Salt Lake MSA Development Thread - Page 148

jedikermit · #**2941** Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 2:01 PM**

That sounds great--for the amateur groups that it's talking about. Murray's summer theater in the park has been a strong program for decades--I've had students and former students perform in various productions, and I think it's a great asset for the performing arts. Glad they're moving forward with this.

SLC Projects · #**2942** Posted **Dec 6, 2011, 5:06 PM**

Crews are about ready with the foundation that is being poured for the Embassy Suites hotel in west valley city.

jedikermit · #**2943** Posted **Dec 6, 2011, 11:32 PM**

Oh, nice. I was just wondering about that site the other day. Thanks for the pic!

delts145 · #**2944** Posted **Dec 16, 2011, 12:21 PM**

Utah cities among top U.S. economic performers

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/5...areas.html.csp

When it comes to measuring how well cities nationally and in the region are functioning in today’s challenging economy, Utah metro areas are among the tops, two new reports show.

The Ogden-to-Provo metropolitan corridor placed three cities in the Top 15 in economic activity among a list of the nation’s “Best Performing” metro areas, and Logan was the No. 1 small city.

Salt Lake City was No. 6, Provo-Orem No. 9 and Ogden-Clearfield No. 15 on the Milken Institute’s 2011 index released Thursday...

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Utah has a diverse technology sector, featuring operations such as IM Flash Technologies in Lehi, a quality lifestyle and low relative costs, said Kevin Klowden, an economist and director of the Milken Center in California.

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Stenar · #**2945** Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 2:32 AM**

Sandy charts a ‘suburban renaissance’ with walkable villages, mass transit

BY CHRISTOPHER SMART
The Salt Lake Tribune

(Source: Sandy City via Salt Lake Tribune)

Sandy is the quintessential American suburb: single-family homes, shopping malls and neighborhoods intersected by big boulevards that weren’t designed with pedestrians and bicycles in mind.

But an ambitious, long-range plan seeks to retool that vision: Think villages with condos and apartments, offices and shops within walking distance, lots of green space, parks and trails. And yes, mass transit.

Sandy officials are calling it a “suburban renaissance for the 21st century” — a master plan for a 30-year build-out that will yield a much more defined “suburban downtown.” It seeks to create a city center that would build on existing amenities, including Rio Tinto Stadium and the Expo Center, and attract a critical mass of residents, offices and small retail within a pedestrian-friendly framework.

(The Arbutus Lands project in Vancouver, British Columbia, is similar in density, open space and walkability to Sandy
City's newly proposed master plan. The vision for a 30-year buildout in Sandy, between 9000 South and 10600 South
from Interstate 15 to the TRAX light rail line, emphasizes mass transit. Courtesy photo)

Read the rest of the article at:
www.sltrib.com

CountyLemonade · #**2946** Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 8:37 AM**

Somewhat related to above, has anyone noticed that Sandy lost just shy of 1,000 residents between 2000 and 2010? That surprised me, to say the least. I can't fathom how a south valley suburb like Sandy lost population. I realize it's pretty built out, but still.

delts145 · #**2947** Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 11:50 AM**

Good to see Sandy finally taking some positive steps with it's core.

Regarding it's population loss, I imagine it's simply the maturing of households, and many of the children of those large families moving out of their parent's homes and in to other areas. Also, you have a lot of families who simply moved up to newer, larger homes before the bust. Probably a fair share of those new home owners in places like Daybreak and Eagle Mountain were former Sandy residents. Now many of those people moving into those thousands of homes below 1300 East are smaller, starter families, with fewer residents per household. I'm surprised Sandy didn't lose even more population.

delts145 · #**2948** Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 1:01 PM**

Historic building opens as newly renovated hotel

http://www.parkrecord.com/summit_cou...ss/ci_19564753

www.everettpotter.com

Gina Barker, The Park Record

Getting a taste of the "home away from home" experience is what the newly renovated hotel and historic Park City building near Main Street, the Washington School House Hotel, is all about.

www.washingtonschoolhouse.com

With 12 guest room and 12 staff members, the Washington School House is all about personal service where employees know everyone's name where they are from and what brought them to Park City, said general manager, Jessica Davis...

