Provo MSA Development Thread

[delts145]

Originally Posted by John Martin

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.


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...


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/70003...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


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]

Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

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

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/70004...roject-stalled-but-operational.html?pg=1

More Utah Valley development news

[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...


(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]

Originally Posted by 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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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...


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/70005...upport-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...


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


(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/neighborhoo...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

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.



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.

[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]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

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

I've like to hear the other 45,680 reasons.

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

"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? People are not really this stupid......are they?

[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!