Citynorth Emerges
Citynorth Emerges
Encompassing 5.5 million square feet built on 144 acres CityNorth emerges as the largest development in the country. This impeccably planned pedestrianfriendly city will become the urban core for the Northeast Valley in Phoenix.
The objective is to create an interactive environment where residents can live work and play. The development includes a mix of retail residential dining hotel office space cultural civic entertainment and fitness venues.
CityNorth is a privately held real estate investment inspired by the development and consulting firm of Thomas J. Klutznick and renowned developer Kenneth A. Himmel. His firm was responsible for awardwinning projects such as the 2.8 million square foot Time Warner Center; One Central park residences Jazz at Lincoln Center and City Place in West Palm Beach.
Location
With easy access from the Pima Freeway Loop 100 CityNorth can be easily reached from all four directions. The two full interchanges off the Pima Freeway are Tatum Blvd. and 56th St. CityNorth is conveniently located to Airports the Mayo Clinic Hospital and is accessible by nearly 1 million people in 25 minutes or less.
Retail
Retail plans include 1 million square feet of a huge variety of outlets including highend designer boutiques department stores hardware stores and art galleries. It reflects a shopping environment to satisfy everyone’s tastes and needs.
Restaurants
Dining choices will range from coffee houses cafes and local favorites to fine dining establishments run by renowned chefs.
Office / Hotels
Office space will occupy over 2 million square feet where tenants can choose from singleuser spaces corporate headquarters or smaller loft offices.
Several different hotels have been incorporated into the CityNorth plan varying from hip boutique to ultraluxury and businessoriented.
Residential
Following suit with the retail and restaurant schema the residential plan also offers a variety of different uses by appealing to various budgets and lifestyles. Some of the units will be incorporated into the retail space such as townhomes condos and apartments built above retail shops and restaurants.
The balance of the residential lies within the 5700 acre community of Desert Ridge where currently 6500 singlefamily homes and condominiums are under construction and approximately 10000 more are slated to be built within 5 years.
Desert Ridge Community
This community of CityNorth includes the above residential as well as the following: JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort Spa a 950 room resort and convention hotel including 8 tennis courts a 36 hole championship golf course spa 10 restaurants and 252 timeshare units.
Desert Ridge Marketplace This 1.2 million square foot entertainment complex includes a 4000seat AMC Theatre all the major retail giants and 28 restaurants.
Although some of the residential areas have already been completed the downtown area of High Street is scheduled to open in 2009. The onsite Sales Gallery will open in January 2008 for those interested in a sneak preview.
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