Salt Lake MSA Development Thread - Page 117

nickfreakingrules · #**2321** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 8:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by arkhitektor

Fashion Place can have Crate & Barrel, we've already seen renderings of the flagship "Brate & Carrel" store at City Creek Center.

They mentioned the fashion place store was going to be their only store in the market "for a while" so I really think they aren't open a city creek store anymore.

delts145 · #**2322** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 11:09 AM**

New WVC marketplace getting under way

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhoo...arketplace-road-west-businesses.html.csp

..."It’s been a long time. We’ve been very patient to resolve issues,” he said. “We’re enthusiastic about it and hoping to create a beautiful destination place that’s going to be the crown jewel of West Valley City.”

Construction had been scheduled to start last spring, but city leaders said it’s been challenging obtaining the complete 20 to 30 acres for the marketplace around 1200 West and 3300 South, as well as getting a new road going through the area...

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TonyAnderson · #**2323** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 12:03 PM**

Delts, Don't you just love the Trib's new image viewer? Either incredibly small and unviewable or incredibly zoomed in and distorted.

wrendog · #**2324** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 2:31 PM**

I guess it only took a few years for Utah to become sufficiently educated.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=292043

arkhitektor · #**2325** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by nickfreakingrules

They mentioned the fashion place store was going to be their only store in the market "for a while" so I really think they aren't open a city creek store anymore.

I know, that was a joke. One of the CCC renderings shows a store with a sign saying "Brate & Carrel" instead of "Crate & Barrel"

VelvetElvis · #**2326** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 3:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by wrendog

I guess it only took a few years for Utah to become sufficiently educated.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=292043

A nice bit of detective work there. Of course, falling rates of education aren't a laughing matter, but I do have to grin at the thought of Crate & Barrel and Cheesecake Factory "slummin'" it. I wonder what provoked such a decline in their virtue?

delts145 · #**2327** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

Delts, Don't you just love the Trib's new image viewer? Either incredibly small and unviewable or incredibly zoomed in and distorted.

Yeah, what is up with that??

SLC Projects · #**2328** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 7:35 PM**

Kind of wish the new WVC marketplace would be develop closer to where everything else is in WVC such as the E- Center and the Mall and not have it hidden down a back road.

SLC Projects · #**2329** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 7:43 PM**

Breaking News: The West Jordan Airport ( Airport number 2 ) could be closing.

South Valley Regional Airport could move from West Jordan
By Becky Bruce
Ksl.com

WEST JORDAN -- Officials in West Jordan are mulling over a plan to move the South Valley Regional Airport.

Congressman Jason Chaffetz says it's a safety concern. "I think the safety issue is probably right at the top of the agenda as to what should we really, ultimately do with this airport?" he says.

The South Valley Regional Airport, also known as Salt Lake City Municipal Airport II, can't expand its runways because of the nearby neighborhoods and soccer fields. It can't get a traffic control tower and it's on the flight path for Salt Lake International Airport.

Chaffetz says the airport would be a great spot for economic development. Salt Lake City owns the land.

The city council will discuss options at a meeting next month.

skyguy414 · #**2330** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 8:43 PM**

Closing that airport isn't really up to Chaffetz or West Jordan. Salt Lake City owns the South Valley airport (as well as the Tooele airport and SLC Int'l). Plus you can't just close an airport with a flip of a switch.

Chaffetz doesn't know what he's talking about. He needs to elaborate and back up his concerns about "safety". The airport exceeds FAA safety standards in all aspects and is suitably sized for its purpose, a reliever General Aviation airport, nothing more. They don't need room to expand that airport because it will always be just a GA airport.

Chaffetz has no expertise on the matter and is only looking at the airport as a waste of space, which it isn't. That airport contributes to the economy.

arkhitektor · #**2331** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 8:58 PM**

I'm guessing that the real danger is that the airport is in the way of somebody's development schemes. If they move it, the people who bought homes next to the airport won't have to deal with all that pesky noise and somebody will make a lot of money building more houses where the airport is now.

from the article:
"Chaffetz says the airport would be a great spot for economic development."

skyguy414 · #**2332** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 9:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by arkhitektor

I'm guessing that the real danger is that the airport is in the way of somebody's development schemes. If they move it, the people who bought homes next to the airport won't have to deal with all that pesky noise and somebody will make a lot of money building more houses where the airport is now.

from the article:
"Chaffetz says the airport would be a great spot for economic development."

That's exactly the reason. And the airport has been there much longer than any development in the area has, so its not like they didn't know it was there. The airport used to be completely surrounded by farms and fields, now its surrounded by development.

Salt Lake City seems to have plans to keep the airport growing. They won't be adding any new runways or anything major, but there will be new hangars and buildings added. Plus there currently is a wait to get a hangar there because they are all leased. And to add onto that, the Army National Guard has a presence there, they will have a say in the matter as well.

So I don't understand how Chaffetz thinks he can just "move" an airport. Move it where? The other airports in the area can't pick up the slack, they are all full too. And I don't see a new airport being built, that process would take 10+ years to get all the approval and assessments done and to aquire land, etc. Look how long it took St. George to get themselves a new airport.

Anyway, Chaffetz needs to think about his stupid ideas before he goes blabbing to the media. Even though he has little influence over the matter, he just labeled himself as an enemy to the aviation community and all the aviation advocacy organizations will step in to fight him.

Stenar · #**2333** Posted **Sep 17, 2010, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by skyguy414

Anyway, Chaffetz needs to think about his stupid ideas before he goes blabbing to the media. Even though he has little influence over the matter, he just labeled himself as an enemy to the aviation community and all the aviation advocacy organizations will step in to fight him.

Chaffetz is always blabbing some stupid idea or another to the meda. I have yet to hear him say anything even remotely coherent.

delts145 · #**2334** Posted **Sep 18, 2010, 10:22 AM**

Local, federal officials consider future of South Valley Regional Airport - Chaffetz says it needs to be improved or shut down

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70006...-South-Valley-Regional-Airport.html?pg=2

The South Valley Regional Airport, also known as Airport No. 2, in West Jordan. (Mike Terry, Deseret News)

Most people would conclude that the status quo (of South Valley Regional Airport) is not sustainable long term," Chaffetz said. "They either need to expand the airport and have it truly grow into something, or let's shut it down and change it into something else. I happen to think that shutting it down might be the best long-term strategy."

South Valley Regional Airport supports business-related flights, law enforcement flying services, recreational flying, flight training, air charters and the transport of mail and newspapers. A Utah National Guard Army Aviation Support facility also is housed on the airfield.

Chaffetz said other Utah airports would welcome the National Guard presence.

"Provo, in particular, has expressed a lot of interest in having an expanding airport," he said.

The Provo Airport, a general-aviation airfield on the west edge of Provo, is positioned next to Utah Lake and thus doesn't have the encroachment issues of South Valley Regional, he said...

...Salt Lake City Councilman Carlton Christensen described the West Jordan airport as "a key component of general aviation" in the Salt Lake Valley.

"I just don't see that discussion going very far," Christensen said.

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delts145 · #**2335** Posted **Sep 18, 2010, 10:53 AM**

Pedestrian, equestrian tunnel soon to connect Dimple Dell Park

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhood/southvalley/50252907-132/park-east-1300-tunnel.html.csp

Dimple Dell Recreational Nature Park is a great place to ride horses, mountain bikes or just hike. Dogs are also welcome, as long as they are on a leash.

Now the park is about to get even better.

Known for its natural history study areas and native plants, the 644-acre park is long and narrow, running from 3000 East down the Dry Creek drainage to 300 East. Until now, park users had to cross busy 1300 East to get from the east part of the park to its western reaches.

But a cooperative project under way between the Utah Department of Transportation, Sandy City and Salt Lake County will result, among other things, in a tunnel beneath 1300 East. The 14-foot wide, 14-foot high passageway will allow equestrians, bikers and hikers access to both sides of the park just north of 10600 South without having to brave the hazards of auto traffic...

(Scott Sommerdorf l The Salt Lake Tribune) A group of equestrian riders heads west on one of Dimple Dell Park's trails toward an are that will soon have a tunnel built that will allow them to pass under 1300 East at Dimple Dell Park. When completed in November, the tunnel will allow equestrians, bikers and hikers to go from the park's east end to its west side without crossing the busy traffic lanes on 1300 East.

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VelvetElvis · #**2336** Posted **Sep 18, 2010, 3:46 PM**

Great idea. Dimple Dell/Dry Creek funnels all the way from the Cottonwood Canyon areas down to nearly State St. and the Jordan River. I wonder if they will put a tunnel under 700 east some day. It would be nice to guarantee the integrity of that geographic feature for generations to come.

delts145 · #**2337** Posted **Sep 19, 2010, 11:22 AM**

Public invited to golf course groundbreaking at Canyons

Patrick Parkinson
The Record Staff

For about a decade there was little progress made on the development of a golf course at the Canyons resort, but a groundbreaking scheduled Tuesday at the ski area will finally signal the start of construction.
Officials expect the project to result in an 18-hole public golf course at Canyons. The hope is that the facility will provide a catalyst for building activity near the resort.

After Tuesday's groundbreaking, work near State Road 224 could get underway next spring, Summit County Manager Bob Jasper said.

Course designers have been hired and a map of the proposed golf course will be unveiled at the groundbreaking, he added.

County officials are looking forward to the ceremony. Jasper said he plans to attend the groundbreaking with members of the Summit County Council.

The owner of Canyons is Talisker. Talisker Chief Executive Officer Jack Bistricer may attend Tuesday's groundbreaking.

The public is also invited. The ceremony will take place Tuesday at 10 a.m. near the ninth hole of the proposed golf course. There will be valet parking available at the Waldorf Astoria of Park City and attendees will be transported to the announcement location.

"I know we have been through this before. But we have never had a groundbreaking and I have never been wearing a hard hat and thanking everybody for showing up," Summit County Council Chairwoman Claudia McMullin said. "If it happens, which I have no reason to doubt currently, but when this happens it is the event. It's the groundbreaking. It is going forward. The golf course is starting."

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SLCdude · #**2338** Posted **Sep 19, 2010, 9:15 PM**

I haven't heard anything lately on the "taller buildings" issue in Cottonwood Heights. Wasn't the Cottonwood Heights Planning Commission supposed to vote on the amendment on September 15th?

TonyAnderson · #**2339** Posted **Sep 22, 2010, 10:01 AM**

The planning commission gave it an OK. Now it goes to the council, where many believe it won't be passed due to citizen's overwhelming protests against it.

delts145 · #**2340** Posted **Sep 22, 2010, 12:23 PM**

Speaking of which:

Most Cottonwood Heights residents oppose becoming more urban

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhoo...nd-buildings-council-cottonwood.html.csp

For more than a year, debate has raged in the east-side suburb of Cottonwood Heights over allowing building construction in some areas to exceed the city’s current six-story cap.

“This has been controversial,” City Manager Liane Stillman said of the push to sprout structures up to 12 stories tall. “The City Council has tried very hard to educate people on the pros and cons.”...

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