Northern Metro ~ Station Park
Station Park adding eateries, hotel
BY TOM BUSSELBERG - Associate Editor - The Davis Clipper
FARMINGTON — If you haven’t stopped by Farmington’s Station Park for a few weeks, you haven’t seen
everything.
That’s because the multi-faceted center keeps adding to its mix of retail stores, theaters and restaurants. It’s also
becoming home to a growing number of office suites.
Adding to that is the anticipated announcement by late spring of a new five-story hotel that will be the first of its kind
in Northern Utah, said Craig Trottier, vice-president of properties for Center Cal Properties.
He enthusiastically walked the Clipper through parts of the property, which will eventually encompass one million square
feet of space.
Among new additions to the mix of tenants are:
• Habit Burger, which opened earlier this month, the eatery’s first Utah location
• The GYM at Station Park, a 25,000 square-foot upscale fitness/spa facility patterned after one recently opened at
City Creek Center in Salt Lake City
• H&M department store, the first in Davis County, and will cover about 25,000 square feet, due open in early
summer
• A Nordstrom Rack is due to see completion later this year, going up in the “power corridor” near Harmon’s and
adjacent stores
• A new 120-room five-story hotel, including main floor retail, will be announced shortly
• The pavilions adjacent to the fountain will house an Orange Leaf, Starbuck’s, Bandido Taquerias, Sugar Daisy Bakery,
Asian fusion restaurant and Melty Way cheese sandwich eatery, all set to open shortly
A couple-hundred thousand square feet of office space is also an important part of the mix, Trottier said.
The first office building is completed and is home to a law firm, which moved from Salt Lake City, and a CPA firm,
which relocated from Layton, as its first tenants.
The building is prime office space, with African mahogany walls, Italian marble counter tops and other upscale
amenities. Construction is underway on three more buildings that should see completion by fall, and a fourth will be
started soon, Trottier said.
“We’re negotiating with other companies” to move in, he said, emphasizing that “we wouldn’t be building so fast” if
the demand weren’t there.
He attributes that demand to the quality he sees in his project.
“This is providing an office level that hasn’t been seen in Davis County before,” Trottier said.
The new clients are excited about the amenities, which also include views of the mountains to the east, the fountain
and gardens at the center of the development, and the many shops and restaurants.
“So many senior executives live in Davis County,” he said. “They have not had such a facility” to gravitate to close to
home.
More than 3,000 people work at Station Park, boosted by at least 500 construction workers at any given time, Trottier
said.
These people can eat their lunch next to the fountain, order lunch at a restaurant and eat on the patio, or relax or eat in
a new atrium area planned as part of a 190,000 square-foot office and retail complex under construction, he said.
A “small-town USA feel” is what executives at Center Cal are hoping for, Trottier said. Part of that is offering 11
summer concerts that he hopes will attract more than the 3,000 to 4,000 who, on average, attended last year’s first
such events.
There will also be holiday-themed events and ice skating again next winter, he said.
“It is significant,” said Kent Sulser, Davis County Economic Development director of the project. “When you have
stores, including well-known national tenants coming in from outside the area” that signals the strength of Station Park,
he said.
The future hotel and H&M Clothier’s contribute to it becoming a regional center, Sulser said.
“It’s going to be great to have professional firms where employees don’t have to commute into the downtown market and
yet have the fantastic venue there, with all the restaurants and entertainment,” he said. “That quality is sending a
message to the region and others who are coming in.”
The county sees an optimistic future in Davis County, Sulser added.
“It is going to continue to grow and develop,” he said.
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UTA to make more cash off Station Park property
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The Davis Clipper | BY EMILY THOMPSON
Clipper Correspondent
FARMINGTON — A recent approval from the Utah State Legislature will allow the Utah Transit Authority to contribute its
real property in exchange for an interest in a joint venture company. That means the transit centers are allowed to
become moneymaking zones for UTA, in addition to earning revenue from ticket sales and getting a share of tax
money.
Project managers for UTA have chosen to develop such an area within the property it owns at Station Park, and
a developer has been chosen to begin a mixed-use residential and retail zone.
The Thackery Garn Company was awarded the contract to oversee that development, which will be called
“Farmington Station.” A development of similar use and size is being planned for the Clearfield Transit station, and the
same developer has been awarded that project.
It is expected that 300-500 residential units will be built within the eight-acre property,
and a full range of amenities
will be offered for the residents.
Due to the loss of the majority of parking stalls within the current UTA parking field, parking structures will be built
to accommodate the Frontrunner riders as well as the residents and customers of Farmington Station. Meanwhile,
similar parking structures in Salt Lake County stand empty and have been called albatrosses by civic leaders there.
A variety of sought-after stores is expected to be added to the retail portion of Farmington Station, increasing the
retail base within the entire Station Park area.
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Utah’s third Apple Store coming soon, likely in Farmington
Retail » Location headed for Farmington’s Station Park shopping center.
By Vince Horiuchi | The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56411192-79/apple-store-center-utah.html.csp
Apple is planning to open a third retail store in Utah, according to its corporate website.
The job listings for the electronics giant state only that it is hiring for a new location in Salt Lake City. But the widely
read Apple news blog, Apple Insider, says the site will be the Station Park shopping center in Farmington...
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