Provo MSA Development Thread

[delts145]

Are they rebuilding the school?


Hey John, The new school is built and will be ready for occupancy in August. As you can see in the pic below, it was built next to the old school.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/heraldextra.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/7/da/cc8/7dacc829-c57f-54bc-8f86-39a083c12865.image.jpg?_dc=1276121705
Patrick Smith/Daily Herald

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[delts145]

UVU trustees approve revised Master Plan, projects

http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_a6f3d46a-bc99-563e-8cdd-e9f33fe4891d.html

Utah Valley University trustees voted Thursday to accept a revised edition of the 2005 master plan for the school as well as a few campus projects. The plan reflects the difference in the needs of being a community college compared to a growing state university...

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Updated 2005 master plan projecting UVU campus for the next 20 years. Graphic courtesy of UVU


UVU approves plans to expand 100 acres in new development

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039447/UVU-approves-plans-to-expand-100-acres-in-new-development.html

VINEYARD — Utah Valley University announced expansion plans on Thursday after acquiring 100 acres at the south end of the former Geneva Steel site, which is being developed into a mixed-use community in Vineyard.

The UVU Board of Trustees approved the 100-acre purchase, valued at $20 million, with Geneva's developer who plans to donate half of the value to UVU.

"Utah Valley University is still growing to meet the higher education needs of Utah residents," said Val Peterson, UVU vice president of administration and legislative affairs, in a press release. "We are excited at the prospect of expanding our campus into Geneva. Surroundings are important to learning, and we anticipate a beautiful setting for our students, faculty and staff surrounded by a vibrant community."

The 1,700 acre mixed-use development, which has space for residential, retail, office and industrial tenants on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, is located on land previously occupied by Geneva Steel.

Vineyard Mayor Randy Farnsworth said in a press release that he believes Geneva and the UVU campus expansion will benefit Utah Valley while meshing with Vineyard's vision for growth and improvement.

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[TonyAnderson]

Smart move. I'm liking the progress from UVU.

[delts145]

Plan would turn Geneva site into urban area
- Vineyard would turn 2,055 acres into commercial and residential developments

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039720/Plan-would-turn-Geneva-site-into-urban-area.html

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Jason Olson - The Deseret News

...The Geneva Urban Renewal Project Area Plan would remediate 2,055 acres — most of them at the former Geneva Steel site — for commercial, industrial and residential development. The plan spans 40 years and includes three lake activity areas, several new roads, an intermodal hub, 11.1 million square feet of commercial development and enough residential zoning to build more than 7,500 homes...

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[delts145]

Smart move. I'm liking the progress from UVU.

Over 30,000 students will be registering this coming Fall! I knew UVU was booming, but I had no idea it's growth had exploded so quickly. It looks like those 100 acres will be needed immediately for sports fields. I was thinking the land was just going to sit vacant for a decade or more.

UVU is seeking 100 Vineyard acres for sports fields

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039719/UVU-eyes-Geneva-property.html

...If the sale is approved, some of the land will be developed for intramural use as early as next summer, Peterson said. As the university's needs change, the property could be used for other purposes, he said...

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[TonyAnderson]

Interesting read on the Midtown Village in Orem. Apparently it's doing really well for the condos and apartments it was able to open.



Orem's Midtown Village project stalled but operational

By Marc Haddock

Deseret News
Published: Sunday, July 4, 2010 10:42 p.m. MDT

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Contractors completed 33 other residential units, but legal issues and the troubled home-loan industry make it impossible to sell any of them, even if someone wanted to buy.

"It's an ugly project as far as condo sales are involved," said Robert F. Babcock, the Salt Lake City attorney who is lead counsel for Big D Construction Corp., the general contractor for the project, as well as several of the subcontractors who have filed claims for up to $25 million in unpaid work. "Even if they wanted to sell right now, they couldn't."

As the housing market worsened, a banner advertising "Condos for Rent" went up on Midtown Village, and the south tower is now filled with young couples — many of them college students.

"This place is great," said Jim Kaiser, a BYU math major who lives in a three-bedroom apartment with his wife, who works full time. "It's really functional for us. We lived about a mile down the road, and we were able to upgrade from 1,000 square feet to 1,600 square feet. It was a good deal."

Good enough that all of the available units are rented out and there is a waiting list, said rental manager Kylan Lundeen.

Full article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700045659/Orems-Midtown-Village-project-stalled-but-operational.html?pg=1

More Utah Valley development news (http://www.utahurbanforum.com/general-utah-valley-developments-f19.html?sid=869c37f7111d30c1bebcb43968ce2587)

[delts145]

Worst traffic fears not realized on I-15 rebuild


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/49863269-78/lanes-utah-2012-construction.html.csp

The dreaded hours-long waits never materialized after crews started work on the massive Interstate 15 reconstruction in Utah County, but motorists will have a few night-time blips to dodge this month.

When the Utah Department of Transportation decided to narrow lanes and use the shoulder at Provo’s S-curve, instead of shutting extra lanes, it averted what had been projected at up to two-hour delays in the evening peak hours. Three lanes remain open in each direction through the construction zone, and it’s expected to stay that way for most of the time through completion in December 2012...

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(PAUL FRAUGHTON | The Salt Lake Tribune) Construction continues on I-15 at exit 276 near Lehi.

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[delts145]

Orem will clean up Midtown Village grounds


http://heraldextra.com/news/local/central/orem/article_1d1ac290-4922-56fc-9364-9f861b076328.html

...At Tuesday's City Council meeting, Orem took on another, much bigger dead yard without the citation this time. The council agreed it was time to address the concerns about the grounds around the Midtown Village development.

"We received numerous complaints on the condition of the property," said Jim Reams, Orem city manager. "We thought the complaints were fair, and we responded."...

[delts145]

Trafalga expands to Lehi

http://heraldextra.com/news/local/north/lehi/article_a1266ddf-9ab4-5a08-bbf4-9bbe219c19f3.html

LEHI -- Trafalga has announced it will open more locations across the United States, beginning by opening its second entertainment facility in Lehi.

"We have five or six in the works, so whichever one gets done first, opens first," said Eric Farmer, Trafalga regional expansion director. "So keep an eye out nationally."

Liberty Land at 1320 N. 300 West has become Trafalga Lehi, re-opening north Utah County's first amusement park since the Saratoga Springs Resort in the early 1900s...

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[SLC Projects]

Trafalga expands to Lehi

http://heraldextra.com/news/local/north/lehi/article_a1266ddf-9ab4-5a08-bbf4-9bbe219c19f3.html

LEHI -- Trafalga has announced it will open more locations across the United States, beginning by opening its second entertainment facility in Lehi.

