Wed, Jan 09, 2008
Towers Will Encroach Slightly On PHX Buffer Airspace
The CityScape construction project
planned for downtown Phoenix, AZ has gained approval from the
Federal Aviation Administration, despite high rise hotels and
condos which could reach 400-to-510 feet in height.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told The Arizona Republic while the
tallest of the buildings will extend into what's considered buffer
airspace near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, none of the buildings
planned will have a negative effect on flights.
"We initially issued a Notice of Presumed Hazard because the
structure heights exceeded several FAA obstruction standards," said
Gregor.
John Bacon is a spokesman for RED Development, the
Scottsdale-based company handling the CityScape development
project. "It's what we expected all along," he said of the FAA
ruling. "This was within the guidelines that the city
established."
The CityScape controversy is one of several such debates raging
in the Phoenix metropolitan area. As ANN reported in December,
US Airways fought to keep a pair of 300-foot towers from being
built in Tempe, east of PHX. The airline wanted a "good neighbor
height" of 225 feet, and offered a compromise solution of three
towers, at 257-feet apiece.
Phase 1 of the CityScape mixed retail and residential
development could open by sometime in 2009. City leaders have
considered it crucial in revitalizing downtown Phoenix
development.
The project's total cost is estimated at $900 million, and the
city has provided tax incentives worth $120 million to encourage
the development.
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