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America Shifting to Urban from Sub-urban

May 20, 2009 – 1:01 pm

MSNBC recently reported that, “Most demographic and market indicators suggest that growth and development across the country are moving away from the suburban and exurban fringe and toward center-cities and close-in suburbs.”
The article goes on to report that the reason behind the shift is multi-fold including, “Empty-nesters don’t need the big house and don’t want [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Market Update, Phoenix | Comments (0)

Gorgeous High Rise Rental

March 2, 2009 – 11:18 pm

There is only ONE condo for rent in the brand new and super cool Century Plaza High Rise and we’re representin’ it.  It’s a one bedroom, one bath, with fantastic upgrades, located on the fourteenth floor on the north side of the building.  Soooo, it has sick views up central avenue and of Camelback Mountain, [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in High Rise Condos, Phoenix, Rentals, What's New | Comments (2)

Regency Condominiums Open in Tempe

February 28, 2009 – 11:50 pm

Thursday was the grand opening of Regency Condominiums on Lemon Street on the light rail in Tempe.  Its a  former apartment building converted into 44 studios and one bedroom condos starting at $179,000.  It’s a cool mid-century modern building with reportedly great finishes (we haven’t seen the interiors yet).
It will be interesting to see how the sales go.  [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Tempe, What's New | Comments (0)

Awesome Rental at Century Plaza

February 20, 2009 – 7:24 am

We just got a brand new high rise condo rental listing at Century Plaza yesterday.  The place is siiiiiick.  It’s on the 14th floor, it’s brand new, has incredible views, fantastic upgrades and is in one of the coolest buildings in Phoenix.
To learn more and check out photos go to our web portal: user name [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in High Rise Condos, Phoenix, Rentals | Comments (0)

Phoenix Light Rail is Growing

February 4, 2009 – 5:00 pm

We’ve added several new features to our Light Rail page.
You’ll notice that we have added two new buttons at the top right portion of the page, one FOR SALE and one FOR RENT.  If you’re looking to rent or buy along the light rail and want to see only high rise and loft condos no [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Lofts, Tour, What's New | Comments (0)

Why’s the Phoenix Light Rail Hot?

January 11, 2009 – 9:51 pm

I’ve been intrigued by the popularity of the light rail.
Yesterday thirteen of us boarded a train at about 10:00 am and rode it to various high rise and loft condo buildings along the route.  During the three plus hours we toured we got on and off the train four times.  And I kid you not [...]

By Will Daly | Comments (5)

CityScape Retooling

January 1, 2009 – 12:22 pm

Just as the Light Rail is opening, which whizzes by both sides of the Cityscape development in downtown Phoenix, comes some unfortunate, but not surprising news.  The three block complex was originally planned to consist of luxury condominiums and apartments, two boutique hotels, office and retail space.  The developers have announced the project is scaling [...]

By Mitch | Also posted in High Rise Condos, In-Fill Developments, Phoenix, Tour, Uncategorized, What's New | Comments (0)

Light Rail Celebration on Saturday, 12/27

December 24, 2008 – 12:13 am

Tempe, Phoenix, Mesa and METRO are joining together to throw a week long celebration of the opening of the new light rail system.  The kick-off will be this Saturday beginning at 10:00am and going until just after 6:00pm.  There will essentially be mini-block parties at almost every rail stop with food, music, vendors and light rail and [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Mesa, Phoenix, Tempe | Comments (1)

Light Rail Celebration 12/27/2008

November 29, 2008 – 5:40 am

Join thousands and thousands of people as we celebrate the completion of the light rail on December 27th. Light rail tickets will be free and there will be something going on at almost every stop. Huge parties are being held in downtown Tempe, Phoenix and Mesa.
WeKnowUrban has a booth at the Tempe event [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Tempe, What's New | Comments (0)

Light Rail Celebration

November 25, 2008 – 9:08 pm

On December 27th the City of Tempe is throwing a huge party celebrating the opening of the light rail. The event is expected to draw as many as 250,000 people. One of the venues being offered is an Urban Experience tent where visitors can learn all about urban living in and around Tempe. [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Tempe | Comments (1)
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