Priest Dr/Washington

Station Profile

• Phoenix Zoo • Papago Park 2 LEGEND • Desert Botanical Featured Station Garden 1 Papago Hills Retail Court 3 2 Phoenix Municipal Stadium

3 SRP

4 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Washington St 7 5 DHL Express 6 Tectura Corporation 6 5

1 4

• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

• Loop 202 Priest Dr Red Mtn. Freeway

About This Station The Priest Drive and Washington station serves a bustling business district as well as recent retail development. It is also a popular transfer point to/from connecting bus routes.

Several large employers in mixed-use business parks neighbor the station including Salt River Project (SRP), DHL Worldwide Express, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Sonora Qwest Laboratories, State Farm Insurance, ConocoPhillips, J.B. Rodgers Mechanical Contractors, OrthoLogic, Express Scripts Priest Dr/Washington Station and Three-Five Systems.

Also near the station is a regional recreational area, Papago Park, which includes the popular Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Garden, both easily accessible from bus routes that travel along Priest Drive. In addition, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, home to the Oakland Athletics’ spring training, is about a half-mile from the station.

Phoenix Zoo

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P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station locations in Tempe.

Priest Dr/Washington

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Provides access to nearby Recent Development

commercial and office areas • Papago Hills Retail Court (12,500 sq. ft., tenants include • Phoenix Zoo Starbucks, Port of Subs, Café Roma (non-profit zoological park that Pizzeria, International Minute Press serves 1.4 million guests annually) Sami’s Gyros, Filberto’s and Haiku Grill) University of Phoenix

• Desert Botanical Garden (hosts one of the world’s finest collections of desert plants and has more than 300,000 visitors annually)

• Phoenix Municipal Stadium (baseball stadium with a capacity of 8,775)

• Convenient access to Loop 202- Red Mtn. Freeway

Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Papago Hills Retail Court

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Desert Botanical Garden Photo by: Adam Rodriguez Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 [email protected] [email protected] Center Pkwy/Washington Station Profile

Van Buren St • Phoenix Zoo LEGEND • Papago Park Featured Station • Desert Botanical Garden 1 Marquee Theatre

2 Papago Gateway Center

3 The Lofts at Rio Salado Apartments Washington St

Moeur Park 3 2

Curry Rd

Mill Ave North

Mill Ave South Ave Mill Center Pkwy Center

Union Pacific Railroad 1

• Tempe Town Lake

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About This Station The Center Parkway and Washington station serves nearby employers, Papago Gateway Center, the city’s first commercial bio-tech/lab and LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified corporate office facility, and Tempe Town Lake’s north shore. A high-end apartment community and concert theatre also neighbor this station creating additional passenger flow.

The station area is prime real estate with its lakefront Center Pkwy/Washington Station views and convenient access to the dining, shopping and other amenities of downtown Tempe. This area also benefits from its connection to many local freeways including the Loops 101 and 202 and Interstate 10.

Light Rail at Center Pkwy/Washington

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Center Pkwy/Washington

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Marquee Theater (concert venue with seating for 1,000)

• Potential for new development with large, undeveloped land parcels

Recent Development Papago Gateway Center

• Papago Gateway Center (265,000 sq. ft. Class A, LEED certified office and research facility)

• The Lofts at Rio Salado Apartments (460,000 sq. ft., multi-family residential, 466-unit luxury apartments)

The Lofts at Rio Salado

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 Marquee Theater [email protected] [email protected] Mill Ave/Third St Station Profile

Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) 10 LEGEND 7 Mill Ave Bridge/ Featured Station Town Lake Station Rio Salado Pkwy Transit Center 8 12 1 Hayden Square Condominiums Hayden Butte Preserve/ A Mountain 2 Courtyard Tempe Downtown by Marriot

3 Tempe Mission Palms Hotel 9 4 Valley Art Theatre

3rd5th St. St 5 Hayden Square

5 6 420 S. Mill 1 Chase Field 3 7 Tempe Beach Park 6 11 8 US Airways Corporate Headquaters oad 5th St 9 Tempe Gateway 4 2 ASU 10 Hayden Ferry Lakeside 11

Ash Ave 6th St Mill Ave Forest Ave College Ave Fifth and Mill Building Union Pacific Railr

ASU 12 Hayden Flour Mill

About This Station The Mill Avenue and Third Street station serves downtown Tempe, a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented, regional destination for residents and out-of-town visitors. Mill Avenue features a multitude of shopping, dining and entertainment options, including unique specialty stores, outdoor cafes, nightclubs, restaurants and pubs.

