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The private equity company will move about 300 employees into most of the central and eastern portion of the site, Tedesco said. The western part will include other tenants. Super Ranch Market is moving out of the center to Scottsdale this month. A family entertainment complex including offices for Pump It Up, an indoor bounce-house business, will replace it. Conceptual renderings show the green, yellow and red accents changed to silver and glass.

And while an email from a project architect left some people believing the garden was in peril, that was never the plan, Tedesco said. Instead, the company wanted to offer the items for donation to Chinese organizations to be sensitive to the impending changes, Tedesco said. Otherwise, it will remain on site. think the garden is he said. Existing tenants, including some small restaurants and businesses, would have the option to stay in a property than it is Tedesco said.

He estimated the redevelopment would take about a year. The company has spent several weeks on community outreach, but attempts at showing sensitivity somehow turned into a negative, Tedesco said. think we had a very significant miscommunication he said. Panic spread through the Chinese- American community and beyond after rumors that handcrafted items built with materials from China could be carted to the landfill. Most people interviewed by The Arizona Republic were unclear who owned the center and what they planned for its future.

Nearly 4,000 people had signed a pet- ition by Monday afternoon asking that the Chinese Cultural Center be preserved. About 250 people marched outside the complex Sunday. COFCO spent tens of millions of dollars in the 1990s developing the center as abusiness venture and tourist attraction linking Arizona and China. Community members helped raise money for the garden featuring ponds, pagodas and handmade replicas of pavilions and monuments found in China. Over the years, the center has hosted events like Phoenix Chinese Week and school field trips.

And one of the few places that gives Phoenix a sense of the Chinatowns prominent in cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco, Hom said. have lots of beautiful architectural structures and gardens we have in Arizona to represent the Asian she said. The Chinese Cultural Center is not just a point of pride for one community, Ong said. The eye-catching structures are visible from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and unique to the city, he said. really a Ong said.

Organizers said they plan to meet with the owner to find a compromise. also looking at designating the site as a city historic landmark. The Chinese Cultural Center is complicated as a preservation case, said Michelle Dodds, Phoenix historic preservation officer. To be eligible, sites must be 50 years old or exceptionally important. The center, however, is about two decades old, which means supporters would have to prove its significance.

And though the Historic Preservation Office has received calls and emails about saving it, not enough information yet for a recommendation, Dodds said. already tough to designate properties as historic without the support. Starting the process would stave off demolition but would not prevent a remodel removing key features, Dodds said. A better option may be to work with the owner, she said. That requires more details on their plans, said Albert Lin, president of the Arizona Asian American Association.

He said keeping the architecture not only makes sense for its cultural value also a smart business decision. Asian immigrants are the fastest-growing migrant group. Lin said happy for the public discussion and would like to see community members sit down with the owner. Center Continued from Page 1A really a GARRY ONG SPOKESMAN FOR THE CHINESE UNITED ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHOENIX, ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PHOENIX CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER.