Food Critic for Phoenix New Times Regurgitates All The Top-Down Spoon-fed Dog-Food Propaganda From Mesa's Public Relations Media Machine

Looks like Chris Malloy got 'a calling' the other day using a phrase from signs-of-the-zodiac astrology to predict the future here on Main Street in Downtown Mesa.

Malloy is on more solid ground staying in his specialty: Gastronomy and restaurant reviews.

You can probably guess who is supplied for the people he talks to...

Downtown Mesa Is on the Cusp of a Second Golden Age

Photo illustration by Tom Carlson / Source imagery: Mesa Historical Museum image 2008014006

Mesa Preservation Foundation; Tom Carlson

Phoenix New Times | 2021-02-24 06:00:00                     
"At noon on a weekday, Jeff McVay sits on the street patio outside Worth Takeaway in downtown Mesa, his grilled cheese and tomato soup untouched. People drift by on Main Street's sidewalk, people walking dogs under colonnades, slurping iced coffee, cradling boxes of tacos, curry, and fried chicken. Sun falls. Down the center of the road the Valley Metro light rail rumbles, shaking. Heedless of it all, McVay points at a map, breathlessly explaining . . .

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HERE'S WHAT MALLOY MISSED FROM FEBRUARY 2018

Caliber buys up buildings to give Downtown Mesa a makeover

Blufish

AZ Big Media

By Jesse A. Millard | AZBigMedia

For years, Arizona’s cities have been revitalizing their downtowns by bolstering the arts, installing public infrastructure like the light rail and enticing a plethora of unique, private development projects. It’s no question that Downtown Mesa has been on the receiving end of these efforts, as light rail and the Mesa Arts Center have transformed the area.

Now, Downtown Mesa is set to receive another transformation after Caliber, The Wealth Development Company purchased 100,000 square feet of property in the heart of downtown.

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Timothy Sprague, managing member of Habitat Metro

Jennifer Schrader, president and co-founder of Caliber, The Wealth Development Company

Mesa Mayor John Giles

Roy Bade, executive vice president of commercial acquisitions Caliber, stand on Main Street is the soon-to-be-revitalized Downtown Mesa. (Photo by Mike Mertes, AZ Big Media)

Caliber’s $7.625 million purchase consists of eight historic buildings along Main Street between Country Club Drive and Center Street. The buildings are just a short walk from the light rail . . .

An aerial view shows the buildings that Caliber, The Wealth Development Company purchased and will redevelop in Mesa. They are outlined in red.

...Mesa Mayor John Giles is excited to see Caliber’s plans for Downtown Mesa. Giles has played a role in much of the public investment into Downtown Mesa since he was a councilman in the late 1990s, paving the way for private investment like this. . . Giles says it’s great to see private investment from Caliber that will help further transform the Downtown Mesa area, making it more attractive for future employers and private investment.

Caliber’s developments could also bolster Mesa’s efforts of bringing ASU into Downtown Mesa as well, Giles says. He say economic developers have to make areas around universities attractive for students,...

One of the buildings was the old Coors distributor building, the first beer distributorship Coors set up outside of Colorado, Bade mentions.

Downtown Mesa could see these improvements and new tenants take shape over the next few months.

Bade says Caliber is currently working on getting six to eight tenants to move into the buildings, and then another three to six months would be needed for tenant improvements.

SCORE CARD FOR THAT ??? NOW, 2 YEARS LATER maybe 1 or 2

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