Concert venue The Rock will soon be replaced by a five-story housing complex named Ascent Tucson.
Ascent Property Company — a developer focused on student housing — has eyes set on the entire block between North Park and North Fremont Avenues and East 9th and 10th Streets.
A five-story residential complex is planned there as part of the Sunshine Mile District project that looks to modernize Broadway Boulevard and preserve its historic aspects simultaneously. According to a memo released to neighbors from the Law Offices of Lazarus and Silvyn, who is representing Ascent Property, a rideshare zone, pedestrian plaza and seating along 9th Street will also be accounted for…