Salt Lake MSA Development Thread

[delts145]

Very cool Cololi, I'm looking forward to seeing those pics.

[Future Mayor]

I was out in Daybreak about a month ago and a friend of mine who lives out there drove me around a bit. I too was impressed with the continual flow of open space and was very impressed with the design and layout of the commercial area, just as Cololi was.

The commercial area and the green space is designed fairly well (not perfect) for pedestrians. Now the trick is to get those residents to actual be pedestrians. It takes awhile to break the habit of using your car for everything, but I think it will happen, especially when Trax opens up out there.

[delts145]

I was wondering when this was going to happen. It seems like Albertsons was totally clueless as far as competitive pricing for the area. I don't know that there are that many people who shop there anymore?? I'm glad to see a local company taking over. I think Associated will compete allot more vigorously with Smiths, Kohlers, Walmart, etc.

36 Albertsons sold to Associated Foods

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...sons-sold.html

Salt Lake City-based Associated Foods Inc. is purchasing 36 Albertsons stores in Utah, company officials announced Tuesday.

The deal is expected to close in the late fall. The Albertsons stores will be renamed and rebranded. Associated Foods executives are winnowing down a list of potential names...

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[urbanboy]

Originally Posted by WeST

I know there are those who will always believe that the state is a joke, its laws are backwards and dysfunctional, but that isn't true. You can't mistake your disagreement about outcomes with bad governance.

People don't think our State is a joke. However, many in Utah and around the world do think some of our laws here are backwards, and with good reason. Many do realize how well the State finances are handled, although, I don't always agree with what they choose to spend their transit money on.

[delts145]

Making way for sports training fields

The 44-year-old Cottonwood Hospital building is demolished in Murray on Tuesday to make way for the expanded TOSH (The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital). Cottonwood Hospital closed in 2007 when the Intermountain Medical Center opened less than a mile away. Intermountain Healthcare spokesman Jess Gomez said part of the space being cleared on the former hospital site will become sports training fields and other landscaping as a part of TOSH campus. "Many of the athletes that come in for sports-specific training will be working outside on that green space," Gomez said. The redesign of the campus exterior will make it "more user- and patient-friendly," he said.


(Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)


(Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

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[WeST]

Utah's Crown Burgers get nod from the New York Times

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=7371023

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/di...ited.html?_r=1

I think this article just confirms what I already knew...great burgers! I would love to see them pop up into CCC.

[delts145]

Midvale commercial development breaks ground - Global mining supplier to occupy 2 buildings that are included in 1st phase

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ks-ground.html

MIDVALE — What was a burgeoning mining site decades ago could become one of the state's largest commercial and office developments.

Numerous business and civic leaders were on hand Tuesday for the groundbreaking of View72 Corporate Center at 7800 South and 1000 West. Co-developed by the Gardner Co. and Arbor Commercial, when completed, the 200-acre site could accommodate 2 million square feet of commercial and office space, Gardner Co. president Christian Gardner told the Deseret News....




An artist's rendering shows the two buildings FLSmidth will occupy at View72 Corporate Center in Midvale. Provided by Cartwright Communication




Danish firm to be first at Bingham Junction -
Development » View72 kicks off building at huge commercial site.

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_12992253

...It's the last major parcel of developable land in the Salt Lake Valley. And on Tuesday, the first shovels-full of earth were turned to mark the beginning of a global corporation's office/laboratory complex on the edge of what was once a contaminated 203-acre site.

Denmark-based FLSmidth, which supplies equipment and services to the minerals and cement industries, will occupy by the end of next year two multistory buildings at Midvale's Bingham Junction...



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[Stenar]

Originally Posted by delts145

Midvale commercial development breaks ground -

Numerous business and civic leaders were on hand Tuesday for the groundbreaking of View72 Corporate Center at 7800 South and 1000 West.[/B]

It's unfortunate that "View72" seems to only have a view of a massive parking lot.

[WeST]

Yeah I had high hopes for this development, but they seem to be missing the boat on too many fronts. Although to be fair, I don't think they have totally finished their design and layout for the project. Their site has never been updated, but continues to be under construction (as well as partly in another Italian or something). They do have some right ideas about how they are interfacing with the Jordan River and how the TRAX line with go through the middle of the project.

