A high-profile company and a TV food show are eyeing downtown Tucson | Subscriber

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The top floors of One South Church Tower in downtown Tucson will continue to be offices and a high profile employer is considering moving there.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

In hopes of attracting a high profile employer and film and television producer to downtown Tucson, the Rio Nuevo board of directors has provided $ 600,000 in incentives.

The employer who expresses an interest in moving into a space in the tower of One South Church would receive free parking.

The $ 100,000 allocation would last for five years as long as the employer has at least 30 employees on-site, board member Edmund Marquez said in his motion.

“The company is a brand that we would all like to see downtown,” he said.

CEO Fletcher McCusker said it was “a big, recognizable brand” that would employ between 30 and 50 people.

The board has used parking incentives in the past to attract other businesses in the city center.

In the One South Church Tower, the developers are converting eight floors into a hotel with a restaurant and fitness center.

Floors 11 to 23 will remain office space.

The Rio Nuevo board of directors also voted to set up a $ 500,000 fund, overseen by board members Marquez, McCusker, and Jannie Cox, to recruit downtown movie companies.

A network reached out to the group to shoot a food series.

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