Downtown Tempe is also home to several major employers including the corporate headquarters for US Airways and JP Morgan Chase, both of which are located within a half-mile of the station. Several Mill Ave/Third St Station projects in Tempe along Rio Salado and Mill Avenue have recently increased the number of people working in downtown Tempe to more than 20,000 employees.

This station also serves the 25-acre Tempe Town Lake which hosts more than two million people and 100 events each year including like the New Year’s Eve Block Party, Fourth of July celebration and Oktoberfest.

Two downtown hotels, the 303-room Tempe Mission Palms and the 160-room Courtyard by Marriott, are both within a ten minute walk of this station. Also within walking distance are several residential neighborhoods including Maple/Ash, Mitchell Park East, Mitchell Park West, Sunset and Riverside. These residents benefit from local circulator buses which provide direct connection to the light rail line.

Due to its centralized location, leisure activities, employment and student base and proximity to the Loop 202 and 101, downtown Tempe continues to be a regional draw with the density to support new development.

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $41,727 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 1,450 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 2,876 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 24,247 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

Mill Ave/Third St

STATION HIGHLIGHTS »»Serves the Mill Avenue shopping, Recent Development

commercial business, hospitality and • Tempe Gateway residential districts (eight story, mixed-use development includes 238,000 sq. ft. of Class A • Hayden Square Condominiums office space, 25,000 sq. ft. ground (118 multi-family residential units) floor retail) Hayden Ferry Lakeside • Courtyard Tempe Downtown by • Hayden Ferry Lakeside Marriot (79,960 sq. ft., 155 guest (mixed-use development, 800,000 rooms, meeting rooms) sq. ft. of office, retail and residential space) • Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Conference Center • Fifth and Mill Building (303 guest rooms, 30,000 sq. ft. of (11,000 sq. ft. office with ground floor multi-functional meeting space) retail and residential)

• Valley Art Theatre • Centerpoint Condominiums (4,600 sq. ft. historic movie theater (Four 22 and 30-story residential showing “art house” films) towers, ground floor retail and boutique grocery – under construction) Tempe Town Lake • Hayden Square (74,000 sq. ft., 32,000 sq. ft. retail) • Hayden Ferry Mill (Tempe icon to be restored and • 420 S. Mill (21,000 sq. ft. retail and restaurants, including Gordon Biersch developed with condominiums, retail and Starbucks) and offices – in planning)

»Serves major regional recreational • Hyatt Regency at Hayden Ferry Lakeside » (240 guest rooms, 24 condominiums, and special event destinations 4,000 sq. ft. spa, 13,000 sq. ft. meeting

• Tempe Beach Park space – in planning) (25-acre rehabilitation of a historic city park features picnic areas, a splash playground, events, and connects to Mill Avenue five miles of multi-use paths) »»Serves several large employers and an employment base of more than CONTACT INFO 20,000 workers in downtown Tempe City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue • US Airways (240,000 sq. ft. office) 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003 • JPMorgan Chase (two towers, 328,000 sq. ft. office, Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 2,560 parking space structure) [email protected] [email protected] Veterans Way/College Ave

Station Profile

LEGEND

Mill Ave Bridge/ Featured Station Town Lake Station Rio Salado Pkwy Transit Center

1 Sun Devil Stadium

2 Wells Fargo Arena Hayden Butte Preserve/ 3 Studio 3C A Mountain 4 The Brickyard on Mill

3rd St. 3rd St 5 Tempe City Hall 1

Chase Field

5th St 2 Veterans Way 3 5

6th St ASU Campus Mill Ave Forest Ave College Ave 4

About This Station The Veterans Way and College Avenue station serves a regional transit center, the Tempe Transportation Center, and Arizona State University’s sports facilities and northern campus. Other destinations include Tempe City Hall and a variety of downtown Tempe businesses.