[delts145]

Project in Holladay is moving forward

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...g-forward.html


city of Holladay

HOLLADAY — A redevelopment project under way for years is finally taking shape in this east-side municipality.

The tangled intersection at Murray-Holladay Road, 2300 East and Holladay Boulevard has been destroyed. Dozens of workers are replacing the five-way stop with two four-way traffic lights and a walking plaza that city manager Randy Fitts said will be a gathering place for the whole community.


city of Holladay

Holladay Village Vision Statement

It is intended that the Holladay Village Center (HVC) be a special, unique place for people to gather, shop, recreate and enjoy the views of surrounding mountains and environs. The Holladay Village Center should cater first to the residents of Holladay providing goods and services that encourage them to shop at home rather than outside of the city. Because the Village Center is intersected by a crossroads, an inherent conflict between pedestrians and vehicular traffic arises. By creating a village center with a unique character catering to pedestrians in one or all quadrants of the village center it is hoped our objectives may be accomplished.

This village character should include plazas, eating establishments, boutique shops and personal services. It is envisioned that the Village Center will be a very personal space with human scale, market area for the residents of the city as well as visitors seeking a special experience. Parking will be on the periphery whenever possible within the Village Center. Visual impact is the goal with a village feel that would be a character and flavor unique to the Holladay area. It will be designed to attract the discriminating and curious and to be the jewel within the city as well as to enhance the general shopping experience in the city=s current shopping mall for those who come to the City of Holladay.

Village Center Goals:
1. Improve the Pedestrian Environment.
2. Improve Retail Visibility and Accessibility.
3. Reduce Impact on Adjacent Residential Areas.
4. Develop Architectural and Aesthetic Continuity.
5. Improve Vehicular Traffic Movements.
6. Provide A Social Gathering Opportunity.
7. Create Linkages to Trails and Green Space.
8. Accommodate Mass Transit.
9. Demonstrate Implementation Feasibility



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[WeST]

It appears that projects are slowly thawing and moving forward. Perhaps the deep freeze will soon be over and many of the projects that sit idle will be progressing. I still am surprised we haven't seen more retail going out of business. I expected that we would lose a mall or at least numerous strip mall complexes to the apparent overheated retail sector. Maybe Utah's strong growth (population) is blunting this. I look forward to the day when Viperlord is struggling to keep up to date on all the information he gets!

[cololi]

we have lost three malls. City Creek really was timed perfectly with the down turn in retail. Hopefully the retail market will be strong by opening day.

Cottonwood Mall is gone and really feeling the impacts of the economy. It was bad before, but by not progressing, it is really bad.

If all three malls were still in existence, There would be a lot more retail vacancies. You figure we basically took 1.5 million square feet of retail out of the equation. That is a lot.

[WeST]

Originally Posted by cololi

we have lost three malls. City Creek really was timed perfectly with the down turn in retail. Hopefully the retail market will be strong by opening day.

Cottonwood Mall is gone and really feeling the impacts of the economy. It was bad before, but by not progressing, it is really bad.

If all three malls were still in existence, There would be a lot more retail vacancies. You figure we basically took 1.5 million square feet of retail out of the equation. That is a lot.

Good point. I guess I see those malls differently because they are coming back in some form or another. They haven't been totally lost to the recession. The one thing that is permanent is they are incorporating less retail into all those locations. So I suppose while there hasn't been any malls going permanently out of business, they have scaled back several of them and that probably is equivalent to at least 1 total closing.

[delts145]

Salt Lake County sets sights on a metro police force
Metropolitan policing » County Council will decide today whether to form unified police force

By Jeremiah Stettler

The Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office soon could strip its logo from scores of patrol cars, branding them instead as part of a unified police department that, within months, could replace the sheriff as the law enforcement arm for hundreds of thousands of county residents.

The Salt Lake County Council is expected to sign an agreement with Holladay, Herriman and Riverton today that would transform the sheriff's patrol division into a stand-alone police department governed by the county and the cities it protects.

"This is monumental," Sheriff Jim Winder said. "It is like changing the form of government. ... We are creating a whole new police department from the bottom up."

