This morning, city officials and project executives broke ground on the first phase X Phoenix. The 20-story apartment, retail and office project will be the first high-rise built west of 1st Avenue on Van Buren Street since City Hall was constructed in the mid-‘90s. “I think Phoenix has a great future,” said Ryan Shear, principal of developer Property Markets Group (PMG). “We're core builders, so this project is not just about real estate. We want to add to the community as a

On the morning of Thursday, May 16, city officials and project executives, including Mayor Kate Gallego, Downtown Phoenix Inc., PMG, X Social Communities, UEB Builders, Shepley Bulfinch and Fitzgerald Associates Architects, celebrated the groundbreaking of X Phoenix. The $100M, 18-story mixed-use X Phoenix building will be the city’s first “co-housing” project and is the first high-rise on Van Buren west of First Avenue since City Hall was built in 1995. A co-working space, a

Shepley Bulfinch, a national architecture firm with offices in Boston, Houston and Phoenix, announced today that it has named three new principals to the firm, Derek Noble, AIA, LEED AP, Alison F. Rainey, AIA, and Chris Waltz, AIA, LEED AP. For Chris and Derek, it marks a return to the firm after eight years at Steffian Bradley Architects where their work was focused primarily on healthcare and academic work. In addition to leading project teams and managing client relations