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Old Posted Mar 7, 2019, 9:15 PM
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Apparently undeterred by the AG's lawsuit, the Tempe Joint Review Committee approved the Development Plan Review for the Omni hotel at University/Mill.

https://www.tempe.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=72348

The packet also has massings of the planned ASU parking garage south of 9th St. Not sure if they are meant to be totally accurate or not, but they show the garage taking up essentially the entire space between 9th St., Mill, 10th St. and Myrtle.
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Old Posted Mar 7, 2019, 9:19 PM
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Apparently undeterred by the AG's lawsuit, the Tempe Joint Review Committee approved the Development Plan Review for the Omni hotel at University/Mill.

https://www.tempe.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=72348

The packet also has massings of the planned ASU parking garage south of 9th St. Not sure if they are meant to be totally accurate or not, but they show the garage taking up essentially the entire space between 9th St., Mill, 10th St. and Myrtle.
Ugh I hope not. That space is an incredible opportunity for a podium style development. Unless the garage is built in a way to facilitate future development over top as Tempe continues to grow.

Either way, they should dress up the exterior of that garage to look asthetically pleasing.
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Old Posted Mar 7, 2019, 10:51 PM
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If you look closely the garage does not take the whole block. There is a footprint of a residential style building on the east side and a long block building on the side facing mill with a breezeway thru the building. Relax, ASU would not do something "un-urban" at this point.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 4:34 PM
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The Pier at Townlake

http://www.townlakecondos.com/Pier_at_Town_Lake.html

Found this website that I have never seen before which must be new. This rendering shows the future landscape along Tempe town lake. They even incorporated some of the proposed floating piers and gathering areas. I am really excited for this one!

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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 4:42 PM
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http://www.townlakecondos.com/Pier_at_Town_Lake.html

Found this website that I have never seen before which must be new. This rendering shows the future landscape along Tempe town lake. They even incorporated some of the proposed floating piers and gathering areas. I am really excited for this one!

Looks like something from Miami....without the beaches
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 5:38 PM
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http://www.townlakecondos.com/Pier_at_Town_Lake.html

Found this website that I have never seen before which must be new. This rendering shows the future landscape along Tempe town lake. They even incorporated some of the proposed floating piers and gathering areas. I am really excited for this one!

No. This is VERY old. Not new. The Pier is merely two towers now and they look nothing like these.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 5:55 PM
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No. This is VERY old. Not new. The Pier is merely two towers now and they look nothing like these.
I had never seen this website pop up before when searching the pier however the dated look of the website made me question its relevance. The pier project itself may be different but the overall riverfront may be similar to this.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 8:44 PM
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I had never seen this website pop up before when searching the pier however the dated look of the website made me question its relevance. The pier project itself may be different but the overall riverfront may be similar to this.
... not really. The parcels are owned by different developers. There is no coordinated effort to develop the parcels into a single waterfront. This referred to The Pier as a complex of buildings, where's The Pier we're talking about now is 1 tower (with hopefully a second) by 1 developer who does not own or coordinate with the others.
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2019, 12:46 AM
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No. This is VERY old. Not new. The Pier is merely two towers now and they look nothing like these.
I believe these are latest/last renderings that we've seen for The Pier. Although they're from 2016, it's what Tempe approved.

Link of the proposal to the City of Tempe DRC: https://www.tempe.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=44468



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Old Posted Mar 9, 2019, 1:53 AM
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^ Found this on the architects website:

https://www.rinka.com/ucpier-1
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2019, 5:36 AM
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So it looks like that office building parcel on Farmer Ave that was previously approved is going thru entitlements again...I saw a listing for a site looking for office tenants for a three story building and not a five story one...hopefully they are not scaling down its proposal!
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2019, 1:43 PM
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^ Found this on the architects website:

https://www.rinka.com/ucpier-1
That pic from the Southwest jet gives the impression they couldn't afford to pay an actual aerial photography company, so they just borrowed a cell phone pic from someone coming back from a Vegas trip.
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Old Posted Mar 11, 2019, 3:19 PM
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https://www.rinka.com/the-pier

More renderings of the link at their website. Draws similarities to an optima type development with the green courtyards and plants on every patio.
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Old Posted Mar 11, 2019, 3:50 PM
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https://www.rinka.com/the-pier

More renderings of the link at their website. Draws similarities to an optima type development with the green courtyards and plants on every patio.
I think these were the same ones that were in the 2016 packet.

