Some statistics on Downtown Phoenix
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
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