Sporting goods retailer breaks ground in Sandy

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SANDY — Sporting goods retailer Scheels broke ground Wednesday on its new store to be located near 11400 South and State Street in Sandy. When completed in October 2012, the new location will employ up to 450 workers.

The 220,000-square-foot development will house Utah's largest selection of sports, sportswear and footwear.

The development will be named One Fourteen and will contain collection of entertainment venues, specialty shops and boutiques staffed by experts in their particular fields, a news release stated.

Nick Duerksen, economic development director for Sandy City, explained that the remaining 100,000 square feet of available commercial space is currently being marketed to numerous out-of-state potential tenants, which is part of the city's overall economic development strategy...

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Steve Scheel talks with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert as Scheel's newest sports store is unveiled in Sandy Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

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This was a big issue that came before Planning Commission when I still worked for Payson City. The chair of the commission was a life long resident in his 60's or 70's and was very adamant that apartments were high crime and low income areas, which having seen the apartment selection in Payson I can understand why he would think that.

This particular proposal was for a high end, brick and stucco finished 3 level, multi-building complex with rents around $650+, managed by Pinnacle. The entire commission and council new that I lived in SLC and commuted down to work (yes not green at all). While in Commission meeting we asked what types of individuals they wished to have move into the city, of course young marrieds and young professionals was the answer. To which I replied, "as you all know, I live in SLC and commute down, there are several reason for this; 1, I already own a home in SLC, 2, my social life is in SLC, but 3, and most importantly, there is no place for a young professional like myself to live in Payson City, I refuse to move into the low rent apartments that are available and I am not in the market to buy a second house." One other thing that many government officials and citizens even more so, don't realize is that national retailers need a specific amount of roof tops within a certain distance in order to even considering opening a new location. Apartment buildings provide these rooftops and provide additional disposable income that many paying a mortgage may not have.

There are so many mis-conceptions regarding rental units, particularly apartments, in the cities that are nearly exclusively single family homes or town homes.

Murray City's Downtown Draft Plan.
Murray City to add more high density buildings to it's downtown area.
( No timeline )



Here are some pics I took off my computer of the layout of what Murray could look like one day in the near future. ( Sorry I had to take these off my computer since I couldn't download these layouts in any way. )

For those that don't know the area is just North of the IHC Hospital and West of State Street between vine street and 4800 south.

Phase One
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Here is the Draft....Just click on the "MCCD Design Guidelines" link.
http://www.murray.utah.gov/index.aspx?NID=1144

TOD's
 

This article cites numerous planned TOD's(transit oriented developments) in development stages all along the wasatch front. Very encouraging.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ront.html?pg=1

Forty-acre shopping center, anchored by Target, planned in WVC

According to The Enterprise it is to be located at 2819 S 5600 W. It is called Highbury Centre and is being developed by Suburban Land Reserve Inc (SLR) which is a real estate subsidiary of the LDS Church.

Great find Projects! I think that plan, if it is ever realized would be a great boost for Murray. The only problem I see off hand is the lack of a circulator for the area, which would be important considering it is still fairly far away from the TRAX/Frontrunner stops. I wish they could have developed that around the station and constructed the hospital further North. I am glad that they are trying to push that area forward considering most of the development in Murray has happened South and West.

Murray Planning
 

http://www.murray.utah.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1464

I thought it was pretty cool

While I didn't read the entire thing, I did look through it all, and read some of the key points. I have to say, I'm impressed. Murray has done a great job of guiding the future or their city. In a down economy and a slow down in development they have taken that time to direct future development, rather than take the approach of attempting to manage development in the future with no real goal to accomplish. I like to call this proactive planning vs reactive planning.

University of Utah Medical Center at Daybreak
 

Some progress shots of the new medical center at Daybreak. Taken today.

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Bonus shot of the newly completed Crossing at Daybreak apartments:
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I really like how Daybreak is turning out. Every now and then the wife, kids and I got for a drive around Daybreak just to check out what's new. ( with gas almost $4 per gallon we won't be doing this as much. ) But hey we can soon take trax. :) I do wonder if Day break keep moving west what are these developers going to do with all those eyesore power lines that run across there. How are they going to develop around those and still have that urban feel. I think that's very near where the new freeway will go?

Thanks, I'm always curious as to Daybreak's current developments.

Mountview Elementary site to house new park

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51...trict.html.csp

Cottonwood Heights, with the support of the Canyons School District, is planning to create a new park on the Mountview Elementary school site.

City leaders started negotiating to take over the property at 1651 E. Fort Union Blvd. shortly after the school district decided in March to demolish the school, which had sat idle for years...

