TEMPE, ARIZ. – USA Place, a $350-million mixed-use development, is planned for the City of Tempe. The project will include: a 330-room Omni Hotel; a 30,000-square-foot conference center; new national headquarters for USA Place; a training center for USA Basketball; a 4,500-seat event center; 500 luxury apartments; 160,000 square feet of retail; and up to 200,000 square feet of office space, which would include a new home for Arizona Interscholastic Association events.USA Place will be located on a 10.5-acre site at the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive in downtown Tempe. The site is adjacent to Arizona State University’s main campus and the Mill Avenue District. It is also in close proximity to light rail stations and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Once completed in the second half of 2015, the new full-service Omni Hotel will be Tempe’s first four-diamond hotel. USA Basketball is also scheduled to relocate its national headquarters and open its new training center in fall 2015. The company is currently based in Colorado Springs. Construction is expected to commence by the end of the year, with the conference center, event center, and the first phase of residential, retail and office spaces also scheduled to open in the second half of 2015.The project is being developed by USA Place, LLC. Its principals include Susan Eastridge, CEO of Concord Eastridge; Michael Hallmark, principal of Future Cities; and Robert Harris, CEO of Harris Sports & Entertainment.The multi-court event center will be managed by development partner Robert Harris, who was formerly vice president of the Phoenix Suns. The mixed-use plan was created by Future Cities. It emphasizes walkable urban neighborhoods with four- and five-story residential units atop retail shops, restaurants and services.