By Eugene Scott, The Republic | azcentral.com
In the past six months, interest in Phoenix’s Warehouse District along downtown’s southern edge appears to be growing.
The Pressroom, an event and concert venue capable of hosting more than 1,000 people, opened last month. Mars Hill Church, a Seattle-area megachurch, launched its Phoenix campus with more than 700 people in the Bentley Projects, an art gallery and event space, a month earlier. And the City Council recently approved zoning for the Ball Park Apartments, a 276-unit community.
Mayor Greg Stanton mentioned the area last week in his State of the City address.
“We’re finding new, productive uses for older buildings by waiving fees and adjusting permit policies,” he said. “Adaptive reuse projects are taking off, (like) the Warehouse District, where Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute of Design has given new life to the community.”
But some say the city has not done enough to preserve older buildings and that the city, which is facing a nearly $38 million budget shortfall, is too quick to support projects that will destroy the few remaining such structures.
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