"We have five or six in the works, so whichever one gets done first, opens first," said Eric Farmer, Trafalga regional expansion director. "So keep an eye out nationally."

Liberty Land at 1320 N. 300 West has become Trafalga Lehi, re-opening north Utah County's first amusement park since the Saratoga Springs Resort in the early 1900s...

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:previous:
Liberty Land isn't a real amusement park, it's more of a doomdocks. Infact the only amusement park here in Utah is Lagoon and even that's nothing to shout about. :(

[TonyAnderson]

Actually, it's what 'fun' is.

[delts145]

Big-D gets contract for UVU science building


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/49982703-79/utah-construction-building-science.html.csp

Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City has been awarded a $30 million contract to build a health sciences education building at Utah Valley University in Orem.

Scheduled for completion in spring 2012, the 160,000-square-foot edifice will have 27 labs, 12 classrooms and a 400-seat auditorium...

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Courtesy Utah Valley University A $30 million contract to build Utah Valley University's new science building in Orem was awarded to Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City. A spring 2012 completion date is expected.

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[delts145]

Most residents voice support for Murdock Canal, trail plan - Murdock Canal to change into a 16-mile urban path

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700050832/Most-residents-voice-support-for-Murdock-Canal-trail-plan.html

...Over the next few years, the canal will be transformed into a 10.5-foot-diameter underground pipe and 16 miles of urban trail — the longest in Utah County.

If comments at a series of public meetings to explain the project to local residents are any indication, the plan is a hit with most, including those who live with the canal in their backyard...

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/3439305.jpg
A man runs along the maintenance trail by the Murdock Canal in Pleasant Grove. Runners, cyclists and walkers use the road daily. Stuart Johnson, Deseret News

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[delts145]

UVU wants to expand onto old steel mill site


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49994782-76/million-uvu-geneva-property.html.csp

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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) View from Vineyard Road in Vinyard looking east towards Orem across the old Geneva Steel property Thursday Jul 29, 2010.

No Utah campus needs added space as badly as Utah Valley University, where enrollment is soaring and open space is being displaced by parking lots and new construction.

And UVU is gambling that a massive mixed-use development proposed for the former Geneva Steel mill in nearby Vineyard, population 150, could rescue the crowded Orem school...

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[delts145]

Alpine gives thumbs up on theater plan


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhood/utahcounty/50005431-138/council-arts-theater-alpine.html.csp

Alpine • The show will go on for the Alpine Performing Arts Center.

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the site plan for the proposed 603-seat theater at 264 S. Main St. The council also agreed to let the Alpine Arts Council pay cash for water instead of signing over water rights...

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[arkhitektor]

Reason #45681 that I could never live in a place like Lehi:

Residents of Lehi community upset over UDOT fence
August 1st, 2010 @ 5:24pm
By Nicole Gonzales
link to full story (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11815269&hl=3)

LEHI -- Residents of a Lehi community are considering filing a lawsuit against the city and the Utah Department of Transportation for installing barbed-wire fencing in their subdivision. They say their children are unsafe because of it.

They say the current fence will not protect them from what will soon become a busy street. "Anyone can stop there and while parents aren't watching, jump over a barbed-wire fence and snatch our children," Norris says.

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This is actually the same fencing that UDOT used along the Legacy Parkway and Trail. It creates a very nice aesthetic given the semi-rural location, which is true of Pioneer Crossing as well. The fear that their children are going to be kidnapped is completely irrational, but if the residents don't like the fence because it looks too "rustic" they should spend their own damn money to build another one behind it.

http://nuos.info/images/DSCF3409.JPG

[TonyAnderson]

Wow! If someone wants to kidnap their children, they can just drive around to their street. Where do people come up with this nonsense.

[John Martin]

But why ever would a criminal commit a crime somewhere where they can't be seen by dozens of motorists every second?

[SLC Projects]

Reason #45681 that I could never live in a place like Lehi:
:previous:
I've like to hear the other 45,680 reasons. :haha:


"Anyone can stop there and while parents aren't watching, jump over a barbed-wire fence and snatch our children," Norris says. [/COLOR][/B]


WTF? :koko: People are not really this stupid......are they? :haha:

[wrendog]

For what it's worth, I love living in Lehi. It's a great place. :)

No, it's not the urban mecca that some of you are so passionate about, but it's a great place to raise our family. Our neighborhood is awesome, we have a couple parks, a couple ponds and no traffic. Love it!

[TonyAnderson]

For what it's worth, I love living in Lehi. It's a great place. :)

No, it's not the urban mecca that some of you are so passionate about, but it's a great place to raise our family. Our neighborhood is awesome, we have a couple parks, a couple ponds and no traffic. Love it!

Understandable, but you apparently have drive-by kidnappers.

[delts145]

For what it's worth, I love living in Lehi. It's a great place. :)

No, it's not the urban mecca that some of you are so passionate about, but it's a great place to raise our family. Our neighborhood is awesome, we have a couple parks, a couple ponds and no traffic. Love it!

I'm totally with you Wren. I don't live in Lehi, but have in the 90's run a family ranching business for several years in the Lehi countryside. The town folk were great to deal with. I have also long admired the impressive portfolio of beautifully restored historic homes in and around the core. In addition, the scenic setting/views are awesome to say the least. Also, the growth and vibrance of places like North Lehi/Thanksgiving Point/Traverse Ridge/the 92 parkway is very exciting. The potential of Lehi's Old Main is enormous. There are many great old structures in tact. Also, the scale of the street is very charming. As soon as the major revamp of highways in and around Lehi are completed and FrontRunner is established, I'm seeing an amazing and very attractive development future for both State and Main. Lehi's strategic location is enviable for many obvious reasons. I think that the future of Lehi is among the brightest in the metro, a lot of which is unfolding with the many announcements even this past week and year.

[TonyAnderson]

I believe Lehi will always have multiple identities, with the older, historic area, contrasting with the newer thanksgiving point attractions and business parks, as well as the incredible amount of new homes spread all around.

[delts145]

UVU to unveil new master building plan

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700055992/UVU-to-unveil-new-master-building-plan.html

OREM — When Utah Valley University broke ground Friday for a $30.6 million, 160,000-square-foot science building, it was a good start for the building needs of Utah's fastest growing university.

On Thursday, Aug. 12, UVU officials will unveil a proposed new master building plan that takes an updated look at the needs of the school that has received university status since the previous plan was drafted in 2005.

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This map of the UVU campus shows where future buildings are planned.


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[delts145]

Officials open Pioneer Crossing to motorists

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700059419/Officials-open-Pioneer-Crossing-to-motorists.html

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The six-mile, $260 million Pioneer Crossing and its newfangled I-15 interchange opened to traffic Monday morning...

