phxSunsfan...
Except for Desert Ridge, I couldn't agree more with you. Desert Ridge unless one just insists on having a Scottsdale address (or maybe Chandler) is as prime for Phoenix as it gets.
As for your 2nd paragraph, it would seem to echo most of the comments I've made along the the way. Have I not lauded the Mayor Gordon era (frequently)? Has not the accomplishments of the last decade
been precisely what you wish for (Even if Phoenix had to subsidize the hell out of them)?
plinkos reference to employment and activity nodes whether fortunate or not is apt for this area, as is transit between them. Again unfortunately but when exit2lef makes reference to "Decentralized living can
at least be supported by a hub-and-spoke transit system...." that may work nicely in Denver, but not in Phoenix. Best I've thought of is some kind of dual hub system.
Vancouver, built with billions from Asia is certainly a "global" city:
http://denverinfill.com/blog/2010/06...vancouver.html
so maybe hope for Asian "rain" .... but they seem to prefer NYC and the West Coast as far as where they stash their cash.
Phoenix Metro needs to create a metro-wide transit district, something Denver did 25 years ago, in order to coordinate and financially support a regional transit system.
As I've previously suggested downtown needs (at minimum) another Office Tower that could attract companies and people that work there which creates activity and all kinds of demand.
But it's a chicken/egg thing, isn't it? Until the mid-town towers are (mostly) filled up there will be no speculative office space built downtown.
It's a hopeful situation at best and we all are hoping and cheering for the best. It's a good time for some apartment cranes.... hear hear, I'll toast to that.
At least the Suns have a good chance to beat the team that is moving into the most transit friendly and accessible arena in the league tonight. GO SUNS.