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Urban Realty specializes in the Downtown Tempe Lofts, Townhomes, & Condos market. This blog will update users on all the exciting current developments and the future developments planned!
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Downtown Tempe has long been home to creative and interesting urban spaces.  Now that tradition continues with Vic Linoff & Stu Siefer's plans for the alley way behind Mill Avenue.  Thank goodness for these creative types who keep reinventing our much loved Mill Avenue district!  Full story below...
08/10/2008
South-Bank released a contsruction status update today.  The 27.3 acre urban community broke ground in April of this year and the infrastructure is now 60% complete.  They also released this great new rendering (below) of the site and we continue to be very impressed with the size and scope of th...
08/07/2008
As we previously posted here, the new wave of "good for you" yogurt shops (ala PinkBerry, Red Mango, etc.) have been looking at coming to downtown Tempe.  Now, it appears they are coming into town full force!  THREE new yogurt shops will be opening very soon!  It appears we will have the followin...
08/04/2008
Here is a press release dated August 1st from Avenue Communities regarding Centerpoint Condominiums All Projects Not Affected Equally  Centerpoint Condominiums in Tempe to Secure New Financing, Settlement Outside of Mortgages, Ltd. Restructuring  Centerpoint Models to Open Mid-September; Media In...
08/04/2008
And the beat goes on! In a news report in the Arizona Republic today (Article) it was reported that Mortgages Limited is working on a plan to give Avenue Communities additional funding-- about $4.5M to be exact.  This would allow the developer to secure the nearly completed high rises from the el...
08/02/2008
The Pinkberry (www.pinkberry.com), YogoTango (www.yogotango.com), Red Mango (www.redmangousa.com) and other similar concepts which team a hip, modern and usually urban space with "good for you" frozen yogurts and toppings have been sweeping some Asian countries for years.  In the last year or so,...
08/01/2008
The USA Today cover page on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 read, "Reinventing America's Suburbs... Gas prices help drive push for more town centers to go with housing".  You can read the whole story below.  We predict the media will continue to promote the benefits of urban living as fuel costs continue ...
07/30/2008
Over the past month or two, the City of Tempe and the Downtown Tempe Community (Tempe Leadership Class) have been adding the following signs to the Mill Avenue District.  An idea which has proved successful in other downtown environments, the "Give Change for Change" campaign maintains that somet...
07/28/2008
In case you missed a recent issue of Sunset Magazine- this was a great little expose on downtown Tempe.  We always love seeing Downtown Tempe in the media, but when it receives national play, we are thrilled! Congratulations to the Mill Avenue District, Tempe Town Lake, and the local shops that m...
07/16/2008
The parking garage next to Tempe city hall is going up fast and most are looking forward to its completion.  Why you ask?  Why would anyone care about another parking garage in downtown Tempe?  Well, for obvious reasons, additional parking is very good for the downtown environment.  But, that isn...
07/14/2008
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Urban Realty specializes in the Downtown Tempe Lofts, Townhomes, & Condos market. This blog will update users on all the exciting current developments and the future developments planned!