Developers unveil new plans to bring in artists for Circles Records

A rendering of the Stewart project planned for the former Circles Record building

A rendering of the Stewart project planned for the former Circles Record building

By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Aspirant Development.)

The development group looking to bring a new 19-story apartment tower to the old Circles Records building in downtown Phoenix has unveiled new plans aimed at easing opposition from preservationists worried about the future of a property first built in 1946.

Aspirant Development, which bought the empty Circles building in and has faced redevelopment opposition from preservationists — is circulating some new renderings showing existing brick exteriors of the Circles building incorporated into the planned apartment tower.

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