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The Arizona Republican. Date unknown.
The business office of the Arizona Republican on March 1, 1914, which was located at the NE corner of 2nd and Adams St in Phoenix. Left to right are Sidney Wolf, Robert Gordon, Richard Brewer, Eugene Pierson, A.R. Redondo, Edwin R. Powell, Miss Ponder, Clinton Jackson and Oliver King.
The Arizona Republican in 1920.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. building on May 14, 1965.
People picket in front of The Arizona Republic and Gazette in protest on November 1, 1952.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. delivery people on March 11, 1956.
Workers install a Goss Headliner Mark II press at Phoenix Newspapers Inc. on Nov. 20, 1961.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc., the Arizona Republic and Gazette Singers on May 21, 1965.
People protest against The Arizona Republic. (Date unknown)
The Arizona Republic newsroom on May 14, 1965.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. lobby on May 14, 1965.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. inside The Days & Ways Department on May 14, 1965.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. pressman Lyle Hawk, left and Phoenix Newspapers Inc. general manager Howard Wilcox in the press room on November 28, 1965.
A tour of the press room at Phoenix Newspapers Inc. on April 19, 1971
A promotional ad on May 23, 1976, touts the saturation coverage of Phoenix and Maricopa County by "The Arizona Republic" and "The Phoenix Gazette."
Pressman Hubert White takes a look at a copy of The Phoenix Gazette on July 21, 1978, in the Phoenix Newspapers Inc. press room.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. linotype on July 21, 1978.
Darrow John Tully, left, the Associate Publisher and General Manager of Phoenix Newspapers Inc. looks on during a printing switch in July 1978.
The mailroom of Phoenix Newspapers Inc., where hot-off-the-press newspapers were bundled and sorted for delivery in November 1978.
Firefighters douse a blaze in the basement of the Phoenix Newspapers Inc. building on Jan. 17, 1979.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. employees, which includes The Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette, wait outside due to a possible fire on January 16, 1979.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. pressroom employees on January 16, 1979.
Composing-room employees check plates on July 28, 1979.
Deliverymen load a van with papers on July 22, 1982.
Joe Cole of The Arizona Republic and Gazette Cable TV service on May 13, 1982.
Lynne Holt of Phoenix Newspapers Inc. on July 22, 1982.
R/G Vision teases an upcoming story by "Republic" reporter Gail Tabor on May 12, 1982.
Mesa Reel Room between 1984-1985.
The R/G Cable ( The Arizona Republic and Gazette ) on October 25, 1984.
Rolls of paper are stacked for Phoenix Newspapers Inc. on March 18, 1987.
Twenty-one people showed up to picket in front of The Arizona Republic and Gazette building on October 10, 1987, in support of Governor Mechan and against what the group claimed was coverage that was biased against Mechan.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. reel room fire on November 8, 1988.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. employees wait across the street from their building due to a fire on November 8, 1988.
A press operator takes a look at the Tucson Citizen newspaper that was printed at Phoenix Newspapers Inc. on July 22, 1982.
In pre-computer days, linotype machines formed molten lead into lines of type, which were then placed in galleys. The type was set in backward, but when printed, it came up positive.
A Phoenix Newspapers Inc. Linotype machine. Date unknown.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc. Linotype department. Date unknown.
Paperboys pick up their bundles for delivery. Date unknown.
As technology changed, articles were reproduced on a computer-generated punch tape that was then fed into a Linotype machine, which had been converted from manual to automatic operation.
"The Arizona Republican" sponsored this plane to take an aerial pictorial survey of the state. Date unknown.
"The Republic" and "Gazette" sponsored the World Travel Service. Date unknown.
Press room at Phoenix Newspapers Inc. Date unknown.
In the days of the "hot type," galleys of lead type were placed into forms called chases. An impression was made of the complexed page, which was then turned into a curved lead plate that was placed on the press. Date unknown.
Lead plates in the platemaking department at Phoenix Newspapers Inc. Date unknown.
The Arizona Republic building at 200 E. Van Buren St. in Phoenix.
Media giant Gannett Co., parent of The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, is selling its 10-story office building and parking garage in the heart of downtown Phoenix.
