712 E Pierce St, Phoenix, AZ 85006

Pierce Apartments is located in Downtown Phoenix just off 7th Street between Roosevelt and Washington; one of the most vibrant locations in all of Arizona! The past 15 years have brought tremendous residential gentrification to downtown Phoenix. With the implementation of the Metro Light Rail through the neighborhood, coupled with Chase Field (home to the Arizona Diamondbacks) and US Airways Center (home to the Phoenix Suns), major universities, employers, and retailers have developed massive new commercial developments in downtown Phoenix . Directly across 7th Street from Pierce Apartments is the "Phoenix Biomedical Campus" which is a developing 30-acre campus with 615,000 square feet already completed. Currently there is one 20,000-square-foot project under construction, three projects in planning, totaling an additional 750,000 square feet, with 6,000,000 total square feet of Biomedical related space at build-out! The University of Arizona's College of Medicine; TGen, which houses the National Institute of Health; St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute; Arizona Biomedical Collaborative 1; and Health Sciences Education Buildings for University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University, are all currently open on the Biomedical Campus today. Currently under construction is the $100 million medical campus of University of Arizona's Cancer Center, slated to open in 2015. Arizona State University's Downtown Campus, home to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law; and several other post-graduate programs are just four blocks west of our Subject and are a major new tenant demand generator for Downtown Phoenix. Additional schools in the area include Lowell Elementary School, Osborn Junior High School, North High School, and Phoenix Biomedical High School. Downtown Phoenix is also the cultural and arts epicenter of Metro Phoenix. The First Friday Art Walk along Roosevelt attracts thousands of art enthusiasts each month where local galleries and businesses create a festival-like atmosphere each month. Additional cultural and entertainment venues in the neighborhood include Comerica Theatre, Symphony Hall, Herberger Theatre, Phoenix Children's Museum, Arizona Science Center, Heard Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Monarch Theatre, CityScape, Stand Up Live, Burton Barr Central Library, Chase Field, US Airways Center, and the Phoenix Convention Center. Downtown Phoenix is also home to many nationally acclaimed restaurants such as Matt's Big Breakfast, Fox Concepts "Arrogant Butcher", the Phoenix Public Market, and award winning Chef Chris Bianco's creation Pizza Bianco. Additional restaurants and retailers are located at CityScape Phoenix, featuring Urban Outfitters and JoS. A. Bank. Nearby recreation includes Margaret T. Hance Park, featuring picnic areas, playgrounds, walking paths, ramadas, sand volleyball court, and dog park. The park is also home to the Japanese Friendship Garden and the Irish Cultural Center.