One Central Park East

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One Central Park East
Location	50 East Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona
Status	Under Construction
Groundbreaking	October 2007
Opening	November 2009
Roof	383 feet (117 meters)
Top floor	26
Technical details
Floor count	26
Floor area	30,000
Elevator count	14
Cost	$160 Million US
Companies
Architect	SmithGroup

One Central Park Square is a highrise currently under construction in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is located adjacent to Arizona State University's Downtown campus. The building would be the first high-rise office tower to open in Downtown Phoenix in nearly eight years.

1 History
2 Building Design
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

One Central Park East originally was designed as a multi-use complex made up of the office tower with high-rise condominiums and academic space for ASU's downtown campus. The plan was modified in 2006 because of money constraints and the Valley's flagging real estate market.

The project's demise forced developers to redesign the project so they could move forward on the most-needed component, the office tower, while still leaving room on the site to develop ASU space and residential housing should either be needed in the future.

[edit] Building Design

Once built the building will have ground floor retail, 9 floors of above ground parking and 16 floors of Class A office space. Each floor plate will offer over 30,000 square feet of column free space and 9' floor to ceiling widnows of articulated glass. The glass windows will be adorned with vertical and horizontal "fins" that will limit the amount of sunlight entering the building during the day while still allowing clear views. Current plans call for an artistic focal point on the building's northern facade which will highlight the main entrance.