Downtown Tucson is Evolving! Tune In to See What's Happening to the Mercado District

Hi guys, this is Tony Ray Baker. That's me, the Iguana Guy, and I'm talking right now. I wanted to give you a sneak peek at this house. This is a brand new construction we have coming up, and it's really close to the Mercado. So I want to give you an idea of how close to the Mercado this is. This is a 1,600 to 1,700 square foot, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, all brand new. They're finished— they're working on it right now. And as you can see, this is modern with very high ceilings, and it's one of the newest homes in the area, which is awesome. So I'm gonna give you a little peek preview at how close we are. There's Kaelin. Hi, Kaelin! So give you an idea, we are walking towards the mercado, and there's Darren pulling up in the Jeep, and you can see over there is a mercado. I'm gonna go up a little bit high for you to give you a view, and it's hotter than blazes out right now, so I'm gonna I'm gonna give a little tilt, sorry, and I'm working by myself on this gimbal today and James taught me how to do it and I'm barely gonna make it. So hey, there's Darren. Say hi, Darren. Good morning. We're live. Okay, ready? So we're gonna take a little trip over to the Mercado just to show you how close this is. Okay, zoom over there. So we're right at the back end of the Mercado, which is really really cool. And sorry for the gimbal, I don't know how to operate this thing and it's not level because I did something wrong. Oops, there it's leveling itself now. Okay, so right in front of us, go ahead. So you saw the house, that way, D. Sorry, we're confused. Stopping right here, this is the light rail streetcar stop that goes into downtown. And that is just, what is that, half a block away for walking from that house we were just showing you. And then And then just go ahead and slow way down. So this is slated places here for that it's gonna have a lot of new construction, a lot of new buildings and stuff coming in. And in front of you is the Riverwalk, and they are going to be filling that section with water. So that's gonna be really cool because it will really be a riverwalk. And it's been in the news, so you can Google that and look it up online and see what's going on. And then I'm gonna— if you come over there, Darren, and just park the car so I can jump out, because I'm gonna have to walk across, because— or just take a left through the parking lot. So that's the new senior center that went up several years