Salt Lake:Official development news thread

[Future Mayor]

I don't know of any projects currently slated for outside of the Main St. State St corridor over 250' besides the Cowboy Partners continually mysterious tower on State and 100 S.

I do however envision that the skyline will widen from east to west. I would imagine that we could see more height to the west of Main St over to 400 W. I could see some height going east but only to 200 E. 400 S has huge potential for some increased heights.

So let me put a conclusion on my ramblings. I foresee a few additional tall buildings popping up to east to 200 E from S. Temple to 600 S. with a few additional tall buildings along the University Blvd(400S) corridor.

I see Main St to 400 W and S. Temple to 700 S maybe even 900 S. as huge potential for more tall buildings.

[SLC Projects]

One of the best views of downtown is looking North-East on the freeway just before 600 South offramp. But if you were to drive towards downtown heading East on 1-80 right by the airport the skyline looks very small and boring.

[DMTower]

I think the best view I have ever seen of downtown is coming down the hill from the University of Utah along 5th/4th south. Maybe it's because at that angle you can see the new library and City and County Building in front, with all the towers behind.

[NYC Rick]

Originally Posted by DMTower

I think the best view I have ever seen of downtown is coming down the hill from the University of Utah along 5th/4th south. Maybe it's because at that angle you can see the new library and City and County Building in front, with all the towers behind.

If you are talking about that kind of S curve on the way to the U (the trax line?) then you are dead on. That is a great view mainly because the downtown is leveled and those building appear as large buildings. Plus...the area from 2nd south to North Temple gain height.

I think Comrade Reynolds has a great picture that he took on fotop or some such sight. Then again I do not know if Comrade Reynolds is the Sean Reynolds that I found on that site.

Whatever, the downtown looks serious from that angle. With infill, the city's skyline will start looking commensurate to the population of the area.

It always bums me out to see skylines in much lesser population cities like Omaha, Des Moines etc that look more dominant. However, if you haver been in those cities the skylines (minus one or two buildings are more like Boise). It is because all views are from a flat surface. No looking down, no descending elevation. Every building whether large of 10 stories and down appears to be part of the skyline and not hidden.

[arkhitektor]

This area is also one of my favorites to view the city. There is a park in the area called Faultine Gardens that offers some pretty nice views. Here are a few crappy pictures that I have taken from there:









I didn't take this, but it is one of my favorites:



You can also get a pretty shot from the roof of the parking garage at Primary Children's Med. Ctr. I took this one a few years ago on a smoggy January day, I imagine that it would look prettier with some foliage:



Also, you get a pretty commanding view of downtown and the valley from Ensign peak, and though downtown doesn't look very impressive from up there, its' worth the hike just to see it in person:

[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

I didn't take this, but it is one of my favorites:

That is one sweet view of downtown, definitely the best that I've seen.
photo credit to the mystery photographer. This is now my new desktop wallpaper.

[arkhitektor]

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

That is one sweet view of downtown, definitely the best that I've seen.
photo credit to the mystery photographer. This is now my new desktop wallpaper.

I found it while milling about in a file of some stock photography that our sales and marketing department use for ads and banners. Its probably copyrighted so don't tell anyone where you found it

I shrunk it to post on the forum, but if you are using it as a wallpaper, here is the original size:



(I think it may be spliced from several photos, because there is an offset in the new Key Bank bldg.)

[delts145]

^^^
Wow, I like that one a lot. Now we just need to get a pic from that same spot with all the cranes in the mix. T-Mac.... Hint....Hint.

[Scraperdude801]

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

With the rent climbing through the roof in the valley I am surprised that we haven't seen some of these, Gateway area apartment projects that seem to be languinshing, break ground. In fact, I can't think of any apartment projects that are actually being constructed in the city.

Just a curious thought.

Yeah I also think that it's strange. I thought for sure we would have seen Providence Place break ground and be nearly done by now. ... There are a lot of condos, but nothing in the terms of apartments. I hope the developers get on that. First hand I know of like 10 people who chose an apartment in sugarhouse or other areas because they couldn't find anything downtown in good condition that was available. ... DT apartments would really be great for all us college kids.


About the Skyline:

I've always thought that the skyline looks best when viewed from the E. or from the N. It tends to look more complete and less choppy and the buildings look taller. ... I personally hope that we see some high rises to about 400 E eventually. The 200 E. corridor is a prime location for real height like 45- 60 stories in areas. Especially the block bordering 200 E. 100 S. 200 S. and State S. ... I hope we don't see little 10 story buildings built there. That is prime location for height in our skyline. ... Anything built on the North end of DT always tends to look bigger than things built on the southern end of DT. I also think that 300 S to 500 S would also be a great place for real height in the skyline. ... Just my .02 of a dollar

[i-215]

Say "hello" to my desktop! Thanks for the great photos! I love this town!

