Downtown Phoenix Project List

[list updated April 29, 2008]

Downtown is awash in construction and development, as I've detailed before on this blog. While the area has seen previous construction booms, those were usually driven by one or two megaprojects. The current boom is different, and definitely more encouraging, as it's comprised by loads of medium and small-sized projects that are critical to putting people on the sidewalks. Below is an attempt to list the current, future, and already completed projects. The list is not static as I'm sure I've missed some projects (especially in the "rumored" category). I also tried to draw a line and only included projects finished after 2000 in and around downtown (south of I-10, between about Tenth Street and Tenth Avenue, and north of Lincoln), and I excluded single-family home renovations-- there are just too many to list. Your input is always welcome...

Under Construction (as of April 29, 2008)

Residential
1. 44 Monroe, 202 condos/34 stories, First Avenue and Monroe Street.
2. Portland 38, 38 condos/several 3 story units, square bounded by Eighth and Ninth Streets and Portland and Roosevelt Streets
3. Roosevelt 11, 11 condos/several 3 story units, Ninth Street and Roosevelt
4. Portland 2/3 stories, roughly Sixth Street between Portland and Moreland Streets
5. Portland 3/3 stories, NE corner of Second Street and Portland Street
6. Portland 1/3 stories, SW corner of Second Street and Portland Street (31 condos in Portland 1, 2, and 3)
7. ASU Dorms I and II/13 stories, Second Street and Taylor Street*
8. ALTA Phoenix, 325 apartments/7-8 stories in various buildings, Fifth Street and Van Buren
9. 841 N. Second Avenue renovation, appears to be a condo or apartment development, probably 15-20 units/2 stories
10. Chester Place, 5 units/2 stories, Sixth Avenue south of Roosevelt
11. Metro 4twelve, 12 units/2 stories, Fourth Avenue between McKinley and Roosevelt Streets
12. McKinley Row, 32 condos/4 stories, Fourth Avenue and McKinley

Office
1. 735 North First Street, renovation
2. Central Park East, Central Avenue and Van Buren

Hotel
1. Hotel Monroe, 150 hotel rooms, Central Avenue and Monroe Street
2. Sheraton Hotel, 1000 hotel rooms, Fourth Street and Van Buren Street

Academic
1. ASU School of Journalism, First Street and Taylor Street

Transit
1. METRO light rail construction ($1B project stretching from north-central Phoenix to west Mesa) via downtown

Convention
1. Phoenix Convention Center expansion to 900,000 square feet of convention space

Retail
1. Hanny's renovation, restaurant in rehabbed department store, First Street and Adams Street
2. Security Building, first floor renovation


Yet to break ground/rumored (as of April 29, 2008)

Residential
1. GS3 Condos, 27 condos/4-5 stories, Third Avenue and Portland Street
2. Portland Place Phase II, 91 condos/10 stories, roughly Second Avenue and Portland Street
3. The Jet, 675 apartments, Second Avenue and Van Buren Street
4. Omega, 214 condos, Second Avenue and Adams Street
5. DNA Phoenix, undetermined number of condos/4 stories, Third Avenue and Fillmore Street 6. Cosmopolitan Towers, 100+ condos, Fourth Street and Pierce Street
7. Desert Sun project, 200 condos/8 stories plus commercial, Grand Avenue and Roosevelt Street*
8. Fillmore 555, 137 condos and apartments/5 stories, Fifth Avenue and Fillmore Street
9. Calder Tower, 420 apartments/39 stories, Fourth Avenue and Van Buren*
10. Phoenix Gateway Center, 100 apartments/8 stories, Twelfth Street and Washington
11. Imperial Plaza, 100 condos/22 stories, block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Jackson and Madison Streets
12. Urban rowhouse project, 6 condos/4 stories, Second Street and Roosevelt

Mixed-use megaproject
1. CityScape, at least 500 condos and 150 hotel rooms in one tower, and 550,000-square foot office space in a second tower under the city's development agreement, Washington Street and Central Avenue*
2. Jackson Street Entertainment District, restaurant/retail/residential, between Fourth Street and First Street on Jackson Street

Office
1. MAG office building, 230,000 square feet/10-12 stories, First and Second Avenue at McKinley Street

Hotel
1. Kimpton Hotels, block bounded by Washington and Jefferson Streets and First and Second Streets
2. TWELVE Hotels, block bounded by Washington and Jefferson Streets and First and Second Streets
3. Aloft Hotel, 107 hotel rooms, Central Avenue and Adams Street


Completed [this section under development]

Residential
1. 215 McKinley (2007), 12 condos, Second Street and McKinley Street
2. Stadium Lofts (2005), approx. 30 condos, Second Street and Buchanon Street
3. Artisan Village (2005), 105 condos, square bounded by Seventh Street and Fifth Street and Roosevelt Street and Portland Street
4. Orpheum Lofts (2005), 88 condos, First Avenue and Adams Street
5. Fontenelle Lofts (2005), 7 condos, Third Avenue and Roosevelt
6. Roosevelt Commons (2004), 48 apartments, Fifth and Sixth Streets at Roosevelt Street
7. Lofts at Fillmore (2000), 18 condos, Second Avenue and Fillmore
8. Roosevelt Square (2000), 414 apartments and 10-15 condos, square bounded by Central Avenue and Third Avenue, Roosevelt Street and Portland Street
9. Portland Place Phase I (2007), 54 condos/6 stories, Third Avenue and Portland Street.
10. PRD 845 (2007), 12 condos/4 stories, Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt Street
11. Summit (2008), 165 condos, Third Street and Jackson Street.

Office
1. Phelps Dodge Tower (2001), Central Avenue and Washington Street
2. Collier Center (2000), Third Street and Washington Street

* = development offends historic preservation standards or other sound urban planning principles