The Tempe Transportation Center, located at the base of A-mountain and adjacent to the station, is a 40,000 square foot, LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Veterans Way/College Ave Station Platinum facility with an exterior shaded courtyard and transit plaza serving light rail and local and regional bus patrons. The ground floor includes retail, transit store, security and Bicycle Cellar, a bicycle commuter facility complete with bike parking and related services and sales. The second and third floors of the facility include City of Tempe Transportation offices, Dixon Golf, community space and Tempe’s Transit Operations Center.

More than 52,000 students attend Arizona State University’s Tempe Campus and, as the city’s largest employer, the university provides 12,000 jobs, from the highest level researchers to student internships.

The station also provides service to ASU’s sports facilities. Sun Devil Stadium hosts several college football games annually as well as the Insight Bowl and concerts. Wells Fargo Arena plays host to college basketball

games and other university-related special events.

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $31,101 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 397 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 2,916 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 23,647 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

Veterans Way/College Ave

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Gateway to Arizona State University’s Recent Development Tempe campus with more than 52,000 • Tempe Transportation Center students (40,000 sq. ft. LEED Platinum building »»Serves major sports and special with office space, ground floor retail event destinations including: and transit connection plaza) Arizona State University • Sun Devil Stadium • Lumina Tempe (athletic center with capacity (220-room hotel, 245-condominum for 70,000) units, located on the site of the former Arizona National Guard Armory – in • Wells Fargo Arena planning) (athletic center with capacity for

14,000) • Marriott Residence Inn (11-story, 185 rooms, ground floor • Studio 3C restaurants and retail, community (mixed-use project includes 21,000 parking structure next to Tempe City sq. ft. of retail and office space) Hall – in planning)

• The Brickyard on Mill Tempe Transportation Center (mixed-use development covering 2.2 acres and featuring retail, restaurant, office and residential spaces)

• Tempe City Hall (award-winning municipal office building)

Wells Fargo Arena

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 [email protected] [email protected] University Dr/Rural Station Profile

1 LEGEND 2 Featured Station

ASU Campus 1 Sun Devil Stadium Veterans Way Packard Dr 2 Wells Fargo Arena

3 Cornerstone Shopping Center

6th St

University Dr

8th St

ASU Campus McAllister Ave

Orange St Rural Rd

Orange St

About This Station The University Drive and Rural station serves as the primary gateway to the Arizona State University main campus and nearby student-oriented residential and retail development. It continues to be one of the most popular light rail stations because of its student ridership and connection to several bus routes and neighborhood circulators.

More than 52,000 students attend Arizona State University Dr/Rural Station University’s Tempe Campus and, as the city’s largest employer, the university provides 12,000 jobs, from the highest level researchers to student internships.

and other university-related special events.

Arizona State University

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $33,691 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 2,909 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 8,928 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 2,404 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

University Dr/Rural

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Gateway to Arizona State University’s • Nearby single and multi-family Tempe campus with more than 52,000 residential as well as campus housing students Recent Development »»Serves major sports and special event destinations including: • The Vue (10-story, upscale apartment The Vue • Sun Devil Stadium building with 132 residential units) (athletic center with capacity

for 70,000) • Regency Condominiums (two-story, 44 unit-for-lease • Wells Fargo Arena condominium complex) (athletic center with capacity

for 14,000) • The Retreat @ 1000 Apache (five-story, 124-unit apartment • Cornerstone Shopping Center complex, 4,300 sq. ft. retail, parking garage – under construction) • Sheraton Four Points Hotel (190-room hotel conversion) Sheraton Four Points Hotel

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Cornerstone Shopping Center Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 [email protected] [email protected] Dorsey/Apache Blvd

Station Profile

LEGEND Orange St Featured Station Dorsey Ln Park-and-Ride

Lemon St 1 Hudson Manor Terrace Rd 2 Hudson Park 3 5 P 4 3 New School for the Arts and Academics Apache Blvd 4 Tempe Fire Station #1

5 Retail center Eastlake 1 Park

Spence Ave Cedar St Williams St

Union Pacific Railroad

About This Station The Dorsey and Apache Boulevard station primarily serves as a neighborhood access point and is a burgeoning area for new development. The area contains a high concentration of apartments, populated mostly by Arizona State University students, and single-family residential communities. The station also serves the New School for the Arts and Academics, Hudson Park and the Tempe Fire Station and Administration Building. A popular park-and-ride is also associated with this station that Dorsey/Apache Blvd Station includes 90 parking spaces.

