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NOT Copper Point: DNA

March 13, 2008 – 4:15 pm

We posted last week that it appeared that Copper Pointe High Rise Condominiums were not moving forward. We have confirmation that we were correct. A man representing the former developer of Copper Pointe contacted us to let us know that in fact Copper Pointe would not be built but instead a community called DNA Condominiums [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Hot Deals, In-Fill Developments, Phoenix, What's New | Comments (0)

Campus Edge in Tempe Increases Number of Units and Height At Last Minute

February 23, 2008 – 12:07 pm

Campus Edge is almost complete with the municipality process and is en route to be even higher and denser than before. Previously, they had proposed 100 residential units, a building height of 96 feet and 369 parking spaces. With this amendment to their custom Planned Area Development Overlay (PAD), they increased to 132 units, 117 [...]

By Mitch | Also posted in In-Fill Developments, Lofts, Tempe | Comments (1)

Century Plaza to Offer One-of-a-Kind Views of Central Ave.

February 11, 2008 – 11:06 am

As the transformation of an old office high-rise into Century Plaza, a mixed-use mutli-high rise development continues, the WeKnowUrban Tour got a sneek peak of some awesome views of Central Avenue last Saturday. The positioning of the building, which is adjacent to Central on the East side of the road, just south of Osborn allows [...]

By Mitch | Also posted in High Rise Condos, Phoenix, Tour | Comments (0)

WeKnowUrban Tour Hits the Central Ave. Midtown Corridor

February 11, 2008 – 6:12 am

WeKnowUrban hosted their monthly urban tour this past Saturday featuring communities in the Midtown Phoenix Central Ave. Corridor. This area only has a few projects on their to completion in the next year, but in some years to come will be one of the hottest roads in the valley. Starting at Camelback, the Light Rail [...]

By Mitch | Also posted in High Rise Condos, Phoenix, Tour | Comments (0)

What Impact Will Light Rail Have on Apache Blvd

February 4, 2008 – 6:43 pm

Phoenix Vally Metro’s light rail service is scheduled to start toward the end of 2008. The impact of this project is two fold and can not be ignored. During construction some areas along the developing line saw commercial and residential projects start to spring up at a fast pace, hoping to draw attraction from the [...]

By joyce | Also posted in Tempe | Comments (1)

Light Rail Cracking Down

January 27, 2008 – 7:00 pm

Officials at METRO announced that our much-anticipated Light Rail system has already experienced some preliminary problems. Over the course of the 20-mile track that runs through Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa, seven mysterious cracks have been discovered. According to Marty McNeil, the marketing manager for METRO, it is unknown why the flaws occurred, which process caused [...]

By Mitch | Also posted in Mesa, Phoenix, Tempe | Comments (0)

Light Rail Line is Starting to Appear in Roadways

October 18, 2007 – 12:39 am

It has taken a long time and caused a lot of traffic headaches but in some areas of town you can actually see light rail getting closer to being a reality. Parts of downtown Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa have concrete and rail in place, cable poles standing and the stations are growing benches and shades. [...]

By Will Daly | Comments (0)

Lumina Update

October 4, 2007 – 1:37 pm

Tempe’s newest high rise project Lumina recently opened it’s sales office. The show room comes complete with models, mock up’s and plenty of printable information to digest. Like most Tempe high rise condo projects, Lumina is ambitious, it’s tall, it’s upscale and when completed it will contribute towards Tempe’s transformation into an urban center unlike [...]

By joyce | Also posted in High Rise Condos, Tempe | Comments (0)

Thing Are Moving Up Downtown

September 19, 2007 – 10:37 pm

I think most people are trying to avoid driving around the downtown Phoenix area lately. The construction for the light rail is really making it difficult to navigate Central Ave and some of the surrounding neighborhoods. I had an appointment last week to show property to some out of state clients who were looking in [...]

By joyce | Also posted in Phoenix | Comments (0)
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