Phoenix OKs High-Rises For Trump And Biltmore

Phoenix's Camelback Corridor is growing UP...

The Arizona Republic reports that the Phoenix City Council, in a three-hour meeting Wednesday night, approved new height limits on the Trump and Biltmore Fashion Park projects, approving 140-foot height limits.

Trump was looking for 150-feet. The vote was 5 to 4.

"If we don't start looking at the big picture and taking advantage of the developers... we'll find ourselves in a situation where retail is moving out, our residents are following that retail out and we're facing more sprawl," Councilman Claude Mattox said.

The decision angered many in the crowd. They had lobbied to limit the height to 86-feet for the Camelback Corridor (traditionally known as "The Biltmore Area") and wanted a complex set of rules for planning the area, but the developers couldn't live with those restrictions.

Jay Morris, the zoning attorney for Trump, said "five years from now, we'll be reaping the economic benefits and we'll see the vitality of the urban core and the truth that Phoenix can build up and not just out." More...

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