By Sonja Haller | The Republic
As the Tempe skyline continues to grow, there is one type of high-rise that city leaders don’t want to see: student housing.
The Tempe City Council recently shot down two proposals for student housing high-rises, saying they didn’t fit the vision of downtown Tempe.
Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell said because Tempe is landlocked, every high-rise must carefully be considered. More developers are proposing office and residential structures that literally are raising the city’s profile.
