The University of Arizona may be adding some pizazz to a busy midtown corner that’s showing its age.
By Carol Ann Alaimo | Arizona Daily Star
Officials are considering a public-private venture to put an upscale retail-commercial complex at the northwest corner of East Speedway and North Campbell Avenue, part of a campus gateway area.
It would replace a pair of two-story block buildings that have stood there since the 1960s: the Babcock Apartments owned by the UA, and the privately owned Palm Shadows Apartments.
The corner would have “a much-improved visual appearance,” if the project comes to pass, said Bob Smith, the UA’s vice president for business affairs.
An added bonus: if things work out as UA hopes, “very little, if any, public funding” would be required, Smith said.
