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Old Posted Sep 3, 2008, 10:12 PM
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picture anyone?
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Old Posted Sep 4, 2008, 12:02 AM
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What happened to Callison and the designs we had seen so far?

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Davis to design CityScape Phase 2, construction to begin in 2009
Phoenix Business Journal - by Jan Buchholz

Davis of Tempe has been named by RED Development as the architect for Phase 2 of the massive CityScape project now under way in downtown Phoenix.

The mixed-use project encompasses three city blocks between Washington and Jefferson streets and First Avenue and Second Street. Davis' responsibilities will include design of the Palomar Hotel by Klimpton, a residential tower and retail shops at street level. Construction on Phase 2 is scheduled to begin in early 2009.

"The CityScape project is an example of true mixed-used design blending urban live, work and play space seamlessly," said Steve Bassett, principal-in-charge of the project for Davis. "We are so proud to be a part of the revitalization of downtown Phoenix."

Phase 1 of the 2.5 million-square-foot development is started and includes construction of an underground parking garage, retail and office space, and public plazas. Phase 1 should be completed sometime in 2010.
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Old Posted Sep 4, 2008, 12:06 AM
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So, Phase 2 is the condo/hotel tower that's approved at 515', correct? Maybe that's why we haven't seen any definitive renders because they've gone back to the drawing board with it. Hope this is a good thing.

Edit: Der...didn't read the whole snippet of the article. Anyone know anything about Davis?
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Old Posted Sep 4, 2008, 1:04 AM
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this could be good news, great news, or really bad news
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Old Posted Sep 4, 2008, 6:58 AM
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Regarding who Davis is:

From archiplanet.org (a wikipedia like thing regarding architecture) (http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Davi...,_Arizona,_USA)

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Services
Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, Interior Architecture and Environmental Graphics

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Office, Mid to High-Rise Residential, Senior Living, Hospitality, Retail, Golf Clubhouses, Restaurants, Industrial and Mixed-Use Design

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Firm Statement
With over 30 years experience, DAVIS (formerly DFD CornoyerHedrick) offers full service Architecture, Planning, Urban Design and Environmental Graphics.

DAVIS is uniquely structured with teams of market sector specialists in Office, Multi-Family Residential, Hospitality, and Retail. This vault of talent enables DFDCH to expertly design almost any type of project. This unique capability also meets the need for designers who can deliver on the hot trend of mixed-use. In addition, DAVIS has extensive experience designing other product types such as Golf Clubhouses, Restaurants, Custom Single Family Homes and Industrial buildings.
They used to be called DFD CornoyerHedrick, but changed their name to Davis in late 2007:
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Architect simplifies with name change to 'Davis'
Phoenix Business Journal

Architectural firm DFD CornoyerHedrick has changed its name to Davis, reflecting ownership by Michael and Lisa Davis.

The name DFD CornoyerHedrick was created after DFD Architecture acquired Cornoyer Hedrick in 2001. The announcement coincides with the Phoenix company's move from The Camelback Esplanade to a new headquarters designed by the firm at Hayden Ferry Lakeside in Tempe. Davis' 118 employees will occupy the building's second floor space and half of the first floor.

"We've spent several years carefully blending every facet of the two companies and the result is a unique corporate culture focused squarely on design excellence and enhancing the communities we touch, said CEO Mike Davis. "As we continue to seek opportunities to grow both locally and nationally ... it seemed more letters tacked onto the end of DFDCH started to look like alphabet soup. It also presented a significant marketing challenge. How do you create a campaign that cleverly ties into DFDCHLMNOP? Simplicity was the answer."
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http://www.thedavisexperience.com/
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Old Posted Sep 4, 2008, 9:50 PM
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It is actually great news. Davis is bad ass!! (DFD) They designed Portland Place Downtown, The Esplanade and 2211 residences in Biltmore area, Hayden Ferry buildings and they did the "cool" rendering for the Sheraton hotel.
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Another scoop by BigBuilder

