Hayden Flour Mill Update

Avenue Communities is looking to break ground September 2008 on its mixed use redevelopment development called Hayden Flour Mill. Phase one calls for 60,000-sf of retail and office space and will take about 14 months to construct.

For more information on Tempe’s Hayden Flour Mill.

More official support for Monti’s development-The Arizona Republic

Tempe’s Development Review Commission waved through the Monti’s La Casa Vieja high rises during a marathon meeting Tuesday night, leaving the City Council as the last remaining hurdle for the controversial project.

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Monti’s owner scraps plan for towers-East Valley Tribune

The owner of Monti’s La Casa Vieja has scrapped plans to build a 300-foot-tall tower directly above the historic adobe restaurant after a barrage of criticism from preservationists.

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Apache Blvd. grows from seedy to chic-East Valley Tribune

Apache Boulevard had long been overlooked by anybody who had money — unless they had a few bucks for drugs or a hooker. Now, the rundown buildings and weed-filled lots along Apache are some of Tempe’s hottest real estate.

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Light rail, streetcar still on the table in Scottsdale-East Valley Tribune

A new report concludes that light rail, modern streetcar and bus rapid transit should all still be considered along Scottsdale Road through downtown. But it does not recommend which one would be best for the city.

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Trendy replaces toxic at Tempe mall-East Valley Tribune

Officials with Vestar said it was the most complicated cleanup in state history, costing somewhere between $40 million and $50 million.

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220-room hotel, 245-condo Tempe project planned

Veteran hotel developers will launch a new hotel-plus-condos brand Lumina in downtown Tempe.

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Six E.V. corners listed as great for development-East Valley Tribune

More than half of the 10 “hottest” intersections for economic development identified recently by the Urban Land Institute are in the East Valley.

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Don’t pressure business to protect city’s past-East Valley Tribune.com

As the public has been reacting to plans announced last week to incorporate his landmark downtown Tempe restaurant beneath a 24-story high-rise building, Michael Monti told us Friday he’s been feeling the shockwaves.

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People and Place-Architecture Week


The nearly completed Tempe Center for the Arts in Tempe, Arizona, designed by Architekton and Barton Myers Associates, Inc., stands near Tempe Town Lake.

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