Salt Lake:Official development news thread - Page 303

RFPCME · #**6041** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 1:39 AM**

UIAZLover: Great idea! Cap-and-trade for water in oil shale development...wonderful. Now I just have to figure out how to get this idea in front on the right people. The draft EIS the BLM is doing is probably the best place to start. I'll figure out where to send it.

T-Mac · #**6042** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 1:43 AM**

Patrick Dry Goods Condo Conversion

RFPCME · #**6043** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 1:51 AM**

T-Mac: Even your drive-by pics are great. The Patrick Drygoods bldg. looks pretty good, except for the graffiti at the top.

murdoc9 · #**6044** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 5:28 AM**

hey everyone, I am thinking that the whole oil shale issue/cap and trade/ pollution/energy discussion should probably be located somewhere else besides the development thread. So, for anyone interested in discussing these issues, I'll start a new thread for that type of stuff so we don't bog down the SLC Development news. Anyone interested please leave a comment.

Viperlord · #**6045** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 6:18 AM**

found this in the june issue of the intermountain construction magazine....

http://intermountain.construction.com/features/archive/0806_cover.asp

"The good news for firms working in the A/E/C industry is that there are a plethora of significant projects in various design phases that are slated to break ground within the next 6-12 months. Among these projects includes a major expansion to the Salt Lake City International Airport ($1.2 billion overall), a commuter rail line from Salt Lake City to Provo ($450 million), a new U.S. District Courthouse in Salt Lake City ($200 million)"

200 million dollars for the courthouse... wow, thats more than 222 South Main Tower (125 million), and the CCC Tower 1 (150 million)

It will be interesting to see if the SLCIA expansion moves forward finally.

delts145 · #**6046** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 11:42 AM**

Rental hikes - Salt Lake, Provo top list of biggest increases in nation

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700244360,00.html

Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News

Salt Lake City registered the largest apartment-rent increase in the nation, as rents have soared 10.4 percent since last year, according to a report this week.
The Provo/Orem area was a close second, with rents increasing 10.1 percent over the past 12 months, according to the report by RealFacts Inc.
Utah and Salt Lake City, however, have seemed to buck the national trend, due to Utah's comparatively strong economy. She said the higher rents are a result of the relative stability of the area's local economy.

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Comrade · #**6047** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 7:43 PM**

haha, I highly doubt the rent increased in that apartment in the photo accompanying the article.

Scraperdude801 · #**6048** Posted **Jul 19, 2008, 9:27 PM**

all I know is DT rent has gone sky rocketing! My apartment (brigham apartments) has upped the rent $175 for my unit in the past 2 1/2 years. I've been looking at other DT setups that aren't low income and the rents are so frickin high it's amazing.

Viperlord · #**6049** Posted **Jul 20, 2008, 3:24 AM**

check out some of the movies for the westgate lofts at the link below...
http://www.wglofts.com/movies.html

they offer some cool views of Downtown.

ski_steve · #**6050** Posted **Jul 20, 2008, 4:36 AM**

Im not sure if this has ever been posted... There is a cool Urban Photo site, and it has some pretty cool pictures of Salt Lake, and many other major cities.

Link to Salt Lake:

http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/79/Salt_Lake_City_Utah

Enjoy

Comrade · #**6051** Posted **Jul 20, 2008, 4:52 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevena07

Im not sure if this has ever been posted... There is a cool Urban Photo site, and it has some pretty cool pictures of Salt Lake, and many other major cities.

Link to Salt Lake:

http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/79/Salt_Lake_City_Utah

Enjoy

Yes, KC is a poster on here and he did a thread about his Salt Lake trip a couple years ago.

delts145 · #**6052** Posted **Jul 20, 2008, 11:08 AM**

It's been a while since I looked at these pics Steve. It was cool to envision what they will look like in about three to four years after the many changes and additions.

T-Mac · #**6053** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 3:49 AM**

Photo update from this afternoon.

Gateway Hyatt

Bridges at Citifront

Broadway Park Lofts

OC Tanner Building
Putting on a new roof.

