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High-rises to replace flour mill as Tempe icon By Garin Groff, Tribune September 24, 2006 Since Tempe’s founding, its iconic downtown landmark has been an industrial building that milled grain into flour. Its downtown scene for at least a generation relied largely on college students, bar food an...

Proposals for Town Lake project, Marriott keep Tempe planners busy Katie Nelson The Arizona Republic Nov. 30, 2006 12:00 AM Work on a multimillion-dollar hotel, condo and retail project proposed for Tempe Town Lake could start as soon as next year. The city reviewed the first set of plans for the...

Condos drive Tempe growth By Garin Groff, Tribune July 13, 2006 A surge in condo construction drove development in Tempe to a near record level last year as developers built upward to make up for a lack of vacant land. The value of new construction was the second-highest ever for the fiscal year ...

Meet Tempe’s developers By Garin Groff, Tribune September 25, 2006 The Centerpoint Condominiums project in Tempe casts a long shadow over other major projects. The three towers are expected to reach 343 feet, the tallest the city will allow. Right now it’s the biggest project under construction i...

Tempe previews its soaring skyline By Garin Groff, Tribune November 9, 2006 It takes a crane to build tall buildings, and a dozen of them have sprouted up in Tempe’s skyline. “And there are a dozen more on the way,” Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman said Wednesday. Those cranes will bring an unprecedented...

Developer proposes 11-story hotel at Tempe site By Garin Groff, Tribune November 22, 2006 A developer plans to raze the former Bandersnatch Pub, replacing the once thriving Tempe college hangout with an 11-story hotel that caters to business travelers. The Marriott Residence Inn is the second spe...

Downtown Tempe to get a CVS pharmacy Katie Nelson The Arizona Republic Sept. 6, 2006 02:30 PM Downtown Tempe could get its first pharmacy in years, marking yet another step toward an urban-living focused transformation. Site plans have been submitted to the city for a new CVS Pharmacy. The docume...

Evolving skyline on East Valley horizon By Garin Groff, Tribune July 21, 2006 A developer is moving to demolish the popular Arches shopping center near ASU to replace it with Tempe’s tallest building. And at the same time, the city is working with a developer on a project that would include Tempe...

Tempe condo projects soaring Katie Nelson and Jahna Berry The Arizona Republic Jun. 14, 2006 12:00 AM The 43 building projects under way in Tempe outnumber the city's 40 square miles. It's a building boom coming primarily in the shape of condominiums, but places to employ, entertain and feed all ...