ViaWest Group, a Phoenix-based real estate company, is the buyer, according to an announcement Wednesday by Greg Burton, Republic executive editor.
Gannett did not disclose the sale price. Public documents on the sale were not yet available.
Republic and azcentral.com offices will remain in the building at 200 E. Van Buren St., located at the same corner where The Republic has been based for generations.
The building, as well as the parking garage a block north, is under contract, according to Burton's announcement. The sale is expected to close in late September, and Gannett will begin a lease arrangement at the property, Burton said.
The McLean, Virginia-based company owns more than 120 U.S. media organizations, including USA Today.
The Republic and two other companies share the 250,000-square-foot building, which was completed in 1995. KPNX-TV (Channel 12) and digital marketing company G/O Digital, both owned by Tegna Inc., will continue to occupy space in the building in accordance with their leases, according to the announcement.
“The Arizona Republic has been a cornerstone of the Arizona news landscape for decades and we remain dedicated to Arizona, our partners and communities. This building is a wonderful part of our history, but this is an opportunity to modernize our day-to-day environment and consolidate operations to spaces more adaptable to digital growth and innovation,” the statement to staff said.
The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com named Greg Burton as Executive Editor on Monday. He gave his first interview to Republic staff and community.
Many corporations sell office properties or other real estate, then lease back the same buildings or move into rented space elsewhere.
Such deals generate cash that a company can invest in its core business. Some entities might not need as much space as they did in past years because of new technology, flexible work scheduling, telecommuting and downsizing.
Gannett’s roughly 15,300 U.S. employees occupy 12.8 million square feet of space around the nation, of which 3.5 million square feet, or more than one quarter, is leased, according to company statements.
“Many of our local media organizations have outside news bureaus, sales offices and distribution centers that are leased from third parties,” Gannett said in its most recent annual 10-K financial report.
The leased space includes Gannett’s corporate offices in Tysons Corner, Va., which were purchased by a London-based real estate group in 2015.
In recent years, Gannett has sold newsroom buildings and relocated staff to new facilities in Indianapolis, Nashville, Memphis and other cities.
Other newspaper companies have done the same, in cities including Boston, Cleveland, Houston, Miami and Philadelphia.
During the past few years, ViaWest has purchased and developed more than $350 million in commercial real estate across metro Phoenix.
In March, the group paid $34.25 million for the Blackhawk Corporate Center in northwest Phoenix’s Interstate 17 corridor, where ViaWest owns two other sizable office projects.
In May 2017, ViaWest teamed with a Chicago capital partner to pay about $30 million for The Monroe Building at 111 W. Monroe St. in downtown Phoenix.
The deal for that 255,000-square-foot office building, which was developed in the 1960s, broke down to about $117 per square foot.
“Arizona State University has made a large impact on downtown Phoenix’s office market,” said Pete Bolton, a longtime Arizona commercial real estate expert. “The school, along with light rail, are drawing more companies and talent to the area that will boost office absorption even more.”
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Phoenix Newspapers Inc. built the parking garage in 1989 and the Republic building in 1995. That year, employees began moving across the street from the newspaper's earlier headquarters at 120 E. Van Buren St.
Publicly traded Gannett purchased PNI's parent, Central Newspapers Inc., in 2000.
In 2011, KPNX-TV, which was owned by Gannett at the time, moved into the building and its news operations were joined with The Republic and azcentral.com.
Channel 12 offices and studios remained in the building after the companies split in 2015, when Gannett Co. was spun off from Tegna.
The midrise was the first office building developed in downtown Phoenix during the 1990s, when the area was struggling to rebound from a business exodus to the suburbs in the 1980s.
Downtown Phoenix’s office market has rebounded with the area’s growth. The average office vacancy rate for the area is about 14 percent, according to Colliers International.
The overall office vacancy rate for metro Phoenix is almost 16 percent.
The biggest office sale in central Phoenix this year was the $80.7 million deal for the former Viad Tower at 1850 N. Central Ave. That sale broke down to about $166 a square foot.
Chase Tower, the tallest office building downtown, sold earlier this month for about $79 million through a foreclosure deal.