New tallest building FINALLY coming to Phoenix! (Tempe: real estate market, car registration)

[Boatdrinks]

Does anyone know if there are any significant building projects planned for the area around the U of A/ASU medical campus downtown?

A UA Medical School in Phoenix (broken link)

This is going to be a really exciting project and I'm curious how it'll tie in with Cityscape, etc. I imagine it'll have a very positive impact on revitalizing downtown along with increasing the need for residential and commercial options.

[ptbrennan]

I know several developers holding land in the area north of the college developments, but waiting for the rest of the market to build before they start.

[CodyW]

Erm.. From what I know, there are a few active projects around the ASU downtown campus. One is a new building for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, and I believe there are also some dorm buildings going up. I can't give numbers or anything, but thats just a rough idea.

[ptbrennan]

Originally Posted by CodyW

Erm.. From what I know, there are a few active projects around the ASU downtown campus. One is a new building for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, and I believe there are also some dorm buildings going up. I can't give numbers or anything, but thats just a rough idea.

The first dorms will become available as a result of renovating that old Ramada Hotel that was behind the AZ Republic building. They will certainly need more, however, based on the number of students proposed for the downtown campus.

[HX_Guy]

The Ramanda Hotel is already being used as dorms and has been for the least year.

There are currently two 13 story 145' buildings going up that will have roughly 1300 dorms under construction. The first of the two buildings is currently about 1/3 of the way up and foundation work is under way for the second building.



The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism is also going up one block west of the dorms and is currently at level 4 of 6. This building will stand 110' tall.



Both buildings together on Taylor St, with he Nursing School in the foreground and the redesign of Taylor St into a more pedestrian friendly street under way.

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by ptbrennan

As for schools, the residents of these condos will probably be either young people, empty nesters, or able to afford nearby private schools.

Yes, yes, yes! My kind of crowd! What we don't need is more people with large families moving in, bringing their unruly kids, and looking for FREE public schools & to mooch off the taxpayers' dollars. I find that many highrise condo dwellers are educated professionals & often childless ... the type we need MORE of in this area. Another benefit to going vertical!

Originally Posted by ptbrennan

And we are not losing much by building over Patriot Square. Walk through there on any given afternoon and you will likely be the only non-homeless person or police officer. As long as the developer creates a replacement public space they will sufficiently mitigate these concerns. But what about the amphitheater?

Aren't these protestors pathetic? They want to save a so called park that is an eyesore, and of no value at all to the city.

Sadly, one reason why so many highrises and urban projects have not ever materialized is all these idiotic NIMBYs who protest anything that will block out "their" sun or "their" mountain views. They somehow have this tunnel vision of wanting to keep Phoenix visibly small. Never mind that we're the fifth largest city, and one of the largest & fastest growing metro areas in the country. I wish all the NIMBYs & old f.a.r.t.s. would move out ... then we wouldn't have such an issue with rapid growth!

[Boatdrinks]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

Yes, yes, yes! My kind of crowd! What we don't need is more people with large families moving in, bringing their unruly kids, and looking for FREE public schools & to mooch off the taxpayers' dollars. I find that many highrise condo dwellers are educated professionals & often childless ... the type we need MORE of in this area. Another benefit to going vertical!



Aren't these protestors pathetic? They want to save a so called park that is an eyesore, and of no value at all to the city.

Sadly, one reason why so many highrises and urban projects have not ever materialized is all these idiotic NIMBYs who protest anything that will block out "their" sun or "their" mountain views. They somehow have this tunnel vision of wanting to keep Phoenix visibly small. Never mind that we're the fifth largest city, and one of the largest & fastest growing metro areas in the country. I wish all the NIMBYs & old f.a.r.t.s. would move out ... then we wouldn't have such an issue with rapid growth!

Pardon my denseness, but it's not clear to me - are you being sarcastic? or is this serious?

[Boatdrinks]

Originally Posted by HX_Guy

pictures

[/img]

Great photos, HX guy! Thank you so much for posting them and for the info!

I'm not very knowledgable about Phoenix streets and locations. Is this medical campus area very close to the Cityscape project? Just wondering if they're close enough to benefit from each other's existance, ie, will condo dwellers at Cityscape be able to walk to the campus and vice versa.

[Valley Native]

Yes, I AM being serious, Boatdrinks. I'm a strong supporter of highrise development for many reasons too numerous to name. If the Phoenix area wasn't so big, I wouldn't be in favor of vertical development so much. However, since we are now one of the largest cities (and metro areas) in the nation, it's only sensible to build more upward and less outward.

Besides, there's going to come a time when we will be landlocked and won't have any further room to keep sprawling. When that time comes, we'll have no choice except to build upward as long as the growth continues. Tempe is already at that point, BTW.

[HX_Guy]

Originally Posted by Boatdrinks

I'm not very knowledgable about Phoenix streets and locations. Is this medical campus area very close to the Cityscape project? Just wondering if they're close enough to benefit from each other's existance, ie, will condo dwellers at Cityscape be able to walk to the campus and vice versa.

They are fairly close. CityScape will be at Central and Washington while the medical campus is around the area of 7th St and Van Buren, roughly 3/4 of a mile away. Someone would be able to hop on the light rail at Central and Washington and take it 1/4 mile north to Central and Van Buren, but then would need to walk 1/2 mile east. 1/2 mile isn't bad...but when it's 110 out in the summer, it might not be so pleasant. There are buses and shuttles that would take someone the whole route Im sure.