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SLC Projects · #**2949** Posted **Dec 19, 2011, 12:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stenar

Sandy charts a ‘suburban renaissance’ with walkable villages, mass transit

BY CHRISTOPHER SMART
The Salt Lake Tribune

(Source: Sandy City via Salt Lake Tribune)

Sandy has a long ways to go and I mean LONG WAYS. To tell you all the truth, I've been disappointed with Sandy for a few years now. I used to had high hopes for that city, but after seeing nothing really happening when it came with walkable development, I've kind of move on to West Valley as the suburban city with the urban walkable city center "action" that Sandy city lacks. I do like the vision of Sandy City, but with them it's always been talk. I'll believe it when I see it. Or start to see development.

redzeppelin · #**2950** Posted **Dec 19, 2011, 4:10 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CountyLemonade

Somewhat related to above, has anyone noticed that Sandy lost just shy of 1,000 residents between 2000 and 2010? That surprised me, to say the least. I can't fathom how a south valley suburb like Sandy lost population. I realize it's pretty built out, but still.

There hasn't been much in the way of large-scale residential development within Sandy for long time, right? My guess is that a lot of the young families that moved to Sandy in the 90s are growing up, the kids are moving out, and their parents are becoming empty nesters. Suburban demographics can be cyclical like that, especially at the neighborhood level. New develeopment goes in, fills up with young families with kids, population booms because the per-household average is higher there than the general average, then the per-household average drops off as kids move out. New families will replace some of the empty nesters, but you never get back to that early stage when every house in the neighborhood has kids. Hopefully, you eventually level off with a stable mix of familiy types to keep the neighborhood healthy. That's what happened in Sandy. They built out the city, then the neighborhoods matured and stabilized.

Future Mayor · #**2951** Posted **Dec 19, 2011, 4:24 PM**

I like Sandy's new approach to it's "suburban downtown" They do have a long way to go and a few things that are existing need to be adjusted or removed and replaced but I think there is potential with the way they have the area around City Hall layed out.

As with many of us on here I am completley against Sandy having 25+ story highrises, but honestly, with some major road changes and access improvements I can see Sandy being a nice suburban downtown with 4-10 story residential buildings, some town home/row houses, along with up to 10 story buildings in the area.

I think it posted it a long time ago but IMO, in order for Sandy to accomplish it's goal of a it's vibrant suburban downtown South Town Center will eventually need to be demolished and rebuilt in more of a lifestyle, urban design, that has street presence. I'll see if I can locate the map I created.

If Sandy can accomplish it's goals, that would be three great suburban downtowns in the valley, that have grown from older suburbs, including Murray, and WVC. There will of course also be the village centers in Daybreak. I think the reason these all may actually be accomplished is that the Salt Lake Valley, is begining to approach built out stage (yes I realize there is still a lot of room on the west side, but relatively speaking the valley is getting there) Due to the natural growth boundaries that are in place the valley will be forced to grow up, thus creating the demand for all of the Suburban Centers.

Future Mayor · #**2952** Posted **Dec 19, 2011, 4:45 PM**

The red line simply defines "downtown Sandy"

You will notice that the existing grass area that exists north of the mall and south of city hall has been continued all the way down to 106th S, and a surface street network has been created around that as the core.

The blue is Trax, Frontrunner, and a bus circular that travels between the two.

Purple shows access to 90th, and yellow is the major access points from I-15.

The grid would accomplish many things 1) create a traffic pattern that could handle the increase in traffic. 2) Create a more apporpriate scale to become walkable 3) opportunities for a mix of uses throughout the area.

delts145 · #**2953** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 12:43 PM**

Question?? Have any of you been having problems with the Tribune website lately?

Crews top off giant Scheels store in Sandy

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/5...heels.html.csp

The Salt Lake Tribune

Scheels company officials marked the completion Wednesday of the steel framework for a 220,000-square-foot sporting goods and apparel store in Sandy.

Scheduled to open in October 2012, the store will feature an interior 65-foot-tall Ferris wheel and a 16,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, in addition to nearly 1 million products, including footwear, firearms, fishing rigs, team-sports equipment and winter-sports gear. It will have several "sports simulators" where shoppers can test a hockey stick or hit golf balls into a video screen.

