By Peter O’Dowd | KJZZ
The Grant Park neighborhood immediately south of Downtown Phoenix is the site of a proposed commercial development that would be rare for the area.
Plans are moving forward on a rare mixed-use development that would link downtown Phoenix with a traditionally poor, Latino neighborhood.
Urban Sol Development is in the process of buying mostly empty land just south of the railroad tracks that separate downtown from the Grant Park neighborhood, said Urban Sol’s Feliciano Vera.
The Grant Park area has a rich history as the center of the Chicano community in Phoenix. But it’s also very poor, and its residents rarely see anything in the way of new development. The 14-acre project would span the divide with downtown, Vera said.
