Phoenix’s architectural landscape is transforming. For decades, we’ve seen business developments, lifestyle hubs and communities sprout up across the desert. But as we look toward 2035, the question is no longer simply how much Phoenix will grow, but what kind of city that growth will create.
One of the biggest shifts will likely be a more concierge-oriented, amenity-driven approach to development. Rather than thinking about mixed use simply as different uses located next to one another, developers and architects will be thinking more intentionally about how residential, hospitality, retail and workplace environments interact.
In residential development, that could mean apartments and senior living integrated with retail and hospitality, with residents sharing services, amenities and gathering spaces that make daily life more convenient and connected. In the workplace, it means office design increasingly borrowing from hospitality—comfortable shared spaces, thoughtful food and beverage offerings, wellness amenities and other features that make the workplace feel less transactional and more like a place people choose to spend time. For us, that represents the next evolution of our “Life in Place” philosophy: designing environments where different uses do more than coexist, they actively enhance one another and the experience of the people using them…