Tucson Development Thread - Page 349

kmiller5 · #**6961** Posted **Oct 19, 2018, 5:12 PM**

Next Tuesday Rio Nuevo will be discussing the "Hilton Hotel at Cathedral Square" for a site just to the east of Cathedral Square. Maybe the lot at Stone and Ochoa won't be that awful apartment building after all...

Ted Lyons · #**6962** Posted **Oct 19, 2018, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by kmiller5

Next Tuesday Rio Nuevo will be discussing the "Hilton Hotel at Cathedral Square" for a site just to the east of Cathedral Square. Maybe the lot at Stone and Ochoa won't be that awful apartment building after all...

I'd say this is great news but, with the Caliber hotel also being a Hilton brand, I wonder if this means the Hotel Arizona refurb project (also supposedly a Hilton brand) is dead.

Ted Lyons · #**6963** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 3:50 AM**

First look at the Moxy/Element project.

Lots of details from Tucson Weekly.

https://m.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/...ew-hotel-tower

kmiller5 · #**6964** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 3:23 PM**

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First look at the Moxy/Element project.

Lots of details from Tucson Weekly.

https://m.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/...ew-hotel-tower

I love this. Joining with The Rialto is the perfect way to combine the cool historic Tucson with the new, growing Tucson.

somethingfast · #**6965** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 3:47 PM**

Looks great ! Is this pretty much a real deal? What about the 20-story building that was proposed on Broadway?

andrewsaturn · #**6966** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 7:16 PM**

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Looks great ! Is this pretty much a real deal? What about the 20-story building that was proposed on Broadway?

I think there is an update this Tuesday about this.

crzyabe · #**6967** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 7:21 PM**

Did anyone happen to attend or hear a summary of the Downtown Now event last night?

I wonder if anything new was announced

kmiller5 · #**6968** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 2:30 AM**

https://rionuevo.org/project/ochoa-streetscape/

Couple renderings of the Ochoa Street improvements that I hadn't seen before.

southtucsonboy77 · #**6969** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:40 PM**

A lot of good projects moving forward from the feedback I got from yesterday’s Rio Nuevo mtg. One semi-negative piece of news is that the Broadway tower will be decreasing in floors due to cost.

Side note...what happened to TIBO? They’ve been silent for awhile.

Ted Lyons · #**6970** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by southtucsonboy77

A lot of good projects moving forward from the feedback I got from yesterday’s Rio Nuevo mtg. One semi-negative piece of news is that the Broadway tower will be decreasing in floors due to cost.

Side note...what happened to TIBO? They’ve been silent for awhile.

Did they provide a new floor count?

Patrick S · #**6971** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:50 PM**

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Did they provide a new floor count?

Planned 20-story downtown retail, office building scaled down to 12 stories

southtucsonboy77 · #**6972** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:51 PM**

I was told a ballpark #, but I hope today’s media release will say something about it. It’s supposed to be just a couple of floors, but nothing crazy like the Rendezvous scenario.

southtucsonboy77 · #**6973** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:52 PM**

Well shoot! There it is!

Ted Lyons · #**6974** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:54 PM**

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Planned 20-story downtown retail, office building scaled down to 12 stories

Ha, how timely. Disappointing overall, but glad to hear the parking is being reduced in light of the reduced office floor count. It would have been supremely ugly otherwise.

southtucsonboy77 · #**6975** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:57 PM**

Sticking to my soapbox, anything above 10 floors is positive for downtown. This will be the first 10+ story building since 1986.

Ted Lyons · #**6976** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 8:40 PM**

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Sticking to my soapbox, anything above 10 floors is positive for downtown. This will be the first 10+ story building since 1986.

Exactly, and hopefully two in one year with the Moxy/Element project.

Ted Lyons · #**6977** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 9:18 PM**

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I'd say this is great news but, with the Caliber hotel also being a Hilton brand, I wonder if this means the Hotel Arizona refurb project (also supposedly a Hilton brand) is dead.

According to KGUN, the split Hilton project at Cathedral Square will be a Hampton Inn and Home2 Suites.

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-new...csons-downtown

Since the Caliber project is a DoubleTree, I think this bodes well for the Hotel Arizona project not being dead as I think it would most likely be a Hilton. Seems like Hilton has quickly realized that Marriott will have six hotels on five properties along the streetcar line while they have zero.

On another note, the Hampton Inn on Grant and I-10 that's been vacant for several months is being redeveloped as a Hyatt Place.

andrewsaturn · #**6978** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 7:15 AM**

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Planned 20-story downtown retail, office building scaled down to 12 stories

Wish that the worst scale back would be 15 stories but what are we gonna do... Still should add something more to our skyline along with new Rialto hotel (please don't scale this one back!) To have the 20 story and 16 story project start together would have been epic for Tucson but it was too good to be true lol

Ted Lyons · #**6979** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:07 PM**

A development package for the Residence Inn at Main Gate Square was submitted on Tuesday. Blueprints are on PRO but still no renders.

kmiller5 · #**6980** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 11:55 PM**

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A development package for the Residence Inn at Main Gate Square was submitted on Tuesday. Blueprints are on PRO but still no renders.

Great! Did you happen to notice how many floors? This is the planned hotel south of main gate, on Euclid, right?