The Apache Boulevard area has been indentified by the City of Tempe as a designated redevelopment district. The area is characterized by strip commercial centers featuring neighborhood restaurants, pubs, convenience and local retail stores. Overall, there has been significant momentum with positive change occurring at numerous sites near Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard, including new student housing projects and small businesses.

Hudson Park

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $34,281 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 6,509 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 14,701 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 3,121 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

Dorsey/Apache Blvd

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Serves high density neighborhoods, Recent Development including Hudson Manor • Expansion of the Tempe Fire Station #1 and Administration Building • Potential for increased ridership from future development of vacant parcels • Dorsey Station and infill development (mixed use development with a New School for the Arts Holiday Inn Express, 120 residential • Supports reinvestment along Apache Boulevard (consistent with Apache units, retail and parking - in planning) Redevelopment Plan)

• Park-and-ride with 90 spaces

• Hudson Park

• New School for the Arts and Academics

• Various commercial strip centers

Pita Jungle

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 Park-and-Ride [email protected] [email protected] McClintock/Apache Blvd

Station Profile

8th St LEGEND Hayden Ln Featured Station Park-and-Ride

Don Carlos Ave 1 Grigio Metro 2 Arbour Park Apartments

3 India Plaza

Apache Blvd 1 2 P McClintock Dr

Union Pacific Railroad

About This Station The McClintock and Apache Boulevard station is at the center of a commercial district along Apache Boulevard with a number of restaurants and retail stores that attract riders. The light rail’s only enclosed park-and-ride structure, located within the Grigio Metro mixed-use development, offers 300 spaces.

The Apache Boulevard area has been indentified by the City of Tempe as a designated redevelopment district. The McClintock/Apache Blvd Station area is characterized by strip commercial centers featuring neighborhood restaurants, pubs, convenience and local retail stores. Overall, there has been significant momentum with positive change occurring at numerous sites near McClintock and Apache Boulevard, including new residential projects.

The area along Apache Boulevard, east of McClintock, is planned for further conversion from highway-oriented, commercial uses to neighborhood-oriented, multi-family residential uses, which will encourage more walk-up ridership. Station Art

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $41,629 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 3,429 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 8,194 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 1,661 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

McClintock Dr/Apache Blvd

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• McClintock Drive is considered a major Recent Development Tempe corridor • Grigio Metro (mixed-use, high-end, multi-family • Potential for increased ridership from future development of vacant parcels apartment complex including 408 and infill development units, 16,000 sq. ft. retail and 956 parking spaces) India Plaza

• Supports reinvestment along Apache Boulevard (consistent with Apache Redevelopment Plan)

• Covered park-and-ride with 300 spaces

• Escalante Neighborhood

• Arbour Park Apartments

• India Plaza featuring an Indian restaurant and grocery Park-n-Ride

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 Grigio Metro [email protected] [email protected] Smith-Martin/Apache Blvd

Station Profile

Hayden Ln LEGEND Featured Station 4 8 Don Carlos Ave 1 Children First Academy of Tempe

9 2 U.S. Post Office

3 La Paloma Apartments

5 1 2 7 Smith Rd River Rd 4 Alegre Park 5 Campus Suites on the Rail

Apache Blvd 6 Apache Boulevard Police Substation

6 3 7 UPS

8 Escalante Park

9 Thew Elementary School Wildermuth Ave

Union Pacific Railroad Martin Ln

About This Station The Smith-Martin and Apache Boulevard station primarily serves the neighborhood core of the eastern end of the Apache Boulevard Redevelopment Area. The area is transitioning from a historically highway-oriented, commercial area to more neighborhood-centric, with residential development occurring along the street. The advent of local amenities attracts riders who access the station by walking or biking from the nearby neighborhoods. Smith-Martin/Apache Blvd Station The Apache Boulevard area has been indentified by the City of Tempe as a designated redevelopment district. The area is characterized by strip commercial centers featuring neighborhood restaurants, convenience and local retail stores. Overall, there has been significant momentum with positive change occurring at numerous sites near Smith- Martin and Apache Boulevard including new student housing projects.

