Freeport-McMoRan Center (formerly One Central Park East) is a highrise located in Downtown Phoenix , Arizona . It is located adjacent to Arizona State University's Downtown campus . Upon completion in 2009, the building was the first high-rise office tower to open in Downtown Phoenix in nearly eight years. It is named for mining company Freeport-McMoRan whose headquarters are located in the building.
16-581: The tower was originally designed as a multi-use complex made up of the office tower with high-rise condominiums and academic space for the Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus . The plan was modified in 2006 because of money constraints and ASU's tight timetable to open the School of Journalism building by August 2008. The project's demise forced developers to redesign the project so they could move forward on
32-466: A 242-room luxury Westin Hotel . On March 10, 2011 the new hotel was opened to guests. The $ 40 million hotel was designed and built out in less than a year in order to get it open as soon as possible. Building modification included a two-story addition on the west side of the building to accommodate a private hotel entrance, restaurant and a pool on the second floor. The original lobby was reconfigured and
48-711: A number of distinguished divisions and research centers, including the Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center. In August 2006, the College of Nursing & Health Innovation moved to the new Downtown Phoenix Campus. The new building, previously called Park Place, was a 1980s-era office building, and
64-791: A presence on the ASU Tempe, Polytechnic, and Online campuses. The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law has relocated to the Downtown Phoenix Campus. The university plans to establish the Arizona Center for Law and Society in 2016. The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College , offers programs leading to the B.A. , M.Ed. , and Ed.D. in many fields, such as early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, special education, and educational administration/supervision. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College administers teacher education programs across all four campuses of
80-531: The College of Letters and Sciences is based on Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix campus and offers the liberal arts core curriculum for the campus, as well as bachelor's degree programs in Communication, General Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies. Instruction ranges from humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. It also collaborates with other colleges and schools. The College also has
96-454: The College of Public Service & Community Solutions. The Watt College of Public Service and Community Solutions offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and is organized into four schools and 17 research centers . The programs are divided between the School of Social Work , the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice , the School of Public Affairs and the School of Community Resources and Development. The college also houses
112-511: The amount of sunlight entering the building during the day while still allowing clear views. Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus ( ASU Downtown ) is a public research university in Phoenix, Arizona . It is one of five campuses of Arizona State University . The school was built in line with ASU President Michael M. Crow 's "One University, Many Places" initiative and
128-552: The campus has been linked to the gentrification of downtown Phoenix, Arizona . The movement of faculty, staff, and students to the downtown core has been linked to increases in rents and the out-migration of locals from the original communities. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the departure of many tenants of downtown high-rises, these concerns grew as the University aimed to acquire more space. Others remain concerned about
144-623: The campus. In 2008, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication moved to ASU Downtown, with the headquarters and studios of KAET (the PBS member affiliate for the greater Phoenix area, operated by ASU) moving to ASU Downtown in 2009. In 2006, the College of Public Programs relocated from Wilson Hall on the university's Tempe campus to Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix campus. On January 1, 2015, The College of Public Programs officially renamed itself to
160-581: The city of Phoenix financially supporting the endeavor. Initially the campus was meant to be the home of the health-related programs of Arizona State University, with the predecessor to the Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation being the first college to relocate downtown. As Arizona State University continued to grow this plan was soon abandoned. Even so, the Arizona Biomedical Research Core remains adjacent to
176-542: The elevators for the hotel were partitioned off to keep the office and hotel uses separate. The building has ground floor retail, nine floors of above ground parking, eight floors dedicated to a Westin hotel and the uppermost eight floors with Class A office space , filled by namesake Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold. Each floor plate offers over 30,000 square feet (2,800 m) of column free space and 9' floor to ceiling windows of articulated glass. The glass windows are adorned with vertical and horizontal “fins” that limit
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#1732780376418192-399: The most-needed component, the office tower, while still leaving room on the site to develop ASU space and residential housing, should either be needed in the future. On January 27, 2009, the developers of the tower held a "topping out" ceremony celebrating that construction has reached its highest point. In May 2010, plans were revealed to fill the first eight usable floors of the tower with
208-495: The national problem of poor health outcomes achieved at unsustainably high costs. The goals of the college are to simultaneously improve the patient care experience, improve the health of the population, and reduce per capita health care costs while improving health outcomes. The college also has a presence on the ASU Tempe, West, and Lake Havasu campuses, as well as online, and works closely with its industry and community partners. The College of Integrative Sciences and Arts formerly
224-728: The university. making it among the largest higher education teacher preparation programs in the United States. The Graduate College administers graduate programs on all four ASU campuses. Barrett, The Honors College provides academically-intensive programs and courses for undergraduate students meeting select criteria. Barrett's programs are offered to students across all four ASU campuses. The Thunderbird School of Global Management offers courses and continuing education on global leadership, management, and business education. ASU College of Public Service %26 Community Solutions Too Many Requests If you report this error to
240-544: Was built with cooperation from the state of Arizona and local governments. The campus is located in the downtown area of Phoenix, in an area bound by Van Buren Street , Fillmore Street, 3rd Avenue, and 7th Street. Classes began there in August 2006 with students from the College of Public Programs and College of Nursing attending classes there (in renovated existing office buildings adjacent to Arizona Center ). The campus has expanded from its initial footprint. The growth of
256-483: Was extensively renovated to meet education and research requirements and renamed Health South. Shortly thereafter, Health North was constructed across the courtyard. The Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation also maintains a presence in the Mercado Building, the Arizona Center, ASU West, and ASU Lake Havasu. The College of Health Solutions was formed in 2012 to help ASU marshal its resources to solve
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