Luhr’s block slated for redevelopment? CityScape generates heat in the area

September 7, 2007 | Filed Under Urban Updates

Luhr's Tower Phoenix The Luhr’s block, on the south edge of the proposed CityScape development is under negotiation for purchase by Hansji Hotels Inc. of Irvine, CA. The site has preliminary plans for redevelopment into hotel and offices and is currently scheduled for closing September 14. Here are some pictures I took this summer while scouting out the light rail update. Hotel project to “revitalize” Luhrs block”:Luhr's Tower Phoenix“Phoenix’s first two skyscrapers and other buildings covering a block of downtown are being sought by a California company proposing to build a full-service hotel there.

Hansji Hotels Inc. of Irvine, Calif., is negotiating to buy all of the buildings on the city block bounded by Jefferson and Madison streets and Central and First avenues.

Luhr's Building Phoenix The block is dominated by the 10-story Luhrs Building, 11 W. Jefferson St.; the 15-story Luhrs Tower, 45 W. Jefferson St.; the two-story Luhrs Central Building, 132 S. Central Ave.; and the five-story Luhrs parking garage, First Avenue and Madison Street.

The prospective buyer is a hotel company with holdings in Arizona and Southern California. The current owner is Winston Management & Investment, Inc. of San Mateo, Calif.” more