Freebies Go With The Spiel Advertising Tempe Condominiums

The developers of an estimated 5,000 downtown Tempe condos are thinking miles outside the box when it comes to wooing potential buyers. "It’s all about exposure," Justin LaMar said.

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The Lots Are Bare, But Not For Long

Tempe, ASU collaborate in developing various parcels near campus Condominiums, offices or other developments will likely pop up on acres of University-owned land on the edges of campus, according to officials from ASU and the city of Tempe.

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TV Show Markets Condos

LAS VEGAS – Donald Trump is using his assistant-grooming reality show to sell units in his second Las Vegas condominium tower. For a one-hour episode of "The Apprentice" scheduled to air last night, contestants were tasked with devising a marketing plan for Trump Tower II, which like its predecessor, will be 64 stories of gold glass just off the Las Vegas Strip, developers said.

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The Next Hot Housing Markets

Average prices nationwide are soaring, but for every San Diego, there’s a Tucson; sunny, relatively cheap and growing fast. In any boom market, true bargains get harder and harder to find.

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Camelback High-Rise OK Stirs Furor

Residents in Phoenix’s ritzy Camelback Corridor are furious over city planners’ decision to allow developers to build high-rises close to their homes. After a sometimes-chaotic three-hour session that ended at 1 a.m. Thursday, the Planning Commission granted higher building limits that affect two key projects proposed for the 24th Street and Camelback Road area:

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Economists: Population Growth Supports Valley Home Prices

Can Arizona survive a deflation of the so-called real estate bubble? Economists participating in the Arizona Blue Chip Economic Forecast believe the answer is "yes."

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Tempe’s High-Rises To Create New Views

Growing cities have nowhere to go but up over the next five years, Tempe’s skyline will get an extreme makeover, and other Valley cities are watching closely. Gleaming, 22-story condo towers will dwarf familiar landmarks such as the Hayden Flour Mill’s silos. Tempe Town Lake will be ringed with six-, eight- and 12-story developments.

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Toll Bros To Break Ground On Condos

Toll Brothers is joining the luxury condominium building frenzy downtown with groundbreaking ceremonies Thursday for its Residences on Main. Sales are set to begin next month but the prices have not been released.

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Downtown Downer: A Parking Crisis For Urban Pioneers AtTthe Orpheum Lofts

When it comes to real estate, Monty and Marlene Wilson aren’t exactly novices. Monty’s a builder. Marlene has a broker’s license. But earlier this year, the Wilsons learned something shocking about the $479,000 condominium they purchased two years ago in downtown Phoenix: It came without parking.

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Multiple Projects Kety To Downtown’s Revival

First it was the Phoenix Civic Plaza. Then it was the Arizona Center. Later it was the sporting venues – America West Arena and Bank One Ballpark – that were to provide the spark. More recently, it was a new Arizona State University campus that was ballyhooed.

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