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Originally Posted by Jjs5056
The entire presentation of the district is in Tempe's minutes, and it's just so... typical ASU/Tempe. All of the retail faces new interior roadways and resident parks, not Rural or Rio Salado or University; and, the entire north side of SDS is left untouched, which is the one chance to make a connection between ASU, Downtown, and the Lake at once. Nothing about this is coordinated with downtown Tempe and will do exactly what I thought it would -- cannibalize the energy created by other employers from the City for this District that is inaccessible and disconnected.
At best case, a bunch of lowrise offices are being built in a suburb... ? I'll take a tower downtown, thanks. Luckily, as with Mill/Uni, College Ave, etc., ASU tends to never follow through on their ventures, so...
Meanwhile, the Tempe Council is just now creating a visioning doc for downtown... now that Rio Salado has been built out, ASU has finalized its conflicting plans, and the last real development opp looks to be going to a student housing developer. Uhh, great timing. With the west side barring projects over 6 stories, the land west of TCA being used for a spec Biomedical Campus that is totally unnecessary, and the influx of student housing on the east side, I don't see why people are so high on Tempe... I wish Phoenix had SOME kind of geographic focal point damn it.
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Somebody hold my drink.....
-What's wrong with focusing the retail around a pedestrian friendly "neighborhood" environment? Some areas have opportunity for retail along the major arteries. Plus that's not to say that each development such as the high density residential could opt to add retail along Rural if it makes sense and follows the guidelines. Again this is planning document and doesn't guarantee it will look like this when its built out.
-There's a whole pedestrian corridor that leads from the center of this development to the lake....
-There is more here than just another highrise....this project as a mix of densities, land uses and heights. This will create a walkable neighborhood/ urban campus that will be 24/7...something that one highrise won't achieve....and wont rely on a August-May student population to flourish....
-I am sure the area north of the stadium will be earmarked for development at a later date.
-I agree with your last point. However, I think Tempe will still have some redevelopment opportunities in other parts of Tempe thanks to its "progressive" zoning policies.
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