^ I think that's the best reason they should stay...
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Yeah, that whole strip is prime for a facade rehabilitation no one better think of demolishing those buildings. The author should have expanded on what was mentioned regarding those buildings, or just left that info out of the article.
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Knock em down put in a corporate plaza with fountains and a sculpture. It would really help beautify the area and would give office workers a place up relax.
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Yeah, I hope those buildings stay there too. But it would be cool to build towers atop them
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The Fry Building on the corner of 2nd St and Washington is the oldest commercial building operating in Phoenix, built in 1885. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Anyone looking to tear that down will be in for one hell of a fight.
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Good call. Btw somewhat on topic, I went to that pizza place that majerles owns at like 1am in a Saturday. Wasn't bad.
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^ Huh? Facade rehabs reveal the original history of the building, something that has been covered up by contemporary, non-historic reskins.
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I think I misread kevinphx's post. There are bad facade jobs (slathering on more crap), and there are good facade jobs (revealing lost history).
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A bad facade job, is that like a bad boob job?
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Yeah ... it can look cool from the outside, but the interior is rarely saved and in some cases disappears entirely, as in the case of the Hearst Building in NYC.
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Lots of info on a few downtown projects here. The first, on the office tower on the empty block between Collier's and Cityscape, talks about a new 400,000 sq ft office tower with maybe a small residential or retail component. A bit underwhelming at only 400,000 sq ft seeing how the Cityscape tower is 568,000 sq ft, so this would be roughtly 2/3 of the size.
They also want to have a big portion of it leased before they even start construction so who knows what the timing on this is. Second part is a bit confusing...says Luhrs had plans for an office tower on the side "just west of US Airways Center"...do they mean the empty parking lot? Then it says they are moving forward with plans for a Courtyard by Marriott on the same site...so they are no longer demolishing the Luhrs Central Building to build it on that block? Plans for the office tower have been cancelled it seems (the cool new tallest that was to go between the Luhrs Building and Luhrs Tower). Quote:
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West-side story: Waterfront developer has downtown plans
Premium content from Phoenix Business Journal by Mike Sunnucks, Senior Reporter Date: Friday, June 22, 2012, 3:00am MST A Chicago real estate developer wants to build a 21-story office tower that would be the first Class A building at the west end of downtown Phoenix. Golub and Co. LLC, which developed the Scottsdale Waterfront, already has started preleasing the space and will seek property tax breaks from the city of Phoenix for 200 West Monroe. The 330,000-square-foot office building will cover the city block bounded by Van Buren and Monroe streets and Second and Third avenues. A parking lot and a shuttered auto repair shop are on the site now. The Golub development could have a major impact on the downtown real estate market. While it will compete with older buildings for tenants, it will go head to head with a 400,000-square-foot office building planned by Barron Collier Cos. and Ryan Cos. on the parking lot parcel in between the Collier Center and CityScape. The Golub and Collier plans are a good indication developers are gaining confidence that downtown Phoenix is recovering from the recession faster than outlying areas. In addition, the 200 West Monroe project would be the first Class A development in a part of downtown that currently consists of government buildings, courthouses and older properties off Van Buren. “There is an appetite for development,” Golub Senior Vice President John Ferguson said of the downtown market. He said construction could start next year, with delivery in 2015. The Chicago developer is seeking property tax breaks from the city of Phoenix to help pay for the project. Many downtown developments, including CityScape, have received tax assistance. The Collier-Ryan project also is looking to secure property tax breaks. Such aid helps projects get financing. It also allows developers to offer lower rents and better lease terms. Golub has owned the west downtown parcel for six years and considered office development in 2008, but delayed those plans when the recession and real estate slide hit. The city of Phoenix will start considering Golub’s plans and request for incentives this summer. Golub hired Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial brokers Scott Baumgarten, Tyler Wilson and Mark Stratz to market and prelease the building. They are opening a marketing center in the 44 Monroe condo tower, which overlooks the planned development. “We’re in the process of preleasing right now,” said Baumgarten. “We have quite a few prospects.” He said Cassidy Turley will target office tenants with leases expiring from 2014 through 2016 and entice local professional businesses with new Class A space. The brokers also intend to recruit companies from California and other states considering moves to Arizona. CityScape was successful in bringing a number of Valley law firms and other tenants from existing Phoenix locations when it opened in 2010. Ferguson said Golub needs to get its downtown project at least 50 percent preleased before it can get the financing necessary to move forward with development. Golub and the Cassidy Turley brokers said the new building’s floor plans will be more open than other downtown buildings. That will allow tenants to lease as much as 10 percent less square footage, offering bottom-line benefits. Ferguson said floor plans also will allow for more executive and management offices than some current downtown offerings. Still, the project, like any other in this economy, has to secure financing and overcome continued business frugality. Jay Thorne, a real estate and business consultant who previously did work for Barron Collier and RED Development’s CityScape project, said Golub and the Collier-Ryan project will be duking it out in the downtown marketplace. “It would seem that there is only room for one downtown office tower, so it would seem this site is in direct competition with Collier’s Block 23,” said Thorne. Collier officials have variously considered developing residential, retail and a hotel on Block 23, the area between Collier Center and CityScape; but they have decided to go with offices. Collier officials did not respond to a request for comment. |
200 W Monroe Renderings and website
Just ran across this website advertising the new Golub Office building planned for 2nd Ave and Monroe. Great looking building. Wish it were taller, but a great addition to the western skyline of DtPhx. Check out the outdoor track on the upper level.
http://www.200wmonroe.com/ |
god damnit fuck you city of phoenix and your lousy fucking zoning.
STOP ALLOWING ONE BUILDING TO TAKE A WHOLE FUCKING BLOCK! why do you think we have all the shitty dead spaces we have? because of the obnoxious corporate plazas and huge setbacks the city allows, god damnit this FUCKING INFURIATES ME. |
What....the....fuck? Thats a God damned mess. Why is the main portion of the building fronting Monroe, not VB, VB is the more prominent street.
That huge set back with grass and a parking podium, not screened, not lined with retail....Jesus thats just depressing looking. The good news is I don't think there's anyway something like that will pass muster under the Urban Form Code, so hopefully this is all just really early stuff. We really need to force developers to create street facing retail, ESPECIALLY along Van Buren. When the fuck are we going to learn about mono use towers? Where's the retail? Housing? Hotel? Something besides Class A office space and a huge parking podium. E: I guess there would be theoretically enough room on that green space along VB for a future tower thats really slender, but knowing how things work in PHX, that'll never happen. Plus even if it did, the big parking podium wouldn't allow room for much retail, it would likely just be another tower and lobby. |
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