Does anyone have an idea if they are building just one or both towers? I thought the had said one tower initially, but not sure if that has changed. The base would have to be built to support two either way.
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 4:31 PM
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Arizona Regents ask court to dismiss AG's real estate lawsuit

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Apparently undeterred by the AG's lawsuit, the Tempe Joint Review Committee approved the Development Plan Review for the Omni hotel at University/Mill.

https://www.tempe.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=72348

The packet also has massings of the planned ASU parking garage south of 9th St. Not sure if they are meant to be totally accurate or not, but they show the garage taking up essentially the entire space between 9th St., Mill, 10th St. and Myrtle.
https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...-ags-real.html

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The Arizona Board of Regents has filed four motions in Arizona Tax Court to dismiss a lawsuit by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich targeting Arizona State University's practice of allowing developers to build on the university's tax-exempt land.

The motions cite the attorney general’s lack of authority to sue the board, failure to exhaust administrative remedies, unlawful requests that tax-exempt state property be taxed and non-justiciable political questions, according to a statement released by the board Monday afternoon.

“For decades, the Arizona courts have made clear the Attorney General does not have statutory authority and free purview to file suit against whomever he wants,” said ABOR Chairman Ron Shoopman in a statement. “Yet, once again, we are called to respond to a senseless lawsuit perpetuating false narratives. This lawsuit wastes time and resources at the board and universities, and detracts us from the crucial work we do to serve the students and families of Arizona.”

In the lawsuit, filed in January, Brnovich said the Omni Tempe hotel and conference center, which was approved by ABOR to be built on land owned by the board, must be subject to taxes.

The project, planned on 2.25 acres near Mill Avenue and University Drive, was approved by ABOR in 2016 and by the city of Tempe in 2018.

The development agreement includes an option for Omni Hotels Management Corp. to lease the land from ASU, while ASU would serve as landlord of the commercial development for a 60-year period.

Katie Conner, a spokeswoman for the AG's office, issued a statement late Monday night criticizing the move by the regents.

"No one should be surprised by ABOR’s predictable request to dismiss the lawsuit challenging their illegal property development agreement," Conner said in the statement. "It appears ABOR would rather have a court toss out the lawsuit on technicalities than have an open and honest discussion about how they are allowing private companies to dodge paying their fair share of taxes. We are confident in the merits of our lawsuit and are committed to sticking up for Arizona taxpayers."
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:23 PM
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It's not exactly a new skyscraper, but I thought it was interesting enough to post. I got word from someone in the industry that a new meal-delivery concept will be going in somewhere south of Tempe marketplace. It's basically a giant building with a bunch of kitchens where restaurants like Taco Bell and Pizza Hut and the like all cook food out of one location then give it to delivery services like Uber Eats. You can't actually go inside the building itself, and the food is all gathered in one long drive thru, but I thought it was pretty interesting since it seems like there's only a couple in operation so far.
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:41 PM
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ABOR's press release has links to all 4 motions to dismiss filed by ABOR for anyone interested:

https://www.azregents.edu/sites/defa...011%202019.pdf

I find ABOR's arguments convincing, but I suppose I'm probably inclined to think so given my biases. So we'll see. I still am not all that comfortable with the Omni deal. But I think the point is well-taken that the right answer if you care enough to take action is to lobby or vote out the governor that is appointing the ABOR regents and voting with them to approve this deal. The right answer isn't to have the AG file a lawsuit and ask the Courts to second-guess ABOR's policy decisions.
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2019, 3:17 AM
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It's not exactly a new skyscraper, but I thought it was interesting enough to post. I got word from someone in the industry that a new meal-delivery concept will be going in somewhere south of Tempe marketplace. It's basically a giant building with a bunch of kitchens where restaurants like Taco Bell and Pizza Hut and the like all cook food out of one location then give it to delivery services like Uber Eats. You can't actually go inside the building itself, and the food is all gathered in one long drive thru, but I thought it was pretty interesting since it seems like there's only a couple in operation so far.
I think you might be referring to this development.

https://www.tempe.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=43060
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2019, 3:24 AM
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It’s so difficult finding updates on the Pier but here is a picture from earlier today. The cement pump crane that I saw last week came down that same day. I was hoping the development would start moving faster but doesn’t appear to be the case.
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