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Cars traveling on the newly opened Pioneer Crossing road in Utah County on Monday. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)

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Cars at the new "diverging diamond" interchange in American Fork on Monday. The interchange is the first of its kind in Utah. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)

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[SLC Projects]

I just came home after driving on the "Pioneer Crossing" and "diverging diamond" interchange. Yep, I drove all the way from West Jordan just to drive on the new road. :haha: Yea, I don't have much of a life.

[wrendog]

I just came home after driving on the "Pioneer Crossing" and "diverging diamond" interchange. Yep, I drove all the way from West Jordan just to drive on the new road. :haha: Yea, I don't have much of a life.

I drove on it too, but hey, I actually live here and will use it daily. :)

[arkhitektor]

I was driving by and heard that it was opening today, so I exited the freeway and whirled around on the new interchange a few times. It was much less confusing than I'd imagined it would have been. The signage and lane markings are pretty clear, the the median and barriers eliminate the feeling that you are driving on the wrong side of the road because you can't really see the opposing traffic while on the overpass.

For people making turns either onto or from I-15 I think that there will be little confusion, it may be slightly more weird for people crossing from one side to the other and continuing on, because of the zig-zagging back and forth.

How far east does the new road go?

[delts145]

Hmm... I think I'll make a little run down to Paradise Bakery, and then I can check it out for myself. It looks like a nice highway. I'm happy for all the commuters who had to negociate Lehi's Old Main every day.

[poodledoodledude]

I just came home after driving on the "Pioneer Crossing" and "diverging diamond" interchange. Yep, I drove all the way from West Jordan just to drive on the new road. :haha: Yea, I don't have much of a life.

SLC Projects--
i know what you mean on this....i'm going up there from provo JUST to check it out! i'm happy to hear about the barriers...i was thinking it would be weird to drive on it and feel like im in england all of a sudden, with the car being on the LEFT...

i'll return and report!

poodledoodledude

[poodledoodledude]

so, i have a question: who decides what to put on the road signs? how come some say, las vegas (with an arrow going south) and others say, "PROVO" with an arrow-- ?? are the STATE roads "PROVO" and the FEDERAL roads "LAS VEGAS" ?? in PG, AF, DRAPER, OGDEN, etc...i see signs that say, "PROVO" whereas on others i see "LAS VEGAS"

am i making any sense?? who and what makes the decision??

[arkhitektor]

so, i have a question: who decides what to put on the road signs? how come some say, las vegas (with an arrow going south) and others say, "PROVO" with an arrow-- ?? are the STATE roads "PROVO" and the FEDERAL roads "LAS VEGAS" ?? in PG, AF, DRAPER, OGDEN, etc...i see signs that say, "PROVO" whereas on others i see "LAS VEGAS"

am i making any sense?? who and what makes the decision??

I think I know what you mean, I sometimes get confused while getting onto I-80 when the signs direct me to 'Cheyenne' or 'Reno' when I'm really trying to get to Sugarhouse. I'm guessing that on the interstates, the signage at major interchanges is meant to help interstate travelers find their way around moreso than locals.

[delts145]

So, as highways/parkways go, Pioneer Crossing is very nice. I took it all the way to Redwood Rd. I was very impressed with the landscaping and also the sound walls were definitely a big leap up from the ones on Bangerter. I can see where this parkway will be a major convenience improvement for Saratoga Springs, Southern Lehi and Eagle Mountain commuters to all points south.

[i-215]

Pioneer Crossing is sweet! 'Nuff said.

[SLC Projects]

LOL, I had no idea so many of you all went and drove on Pioneer Crossing as well. At first I was thinking that Pioneer Crossing would be some kind of a freeway going from East to West. But after taking it today it was more like Bangerter. But only Pioneer Crossing is nicer then Bangerter since it has all the landscaping.
This will be great for all those commuters commuting from one side of the valley to the other. Hard to believe it took UDOT this long to built a road going from east to west. Pioneer Crossing was way pass due.

[delts145]

Traveling along the Pioneer Crossing Highway you get a good perspective of that area's explosion of new housing over the past decade. I was also struck by how upscale most of the development was. I was thinking there would be more starter homes. The large wetlands and Jordan River area was very beautiful, and I'm assuming(hoping) that area will be kept as open space.

[delts145]

Orem OKs Cirque Lodge expansion plan

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhood/utahcounty/50166035-138/lodge-cirque-utah-helicopter.html.csp

Orem • Substance abuse-treatment center Cirque Lodge and its neighbors have worked out their differences in an agreement approved Tuesday night.

Under the development plan approved by the City Council, Cirque Lodge will limit the number of patients — who in the past haves included Lindsay Lohan, Melanie Griffith, Mary-Kate Olsen and Kirsten Dunst...

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[delts145]

Payson annexing land for LDS temple


http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/payson/article_005e9369-569c-503b-ac2f-6e7ee4db8d7b.html

PAYSON -- Payson City is annexing several swatches of Utah County land for a little more elbow room for southern expansion, which includes a forthcoming temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

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[delts145]

Pleasant Grove may sell park to expand shopping

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_b456f15f-adf5-5cc5-ad71-b1b1b6364397.html

Pleasant Grove on Tuesday examined four "drastic" options for revitalizing downtown.

One option: Sell City Park, located at 100 South Main, to make room for an expansion of the Main Street retail district. The park could be moved a couple blocks north or east...

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[delts145]

Saratoga Springs announces City Hall, library, development

By Caleb Warnock - The Daily Herald

Major changes are coming to Saratoga Springs.

The city has announced that it has recently completed a 2,800-acre annex of land owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The huge, blank tract lies at the heart of the city and will soon be home to not only a new City Hall and library but also major retail development.City offices are now housed in a rented retail unit.

Mayor Mia Love called the plan "innovative and truly original ... something that has not been seen in Utah before." Initial phases of development are set to begin near the new Pioneer Crossing and Redwood Road intersections.

The commercial complex will include big-box retailers, a movie theater complex, restaurants, amphitheater, parks and a walkable Main Street, according to Love.

It is highly unusual that one city has so much blank heartland owned by one entity, Councilman Michael McOmber said. The LDS Church will maintain oversight of development of the central elements of the plan and will eventually sell all of the land to private developers.

The city could stand to reap millions of dollars a year in sales and property tax revenue if the plan comes to fruition as envisioned.

"They are starting now to recruit businesses," said McOmber. "Within the first year, they are hoping to break ground."

The city is not ready to name names, he said, but a half-dozen major companies have already signed letters of intent to build within the city. A City Hall and library could begin construction in four to seven years.

There are already 75,000 people living in Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain and western Lehi, and regional planners estimate that will grow to a quarter-million people over the next 30 years.