Station Art

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $45,293 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 2,881 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 7,130 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 1,686 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

Smith-Martin/Apache Blvd

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Potential for increased ridership from • UPS future development of vacant parcels and infill development • Escalante Community Center and Park (30,000 sq. ft. multi-purpose

• Supports reinvestment along Apache facility serving toddlers to seniors) Boulevard (consistent with Apache Children First Academy Redevelopment Plan) Recent Development

• Campus Suites on the Rail (five- • Children First Academy of Tempe (school for homeless and story, multi-family, student apartment underprivileged children) complex with 299 fully furnished units and 12,000 sq. ft. of retail over 7.5

• Thew Elementary School acres – under construction)

• U.S. Post Office • Apache Boulevard Police Substation (houses the Tempe Police • La Paloma Apartments Department’s North Patrol, Traffic Bureau, and Communications and • Alegre Park Property/Evidence Units) Campus Suites on the Rail

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Alegre Park Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 [email protected] [email protected] Price-101 Frwy/Apache Blvd

Station Profile

Victory Dr e LEGEND

Sycamor Featured Station

East Valley Park-and-Ride institute of

Technology Evergreen Rd McArthur Dr 1 University House Apartments

3 2 Terra Vida Apartments

Lebanon Ln 3 Pala Mesa Apartments

Apache Blvd

101 1

Tempe Canal

Union Pacific Roosevelt Rd

About This Station The Price-101 Freeway and Apache Boulevard station serves east and southeast Valley commuters as well as a neighboring residential community. It includes a popular 693-space park-and-ride lot. The station and park-and-ride are regionally accessible with its convenient location at the corner of a busy freeway. In addition to being directly off Loop 101, it is also convenient for those travelers using the US 60 or Loop 202.

The Apache Boulevard area has been indentified by the City of Tempe Price-101 Frwy/Apache Blvd Station as a designated redevelopment district. The area is characterized by strip commercial centers featuring neighborhood restaurants, pubs, convenience and local retail stores. Overall, there has been significant momentum with positive change occurring at numerous sites near Price-101 Freeway and Apache Boulevard including new small businesses.

Station Art

P P P PP P P P P Phoenix Tempe Mesa

Featured Station Station Park-and-Ride Transit Center Development Opportunity Sites Located in the middle of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Tempe is just minutes DEMOGRAPHICS from Sky Harbor International Airport and a quick 15-minute jaunt to downtown Phoenix. Nearly everything in Tempe is easily accessible by bike, bus or car, and Average Household Tempe is the only city in Arizona to have light rail operating from border to border. With Income $51,875 nine stations across Tempe, light rail is not only environmentally savvy, it is convenient. Number of Households 706 Development opportunities abound along the light rail corridor in Tempe. Economic Population 4,569 development tools, such as New Markets Tax Credits, are available. Contact City of Tempe for information on development opportunities located near the light rail station Number of Employees 1,513 locations in Tempe. Source: ESRI, 2009 Estimates and Projections

Price-101 Frwy/Apache Blvd

STATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Loop 101 freeway access Recent Development

• Victory Acres (Esquer) Park • Potential for increased ridership from future development of vacant parcels (skateboard/BMX area, basketball and infill development courts, a splash park and picnic space – under construction)

• Supports reinvestment along Apache University House Apartments Boulevard (consistent with Apache Redevelopment Plan)

• Park-and-ride with 693 spaces

• Commercial strip centers

• Numerous multi-family apartment complexes nearby including:

• University House Apartments

• Terra Vida Apartments

• Pala Mesa Apartments Watson’s Flowers

CONTACT INFO City of Tempe METRO Economic Development Office 101 North First Avenue 21 East Sixth Street, #208 Suite 1300 Tempe, AZ 85281 Phoenix, AZ 85003

Ph 480.350.8812 Ph 602.253.5000 Park-and-Ride [email protected] [email protected]