Hotel, housing, dining: 3 projects coming to Phoenix you should know about Article originally posted on AZ Central on August 11, 2025 New lodging and housing developments are coming to Phoenix, and a popular eatery is continuing to expand west. Valley visitors will soon have a new resort option in downtown, where a 236-room hotel is under construction. A housing developer is building a new project in the Maryvale community, near a popular amphitheater. And a restaurant chain that’s getting more and more popular for its menu of healthy options is getting ready to open another location, this time in midtown. Here’s what Phoenix residents should know about the new developments. Denu Hotel & Spa Pacific Hospitality Group is constructing a new resort in downtown Phoenix called Denu Hotel & Spa. The project, which falls under the company’s Meritage Collection, will be 17 stories tall and offer 236 rooms, including 16 expansive suites. Located at 1 E. Adams St., on the southern block between Central and First avenues, the hotel will also have more than 22,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including ballrooms and smaller meeting rooms, an eight-room spa with dry and wet saunas, a ground-floor restaurant, a lobby cafe, and a rooftop pool and bar. The company said it expects the resort to open in late 2026. Seasons at Baker Farms The Denver-based Richmond American Homes is building a new housing development called Seasons at Baker Farms in west Phoenix’s Maryvale community. It’ll sit next to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre and be a 4-minute drive from Desert Sky Mall. Richmond bought property that was once farmland at 79th Avenue and McDowell Road, right off Interstate 10, for over $16 million in June 2023. Original ChopShop The Original ChopShop, an increasingly popular fast-casual restaurant, is getting ready to open a new location in midtown Phoenix, on the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Thomas Road. Known for its menu of healthy items like salads, protein bowls and sandwiches, ChopShop has nine other locations in the metro Phoenix area. The newest one will be the first located west of State Route 51. At the midtown Phoenix location, the restaurant will offer the same items that current customers enjoy. It will feature a drive-up pick-up window for those ordering ahead and a rollup door to create an indoor-outdoor patio environment. It’s expected to open by mid-October.