Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 4

[Future Mayor]

I do know that Old & New has put out some ideas for the former Holding block, but a Fortune 100 company campus plan is very intriguing.

[linguisize]

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

No. That's what I was referring to in my post.

However, the rfp mentioned that the new hotel couldn't hinder the solar panels already installed. Wouldn't the south east corner likely be the worst spot for the hotel with this in mind? That said, I'd absolutely love if they kept the hotel to current convention center space. NW corner would be awesome in my opinion.

[scottharding]

I notice the crane is up and in action at the La Porte project again. Are they back in business?

[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by linguisize

However, the rfp mentioned that the new hotel couldn't hinder the solar panels already installed. Wouldn't the south east corner likely be the worst spot for the hotel with this in mind? That said, I'd absolutely love if they kept the hotel to current convention center space. NW corner would be awesome in my opinion.

The SE corner that someone brought up and that I mentioned was the SE corner of 300 W and S. Temple, as opposed the the SE corner of the Salt Palace, which would be a horrible location in relation to the solar panels. Makid mentioned that the SE corner of the Salt Palace (NW corner of 200 S and W. Temple) is not the site they are thinking of.

[RC14]

Here are some pictures I took a few days ago of one of the new rooms on the 12th floor of the Shilo Inn. The furniture (except for the TV) is the old furniture. The new furniture will start arriving within the next month from what I understand.











And an old room for comparison:








The lobbies for the glass elevator are being blocked off to build min suites.

[StevenF]

You should send some of those poster sized images of the Shilo to AjiuO as we all know he would love a poster sized image of that building.

[Old&New]

Originally Posted by StevenF

Old&New I have a project for you. I was looking at google maps and looked at the parking lot that takes up a full city block just off main at the Courthouse TRAX station and thought of an idea.

What "if" a fortune 100 company came in and purchased the full block and made a campus out of it? I would love to see an idea tossed into that area of what it might look like with a few office buildings, employee only plaza/park in the middle (or anywhere you might think is best), retail, and anything else you might think a fortune 100 company would do with a full city block campus.

[Future Mayor]

How about something along the lines of the proposed Hilton at the Cleveland Convention Center, but with twice as many rooms?

I personally really like the design and hope we get something equally as attractive.



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[jubguy3]

99 West was built by a company based in portland that actually has some really great, clean designs. We ended up getting a much more complex building than I liked, same with Regent. The opposite happened on 111, lol. We can never find the right spot, except with 222, and thats why everyone likes that building - SOM did a really good job on 222. Complex but simple and reflective.

Does anyone have info on an expected heigh for the CCH?

[SLC Projects]

Originally Posted by jubguy3

Does anyone have info on an expected heigh for the CCH?

400 FT plus.

[ToysNoiz]

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

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While I like the design, I hope we get something less wall-ish.

[StevenF]

Originally Posted by Old&New

I can only hope that "if" a fortune 100 company does come to Salt Lake and buys that land they would be willing to put in a through street. I too was thinking of twin towers as the 2 main buildings in the campus. When I was thinking about this the AOL towers in NYC came to mind, but I knew that two 900' towers wouldn't be an option but I could see 2 650-700' towers being built. I just think with our large city blocks a large corporation could do some pretty cool things if they owned a full city block.

[bflatflat9]

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

How about something along the lines of the proposed Hilton at the Cleveland Convention Center, but with twice as many rooms?

I personally really like the design and hope we get something equally as attractive.



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I like the design also, and would hope ours is taller.
That's a lot of non-hotel room space on the bottom, which could blend in with the Convention Center at the So. Temple 3rd West site. Awesome mezzanine?, courtyard?, Veranda? near the top. I'm sure you would have to have a Hotel Key to get in there, or every Tom, —, etc. would want up there.
And that second pic....Why do they have fish-eye perspective, dummies.
Sorry, but that is too funny. Thanks Jub.

[airhero]

Maybe I'm alone in this but I hate the idea of twin towers in any city. It's boring to me. I'd rather have a little variety. It's the biggest reason I find Philly's skyline a bit uninteresting, although it's getting better with the addition of the Comcast buildings. I do like the Boston and Newhouse buildings, though.

I love the Cleveland CCH designs. Actually isn't too much of a wall compared to some of the others we've seen.

[bob rulz]

I would welcome a design like that. Salt Lake's skyline needs more — blue and white glass.

[Comrade]

Saw this photo posted on — Nourse's Facebook page. Not sure who did it. Kinda dated, but pretty awesome looking.

[Comrade]

Okay. And it's way bigger than I expected.

(that's what she said)

[EPdesign]

GSBS Architects might be planning or might had planned at one point to propose something for the old public safety building. The had a very simple model of the building in their offices, and when I inquired about it, they were very vague.


When you guys say 300 w south temple. Is this the lot the fidelity and the Radisson currently occupy?

[UTPlanner]

The height of the CCH is going to be based on what site is selected and how many rooms they decide to include. Without knowing that information, it's tough to speculate too much about specifics like height.

The city's former Public Safety Building will not see any redesign or a new use in the near future as the building is still used by the police department. The evidence storage areas are still in that building as they were not designed into the new structure.

Also, I noticed the crane moving around on the La Porte project. Perhaps they are finally back on the move.

[SLCdude]

I took these for work, so I might as well share 'em. It's a monument for organ donors.