Say Again, Please > Mesa A Mecca For What???

Duh, Guys! Cheers for Beers! Sure looks like economic investments here in sleepy downtown Mesa aren't in retail at all but in "beer joints" with the promise of 800 students in 2022. That's a positive influx of party-hard beer-chugging students from ASU 3 weeks ago KJZZ News The Show used the word MECCA in a headline story. Mesa a Mecca?

How ASU Plans To Make

Downtown Mesa A Mecca For Media Creation

By Lauren Gilger

Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 11:30am

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OK ... How's this for A MEDIA CREATION

 

KJZZ

How ASU Plans To Make Downtown Mesa A Mecca
For ...

"With the recent groundbreaking of Arizona State University’s new campus at Mesa City Center, a lot of changes are on the horizon for once-sleepy downtown Mesa.

"The first conversation I had with Dr. Crow a few years ago, Dr. Crow said, 'If we come to your downtown, we will change it forever in a very positive way,'" said Mesa Mayor John Giles."
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BLOGGER NOTE: The year was 2014 when Hizzoner did a stunt on-stage at his 1st State-of-The-City Speech @ Mesa ConCenter (the Devil's always in the details)
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"And, with the new campus, ASU President Michael Crow and Mesa Mayor John Giles are not only promising a new building and 800 new students — they’re promising to put the city on par with other media giants like Hong Kong, Sydney, even New York City.
But what’s their plan to deliver? The Show sat down with the optimistic duo to find out. . ."

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UPDATE: On Monday here's what we learned from a report by Louise Poirier

Each year, ENR Southwest publishes the Top Project Starts from the previous year, ranked by construction cost, across the three-state region of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

. . . keep in mind that since this ranking will be ordered according to construction costs, projects where costs are confidential will not be included.*

Here are the top 25 projects to date: AT THE TOP OF THE LIST

• Arizona State University Creative Futures Lab & The Plaza at Mesa City Center, Mesa, Ariz.

Did we miss a project that you know about or your firm is involved in? Please let us know via email. We’re still looking for projects valued over $20 million that began construction during calendar year 2019 across the Southwest region.
Also, keep in mind that since this ranking will be ordered according to construction costs, projects where costs are confidential will not be included.

ENR Southwest Previews 2019 Top Project Starts

 

The Creighton University Health Sciences Campus in Phoenix will include a four-year medical school, a nursing school, an occupational and physical therapy school, a pharmacy school, a physician assistant school, and an emergency medical services program.
Rendering courtesy Butler Design Group Inc.
(Image featured in Engineering News Report)

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* Too bad that Mesa won't be able to get on the TOP OF THE LIST if construction costs were "kept confidential"

What about that Massive Mormon Make-Over of Downtown Mesa ??

NO FINANCIAL DETAILS WERE EVER DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC