Salt Lake MSA Development Thread - Page 129

Orlando · #**2561** Posted **Mar 10, 2011, 3:23 AM**

It's kind of like a strip mall version of other cities Chinatown's. But, IMO, it will still be a positive addition to the city.

farmerboy · #**2562** Posted **Mar 10, 2011, 4:08 AM**

Agreed, Strip Mall, clever how they only show the parking lots in the floorplans and not in any of the renderings.

delts145 · #**2563** Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 11:53 AM**

Brookings: Utah metros on the mend

Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah’s three major metropolitan areas weathered the recession well, and as a result, they are bouncing back much faster than many of their counterparts across the country.

A new study from Brookings Mountain West, which is a partnership between the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, said that by the close of the fourth quarter of 2010, the metropolitan areas in the Mountain West fell into two categories.

The categories: those metropolitan areas such as Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo/Orem that are consolidating their gains from previous quarters on the way to recovery and those that are still struggling to turn around their economies.

"Four metros — Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden — have experienced some of the swiftest recoveries in the nation," the report said.

And it further noted that six metro areas, including Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake City, beat the national job-creation rate.

— Steven Oberbeck

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delts145 · #**2564** Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 12:08 PM**

Park City - The rebirth of Bonanza Park: nearly 1 million square feet of new buildings

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_17594720?source=most_viewed

The key figure in Bonanza Park on Monday filed an application at City Hall to redevelop a large swath of properties, a broad set of ideas that would involve demolishing the buildings now standing and replacing them with a project that would remake the district...

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delts145 · #**2565** Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 12:12 PM**

Washington School to become a hotel

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_17594710?source=most_viewed

The Washington School Inn, a bed & breakfast on upper Park Avenue, will close April 1 to prepare for a complete renovation.
The building housed a school from 1889 to 1931 and became an inn in the late 1980s. Construction will begin April 4 to create the Washington School House, a boutique hotel with five suites and seven rooms...

The Washington School Inn will close in April and undergo changes to become The Washington School House a boutique hotel in December. Park Record File Photo

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Orlando · #**2566** Posted **Mar 16, 2011, 5:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by delts145

Brookings: Utah metros on the mend

Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah’s three major metropolitan areas weathered the recession well, and as a result, they are bouncing back much faster than many of their counterparts across the country.

A new study from Brookings Mountain West, which is a partnership between the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, said that by the close of the fourth quarter of 2010, the metropolitan areas in the Mountain West fell into two categories.

The categories: those metropolitan areas such as Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo/Orem that are consolidating their gains from previous quarters on the way to recovery and those that are still struggling to turn around their economies.

"Four metros — Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden — have experienced some of the swiftest recoveries in the nation," the report said.

And it further noted that six metro areas, including Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake City, beat the national job-creation rate.

— Steven Oberbeck

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That is great news!!

delts145 · #**2567** Posted **Mar 17, 2011, 12:41 PM**

Salt Lake County panel takes appeals of mountain coaster under advisement

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70536...f-mountain-coaster-under-advisement.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Appeals of a permit to build a mountain coaster at Snowbird ski resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon have been taken under advisement by Salt Lake County’s Board of Adjustment.

The board voted unanimously to hold the matter over to its April 13 meeting to allow time to review the written record and consider the oral arguments waged by opponents of the coaster and representatives of Snowbird...

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delts145 · #**2568** Posted **Mar 17, 2011, 2:04 PM**

Herriman » Sorenson Center earns elite platinum LEED certification.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51409016-78/center-sorenson-building-energy.html.csp#

Herriman • When it opens for business Friday, the J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center won’t just be Salt Lake County’s newest.

The $26.2-million building will join an elite group, one of six projects in the state to achieve platinum certification under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

“This is the first of its kind among recreation centers in the United States,” said Alan D. Rindlisbacher, marketing director for Layton Construction Co., which built the center. The building was designed to use 40 percent less energy than a non-LEED-certified structure of similar size, Rindlisbacher said...

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center in Herriman was financed with $20 million from the Zoos, Arts and Parks tax, along with $1 million from the Jordan School District — which will use the center for swim meets — and a land donation from Herriman.

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Recreation officials and others tour the $26.2 million J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center in Herriman Thursday. The $24 million, 103,000-square-foot platiunum LEED certified building has two pools and a double gymnasium. Sunlight is used as much as possible for daytime illumination.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The leisure pool with water slides, play structures, a lazy river and a water walk at the J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center.

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The lap pool at the platinum LEED-certified J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center in Herriman.

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) One of the six raquetball courts at the J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center, which will serve the cities of Herriman, Riverton and Bluffdale. The $24million, 103,000-square-foot facility is platiunum LEED certified with two pools, a double gymnasium, aerobics studio, track, six racquetball courts and multiuse rooms.

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scottharding · #**2569** Posted **Mar 17, 2011, 6:34 PM**

Wow, that building looks terrific. Downtown Salt Lake really needs a rec center like this.

UTPlanner · #**2570** Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 7:45 PM**

I think it would be cool if there was a facility similar to the Solomon Center in Ogden located downtown. If you've never been up there before it's a pretty incredible facility.

jedikermit · #**2571** Posted **Mar 19, 2011, 12:12 AM**

WVC gets creative to land hotel for its city center
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51436621-76/hotel-west-agency-center.html.csp

By pamela manson

The Salt Lake Tribune

First published Mar 17 2011 04:49PM
Updated Mar 18, 2011 07:10AM
West Valley City • City leaders have landed the four-star hotel they yearned to include in the City Center urban renewal project — thanks to a creative financing deal that means the city’s Redevelopment Agency will own the building for 25 years.

An eight-story Embassy Suites, estimated to cost about $23 million, is expected to break ground in July at 3500 South and Market Street (2842 West) and open next year.

To finance the project, the West Valley City Redevelopment Agency will borrow about $30 million from a private lender, and will own the hotel.

West Valley Lodging Initiatives (WVLI), a private company based in Las Vegas and a Hilton franchisee, will build the hotel and operate it, make monthly lease payments to the development agency until the loan is repaid, then take ownership of the building.

The arrangement was approved Tuesday by the City Council.

Councilman Don Christensen praised the city’s economic development team for coming up with an innovative way to entice a high-end hotel to the project.

“That’s what we’re looking for right now in this recession,” he said. “It‘s going to be a major part of the project. We’re excited about it coming.”
....there's a little more about the design in the article--check it out if you're interested. Sounds like a good move for the city and that city center project in particular. Good job, WVC!

SLC Projects · #**2572** Posted **Mar 19, 2011, 2:44 AM**

While this is very exciting to think WV could be breaking ground THIS July on a eight story hotel it's kind of hard for me to get my hopes up. If this Embassy Suites will be like anything like what was proposed for in "Pleasant Grove" then this hotel will come on line........................well never. I just hope WV has better luck with this then PG.

But I'll believe it when I start to see steel beams rising.

jedikermit · #**2573** Posted **Mar 19, 2011, 5:06 AM**

I do think that this project has more going for it than the PG project did; more support from the city council, not just a single developer, closer to the airport, Maverik Center, restaurants, etc. nearby. I also like that they're trying to build a city center for WVC. You're right, things could still go awry, and I want to see a rendering for this, but hopefully they've done everything right for this to work.

SLC Projects · #**2574** Posted **Mar 19, 2011, 3:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by jedikermit

I do think that this project has more going for it than the PG project did; more support from the city council, not just a single developer, closer to the airport, Maverik Center, restaurants, etc. nearby. I also like that they're trying to build a city center for WVC. You're right, things could still go awry, and I want to see a rendering for this, but hopefully they've done everything right for this to work.

Me too. Don't get me wrong, I love this idea. It only makes sense that West Valley being Utah's 2nd biggest city and all really should have it's own downtown or city center. Until now the city was only really known for having strip malls, office parks and a rundown mall. Things are changing for the better for WVC. I wish when this story broke yesterday there would of been a rendering or two. Oh well. I do have my fingers cross for this to take off. Since I drive by that area each day on I-215 I've seen just how much the Mall and area has improved during these last few years.

scottharding · #**2575** Posted **Mar 20, 2011, 1:27 AM**

The reason I put a little more faith in this proposal vs the PG one, is that the PG proposal was a bit preemptive, while this development is overdue.

delts145 · #**2576** Posted **Mar 20, 2011, 10:57 AM**

I agree Scott. I think the PG project will still happen, but down the road a bit. We need another economic/growth boom for Utah Valley before Pleasant Grove's aspirations materialize. This development in West Valley is overdue, much as the convention center in Provo was. There is enough economic/demographic pressure already in place to sell this as a needed investment.

delts145 · #**2577** Posted **Mar 20, 2011, 11:05 AM**

This new Scheels is going to be a much bigger deal than I had originally understood. Sounds very cool.

