Dowtown Phx getting a grocery store------finally

[LocoAZnative]

from today
250-room hotel on rise at CityScape site

As more windows go up on CityScape's office tower, the beginnings of a 250-room hotel has begun to rise out of the ground at the CityScape construction site.

The three-block $900 million project will bring shops, offices, restaurants, a grocery store and a pharmacy to downtown Phoenix, the developer says. When it's complete, CityScape will stretch from First Avenue to Second Street and from Washington Street to Jefferson Street in downtown Phoenix.

The office tower is expected to top out - reach its highest point - around July 15, officials say.
"We are getting a floor and half (of windows) up a week," said Brent Leif construction manager at Hunt Construction Group. "We are right where we want to be."

Crews recently assembled a third tower crane on the site, which will help build a garage and, later, part of the hotel, Leif added.

In 2011, the San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants chain plans to open Hotel Palomar, which will include about 165 condos.

The 29-story building will have two levels of shops, 10 hotel floors and 17 floors of residential space, said Jeff Moloznik, development manager for RED Development, the project's developer.

Construction continues on the first two Cityscape blocks, but the economic slump has delayed work on the third block.

Early plans called for 1,000 condos and a second hotel to be built on the block bound by Washington, Jefferson, First and Second streets.

The developer for that block, Barron Collier, says that it plans to build when the economy improves.

City leaders are closely watching CityScape's progress.

More than $120 million in city incentives is linked to the deal.

Phoenix agreed to purchase the project's underground parking garage and pay for repairs to an existing parking garage at a cost of $96.5 million.

In addition, it will waive the property taxes on key components for eight years, worth at least $26 million, according to past city estimates.

[fcorrales80]

Thank you for that article! I contacted RED about this story and the 29 FLOOR plan and they still insisted it would be a final 34 floors, LOL! I was told it might be a misprint on the AZ Republics part, which wouldn't surprise me since the Republic is often wrong about information. They often site construction of the retail on the SWC of 1st and Jefferson, which is County buildings. It should read NEC OR the SWC of the CityScape footprint.

[fcorrales80]

OK, further clarification, LOL, the final height will "equal" a 34 floor tower. Because the lobby/plaza of the hotel/condo tower will "consume" multiple levels in one big open space, the outward appearance of the building will look like 34 floors but the main street level will rise roughly 4-5 floors. I'm starting to wonder why they have been so vague with details. I want to ask but I don't want to annoy my "source." LMAO! Maybe they want to create a buzz and stir and surprise us all!!! LOL

[HX_Guy]

Haha...yea, surprise us all by not delivering. I have a feeling they do want to create buzz and keep the project exciting...not keep saying that it's being scaled back.

[fcorrales80]

There was only one scale back and that was the drop from a 44 story building to the current building under construction! It would have been awesome to have a building taller than Chase but that will have to wait a little longer.

[HX_Guy]

There was one announced scale back, but trust me, others are happening. But like you said, and like I said, they don't really want to reveal that as it would not make the project as enticing to potential restaurant and retail tenants.

[fcorrales80]

Originally Posted by HX_Guy

There was one announced scale back, but trust me, others are happening. But like you said, and like I said, they don't really want to reveal that as it would not make the project as enticing to potential restaurant and retail tenants.

True, hey HX do you have any more photos of the construction site? I pass by the cranes everyday and the construction site looks so cool! It will be even more visually "interesting" downtown when the two cranes for the new county courthouse tower are also erected.

[HX_Guy]

There are a ton of pictures that are updated regularly here:

Phoenix CityScape Thread - Page 129 - SkyscraperPage Forum

[HX_Guy]

FC80: An update...believe what you will of it, or don't.

"The height as listed on the current architectural drawings is 363'-00" (for the 27 floor office tower). However there have been some revisions to the mechanical screen and it will prbably top out at 370 when it is surveyed at the end of the project.
On block 77 (PSP) there really isn't much going on because RED has not secured the financing for the project to go vertical. However the residential element of the project is completely dead for both block 77 and block 22."