Next Phoenix Neighborhoods To Gentrify

[winkosmosis]

Is the property tax really only about 0.18% or am I misreading? That would mean buying into a gentrifying neighborhood is actually a good thing in Phoenix. Here in Texas it means your taxes will skyrocket once gentrification happens.

[caryberry]

Originally Posted by T. Damon

East Bethany and N. 16th, now I remember the place we went to was called The Vig, their house is just a few blocks south.

The Vig(s) and subsequent restaurants/bars of the terminally hip and cool are one of the first signs of neighborhood gentrification...think La Grande Orange, The Vig @Thomas and 40th Street...

[grmi66]

The time to help gentrify East Bethany & North 16th Street was 10+ years ago. I read a couple of Phoenix architecture oriented blogs and people were buying up in that neighborhood years ago.

One little pocket of Sunnyslope that will be the first big area to gentrify would be along 12th Street and 16th Street between Northern & Hatcher. Up against the mountains, not too many apartments compared to the 19th Avenue area. Plus a good sign is that a microbrewery is opening up soon on 3rd Street & Dunlap. So when I am done hiking at North Mountain or Shaw Butte I can swing by for an IPA or two.

[newfrontalex]

I am hedging my bets on 16th and Camelback (south of Camelback, actually, from 7th to 24th, north of Indian School). Watching long-term investors over the last 12 months do "work" in this area is nothing short of amazing. Prices on condos have gone up 60-65% from 2011 and the old nasty homes on Highland have mostly been improved and/or are being improved.

[Java Jolt]

I would like to see Maryvale and much of the westside gentrify but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Most likely candidates are Sunnyslope, some north-central sides of Phoenix, and possibly the Washington Street corridor east of downtown on the light rail.

[pbenjamin]

I doubt that you will ever see gentrification in Maryvale. John F. Long's homes were inexpensive for a reason, they were very cheaply built, not really worth saving. It was the first instance of disposable housing stock that became more prevalent as the years progressed.

[Stefan_from_Germany]

My vote goes to Sunnyslope. Took a little video when I drove through part of it a couple years ago.


Sunnyslope. Phoenix, Arizona. Part II - YouTube

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by Stefan_from_Germany

My vote goes to Sunnyslope. Took a little video when I drove through part of it a couple years ago.

That doesn't look anything like the Sunnyslope I know. The homes & general landscape in the video appear to be more in the hills, either North Mountain area, or perhaps east Sunnyslope next to the preserve. That area doesn't really need revitalization. Driving through the neighborhoods west of 7th Street near Dunlap or Hatcher would give a more accurate view of the true Sunnyslope. The part that I think is ripe for revitalization is along Dunlap between 7th Street & Central. That has the potential to be a thriving, walkable area with some effort.

[Stefan_from_Germany]

Yeah, that vid was recorded just east of the northernmost tip of Central (Mountainview). I believe that's still Sunnyslope but probably the nicest part of it. I agree that particuar part does not need revitalization.