Sandy reels in sporting goods giant Scheels

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51444076-78/sandy-scheels-development-duerksen.html.csp#

It will be big — 220,000 square feet. And it will be like no other retail outlet in Utah, complete with a 65-foot-tall Ferris wheel and a 16,000-gallon salt-water aquarium.

Scheels, the sporting goods and apparel giant, is coming to Sandy at a new development to be called One Fourteen, at 11400 South between Interstate 15 and State Street.

The official groundbreaking is scheduled for April 6. It is expected to open in the fall of 2012.

“Scheels will be a beautiful addition and will provide a new retail and entertainment opportunity for the residents of Sandy and Salt Lake County as well as provide more than 400 new jobs to our local economy,” ...

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delts145 · #**2578** Posted **Mar 20, 2011, 11:39 AM**

Bonanza Park developer: project won't siphon away business from Main Street

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_17646561

...The developer recently filed papers at City Hall to build more than 900,000 square feet of residential properties, commercial space and institutional buildings like medical offices in the Bonanza Park district.

It would be the most ambitious redo of an already built district in Park City's history, and Main Street oftentimes sees new projects as competition.

The developer, though, does not envision his project at Bonanza Park siphoning business away from Main Street. Instead, Mark J. Fischer, who does not have holdings on Main Street, sees a redone Bonanza Park district as providing a boost for the businesses on Main Street...

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Future Mayor · #**2579** Posted **Mar 22, 2011, 5:51 PM**

I have to applaud WVC, they seem to be doing the "lets create a downtown" in the logical small steps approach.

We have our City Hall here, across the street is a crap hole mall, and about a mile away is the entertainment/hospitality core of the city. How to connect these areas and create some growth?

Let's encourage the mall to remodel, add out buildings and do an overall upgrade (not sure to what extent the city helped if any) We are getting a traxx extension, lets bring it past our entertainment core and end it right on our front door (City Hall). The connections are in place. Now they are building a piece at a time to increase density in the area, a highend, full service hotel, near City Hall, close to transportation. Eight stories tall, is this a skyscraper? No, but is it a major increase in height for WVC? Yes. I fully expect to see a mid-rise (5-8 story) office building in the WVC core in the next 5-10 years. It's organic growth as there is a demand. Sandy should takes some notes.

Sandy already has the mid-rise office in their downtown, but how does their "downtown" connect via transit? Sandy, come up with a solution for connecting your transit options, of which you'll have both Traxx and FrontRunner and entice a hotel chain or business of some sort to come in and built the next tall building in Sandy, maybe 10-15 stories.

In my opinion, MAJOR developments like the formerly proposed Proscenium, or redevelopments can be successful when the organic growth of a city demands it, as in City Creek Center, and that development or redevelopment is just a small part of the overall city core. However in the case of Sandy to create the city through one development seems very out of reach. WVC is doing it in small pieces, and will eventually grow with more buildings and more height.

In regards to proscenium, IMO that project would have had a much better chance for success if it was proposed in downtown SLC. While it was a huge project it would have just been a piece of the greater downtown SLC rather than the entire downtown Sandy.

I haven't posted in days, sorry if that entire thing was just a huge ramble.

jedikermit · #**2580** Posted **Mar 22, 2011, 6:46 PM**

I liked that ramble, Future Mayor. It is nice to see a city trying to do things the right way. One barrier to building something from the TRAX Plaza/Hotel and connecting it to City Hall and Valley Fair Mall is that Toys R Us/Staples/Strip Mall there...I'm sure Toys R Us and Staples bring quite a bit of revenue so they shouldn't be eliminated, but if there were a remodeling plan that moved them and opened up that central corridor, it'd be a good thing. Otherwise you have a big barrier to that corridor--it doesn't make much sense to leave it as is. Has anyone heard anything about remodeling or removing those buildings?