[DMTower]

This is the exact angle I was referring to in my post above. This view makes Salt Lake look so much bigger.

[delts145]

City denies Sugar House developer's request to delay landscaping

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700232147,00.html

In a letter sent to Craig Mecham Investments on Wednesday, building official Orion Goff said the city is standing by its July 3 deadline for landscaping work to be complete on northeast corner of 2100 South and Highland Drive.

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[Boizean]

I agree with DMTower. This is a very nice view indeed.

Also an excellent photo, great timing with the trax train! (minor; but to bad the white towers wash out a little on the right.)

[Viperlord]

Public Market Sites.... potential sites...

I think they have narrowed it down to 3 or 4 sites... click on the link below for more information... a large download....

http://www.slcrda.com/First/2008/BOD/061008old.pdf

[RFPCME]

Delts: I just read your post about plans for the Gehry-Lehi project to be unveiled in August, which reminded me of the renderings for the Gehry's downtown Manhattan project, Beekman Place, which were unveiled last Saturday in the NY Times. What a building!

I have never seen a high-rise building that I liked more. If the Gehry-Lehi project comes close to Beekman Place, what a treasure it will be.

I don't want to get too excited because I'm cynical about the developer. Seems a little young to be taking on a project like this. But, hey, some of the best accomplishments have been done by people too young to know that they cannot do something. Go get 'em Brandt!

[delts145]

^^^
I'm glad you mentioned Beekman, It's been quite a while since I looked at that Gehry project. Gehry's designing both Beekman Place, which is in Brooklyn, and the Beekman Tower in Manhattan. I posted some of that work and related articles over on the Utah Valley thread, along with this post.

Gehry's Beekman Tower - Manhattan - Under Construction


You're right RFPCME, Anderson is a little young perhaps (I would emphasize perhaps) for this size of a development. What he might lack in experience is being made up by many who are much older and wiser behind the scenes. Every great entrepreneur, especially younger ones should have wise mentors. Frank Gehry of course, but also his team understand and have access to many people who understand the nuances of such a project better than most. The Gehry networking opportunities that come into play once Gehry is passionate about a project are enormous. From all indications, Gehry is very passionate about this project, and infact has oft-repeated that he views Traverse Ridge as a statement of his legacy. Also, as has been repeated often , "this is a project that will evolve over a probable ten year period, if the economy so dictates"
What will be extremely interesting, is the Gehry label as a selling point. Who will be those committing in the upcoming announcements? I agree with Anderson that the name will go a long way with cachet appeal. I also think that it will bring in a significant amount of first time discovery to the Wasatch Front, in many of the same ways as the olympics, particurlarly downtown. This Gehry tower effect, will reap tremendous rewards over the next ten years for our downtown skyline. I just can't be more enthuriastic about the current 'perfect storm' that continues to gather momentum for the Wasatch Front.

[PandaUte]

In reference to Viperlord's earlier post concerning the Public Market, it seems the feasibility study identifies four sites as "prime locations" - among them the Ford parking garage/adjacent lot and the Artspace buildings along Pierpont. The study strongly recommends developing on sites that are "architecturally interesting" while maintaining close proximity to the existing Farmer's Market.

The RDA attachment, by the way, also contains resolutions regarding the Marmalade project. It appears the west-side building plans have been submitted for final RDA approval. Meanwhile, RDA recommends approval of the purchase agreement for HOWA to buy the west-side property.

While RDA also recommends approval of purchase for HOWA to buy the east-side property (there are two separate purchase agreements), HOWA doesn't plan to build on the east-side (500-600 North and 300 West) until construction on the west-side (519-551 North 300 West) is complete. At that point, HOWA is believed to have sufficient equity to proceed on east-side development.

So it appears Marmalade is still on - it's just proceeding slower than we'd like.

[blazefirelight]

I have also taken pictures of Salt Lake. Of course, mine aren't as good as arkhitektor's, but I still like em!

[Viperlord]

News sells property to finance severance

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700232593,00.html?pg=1


The Deseret News sold downtown property to a real-estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Friday, earning money that will be used for severances of 35 newspaper employees who are going to be laid off in coming weeks.
The property is located on Regent Street and Main Street between 100 South and 200 South. The newspaper made a little more than $3 million on the sale, News publisher Jim Wall said.

The buildings included are the former Newspaper Agency Corp. printing-press buildings on Regent Street, NAC offices located in what has been traditionally called the "Mr. Mac Building" at 135 S. Main, and the NAC "Drivers Lounge" near Regent Street and 200 South.

[Viperlord]

anybody notice this.......

"Olafson has plans for the lot including a hotel"

EricOlafson is the owner of the property btw, and the CEO of tomax

http://tomax.com/index.html

That lot would be a great spot for a hotel, something large preferrably. not another one of these 4 story hotels... ughhh.