Some statistics on Downtown Phoenix

[HX_Guy]

These are from a beautifully put together map/info guide passed out at the It's Happening Downtown even last weekend.

A couple observations on my end...

First, 1 mile radius from Central and Van Buren isn't really downtown anymore, but they obviously did that to fluff the numbers a bit. That would basically mean from McDowell to Buckeye and from 15th Ave to 12th St.

Second, that's a really really low number of residential units in the last 8 years, isn't it?

Third, I wonder which two hotels are in late planning and which are in early planning. I'm guessing Palomar and Aloft are in early planning...but what are the other two?

Residential

• Population within 1 mile of Central & Van Buren: 16,457
• Total units built since 2000: 575 for sale, 1085 rental
• Total units in planning and under construction: 610 for sale, 391 rental

Retail

• 600,000 SF built
• 300,000 SF online within 2 years
• 21 restaurants/bars opened since 2007

Office

• Number of employees within 1 mile of Central and Van Buren: 83,292
• Existing downtown office space: 7,971,740 SF
• Under construction office space: 1,050,000 SF
• Class A vacancy downtown: 9.7%
• Class A vacancy metro: 17.7%

Hospitality

• 880,000 SF of space in Phoenix Convention Center
• 2,547 hotel rooms
• 2 hotels in late planning, 2 hotels in early development totaling 900 additional rooms

Infrastructure: Metro Light Rail

• 20 miles complete December 2008
• 27 additional miles funded
• 3,000 - 5,000 riders/hour initially
• 15,000 riders/hour at full capacity

Education and Research

• Students currently at downtown ASU campus: 5,000
• Students at ASU campus by 2015: 15,000
• ASU student housing beds as of 2009: 1,300
• ASU student housing beds at buildout: 4,000

Arts, Culture, and Sports

• 2006 sports venue attendance: 3,391,799
• Theatre seats: 10,621
• 2006 theatre attendance: 809,877
• Total yearly visitors to downtown Phoenix: 6,000,000

[PHXguyinOKC]

Hotel Monroe might be one of them?

[NIXPHX77]

Originally Posted by PHXguyinOKC

Hotel Monroe might be one of them?

that sounds right.

also, could the 4th one be the other hotel planned at CityScape?
aren't there 2 planned for it still?

[Viperlord]

I would be interested in seeing the map that they use to put these numbers together with, if anyone cares to post it.

[HooverDam]

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...550c2a6255542a

The blue area is the study area, the green is the greater downtown area, as defined by me but I think most on here would agree with it, and the grey is the Central Business District/Copper Square, as defined by the city.

[Viperlord]

Thanks for the post/map.

[andrewkfromaz]

Originally Posted by HX_Guy

TRetail

• 600,000 SF built
• 300,000 SF online within 2 years
• 21 restaurants/bars opened since 2007

Office

• Number of employees within 1 mile of Central and Van Buren: 83,292
• Existing downtown office space: 7,971,740 SF
• Under construction office space: 1,050,000 SF
• Class A vacancy downtown: 9.7%
• Class A vacancy metro: 17.7%

How's come they skipped retail vacancy, and when did they do the Class A downtown study? That seems way optimistic, but it's great if it is current. I have a bad feeling even if it is 3Q it's not going to last long.

[Vicelord John]

Originally Posted by HooverDam

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...550c2a6255542a

The blue area is the study area, the green is the greater downtown area, as defined by me but I think most on here would agree with it, and the grey is the Central Business District/Copper Square, as defined by the city.

I have a problem with this map. If the study was done on a radius, why is the study area a square?

Don't make me think back to my junior high geometry skills, but I'm pretty sure a radius is a circle.

[nickkoto]

Originally Posted by HooverDam

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...550c2a6255542a

The blue area is the study area, the green is the greater downtown area, as defined by me but I think most on here would agree with it, and the grey is the Central Business District/Copper Square, as defined by the city.

The green area is "downtown" as I've always known it.

[HooverDam]

Originally Posted by Vicelord John

I have a problem with this map. If the study was done on a radius, why is the study area a square?

Don't make me think back to my junior high geometry skills, but I'm pretty sure a radius is a circle.

I don't think you can draw circles w/ the google maps tool, or if you can, I was just doing it too quickly to bother with fancy things like sideless shapes.