Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 4

[Viperlord]

Record BLD2014-08339:
Residential Building Permit
Box Lofts
255 W 800 S
Salt Lake City

Box Lofts is a new 52 unit development located at 255 West and 800 South. It's U shaped plan has the main entrance facing 800 South. The west wing of the project is a four story volume sitting on top of a concrete private parking structure. The parking structure is located about 4'-8" below grade and provides 27 parking stalls. The east wing of the project is three stories above grade at Washington Street. Building materials incluse fiber cement rain screen panels, pre-finished corrugated metal panels and smooth stucco.

https://aca.slcgov.com/Citizen/Cap/CapDe...92&agencyCode=SLCREF&IsToShowInspection=

[SLCdude]

Here is a panorama I took from the very top of the City & County Building yesterday: http://bit.ly/1zQLn5I

[StevenF]

Very cool pano and love the 360 degree turn around. As long as you are looking north, east and to some extent west everything looks great, and then to look south is extremely disapointing.

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by SLCdude

Here is a panorama I took from the very top of the City & County Building yesterday: http://bit.ly/1zQLn5I

I saw that on Twitter--was wondering who took that!

[asies1981]

Post on the second phase of the Seasons at Library Square project.

[Palladio]

Originally Posted by StevenF

Very cool pano and love the 360 degree turn around. As long as you are looking north, east and to some extent west everything looks great, and then to look south is extremely disapointing.

Disappointing? I think you mean stunning. As a non-native Utahn, I can't get enough of that view. As a planning student, I sometimes want to yell at people to get over their skyline fetish and appreciate the fact that we can be midrise city with streets that are alive and that is just as valid a future.

[SLC Projects]

Originally Posted by Palladio

Disappointing? I think you mean stunning. As a non-native Utahn, I can't get enough of that view. As a planning student, I sometimes want to yell at people to get over their skyline fetish and appreciate the fact that we can be midrise city with streets that are alive and that is just as valid a future.

I think he meant disappointing in terms of the amount of parking lots/dealerships so close to the downtown area.

[jubguy3]

There was a post on reddit about how we are most likely going to get Google fiber, because of some peer to peer connection with Xmission... I was also under the impressionthat we had completed the fiber checklist. How do you guys feel about this? I know that I'm pretty excited.

[linguisize]

Originally Posted by jubguy3

There was a post on reddit about how we are most likely going to get Google fiber, because of some peer to peer connection with Xmission... I was also under the impressionthat we had completed the fiber checklist. How do you guys feel about this? I know that I'm pretty excited.

For what it's worth, Pete Ashdown(Xmission owner) chimed into that thread and said the the google connection the guy saw is quite old and has nothing to do with the prospect of google fiber in Salt Lake. So as of now; we're still waiting to hear any news about fiber. None the less; I'm way excited if we end up actually getting google here.

[EPdesign]

Originally Posted by asies1981

Post on the second phase of the Seasons at Library Square project.

Its kind of a good thing that they didn't allow it but it kinda — too

[asies1981]

They can build up 60 feet under the RO zoning so they could still build a five-story residential unit it will just have to have a larger setback.

[SLC Projects]

Can we have something a bit taller with ground level retail?

[jubguy3]

If it goes over 60 then they'd have to get it approved again.

What streets does it front? If it's not really worth it having retail there then I'd say just have a setback and put in a couple park benches and a fountain and flowers, etc,

[Makid]

Now I know that this may be a far fetched pipe dream at this point but:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/1820977-155/atk-com-company-http-outdoor-recreation

Vista Outdoor HQ is coming to Utah

ATK is poised to give state economic development officials two things they really want — a corporate headquarters and a bigger footprint in one of Utah’s targeted industries, outdoor recreation.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development board helped to satisfy those goals Thursday, offering a tax credit of up to $1.35 million over seven years to Vista Outdoor Inc., an ATK spinoff looking to consolidate management of its 30 outdoor sports and recreation businesses at a single site.

With the state incentive, the company is ready to look seriously at finding a specific location for its facility in Salt Lake, Davis or Weber counties, said Mark DeYoung, a native Utahn who is ATK’s president and chief executive, as well as chairman and CEO of Vista Outdoor.

ATK owns 30 well-known outdoor brands, companies such as Federal Premium (sporting ammunition), Bushnell (binoculars and rifle scopes), Primos (hunting products), Savage Arms (rifles) and Champion Target (clay trap-shooting targets). In April, company trustees decided to split them off from ATK’s core aerospace business into a publicly traded company, Vista Outdoor.

DeYoung said top executives from those different businesses will be transferred to the Utah headquarters.

In its incentive application, the company said it will invest about $10 million into a new facility for 90 highly paid executives, whose state wages over the agreement’s seven-year life will amount to $125 million.

Wouldn't it be nice if they picked SLC, particularly 151 South State? This could possibly put 151 on the fast track for construction.

As of now, it is but a far fetched pipe dream but it is nice to think that maybe the 90+ Highly Paid Executives will want to be closer to services, an international airport and transit options for their assistance and other employees. As well as possible housing for themselves.

I am expecting they will pick Ogden or the Ogden area and create a business park HQ but I would still like to dream about this until the announcement is made.

Hopefully I am wrong though and they pick downtown SLC. Time will tell though.

[ToysNoiz]

While I hope they move to downtown, I can easily see them locating to the burbs.

[brankrom]

Originally Posted by ToysNoiz

While I hope they move to downtown, I can easily see them locating to the burbs.

Well the articles mentions a $10 million dollar investment for 10 years for office space for 90 people. I don't think they could do any new construction of any significance for that money so its likely they will be leasing space. One of my in-laws parents is an ATK employee that just retired from the engineering division but has been enlisted in this project. Maybe I'll talk to my BIL and see what he knows.

[AllOutOfBubbleGum]

Originally Posted by brankrom

Well the articles mentions a $10 million dollar investment for 10 years for office space for 90 people. I don't think they could do any new construction of any significance for that money so its likely they will be leasing space. One of my in-laws parents is an ATK employee that just retired from the engineering division but has been enlisted in this project. Maybe I'll talk to my BIL and see what he knows.

If Mayor Godfrey was still mayor of Ogden I would almost guarantee they end up in Ogden. The main ATK offices for Utah are in Clearfield right now, 90 people may not fit in that building depending on how much space is available in it. I don't know why ATK doesn't move their official head quarters to Utah anyway. Most of their facilities are here and the current CEO is a Utahn and 2 of the VP's are Utahan's and they are building a new Fabrication facility in Clearfield. Plus the munitions testing facility, rocket facility and now the Outdoor division are all here.

[SL,UT]

Originally Posted by ToysNoiz

While I hope they move to downtown, I can easily see them locating to the burbs.

Na, They will probably move to Cottonwood Corporate center or View 72 in Midvale just to make everyone on this board angry!!!!!

[Comrade]

Originally Posted by SL,UT

Na, They will probably move to Cottonwood Corporate center or View 72 in Midvale just to make everyone on this board angry!!!!!

Those would be the burbs.

[asies1981]

Two story mixed-use office/retail coming to Liberty Park intersection.