If approved, the new police force would hit the streets no later than Jan. 1 -- the successful culmination of a years-long debate that once divided policymakers.

While residents would see the sheriff's insignia disappear from their neighborhoods, the more substantive changes would be found within the department. Cities -- once clamoring for more local control -- suddenly would have the power to set police policy and regulate law-enforcement budgets as members of a board of directors.

"Decisions will be made on more of a local basis," said Taylorsville Mayor Russ Wall, whose city will rely on the department for some specialized services. "That is always better."

The sheriff, in turn, would oversee the department's day-to-day operations as its chief executive officer.

What wouldn't change much is the sheriff's service area. The new police force would continue to protect the county's unincorporated suburbs, plus a handful of contract cities including Holladay, Herriman, Riverton and Bluffdale. While Taylorsville would retain its own police department, it would tap the UPD for tailored services such as narcotics, gang prevention or SWAT.

Philosophically, the proposed department represents a push toward metropolitan policing that County Councilman Jim Bradley hopes will prevent "further fragmentation" of law enforcement and provide a model for discussing future collaboration with other cities. "This will be an interesting experiment," agreed Daniel Medwed, a criminal-justice professor at the University of Utah, who suggested that metropolitan police agencies have proven cost-efficient in other parts of the country. "If it works out, maybe other departments will consider coming into the fold."

It would be a welcome reversal for Winder, who recently watched Cottonwood Heights splinter from the Sheriff's Office to form its own police department. The jury remains out on another city -- Bluffdale -- which still is considering contracting for services elsewhere.

"Our feet are to the fire," Winder said. "We have created it. Let's see how it goes."

What's next:
The Salt Lake County Council will decide today whether to become part of a unified police department. The council meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Salt Lake County Government Center, 2001 S. State St.

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[DMTower]

Originally Posted by WeST

Good point. I guess I see those malls differently because they are coming back in some form or another. They haven't been totally lost to the recession. The one thing that is permanent is they are incorporating less retail into all those locations. So I suppose while there hasn't been any malls going permanently out of business, they have scaled back several of them and that probably is equivalent to at least 1 total closing.

In a way, it is a very good thing that these projects are taking on less retail square footage. It means that these projects will no longer suck the vitality out of surrounding areas, and local stores will have more of a fighting chance to establish themselves nearby. With the residential components taking the place of where that retail would have been, these projects begin to feel much more permanent and allow surrounding neighborhoods to blend and form synergy with them.

[delts145]

I agree very much. The mix is much healthier and makes for a much more vibrant 24 hour downtown setting.

[bammbammz]

HEY Guys,
I noticed that the Hyatt at the Gateway has gotten a lot of plug.Is it me? Or has anyone else noticed an almost exact replica of said Hyatt off I-80 by the International Airport?? Doesn't look like it's open yet. Anyone know of this?Looks to be about 5-stories in hieght.

[leerjet]

Hey hey! I just noticed that work seems to have resumed on site clearing at Market Station! Steve Aste mentioned that he thought they would begin excavation this fall. Looks like it might actually happen!

[jmonkey]

^Really?? What area of the project did you see action in? That's really exciting news; I've been holding my breath for this project to get underway.

[John Martin]

Delts, could you post a link to the information about the Holladay village stuff?

I'm liking the project so far. It's nice to see such big changes and so much constant construction in times like these. They just put the new lights in a few days ago, though they won't be operating until the other side of the street is finished. When I drove through today I also saw brick put in the corners of the sidewalk, very nice looking. I'm really excited about this, I'm so happy they're actually doing it and not just talking about it. The City Hall just up the road is also planning some major changes; the fire station is being torn down (possibly relocating to 39th south?) and they have plans to expand the ball field into a huge park, with a bandstand, tennis courts, an ice rink, etc. I think it'll be a very nice area once it's all done.

Originally Posted by bammbammz

HEY Guys,
I noticed that the Hyatt at the Gateway has gotten a lot of plug.Is it me? Or has anyone else noticed an almost exact replica of said Hyatt off I-80 by the International Airport?? Doesn't look like it's open yet. Anyone know of this?Looks to be about 5-stories in hieght.

Yup, it's practically a duplicate, also a Hyatt obviously.