"There is already a pent-up demand for a home improvement big-box store such as Lowe's or Home Depot, retail clothing, restaurants," McOmber said. The city announced that a Deseret Industries distribution center and facilities for a Bishop's Storehouse will be built as part of the church's development.

"We are looking at Saratoga Springs being a leader at progressive land use policy and positive land use," McOmber said. "This is an opportunity to create a true regional destination point for a very growing region."

[delts145]

News Flash... Thanksgiving Point, Latest Expansion...

NSA...Adobe...Complete rebuild and expansion of highway 92 into a major freeway/parkway combo...blah,blah. The latest announcement for the week is the news that Greg Miller has given the go ahead for the Thanksgiving Point Megaplex to expand from 8 to 17 screens.

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[TonyAnderson]

There's also been a possible location announcement for Adobe's campus (http://www.utahurbanforum.com/adobe-to-build-100million-tech-campus-in-utah-t305.html); a 'secret' project known as Project 500.

"Project 500 is a code name for a company we are trying to recruit to Lehi in cooperation with the Economic Development Corporation of Utah," wrote Lehi City Administrator Jamie Davidson in a response e-mail Thursday.

Also, a couple of new projects are rising at Thanksgiving Point (http://www.utahurbanforum.com/thanksgiving-point-projects-t326.html). Any additional insight into the projects would be great.

[SLC Projects]

There is also a really big two-story building getting built south-west of TP. ( Near the movie theater. ) I think its part of the TP campus, but I have no idea what that building is or what it will be use for. Any ideas? :shrug:

[Orlando]

It might be the Museum of Curiosity.

http://www.utahurbanforum.com/post2092.html

[jtrent77]

There is also a really big two-story building getting built south-west of TP. ( Near the movie theater. ) I think its part of the TP campus, but I have no idea what that building is or what it will be use for. Any ideas? :shrug:

I thought that I read somewhere that the movie theater might be expanding to have more screens, but now I can't find where I saw that, so I might be thinking about the wrong theater...

[delts145]

There is also a really big two-story building getting built south-west of TP. ( Near the movie theater. ) I think its part of the TP campus, but I have no idea what that building is or what it will be use for. Any ideas? :shrug:

It sounds like it would be the new theaters. If they're going to expand the current megaplex from it's current 8 screens to 17, then that's a major increase. The current lobby area of the theater is not nearly big enough either, so they might be going along with an entirely new building. I'm pretty sure that the Museum of Natural Curiosity has not started it's construction yet, as they haven't gathered in quite enough of the funding and there have been no ground breakings. The Museum is a major project, and I would imagine a lot of splash in the media for it's construction upstart, but maybe I'm wrong. I'm super curious to find out now what that building site is that SLC Projects is talking about, so I'll ask around.

Projects, does this first pic look like the location that you were talking about?

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Following Pics From the album:
Museum of Natural Curiosity by Ladies Curiosity Golf Challenge at Thanksgiving Point

Future Children's Museum of Natural Curiosity
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Rainforest Safari will be one of the permanent exhibits in the Museum of Natural Curiosity. Here children will be able to explore nature through physical exercise by using ropes and pulleys to traverse the rainforest jungle and explore ancient ruins.

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Kidopolis will be one of the permanent exhibits in the Museum of Natural Cuiosity. Here kids will be able to experience being a grown-up. This pint sized town offers kids the opportunity to be a fire fighter, bank teller, veterinarian, scientist, librarian, just to name a few.

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[delts145]

Save The June Sucker, Save Utah Lake

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700068672/Save-the-June-sucker-save-Utah-Lake.html?pg=1

"That's why I'm still doing this after 40 years," Harris said.
"This is one of the better working recovery programs in the nation. I
think we could see an actual delisting of an endangered fish, and that's
never happened."

In the process, Harris said, the state will witness the recovery of what
was once one of the jewels of the state — the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.

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By El Frito

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By El Frito

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By Lee Ann L.


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[SLC Projects]

I don't think it's the Museum of Natural Curiosity. The building I saw doesn't look like anything in those renderings. The building I saw was a 2-story building that had mostly brick on the facade. The Museum of Natural Curiosity looks like it's mostly glass. The building I saw might of not be a part of TP, for all I know it could just be a different development that is right by TP. It's South - West of TP. Once you pass the movie theater while driving south on I-15 you can see the building from a distance.

[SLC Projects]

I really hate to use this word since I think it gets way over used. But I can't think of anything else to better say about this project at this time so here goes.
The Midtown Village development in Orem is really turning into a "Epic Fail"



Orem development in danger of foreclosure, again
September 30th, 2010 @ 8:08am
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=12635911

OREM -- An Orem City development could be in danger of foreclosure for the second year in a row. Midtown Village has missed multiple deadlines to pay its taxes twice now.

When construction began in 2004, the $75 million, seven-story project was supposed to be the standard for development along State Street in Orem. It included condos, shops, offices and even a six-bedroom penthouse.

But years later, it still sits partially finished with only a handful of condo owners and a couple of businesses. Some in the city say it's an eyesore. Orem City has started foreclosure proceedings because the owners of the project missed their payment deadline for the second year in a row.
Ksl.com

[Wasatch_One]

Adobe's new Utah location will be announced tomorrow morning.

[Orlando]

:previous: Sweet!

[SLC Projects]

Adobe's new Utah location will be announced tomorrow morning.

:previous:
Cool, will this announcement be live on TV or internet? :shrug:
For what I've heard adobe's campus will be in Lehi just off of I-15 by Thanksgiving Point. Could be wrong, but we'll see.

[TonyAnderson]

Hmm, well I think it's obvious. This is from the secret 'Project 500' I posted about earlier:

The site of interest for Project 500 is west of Cabela's and east of I-15, on approximately 30 or more acres of undeveloped land. Who they are, what they are planning, how this will impact the surrounding communities is all under wraps -- until Oct. 1.

Notice it said it will be under wraps until Oct. 1st? Which is ...well later today. So there you go.

[Erector]

Daily Herald has now made the announcement under the 'breaking news.' Adobe to build campus in Lehi on 38 acres west of Cabela's. With the new children's curiosity museum, the new NSA facility, and Adobe, it would be a great time to own a restaurant in Lehi.

[Erector]

I don't think it's the Museum of Natural Curiosity. The building I saw doesn't look like anything in those renderings. The building I saw was a 2-story building that had mostly brick on the facade. The Museum of Natural Curiosity looks like it's mostly glass. The building I saw might of not be a part of TP, for all I know it could just be a different development that is right by TP. It's South - West of TP. Once you pass the movie theater while driving south on I-15 you can see the building from a distance.

I think the building you are refering to, is the new MATC, or Mountainland Technology Center. I replaces the MATC that was just west across the freeway from UVU.

