Metro Phoenix urban redevelopment test: Discovery Triangle

Discovery Triangle, metro Phoenix’s urban-redevelopment experiment, lost a city when Scottsdale pulled out last month.
But supporters quickly redrew the project’s boundaries and are moving forward with plans to create a regional business, housing and recreation hub to draw new companies and residents as well as supporting those already there.
The triangle, stretching between Phoenix, Tempe and now the Scottsdale line, is a test for those who want to reverse the region’s growth patterns from developing on the fringes to redeveloping within the area’s core.
 More than three years of planning has gone into the 16,000-acre triangle. The growth hub’s supporters want to …

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