being on mill and Mill was half dead.

We also walked to the stadium, in snow, both ways with the looming skeleton of West 6 creaking over it like the harbinger of doom.

Kids these days I swear

[CrestedSaguaro]

As for me, I didn't live hear then, so I'm not missing anything

[PHX31]

Originally Posted by ASU Diablo

I really hope ASU opens up tailgating on College Ave and into the camps near Old Main. If you've ever been to a USC Football Game and seen the tailgating there, you know what I'm talking about. Or something similar to what happens during ASU Homecoming...close down University and allow some tailgating there and into the lawn in and around Old Main. One can hope...

I went to Athens, Georgia when ASU played at Georgia, so I know full well what awesome tailgating looks like. There, the entire campus, which is right next to Sanford Stadium, is a big tailgate party. When I saw people with grills set up on the steps to the campus buildings, I was surprised and thought it was very cool/fun.

Imagine setting up your tailgate party on the steps of Old Main or here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4209503,...h6cD4hR2SGgQaeQ-h37EQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That's what it was like in Athens.

[Classical in Phoenix]

Interesting article on the Biodesign Institute Building C.

https://asunow.asu.edu/20191203-sounds-science-quiet-home-powerful-laser

[muertecaza]

A few photos from the last 2 days around Tempe:

It looks like they are doing archaeological work at the 100 Mill site and turning up some interesting things:





Mirabella





Oliv



Westin





Crappy cell phone pictures, but you can get the sense that Tempe is starting to have a kind of interesting skyline from some angles:

[Mr.RE]

Thanks for the photo update! its been awhile since I have been through tempe. Great progress being made!

Are those ruins at the 100 mill site?? I expect that to delay the project quite a bit if archeologists have to get involved.

[muertecaza]

Originally Posted by Mr.RE

Thanks for the photo update! its been awhile since I have been through tempe. Great progress being made!

Are those ruins at the 100 mill site?? I expect that to delay the project quite a bit if archeologists have to get involved.

Yes--they are where the office building is supposed to go. Not surprising I guess since it's on the site of the oldest continuously inhabited structure in the Valley, but yeah I imagine it may still be a while until they are building.

[muertecaza]

Article on potential legal issues with Hilo's proposed age restriction to 21+.

https://azbigmedia.com/business/law/hilo...-tenants-under-21-raises-legal-concerns/

Similar issues were raised with Hanover/Emerson, which is no longer is age-restricted. Not sure if they stopped the restrictions because of legal issues, demand, or change of management.

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