A couple updates while on my lunch today:
Tower crane base going in at the ASU residential project on Fillmore.
Aspire has a deep hole dug...deep enough for 1 level of parking. Is there supposed to be underground parking for Aspire?
Hines is rocking and are working on the elevator shaft and there's 1 level of columns built already. Probably will be raising the crane very soon.
Link 2 is also moving very fast and will probably have a crane in a couple of weeks.
No movement at Derby yet, but noticed a lot of new utility marking paint along the sidewalks on both 2nd and McKinley.
AC is up to the 8th floor. So a little over halfway. Starting to add some density to AZ Center.
Kenect is on it's final floor. Also facade is going up on Kenect. One strange thing on Kenect is there is not going to be any windows at all on the South facing side. I find that kinda strange as there's a good 50' feet between Kenect and Freeport. Also Kenect is closer to Central than Freeport which means balconies or windows would not have been blocked. Another thing I noticed is that Kenect makes Freeport look much larger. This is what smaller infill buildings can do for a shorter downtown. AC is having the same effect at AZ Center. Love infill!
Here's some pics I took:
AC Hotel
X Phoenix
Kenect showing facade
Kenect South side showing no balconies or windows.
Kenect from Fillmore St. showing impact in skyline. ASU construction in foreground (probably should have made a dust complaint).