Posted Jul 17, 2010, 5:44 PM
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I have to chuckle when I hear someone say 12 stories in Cottonwood Heights is 12 stories that could've been downtown. It really doesn't work that way. So far the Old Mill development has done a good job of attracting big companies (Overstock.com headquarters, Mrs. Fields headquarters, Extraspace headquarters, and JetBlue corporate offices are all located in or near that development). They're located there for a reason, and if they weren't there, they'd probably just be in some other suburb, maybe even another state. I know several people who work in the development, from CEO to mail-sorter, as well as the developer who is spear-heading this new tower, and I really don't think any of them have any desire to leave their big houses to live in or near downtown, or drive a much longer commute just so they can appreciate the 'urbanity' of downtown.
There needs to be a much greater variety of housing options downtown for it to thrive as a business district. Locating more businesses there in exchange for longer commutes is not urban at all.
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