[delts145]

Thanksgiving Point - Adobe announces new facility to be built in Lehi

http://www.ksl.com/emedia/slc/2477/247757/24775730.jpg

KSL.Com
By Sam Penrod

LEHI -- Software giant Adobe made a major announcement Friday. The company unveiled it will build a campus in Lehi, which will bring many more jobs to the state.

Adobe announced a couple of months ago it would build in Utah. Now the company has announced it will set up shop in Lehi near the Cabela's store off I-15.

At an event Friday morning, Adobe brought its employees from its campus in Orem to celebrate the new location.

Last year, Adobe bought Orem-based Omniture for $1.8 billion and will move the company's presence in Utah from Orem to Lehi.

The company expects to add as many as 350 more jobs with the likelihood of bringing another thousand to the state over the next decade.

Adobe says it likes what Utah has to offer and believes it will be a leader in the state's economic future.

"We have 620 employees currently in the state of Utah," said Brad Rencher, vice president and general manager of Omniture Adobe. "These are software engineers, sales reps, really well paying jobs. Our average salary is about 175 percent of the average in Utah County. It truly is an opportunity for us to become the foundation for the broader technology community in Utah."

Lehi City leaders believe Adobe will be a catalyst in bringing not only more high-tech jobs to the area but is optimistic other businesses will get a boost, such as restaurants and hotels.

The facility is planned to be 230,000 square feet. Construction is expected to begin sometime next year with the facility opening in the fall of 2012.

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[delts145]

Lehi FrontRunner crossing work completed

By John Keahey
The Salt Lake Tribune
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Leah Hogsten, The Salt Lake Tribune

Lehi • Contractors building the FrontRunner commuter-rail line between Provo and Salt Lake City closed off Main Street in this northern Utah County city last week to lay rails and upgrade the crossing for a small segment of the 44-mile-long route.

The work was finished on time and the road reopened late on Oct. 1, said Utah Transit Authority Project Manager Steve Meyer. But the work here represents only a tiny portion of the $850 million project that still has nearly four years to go before trains are hauling passengers between the two cities.

The route follows Union Pacific’s 100-foot-wide right of way through the area. UTA purchased a 20-foot swath of that single-track route to add its own tracks. The centers of the two lines will be only 15 feet apart.

“That’s really close, and it’s a big issue,” said Meyer. “We’re both [U.P. and UTA] confident we can safely be in their corridor.”

In some places, the corridor is too narrow for two sets of tracks, so UTA has to purchase 560 parcels of private land to maintain the proper distance between the parallel rails and to make room for stations.

“These are just slivers of land for the most part,” Meyer said. Most of the parcels have been acquired, some sales are pending and others, primarily in Salt Lake Valley, still must be acquired. Most sellers are responsive to UTA’s offers, he said, but some parcels will have to be acquired through the state’s eminent-domain powers that force recalcitrant landowners to give up land for a “fair market price.”

In Lehi, only one business appeared to be significantly affected by the Main Street closure.

Ashley McKinnon, owner of Modernly Vintage Boutique, located in the historic Lehi Hotel building a few dozen feet from the crossing, shut down for the week.

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(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Historic Lehi Hotel built in 1887 in a building first established in 1853 that now serves as the Modernly Vintage Boutique is made of adobe brick. It had to close down for a week because UTA contractors are laying the new FrontRunner South commuter-rail lines.

“Trucks are using our parking lot, there are piles of dirt and sand everywhere, and we knew we couldn’t stay open,” she said. A week’s closure “won’t hurt too badly,” but her shop — selling boutique clothing, jewelry and home decor items — is a new business that has been open for only six weeks.

“I welcome FrontRunner. It’s going to be nice for us in Utah County to have easy access to Salt Lake City,” McKinnon said. “Shutting down for a week is not too bad. Any longer and we would have problems.”

The work on Lehi’s Main Street involved laying quarter-mile long sections of rail across the busy thoroughfare. The track, Meyer said, is delivered to construction sites in 80-foot lengths and then welded together in such a way as to keep the ride as smooth as possible for the FrontRunner trains.

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(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) UTA contractors are laying the new FrontRunner South commuter rail lines Wednesday, Sept.29, 2010, in Lehi across the intersection of 400 West and Main Street. Union Pacific workers are improving adjacent rails at the same time.

The FrontRunner and UP trains will not share tracks, he said, so the iron for the commuter-rail system is lighter than the railroad’s, which hauls freight and not passengers.

For example, a 3-foot section of FrontRunner track weights 115 pounds; the same length for UP’s system weighs between 136 and 140 pounds, Meyer said.

UP crews are taking advantage of UTA’s work at the crossing to upgrade their own facilities there. Workers are laying concrete pads between the two sets of rails and adjusting crossing signals to account for the addition of the second set of rails. When in operation, UP’s signaling system will detect the presence of a train, whether it is FrontRunner or freight, and send a signal to the other side so both sets of flashing red lights and crossing arms go down at the same instant. The two systems back each other up.

Meyer is overseeing work being conducted south to north along the entire 44-mile route. Currently, 16 miles have been laid from Provo to American Fork.

The Lehi crossing falls between the Thanksgiving Point station, about four miles to the north, and the American Fork station four miles south. In all, six stations will be completed by 2014, with two others designated as future stops.

A major task for the builders is construction of 20 new bridges for automobile traffic over the two lines. Fourteen have been completed; work on two is under way and four others have yet to begin.

The bridge issue has made the commuter-rail line’s construction more complex than the line between Salt Lake City and Pleasant View, north of Ogden. That segment, which opened in late April 2008, only required two bridges.

“Steve likes to say that the north line was a practice run for building the [more complicated] south line,” said UTA spokesman Gerry Carpenter.

The Lehi crossing is at street level. And it is only two blocks east of a major roundabout that controls traffic for much of the area into and around the city.

Meyer said UTA and the Utah Department of Transportation, which oversees that roundabout, are in discussions about what do in the future if traffic through it increases to the point that vehicles could back up all the way to the rail crossing.

That could endanger motorists who may become trapped on the tracks when a train approaches and the crossing arms go down.

“There are two possible solutions,” he said. “We could add a lane to the roundabout, or we could take it out and put in a traditional semaphore system.”

That decision will be made before FrontRunner south starts operating in 2014.

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[shrubber]

I didn't see any responses to the question about the new building at Thanksgiving Point. Anyways, I thought I'd just clear it up. It is a new campus for Mountainland Applied Technology College. It looks like they are finishing it up, but I haven't seen any sort of announcement about when it is expected to open. Here's the news story about it being started:

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/article_11896f1a-5ac6-5bd7-90f9-116c0f75b4eb.html

[shrubber]

A few more interesting details about the Adobe campus...