After revealing the new name of Copper Square >Downtown Phoenix
I have another scoop. A major, major, major Phoenix Law Firm is going to move into Cityscape when it's done. I know one of the main partners and they just finished the deal. The partner was told Cityscape will be Phoenix tallest!
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2008, 3:51 AM
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It's not Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, is it?
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2008, 3:52 AM
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Name of law firm? and source please???
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2008, 4:22 PM
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The Squire, Sanders deal has obviously been done for a while and was announced a long time ago. At the time, Squire was told that the building would not be the tallest in Phoenix. If there is a new sizeable law firm moving in that was told something different, I would be very anxious to hear about it. There are only a handful of "major" law firms in the valley if we are talking about size. Snell, Fennemore, Quarles, Lewis & Roca, Bryan Cave and Brown & Bain I think are the big hitters. Is it one of those?
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2008, 4:30 PM
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Hey Renone, any chance for some updated pictures from your office like you used to post?
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2008, 11:54 PM
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I have some. In downtown this past Sunday, and took these with my phone camera.

Additional decking/floors being added.












Bonus shots! A crane at work, taking apart the Patriots square canopy structure.







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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 12:33 AM
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That's a nice phone camera! Good pictures, thanks for the update.
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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 7:05 AM
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The core is rising pretty fast, might be at street level in a couple weeks.

As far as a new tallest, the only tower ever under consideration was the Palomar tower. I think it's safe to say that won't happen so unless Red has somehow managed to keep it secret that the north office tower's height has been increased due to demand, there is no new tallest.

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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 7:19 AM
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tiffany and Bosco?

Phillips and assoc? the eagle? just kidding!

I hope it's all true - fingers crossed! thx for the scoop.
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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 5:27 PM
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The core is rising pretty fast, might be at street level in a couple weeks.

As far as a new tallest, the only tower ever under consideration was the Palomar tower. I think it's safe to say that won't happen so unless Red has somehow managed to keep it secret that the north office tower's height has been increased due to demand, there is no new tallest.
For clarity sake, let's refer to it as 1) The Office tower (Wachovia) north side facing washington and 2) The mixed use tower (Palomar, condos) southside facing jefferson.

The height increase that I posted late last week from the city of Phoenix calls for 50,000 additional sq.ft. added to the second mixed use tower (Palomar). So, when built (timeline in dispute) it will be Phoenix's tallest.
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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 5:36 PM
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The City of Phoenix calls for 50,000 sq ft added to the Phase I tower, which is the Wachovia office tower. That has already been cleared up.
The documents between the city and the developer has always called the Wachovia office tower "the mixed use" tower and said it could be used for residential, hotel, retail, or office. RED decided to go with all office, and probably some retail on the ground.

The second tower has no sq. ft. requirements, so how could the city stipulate that 50k more be added on when there is no set base?
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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 8:35 PM
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But how can the city approve an additional 50K sq. ft. on a building already under construction? I didn't think you'd be able to add that much space and height to a building that's already started but I guess you can.

Sorry for the confusion guys.
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Old Posted Sep 10, 2008, 8:39 PM
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I haven't been posting as much lately, mostly because most find my economically centered post depressing. However, this is directly related to skyscrapers. I hope we don't get left with a nice big crater at 0,0... Or worse yet, a half finished skyscraper...

Businessweek
Real Estate September 4, 2008
The Credit Squeeze Hits Global Properties

Developers of commercial properties from London to Tokyo are suffering as banks cut lending

First came the U.S. housing bust. Now comes the overseas aftershock. As the global financial system reels from the credit crunch, skyscraper projects have stalled in London, Tokyo developers have gone belly-up, and Indian office space can be had for fire-sale prices.

What do bad U.S. home loans have to do with office buildings halfway around the planet? Plenty. Global lenders, chastened by the subprime mess, are denying credit to many builders and demanding tougher terms on loans to buy or refinance commercial properties. And as those same lenders lay off thousands of workers, they need less office space—putting downward pressure on rents and spurring developers to rethink their plans. "It's impossible nowadays to keep financial crises in one area," says Minoru Mori, chief executive of Japan's Mori Building, which just cut the ribbon on the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center, China's tallest skyscraper. He ought to know: Lehman Brothers (LEH) recently scrapped plans to move into the building, and Morgan Stanley said it would rent only four floors instead of eight.

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Old Posted Sep 11, 2008, 6:33 AM
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Clarification

"They will be in a complex that contains Phoenix tallest building. It's not first firm on that list.
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