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The Heart of Greater Phoenix

Downtown Phoenix is the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area. From 2006 to 2011, approximately $4 billion of private and public capital will have been invested in the 1.5 square mile downtown area. In addition to the to the 83,000 workers who make downtown their daytime home, more than 10 million people visit the areas many cultural, sports, and entertainment venues each year.

In December 2004, the Phoenix City Council adopted a plan entitled, “Downtown Phoenix: A Strategic Vision and Blueprint for the Future” to establish a roadmap for the next 10 years of downtown development. The Strategic Vision and Blueprint builds off of the significant public and private initiatives currently underway in Downtown Phoenix, including the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Valley Metro Rail transit system, the new 1,000 room Sheraton hotel, the development of the new Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus, the establishment of the University of Arizona medical school, and the development of approximately 2,000 student housing units.

The plan also calls for more than 600,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space, 10,000 new jobs, urban-oriented academic and biomedical campuses, continued focus on the arts and historic preservation, and strong pedestrian environments.

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