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Downtown Builder Weitz Selected
for RED Development’s CityScape Block 77 Project
PHOENIX, Ariz. (January 15, 2008)…Mike Bontrager, president of the Southwest Business Unit of The Weitz Company, is pleased to announce that The Weitz Company has been selected by RED Development, LLC and the City of Phoenix to perform preconstruction and construction services on Block 77, one of the three blocks being developed as part of the CityScape mixed-use project in downtown Phoenix.
Bounded to the north and south by Washington and Jefferson Streets and to the east and west by Central and First Avenues, Block 77 currently consists of PatriotsSquarePark and an underground parking facility. The CityScape Block 77 scope includes architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical repair and modifications to the existing five level underground parking garage; 80,000 square feet of retail, including AJ's Fine Foods; 65 rental apartments; and a newly redesigned Patriots Square Park featuring an array of hardscape, landscaping and water features. The retail mix on Block 77 will include specialty urban retail; neighborhood retail; and restaurants.
Construction will begin this February with an estimated completion of fourth quarter 2009. Familiar with the intricacies of building in Downtown Phoenix today, Weitz is the contractor on 44 Monroe and Summit at Copper Square, both highly anticipated downtown Phoenix residential high rise projects.
About CityScape
CityScape is a mixed-use, multi-dimensional development combining residential, retail, hotel, office, public park space and more into one central and cohesive project. The project is adjacent to US Airways Center and within two blocks of Chase Field, Additionally, CityScape has convenient access to the Light Rail Transit System (LRT) with four stops within walking distance. The growing downtown population will be served by this development, as well as office workers, ASU students, visitors to the existing sporting and cultural venues, convention participants and tourists. The entire CityScape project will be built out over several years, with most of the construction planned to be complete by 2011.
For more information on the CityScape project visit www.downtownphxrising.org.
About The Weitz Company
Founded in 1855, The Weitz Company is the second oldest general building contractor in the United States. Today Weitz is the 19th largest domestic general building firm and the 19th largest construction manager at risk firm in the United States.
Weitz Lite, a streamline division of Weitz Southwest, dedicated solely to tenant improvements and smaller scale general contracting in the Phoenix Metropolitan area was developed in 2000 and continues to be an integral part of the Business Unit’s success.
The Southwest Business Unit is pleased to be celebrating 30 years of exceptional service in Arizona and 153 years as a company.