Adobe purchased the land on both sides of Cabelas Blvd (the road leading southwest to northeast from the frontage road directly towards the Cabelas front door, and under the future Traxx line and the Historic Utah Rail Trail). They are planning to build several tall LEED-certified structures with a skybridge connecting them across Cabelas Blvd.

The Fashion Outlets (planned to be directly to the east) are scheduled to begin construction this coming Spring.

[SLC Projects]

A few more interesting details about the Adobe campus...

Adobe purchased the land on both sides of Cabelas Blvd (the road leading southwest to northeast from the frontage road directly towards the Cabelas front door, and under the future Traxx line and the Historic Utah Rail Trail). They are planning to build several tall LEED-certified structures with a skybridge connecting them across Cabelas Blvd.

The Fashion Outlets (planned to be directly to the east) are scheduled to begin construction this coming Spring.

:previous:
oh no, not another "Skybridge". Now watch as this skybridge becomes controversial. :haha:
I wonder by "Tall" if that means that these structures will really be tall and not just another 2 or 3 story building that people just like to say that it's tall. You know kind of like when a developer calls their building a "Tower" when it's only 3-4 stories. :haha:

[goldcntry]

LOL! Well, at least UB isn't around to be the rallying-cry against the skybridge... Maybe it'll have a timber theme to go with Cabela's... or maybe a stylized red-rock arch that's not too tacky...
:tomato:

[TonyAnderson]

I don't think the skybridge is a big deal with a development in an area like Lehi. In an urban area, like downtown Salt Lake, a bridge can take away from a lot of pedestrian activity, so it becomes undesirable (to urban enthusiasts).

Now regarding the building, if it's true there will be a skybridge, then I'd assume this will be a taller structure than previously thought. Here's a look at Adobe's HQ in San Jose (also with a skybridge):

http://i.treehugger.com/files/th_images/adobe_west-tower-leed.jpg
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/06/adobe_achieves.php

I'd imagine a bit scaled-down version of that.

[delts145]

They could easily be as tall as the Microsoft offices, which are just across the street (I-15)

http://www.ksl.com/emedia/slc/1213/121310/12131067.jpg
ksl.com

[SLC Projects]

However I hope that if Adobe's HQ will have a group of buildings I hope it doesn't look anything like the Microsoft offices. I don't want to see another office park.

[Orlando]

A few more interesting details about the Adobe campus...

Adobe purchased the land on both sides of Cabelas Blvd (the road leading southwest to northeast from the frontage road directly towards the Cabelas front door, and under the future Traxx line and the Historic Utah Rail Trail). They are planning to build several tall LEED-certified structures with a skybridge connecting them across Cabelas Blvd.

The Fashion Outlets (planned to be directly to the east) are scheduled to begin construction this coming Spring.

As much as I like that Adobe is building in Utah, I hate that all these software companies are clustering at a point between Salt Lake and Provo. Which means more damn sprawl!!!:hell: Eagle Mountain Saratoga Springs, etc. will thrive. and the metro will continue to sprawl out instead of creating a much more dynamic and beautiful city. The core will suffer, and will always be fighting and losing out to the sprawl. We will be waiting for years for the downtown parking lots to be filled in. Pheonix is a prime example of sprawl. Phoenix metro is roughly the same population as Seattle, but Seattle is so much more urban and dynamic and beautiful. Phoenix's downtown doesn't look much bigger than Salt Lake's but it's population is a lot larger. Denver's metro population is smaller or close to Phoenix's but their core is easily twice as big, and more dynamic and energetic.

[s.p.hansen]

As much as I like that Adobe is building in Utah, I hate that all these software companies are clustering at a point between Salt Lake and Provo. Which means more damn sprawl!!!:hell: Eagle Mountain Saratoga Springs, etc. will thrive. and the metro will continue to sprawl out instead of creating a much more dynamic and beautiful city. The core will suffer, and will always be fighting and losing out to the sprawl. We will be waiting for years for the downtown parking lots to be filled in. Pheonix is a prime example of sprawl. Phoenix metro is roughly the same population as Seattle, but Seattle is so much more urban and dynamic and beautiful. Phoenix's downtown doesn't look much bigger than Salt Lake's but it's population is a lot larger. Denver's metro population is smaller or close to Phoenix's but their core is easily twice as big, and more dynamic and energetic.

The fate of the Wasatch front is to be filled in from Nephi to Brigham City because it is a good climate zone and is accessible to water resources and has excellent mobility. And when this happens Utah will still be far behind the sprawl of Phoenix and comparable to Denver (I mean this taking into account both metro areas if they were brought down to Utah's size).

Adobe will be situated right off I-15 and a future TRAX line. This is not the best example of your poster child sprawl monster.

[TonyAnderson]

As much as I like that Adobe is building in Utah, I hate that all these software companies are clustering at a point between Salt Lake and Provo. Which means more damn sprawl!!!:hell: Eagle Mountain Saratoga Springs, etc. will thrive. and the metro will continue to sprawl out instead of creating a much more dynamic and beautiful city. The core will suffer, and will always be fighting and losing out to the sprawl. We will be waiting for years for the downtown parking lots to be filled in. Pheonix is a prime example of sprawl. Phoenix metro is roughly the same population as Seattle, but Seattle is so much more urban and dynamic and beautiful. Phoenix's downtown doesn't look much bigger than Salt Lake's but it's population is a lot larger. Denver's metro population is smaller or close to Phoenix's but their core is easily twice as big, and more dynamic and energetic.

True. It's a double edged sword though because if you regulate it more, than Utah isn't as business friendly, and companies look elsewhere. All SLC can do is make it the best it can be. Down the line companies that have established themselves in Utah, like Adobe, may find the amenities of the city great enough that they'd like to locate there.

[delts145]

Seriously though, whether it's Seattle, The Bay Area, Denver, etc. these type of companies don't typically locate their campuses in a downtown location. The Thanksgiving Point area is becoming quite the dense, packed-in center of activity, and I think we're only beginning to see the tip of what's coming.

Looking at what has happened to Downtown Salt Lake over the past ten-plus years, and what's continuing to happen with the billions being invested in it's explosive redevelopment, I'm hardly worried about it becoming another Phoenix. Downtown Salt Lake has already long left in the dust that kind of problem.

[Future Mayor]

I was just as big of an opponent to the downtown skybridge as UB was, but as was mentioned there is no street level life/activity at the Adobe location so the skybridge from building to building won't be hampering anything like that.

I have no problems with a skybridge at this location. I wouldn't imagine that they would even find it necessary to build two 3 story buildings and connect them with a skybridge when the could save costs and just build one 4-5 story building.

