Originally posted by Douglas Towne, a contributor to Phoenix Magazine appearing on May 1, 2023
“We were able to turn this property into a living piece of art,” Zac Cohen, managing director of Valley-based InveStellar Corporation, says of his Arizona company’s project on Roosevelt Row. “We wanted interaction, we wanted connection, and to create a sense of community in the arts district. Rainbow Road will be a place where all these things intersect.”
The boutique apartment complex, designed by Milan-based architect Lev Libeskind, marries multi-family development with the aesthetic of Nintendo. The building features sharp angles, slanted surfaces and a Mario Kart-inspired rainbow road that spills from the courtyard onto the sidewalk.