LDS Church History Library

SLC Projects · #**6054** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 6:15 AM**

I really like the way the LDS Church History Library turned out. Also I love the brick work being done on the Bridges at Citifront. For a while I was worry that the Bridges at Citifront was going to look like the apartment buildings at the Gateway. Thank god it doesn't. Thanks again T-Mac. One of these days we are going to have to team up with our photo updates.

delts145 · #**6055** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 10:35 AM**

Me too Projects,The Bridges at Citifront is turning out much better with the brick than I had thought they would. That's alot of units on that screwy plot also. Hopefully, there will be a reponsible management team running the property and not let it get overun with criminal elements. As always T-Mac, thanks for the great updates.

ski_steve · #**6056** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 3:31 PM**

Historic U. building to get $8.2M revamp

By Brian Maffly
The Salt Lake Tribune

When lawmakers coughed up a princely sum to build the University of Utah's administrative building a century ago, they were expecting an august structure to help define the new state's chief institution of higher learning, a crosstown counterpoint to their majestic new Capitol.

The U.'s Park Building has since been remodeled so many times that Joseph Kingsbury himself, the first president to occupy the building, would not recognize the interior, not even the 1941 "Great Men of Knowledge" murals. But Kingsbury, who retired in 1916, would not mistake the building's iconic exterior, now enshrouded in scaffolding as the U. embarks on an $8.2 million renovation. Over the next few months, crews will patch up and clean the granite and limestone facing and terra cotta cornices, fix the windows, replace the stair structure, roof and landscaping, and install a partial seismic retrofit, according to project manager Ken Nye...

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9944786?source=rss

SLC Projects · #**6057** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 4:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by delts145

Hopefully, there will be a reponsible management team running the property and not let it get overun with criminal elements.

Sadly I think that's where the Northgate apartments at the gateway is heading.

arkhitektor · #**6058** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 6:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Sadly I think that's where the Northgate apartments at the gateway is heading.

Developments where all of the units are rentals are almost impossible to keep nice. The residents have no real investment in their home and as such, tend not to take care of things.

Thankfully, Citifront is condos and will be sold, not rented so things there shouldn't get as bad. Even if an individual buys a condo and rents it out himself, he has an interest in keeping his unit nice that a large property management company might not.

Future Mayor · #**6059** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 7:30 PM**

Alot of times it depends on the property managment company. My apartment changed managment companies about 10 months ago and the new company has a zero tolerance policy for being to loud to late, garbage in the hall, and are meticulous about the cleaning of common areas and fixing problems in the units. The class of tenants has improved since the take over and the building is much cleaner. It also helps that a security guard is present from 8-1 on weeknights and 8-3 on weekend nights.

Yes residents will still do what they want, but those living there that are interested in keeping it nice will do more their part to keep it nice if they know managment is doing the same.

SLC Projects · #**6060** Posted **Jul 21, 2008, 8:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

Alot of times it depends on the property managment company. My apartment changed managment companies about 10 months ago and the new company has a zero tolerance policy for being to loud to late, garbage in the hall, and are meticulous about the cleaning of common areas and fixing problems in the units. The class of tenants has improved since the take over and the building is much cleaner. It also helps that a security guard is present from 8-1 on weeknights and 8-3 on weekend nights.

Yes residents will still do what they want, but those living there that are interested in keeping it nice will do more their part to keep it nice if they know managment is doing the same.

I agree. My wife and I just moved out of our apartment a few months ago and the management there seem like they would let anyone move in. The people next to us would throw loud parties till at least 1 in the morning. Once we told them to please keep it down and they throw something at our door. One thing I just can not stand is loud rap music. I just don't understand how music that talks about sex, drugs and beating women is so damn cool to some people.

Can't stand it. Also I had my car broken into once while I was out of town for a week. The apartment did had a security guard who would drive around the lot. But it's a big apartment complex and it takes a few mins for the guy to drive all the way around. Just enough time for those low lifes to break into one's car and take off with what they need.
Anyways we now live in a town home and it's alot nicer here.