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Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Demolition continues on Mountview Elementary School in Cottonwood Heights.

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Canyons breaks ground for new high school

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Soon Draper will no longer be the largest city in Utah without a public secondary school.

Canyons School District broke ground last week on the site of a yet-to-be-named high school at 12887 S. 801 East, in a ceremony attended by about 200 people...

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Canyons District broke ground on its new high school, at 12887 S. 801East, last week. The 311,000-square-foot building is expected to be done in time for the 2013-2014 school year. Photos courtesy of Stephen Speckman.

Looks like they're going for the 'historic courthouse' look for the new high school.

I admire that they didn't just go for a boxy thing like most schools these days.

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"Come experience Urban Daybreak: Urban Living in a Suburb Setting" Fail
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In Daybreaks defense, it is more urban than most anything else out of downtown. It does have a good design and a base to actually become a very viable and vibrant urban node.

Exactly FM. Just check out the new Health building or SoDa Row to see its good use of design.

I don't know anything about such suburban developments outside of Utah but I would be surprised if there's very many others in any city that are going for such a diverse and urban feel (comparatively speaking) as Daybreak.

Give Daybreak time. I think it could become something really impressive when all is said and done. Imagine what it could look like in 20-30 years when it's had time to really develop its own personality, establish a strong retail base, and all the trees have grown up.

Near 40, Utah’s Fashion Place mall refuses to show age

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/5...-salt.html.csp

The first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Utah opened at Fashion Place mall, along with the first Sephora cosmetics store. By the end of the year, specialty retailer Crate and Barrel, apparel chain H&M and a BRIO Tuscan Grille restaurant will follow suit with their first locations...

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Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) New construction at Murray's Fashion Place Mall. On the left is apparel retailer H&M and on the right is Crate and Barrel on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

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(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) New construction at Murray's Fashion Place Mall. Store fronts on the south end of the mall are not yet leased.

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Ebay Campus
 

From my friends that work at Ebay; Ebay is Looking to build a campus since they have out grown their rented office space in Draper. They are looking for property in Draper, Sandy, South Jordan, Riverton or maybe in Lehi.
From what I hear it would be 4 square buildings with sky bridges connecting them together. The buildings would be 2-8 stories.

If they're going to stay in the burbs I hope they choose someplace around FrontRunner or Trax. I think Day Break would be a great location for them.

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I thought I remember hearing once that Ebay was planning on building a building out in daybreak. ( This was a few years ago ) Daybreak would be a good place as well as Sandy as long if it's built near Trax as FM just stated. I hope those buildings will be closer to 8-stories then only 2-stories.

Also for those who care today we went to the The Living Planet Aquarium. While there I was taking to somebody who works there and he told me that the Aquarium is now taking Donations to help pay for their new building. I ask so when will we see this new building? He then told me that they plan to break ground THIS November. I then ask him if they know where they plan to build this. He didn't know where, however the two cities are Sandy or Draper just off of I-15. So I guess where ever there is open land next to the freeway within those two cities. I'm still hoping that it will go on the open land space near the Sandy city hall where the theater was once planned to go.

Ebay built a data center at Daybreak but kept their employees in Draper.

Ebay
 

I'd Like to See these Ebay buildings go just south of the Sandy City Hall next to I-15; or buy & demo the old Lowes building at 90th South just north of Rio Tino Stadium. It would be nice to have some 5-12 story buildings around the stadium (Office, Hotel, Condos ect).:yes:

:previous:I'ld like to see them build in downtown SLC!!! Why do these office developments keep going to the farthest suburbs!!!:hell: This just keeps perpetuating sprawl! When are we going to learn to kick this bad and unhealthy development practice!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by SLC Projects (Post 5270515) :previous: I thought I remember hearing once that Ebay was planning on building a building out in daybreak.

eBay built a data center at Daybreak. It seems like it would make sense for them to move their customer service dept to Daybreak as well.

Tech companies, though they often claim to be hip and lovers of the environment, almost always build in tech parks or off the freeway where land is cheap. They are big time hypocrites. Lol, big oil is better at building up downtowns.

Exactly, just look at Denver's skyline boom during the 80's, or current Calgary.

and don't get your hopes up for more than 4 stories on the new ebay buildings. I think I mentioned it once, but I'll mention it again. My brother in law, and Major client relations officer for Adobe talked to the architect about their new building and why they were going with such a large footprint rather than taller.

Building over 4 stories requires major changes in foundations and structural steel, and increase costs substantially.