[s.p.hansen]

More than the bridge, I just want that statue that's in the Adobe Office building image above. But I think the statue should honor some popular internet fad like the jello llama.

[TonyAnderson]

And actually made from Utah jello.

[Erector]

As much as I like that Adobe is building in Utah, I hate that all these software companies are clustering at a point between Salt Lake and Provo. Which means more damn sprawl!!!:hell: Eagle Mountain Saratoga Springs, etc. will thrive. and the metro will continue to sprawl out instead of creating a much more dynamic and beautiful city. The core will suffer, and will always be fighting and losing out to the sprawl. We will be waiting for years for the downtown parking lots to be filled in. Pheonix is a prime example of sprawl. Phoenix metro is roughly the same population as Seattle, but Seattle is so much more urban and dynamic and beautiful. Phoenix's downtown doesn't look much bigger than Salt Lake's but it's population is a lot larger. Denver's metro population is smaller or close to Phoenix's but their core is easily twice as big, and more dynamic and energetic.

I actually have no problem with developing the area's between Salt Lake and Provo. It actually makes sense to fill the void between two larger cities. There is a phenomena called "Urban Echo," where two metro area's spread until they meet each other. At that point we see the development activity bounce back toward the downtown zones. It happens in natural circumstaces as well. Often time an urban sprawl will be confined by an ocean, or mountain range, and force developmental upgrades as the development cycle heads back toward the city centers.

Phoenix, and Vegas will continue to have uncontroled sprawl because of the amount of cheaper available land surrounding it. Seattle, San Francisco have already hit it's urban echo and have thus moved vertical. Dallas, Ft. Worth, have had there's, and current planning in the area is trying to keep development between the two cities.

[s.p.hansen]

And actually made from Utah jello.

That goes without saying. I think we should strive in all cases to build with as many supplies extracted and processed locally in our state as the given situation affords. And Adobe would have to be fools to outsource out of state jello (and jello artisans) when Utah produces it in the highest grades known to mankind with a fairly competitive labor cost.

[delts145]

Thanksgiving Point theaters get $15M for renovations, expansion

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_abe36298-b261-576e-999e-7add11bc0456.html

Federal stimulus dollars will improve the viewing experience at the Thanksgiving Point movie theaters.

Utah County commissioners approved up to $15 million in tax-free bonds that will add nine screens and renovate the existing theaters. The county is often used as a pass-through agency for bonds for schools or non-profit organizations. But because of the nature of some of the federal stimulus dollars, for-profit agencies have access to the $25 million the county has available...

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[delts145]

Cedar Hills OKs program plan for events center


http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_6fd69ea8-675a-5d46-9f81-9f840800c0d9.html

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/heraldextra.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/9/d2/442/9d244256-8096-5af3-94b9-89b9c6b9e746-revisions/4cc2883a8021c.image.jpg
The Cedar Hills City Council selected this model as the direction for the architect to use in designing a community events center. Courtesy graphic

...The plan for the events center, to be built at the Cedar Hills Golf Club over the winter, emphasizes a 4,000-plus square-foot banquet room for wedding receptions and other formal gatherings.

The event room would overlook the first fairway of the golf course to the north and have a panoramic view of Utah Valley from the northwest to the southwest. A dividable multi-purpose room on the main floor could also be used for smaller gatherings and informal meetings.

According to City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt, "Less than a third of the facility is directed at golf."

The east end of the main floor will feature a 1,144-square-foot golf retail store and a small golf pro shop. The basement will house golf cart storage and a cart wash and maintenance area.

The entire building is expected to be 16,000 square feet with an estimated cost of $100 per square foot, Hildebrandt said...

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[Orlando]

http://www.slenterprise.com/sle/270-acre-mixed-use-spanish-fork-project-gets-green-light

[Orlando]

http://www.slenterprise.com/sle/apartments-townhomws-commercial-space-oming-to-saratoga-springs

[SLC Projects]

Where's Harvest Hills Blvd? Is that near redwood?

[delts145]

^^^
It's turns off of Redwood on the West side. It's north of the big Redwood and Lehi Main junction

Harvest Village Rendering:
http://images.loopnet.com/xnet/mainsite/attachments/viewImage.aspx?FileGuid=5CD1CAE4-3ECA-4E44-A2FB-CC7288BA776B&Extension=jpg&Width=631&Height=421
loopnet.com

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[SLC Projects]

^^^
It's turns off of Redwood on the West side. It's north of the big Redwood and Lehi Main junction

Harvest Village Rendering:
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loopnet.com

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:previous:
Oh ok, so it's near where the Walmart and Smith is. There's been alot of new retail popping up in that area during the pass five years.

[Orlando]

They could easily be as tall as the Microsoft offices, which are just across the street (I-15)

http://www.ksl.com/emedia/slc/1213/121310/12131067.jpg
ksl.com

That is one ugly office building. There's a bunch of the them in Sandy just like that, too.

[TonyAnderson]

And South Jordan, at the large business park there.

[SLC Projects]

And South Jordan, at the large business park there.

:previous:
I was just thinking that as well. In fact there is a new building going up right now at that office park. I believe there's nine office buildings there now. 9 out of 12 that are yet to be built. I think it's a bit too much.

[Orlando]

:previous:
I was just thinking that as well. In fact there is a new building going up right now at that office park. I believe there's nine office buildings there now. 9 out of 12 that are yet to be built. I think it's a bit too much.

That could have been about 3 to 4 20-story somethings downtown. :hell:

[jtrent77]

That could have been about 3 to 4 20-story somethings downtown. :hell:

No, it couldn't have, because the people that are in those buildings would never pay the rent that they would charge in downtown. Remember people, even the big cities skyline you want to come along have office parks scattered outside the downtown.

[SLC Projects]

No, it couldn't have, because the people that are in those buildings would never pay the rent that they would charge in downtown. Remember people, even the big cities skyline you want to come along have office parks scattered outside the downtown.

:previous:
That is true. Every major city and metro have their far shares of business parks. It's just a way of life.
But I would like to see more office buildings built downtown, even if those buildings are only 6-stories.

[Future Mayor]

:previous:
That is true. Every major city and metro have their far shares of business parks. It's just a way of life.
But I would like to see more office buildings built downtown, even if those buildings are only 6-stories.

Which is where you run into another problem. The cost of land and tax value of land in the CBD is often times prohibitive to building a 6 story office building because the lower rents from fewer tenants in a 6 story building may not be enough to justify the cost to buy land and build a building.

[delts145]

Council OKs Orem arts center plans

The Deseret News

OREM — Orem's City Council has voted to advance with architectural and fundraising plans for the city's new Center for Story and Art.

