A hotel, grocery store and residential development are all in the mix to replace the vacant Papago Plaza on McDowell and Scottsdale roads.
Preliminary plans include a 116-room hotel and 247-unit apartment complex. Restaurant and retail pads will front Scottsdale Road. The existing Wells Fargo bank on the corner of Scottsdale and McDowell is not part of the development.
“This area has seen so much interest, with the redevelopment directly to the south and the development along the McDowell Road corridor,” said Jason Morris, a zoning attorney working on the project who is a partner with Phoenix law firm Withey Morris PLC. “There are so many moving parts to create a true mixed-use development and making sure the retail works with the residential and the hotel.”
(This article originally appeared in the Phoenix Business Journal.) Read more…