Arizona Center Development - Page 26

muertecaza · #**501** Posted **May 19, 2021, 8:51 PM**

Snell & Wilmer is leaving AZ Center for City Scape:

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...dquarters.html

Can't be good for AZ Center.

YourBuddy · #**502** Posted **May 19, 2021, 9:51 PM**

This place needs palm court tower and an anchor tenant really bad.

Warren Peace · #**503** Posted **May 20, 2021, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by muertecaza

Snell & Wilmer is leaving AZ Center for City Scape:

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...dquarters.html

Can't be good for AZ Center.

Hooters will get hit the hardest.

Diamonddave · #**504** Posted **May 20, 2021, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Warren Peace

Hooters will get hit the hardest.

they should bring back that sports bar with the boxing ring inside LOL

gymratmanaz · #**505** Posted **May 20, 2021, 3:41 PM**

Or the dueling piano bar

biggus diggus · #**506** Posted **May 20, 2021, 4:44 PM**

Man, the nights we used to spend at that piano bar. What the heck was that place called? Ditty something.

Classical in Phoenix · #**507** Posted **May 20, 2021, 4:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by biggus diggus

Man, the nights we used to spend at that piano bar. What the heck was that place called? Ditty something.

LIL Ditties

CrestedSaguaro · #**508** Posted **May 20, 2021, 10:24 PM**

Minor change to the thread title.

Since the renovation has been completed for some time and we are posting all AZ Center development news here, decided to update thread title to "Development" instead of "Renovation".

ASU Diablo · #**509** Posted **May 20, 2021, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by CrestedSaguaro

Minor change to the thread title.

Since the renovation has been completed for some time and we are posting all AZ Center development news here, decided to update thread title to "Development" instead of "Renovation".

I don’t remember signing off on this change as the original creator of this thread

Good idea!

CrestedSaguaro · #**510** Posted **May 20, 2021, 10:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by ASU Diablo

I don’t remember signing off on this change as the original creator of this thread

Good idea!

I almost renamed it Diablo's Arizona Center Forum!

ASU Diablo · #**511** Posted **May 20, 2021, 11:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by CrestedSaguaro

I almost renamed it Diablo's Arizona Center Forum!

Classical in Phoenix · #**512** Posted **May 29, 2021, 5:55 AM**

Leasing activity.

https://azbigmedia.com/real-estate/p...rizona-center/

TJPHXskyscraperfan · #**513** Posted **Jun 7, 2021, 5:58 AM**

Anyone know what happened to the purple lights they added to one of the AZ tower buildings a while back. Haven’t seen it on for a while.

CANUC · #**514** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 5:16 PM**

I hadn't passed by in a while and maybe this was already discussed but does anyone know when the grass area was fenced off?

Diamonddave · #**515** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 7:36 PM**

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I hadn't passed by in a while and maybe this was already discussed but does anyone know when the grass area was fenced off?

I believe it has been over two months now.

exit2lef · #**516** Posted **Aug 25, 2021, 7:43 PM**

Canyon Cafe has closed, leaving Hooter's as the only full-service restaurant at the Arizona Center. Canyon Cafe, originally known as Sam's Cafe, was one of the few survivors from the original lineup of tenants at the Arizona Center. It endured for three decades, closed for a year due to COVID, and then briefly reopened in the spring before closing forever.

To me, the restaurant was always good but not great. It was a dependable place for a business lunch or a pre-event dinner, but the Southwestern fare was tame compared to some of the more flavorful options we have now. The restaurant catered a lot to convention and event attendees who are still in limited supply downtown.

With this closure, I'd say the majority of the Arizona Center's retail space is vacant. With the exception of Jersey Mike's, nothing new has been announced. If the residential tower goes forward, it can't be helpful in recruiting people to live there if the adjacent retail is mostly empty.

biggus diggus · #**517** Posted **Aug 25, 2021, 8:46 PM**

I actually really liked Sam's back in the 90s. They used to bring out these white chocolate tamales after dinner and their chips and salsa was pretty interesting. All of that changed when they re-branded to Canyon. We stopped going.

PHXFlyer11 · #**518** Posted **Aug 25, 2021, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Diamonddave

I believe it has been over two months now.

But have the signs been on the fences for the tower? I just noticed them this weekend.

xymox · #**519** Posted **Aug 25, 2021, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by biggus diggus

I actually really liked Sam's back in the 90s. They used to bring out these white chocolate tamales after dinner and their chips and salsa was pretty interesting. All of that changed when they re-branded to Canyon. We stopped going.

Sam’s Cafe. Holy cow I haven’t thought about that place in forever. I was really good back in the day…. They used to have locations all around town, no?

biggus diggus · #**520** Posted **Aug 25, 2021, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by xymox

Sam’s Cafe. Holy cow I haven’t thought about that place in forever. I was really good back in the day…. They used to have locations all around town, no?

I only knew of the one upstairs at fashion park and the one downtown. Texas company, I thought.