The $4.3 million center will be home to year-round storytelling events in partnership with the Orem City Library and the Timpanogos Storytelling Institute. It will also be used for a range of cultural programs, including lectures, musical performances, film screenings, writing workshops and puppetry.

City leaders say they have $1.6 million for the project already in place. Additional funding will be sought from private donations, grants and tax revenue.

The project, from design to occupancy, is expected to take approximately two years, with construction lasting about 11 months.

Two council members voted against the project.

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[SLC Projects]

Council OKs Orem arts center plans

The Deseret News

OREM — Orem's City Council has voted to advance with architectural and fundraising plans for the city's new Center for Story and Art.

The $4.3 million center will be home to year-round storytelling events in partnership with the Orem City Library and the Timpanogos Storytelling Institute. It will also be used for a range of cultural programs, including lectures, musical performances, film screenings, writing workshops and puppetry.

City leaders say they have $1.6 million for the project already in place. Additional funding will be sought from private donations, grants and tax revenue.

The project, from design to occupancy, is expected to take approximately two years, with construction lasting about 11 months.

Two council members voted against the project.

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:previous:
Wish they would of given us a little more info on the building itself. Where will this building go? What is the size of the building? Stuff like that.

[delts145]

That's a good question Projects. I'm wondering if it is going to be a part of the Orem City Center Campus or The Scera Arts Campus?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3187305674_30fee0da3d.jpg
Scera Center for the Arts by plasticfootball

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Orem City Center & Library

[poodledoodledude]

they are starting to go UP on the 5 story building on 1600 north in orem by the gas station. originally, as we know, that building was supposed to be 8 stories, and they wanted TWO of them.

but, the economy TANKED, and they cut it down to 5 stories, and 1 EXTRA wide building.

for starters, the building is in the WRONG place. why the HELL is it in a neighborhood by a gas station?!?!?! it's not in a business park, it's not in a "downtown"-- it's not in another area where other "like" buildings are/or could be around it....i just don't get that mentality.
i think it looks out of place.
part of me is HAPPY it's not 8 stories in that location. now, put them in a cool business park or something and then i would be sad it's not 8 stories.
do the neighbors -- just. not. CARE?!?!

i mean, seems like orem is all about: SURE! build it! we don't care!
that's SAD to me. where is the neighborhood cohesiveness in all this??
does orem have NO height restrictions in these neighborhoods? do they have no neighborhood chairs? do they have no general plan?!?!

poodledoodledude

[poodledoodledude]

...and one more thing-- don't get me started about that MONSTROSITY on state street! did you know that a LOT of those condos were supposed to be TIME SHARES?!?! i mean, who on EARTH, in their RIGHT MIND, would go to OREM STATE STREET for a TIME SHARE?!?!?!?!?!

ugh..... end rant....

poodledoodledude

[delts145]

Well, it's like every major metro in the country I guess. The commuter mentality says put it next to the freeway interchange, as that is perceived as an advantage by many. Now it's even happening in Utah Valley's portion of the Wasatch Front. Hey, we could say it's a sign of the maturation of the southern portion of the CSA. Whaaatever...:shrug:

Ditto on the condos on State. That developer was really not thinking straight. Maybe twenty years from now, but you would have to be pretty dense not to understand that that was the wrong location for that type of development. Well, somebody is going to get a bargain eventually. They'll get it cheap enough to make it work. You know, that's kind of what happened on the first go around with the South Towne Mall. It was way ahead of it's time for the location, but someone was able to take advantage of it going under, and look now that the metro has caught up with it finally. It has become a gold mine.

[SLC Projects]

What five story building is this? Are there any renderings?

[delts145]

There are renderings Projects, but they're on one of the pages somewhere toward the front of the thread. They are the two towers that were slated for 1600 No. I've driven by them, and they look like the original renderings I think, just shorter.

[delts145]

Enjoy Lehi Main St. while it’s still quiet

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_c8380b5d-16fa-5fb9-85d0-fc3ea0498062.html

...In 30 years, Utah County's population will more than double, from 500,000 today to 1.1 million residents, which is the population of today's Salt Lake County, according to Mountainland Association of Governments, the regional planners responsible for Utah County. Because of this population spike over time, several important roads are projected to become choke points over the next 10 years, including Lehi Main Street -- again, said Lehi city officials...

Old Main - Lehi
http://protophoto.com/images/lehi/DSC_8645.JPG
By Kevin Delaney - http://protophoto.com/subject.html?subject_id=563

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By Kevin Delaney - http://protophoto.com/subject.html?subject_id=563

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[SLC Projects]

Nice to see that "Midtown Village" is being in good use.

Police: 2 women caught ripping copper out of condo complex
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=13467031

I don't care who, but somebody really needs to finish this project. :whip:

[delts145]

^^^
LOL, that's pretty brazen and hilarious of these two women. I mean, right out in the middle of the day. They must have easily gotten away with this kind of thing previously, to feel so comfortable doing it so openly.

The new S.R. 92 is coming along nicely. That is going to be quite the lavish little stretch of throughfare. I know 215 will enjoy giving it a maiden run...:yes:! It will defintely propel development for that area of the metro, especially the Thanksgiving Point Interchange.

S.R. 92 will be renamed Timpanogos Highway

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_5dcd409f-e432-5642-8093-5966bf23a41b.html

When the Utah Department of Transportation officially opens the completed state Route 92 reconstruction project next fall, the roadway will have five brand new lanes flowing in each direction plus two brand new commuter lanes. It will also have a brand new name: Timpanogos Highway...

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[i-215]

The new S.R. 92 is coming along nicely. That is going to be quite the lavish little stretch of throughfare. I know 215 will enjoy giving it a maiden run...:yes:! It will defintely propel development for that area of the metro, especially the Thanksgiving Point Interchange..

Oh yeah! :tup:

I hope the commuter lanes are a successful idea and they try something similar along University Parkway ... although there are some serious technical challenges that could prevent that.

[delts145]

Massive Vineyard development waiting for approval

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_bd865494-d980-50fe-85c1-38e5763725f3.html

The largest single development project in Utah County history is primed to finally get started, if the Alpine School District's concerns are resolved.

The final touches could be put on a tax break deal in January that would launch the effort to take the old Geneva Steel property and make it a hub for residential, commercial and transportation use. The town of Vineyard as well as landowner Anderson-Geneva and other stakeholders are close to settling on terms that will give up to $300 million in tax breaks over 40 years to develop the 1,000-plus acres on the shore of Utah Lake.

The plan could add as many as 26,000 new residents to the existing 100-plus people who live there now...

http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=QrlOrevR5rMzePIiuTwVEM$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYuU$JbCDi6RNtA$8KZaoDWrWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&amp%3BCONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg
The Salt Lake Tribune

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