So the same reason they move to the burbs, cheap land, also allows them to build 4, 4 story buildings as opposed to one 16 story building, it's less expensive. If companies looked at the externalities of their building in the burbs they would realize that in the long run it's expensive, unfortunately companies don't run their bottom line based on externalities.

I still hold on hope that as SLC continues to grow in population and businesses that EA will be a model for other similar companies, and we will see one or two more move into the downtown core, which in turn brings more in.

All you can really hope for is that these campuses get put by good infrastructure and mass transportation options. Sooner than later the prime land will be filled up, between the valleys, and there will be nowhere else to go but up.

Micron is also looking at building a large campus in Draper / Lehi area.http://www.utahurbanforum.com/micron...-use-t444.html

Tony, you made me think also of transportation between the valleys... Won't it be great when FrontRunner finally connects the two valleys. I'm thinking of all of those times when negotiating I-15 over the Point of the Mountain during high winds and snow is pretty nerve wracking and dangerous.

Future Mayor is correct. The Land and building cost is cheaper in the 'Burbs' than down town. I too wish that there were few office parks and campuses out there and more high rises in Salt Lake as well as Provo and Ogden. I wish Salt Lake RDA would provide more incentives for major companies like ebay, Adobe, Mircosoft ect to invest in down town instead of the 'burbs'. But its better than nothing.

:tup:West Jordan to complete critical segment of Jordan River trail

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51...hnson.html.csp

...Chris McCandless, vice chairman of the newly formed Jordan River Commission and a member of the Sandy City Council, said its completion would be “monumental.”

“I’m going to do a back flip,” McCandless mused. “We are coming down the final stretch of the lake-to-lake vision.”...

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Park City - Bonanza Tunnel Opens

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_18010599

...It now serves as the crucial link for pedestrians and bicyclists between Prospector and Old Town. Someone can now walk or bicycle from the vicinity of Main Street to the Park City School District campus without having to cross a major street at the surface level. The tunnel also provides easy access to the popular Rail Trail from points south and west...

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Ebay's development sounds like it could have easily been a 20 story highrise in downtown SLC. So, does Abobe's development.

I guess Orlando, I'm just so happy that these companies continue to make big committments to the Salt Lake area, that I'm just happy to go along. I resist the temptation to want to wack them upside the head, LOL.

It isn't an immediate fix to our dream of adding to the Downtown density boom, but hopefully all of the additions in the metro hubs will at least trickle down to Salt Lake's CBD rise in glory. I'm sure these Fortune 500 expansions in the metro will attract more Hamilton Partners/Goldman Sachs type situations.

With Adobe, they were already headquartered in Orem, so moving that far north was going to isolate many of their employees. In that circumstance I can understand a bit.

True... also, and purely from a very objective perspective, resisting the surreal, prime location of Thanksgiving Point, is like a retailer resisting the location of Fashion Place. I still maintain that Salt Lake's CBD is going to continue to build and share in a substantial amount of the glory that is going around the metro.

Tech companies seem to be one segment of the economy that does not particularly enjoy having their headquarters located in a downtown area. I'm not exactly sure why but I don't think it is purely the cost of construction or land. These companies are literally worth billions. It also certainly isn't a purely Utah problem. If we look at Microsoft, Ebay, Google or Apple. They are all located in suburban locales. Even IBM which is located in Armonk, NY which is a village of 3,461.

I think that this would make an interesting study as to why these companies have not desired a truly urban headquarters.

They could move to downtown Provo. Just down the street. Provo could use more midrise to even a highrise building.
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For Adobe there were always only two choices, Lehi or South SL Valley.

I wonder if that fad is simply because the tech companies really began in the Silicon Valley, which is very suburban. For an industry like information technology and software, when they're start-ups, their first spaces are often larger warehouses. This was the case with Pixar. They needed space for servers and stuff and most office space wasn't suitable in the early 90's. My guess is that these origins sort became their natures.

South Jordan Health Center (Daybreak)

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I was thinking something similar. Tech companies have really only been around since suburbs have ruled and cities have declined. Plus, many tech companies have always had this culture of anti-establishment and perhaps they view big, corporate downtown buildings as being a part of that.

I hope that Electronic Arts can start to reverse that trend a little bit at least in SLC, with it's downtown SLC office. Maybe other game and tech companies will follow suit.

RSL Broke Ground on Practice Field Today
 

RSL broke ground today on a practice field in Sandy at 10000 South and State St.

http://www.realsaltlake.com/news/201...ca-first-field

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Yay for rsl. Makes sense for them to have a field here just down the road from rio tinto so they don't have to drive all the way down to lehi.

I'm surprised Sandy let them build it there, that doesn't seem to fit in with their other/new downtown master plan. ;)