The store is expected to provide 400 jobs. It is in a new real estate development to be called One Fourteen at 11400 South between Interstate 15 and State Street. Sandy competed with Boise to land the Fargo, N.D.-based company, which has 23 stores in eight states.

(Kim Raff | The Salt Lake Tribune) Outdoors store Scheels store leader, Karen Jones, puts the last bolt in the exterior steel structure completing the steel framework for the store in Sandy on Wednesday. The store uses 4 million pounds of structural steel and the store is expected to open in Oct. 6, 2012.

(Kim Raff | The Salt Lake Tribune)

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Stenar · #**2954** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 4:04 AM**

Magna’s Arbor Park development nearing approval
BY TOM HARVEY
The Salt Lake Tribune

Developer John Gust’s family has owned the Arbor Park area of Magna since 1928. And now, he says, the 17-acre area at 8400 W. (Utah 111) and 3500 South is ripe for redevelopment with 150,000 square feet of retail and office space that will keep Magna residents in the town instead of having them drive to other areas for purchases.

Gust of Arbor Park Associates LLC and partner KC Gardner Co. run by prominent developer Kem Gardner are poised to begin construction on the $15 million to $20 million Arbor Park project of retail areas and office space in Magna on the Salt Lake Valley’s west side. Financing is being provided by Zions Bank, said Gust....

“The good news is we have an active developer,” said Carpenter. “Some other things we’re hoping will be announced are exciting retail opportunities.”

“It’ll be a mix of retail, a grocery, restaurants, fast casual food — various shops,” said Gust, who said he could not disclose which businesses had signed leases nor with which ones negotiations were underway.

Gust has been behind the developments at The District in South Jordan, the Jordan Creek Town Center and Draper Crossing. Arbor Park is designed much like them, he said.

“There’s a lot of connectivity to it with walkways,” Gust said. “There’ll be updated lighting, benches; there’ll be kind of a sitting area out in the corner.”

The development will have access to mass transit from the Utah Transit Authority’s 3500 South bus rapid transit line.

Renovation of some existing buildings has begun but new construction will wait final approvals and negotiations with two major retailers whose names he could not disclose, Gust said.

www.sltrib.com

delts145 · #**2955** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 2:16 PM**

The Kimball Art Center envisions a major transformation

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_19603359

www.gigplexdesign.com

The Park Record

Five of the nation's top architectural firms recently accepted a challenge to re-imagine the Kimball Art Center. The results are on display now in the Kimball's Badami Gallery.

As part of an ambitious design competition, the five were chosen from a field of 12 firms that submitted proposals for an approximately $6 million addition onto the center's existing space at the intersection of Main Street and Heber Avenue.

But the Kimball Art Center board wants more than an addition. In their words, they are looking for a "transformation."...

Kimball Art Center design proposal submitted by Sparano + Money Architecture of Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. http://www.sparanomooney.com

Kimball Art Center design proposal by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, headquartered in New York City. http://www.twbta.com

Kimball Art Center design proposal by Brooks + Scarpa of Los Angeles http://www.brooksscarpa.com

Kimball Art Center design proposal by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group of Copenhagen, Denmark and New York. http://www.big.dk

The Kimball Art Center redesign submitted by Will Bruder + Partners Ltd. based in Phoenix, Az. www.willbruder.com

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SLC Projects · #**2956** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 4:22 PM**

3rd one down would be my pick.

chad.farnes · #**2957** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 5:31 PM**

I agree. Third one down was my favorite too

Orlando · #**2958** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 5:41 PM**

Nice find Delts! Where did you find that? I kind of hope that the Salt Lake firm gets it. But, I agree that the third one down looks the coolest. Todd Williams and Billie Tsien does some very cool museum stuff, though, and Bruder's work is always very interesting, too. Tough choice. But, some very good choices at least.

delts145 · #**2959** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 6:50 PM**

Hey Orlando, It's from the Park City newspaper, which I like to check up on regularly. There's always some interesting developments going on in the Park City area. Go to Parkrecord.com.

Future Mayor · #**2960** Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 4:02 PM**

I too like the third one, but I am going to go out on a limb and say that the planning commission and city council might think it's a bit to much for Park City. Just a quess.