Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 4

[ToysNoiz]

For those interested, I've updated the SLC Photo Gallery.
Link in my signature....

[asies1981]

Great pictures ToysNoiz. I've posted the top five most read posts at SL City. What is your favorite development from 2014?

[SLC Projects]

Originally Posted by asies1981

Great pictures ToysNoiz. I've posted the top five most read posts at SL City. What is your favorite development from 2014?

Guessing you like Bars.
Speaking of the La Porte State Street development ( number 4 ) how is that development coming along. Haven't been past there for sometime now.

[bflatflat9]

Originally Posted by asies1981

Great pictures ToysNoiz. I've posted the top five most read posts at SL City. What is your favorite development from 2014?

1. EPAC/111. It's started for one, and the address and height make it top choice. Would have been a lot nicer with the beveled look cladding, but .....
2. CCH announcement that Omni was selected as developer.
Flip side is that Omni was the only bidder, seemingly a reason that the bar may be lowered. Here's hoping that The County keeps them to a quality product, which they seem to hold themselves to anyway.
3. (multiple) 400 south residential developments. Knew this was coming sooner or later, but it seems to be mushrooming. There's also a few more in the pipeline.
4. Biggest teaser. Air Center.
Best little project that could. ...
Best lone wolf SLC champion, Ken B.
Woops, that's plural developments.
Projects, there you go. A list.

[airhero]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Guessing you like Bars.
Speaking of the La Porte State Street development ( number 4 ) how is that development coming along. Haven't been past there for sometime now.

I walked by LaPorte a couple of days ago and it looks the same as last time I visited Salt Lake in September.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by ToysNoiz

For those interested, I've updated the SLC Photo Gallery.
Link in my signature....

Very cool all around update ToysNoiz! I especially liked the many Holiday street pics. with all the pedestrians. Can't wait until the UPAC is finished. I think that Main Street is developing into what will eventually be an incredible, vibrant outcome.

[ryerop]

Originally Posted by airhero

I walked by LaPorte a couple of days ago and it looks the same as last time I visited Salt Lake in September.

It's also going to look the same if you came back next September

[delts145]

All jokes aside, I'd be interested to hear the latest real time info. from UtPlanner. Is the progress with La Porte slow but steady, or has it halted again all together? Weren't there contractor related structural problems pointed out earlier? That would throw a few liable suits into the mix, and cause some serious delays.

[scottharding]

While waiting for UTPlanner to respond, I can tell you what I've observed. Up til a few weeks ago, before the major cold front came in, I was walking by the LaPorte project every day. There was always a crew there working. The crane was always up and operating, but there wasn't a lot of visible progress that I could see. From what I could see, I wondered if they were redoing all of the welds and connections, which would explain why I wasn't observing any visible change, if they were practically rebuilding what was already there.

[EPdesign]

Originally Posted by scottharding

While waiting for UTPlanner to respond, I can tell you what I've observed. Up til a few weeks ago, before the major cold front came in, I was walking by the LaPorte project every day. There was always a crew there working. The crane was always up and operating, but there wasn't a lot of visible progress that I could see. From what I could see, I wondered if they were redoing all of the welds and connections, which would explain why I wasn't observing any visible change, if they were practically rebuilding what was already there.

I work right around the corner. I have observed the same

[JMK]

Go west — new cry for Salt Lake City’s downtown development

By Tony Semerad | The Salt Lake Tribune | 12/31/2014

http://www.sltrib.com/news/1984537-155/go-west-new-cry-for

Though dubbed an urban gateway, the western edge of Salt Lake City’s downtown often gets overlooked as people zoom on and off Interstate 15.

The city’s latest draft master plan for its downtown calls the drab industrial stretch the Depot District, a neighborhood seen as more than ripe for renewal. Its dozen or so blocks of aging warehouses and rail yards sprinkled with homes and businesses are set to be transformed within five years.

Private developers, governments, arts and civic groups and a host of other powerful interests have multiple projects in the works around Rio Grande Depot, pushing downtown decidedly westward with millions of dollars in public and private investment. Some development deals have been a decade or more in the making; more are expected to follow.

If only some go ahead, the depot area will add thousands of new residents in hundreds of trendy apartments. They would be lured by sweet access to public transit, freshly landscaped streets, newly minted shops, plenty of green spaces and a short jaunt to downtown night life. Some envision a blighted district once centered on gritty industry and shipping becoming the capital’s newest and most fashionable enclave.

District dwellers someday will commute on new light-rail lines, supporters say, and stroll through a cityscape refreshed with taxpayer backing. According to one long-range proposal, the district might even see a new park spread over multiple blocks, its lush expanse carved from a mix of public and residential lots hugging the eastern skirt of I-15.

This westward expansion also has lent new urgency to solving chronic problems related to the homeless population. Mayor Ralph Becker recently launched a yearlong study of homeless services downtown, raising possibilities the network of shelters and soup kitchens might move.

The mayor’s announcement followed a concerted push by area business owners and others through the Pioneer Park Coalition. That group says it wants to reduce crime and vagrancy in and around the historic urban park at 400 South and 400 West, a hangout for some homeless.

After years of buying up land in the area, the RDA will switch gears around February and unveil long-crafted plans to redo two city blocks north and south of 300 South between 500 West and 600 West. Now referred to in city documents as the RDA’s "hub development," the undertaking is likely to have widespread effects.

With help from private developers, the RDA intends to bring in new high-density residential units, retail spaces and parking garages in three phases, all padded with parks, paths and plazas. The idea, officials say, is to catalyze additional renewal, whether through public tax incentives or creating conditions that entice others.

The hub development includes narrowing a block of 300 South and turning it into a verdant festival street, capable of hosting open-air events and offering a permanent site for a year-round farmers market. The popular market now splits its seasons, summers in Pioneer Park and winters in Rio Grande’s main hall.

The RDA project — kitty corner from The Road Home shelter for the homeless — also would overhaul and reuse two historic buildings, Beehive Brick and an old Serta Mattress site, in homage to the neighborhood’s past, Baxter said.

Meanwhile, private developers want to put up a major four-story apartment complex a block north of the RDA’s hub, called Alta Gateway.

[UTPlanner]

Here is a potential project along 200 West just south of 900 South. The developer is requesting a change in the text of the zoning ordinance to allow for additional height. There is a site plan and elevation here in the staff report: http://slcdocs.com/council/agendas/2015agendas/January/Jan6/010615A4H1.pdf
Definitely a better design than the existing multi-family residential buildings constructed in that area in the past 10 years.

Regarding, the La Porte project, I don't have a lot of information. I know that there were huge problems with the engineering of the structure especially the welds on the steel structure. The developers worked with new engineers, architects and city inspectors to find solutions. They submitted redesigned plans in July and they were approved in mid November. This, of course, was only the most recent issue this project has had. It has certainly been a perfect storm of building related problems. Hopefully, they can start to move forward soon and rapidly.

[Ironweed]

One thing is for certain. If the city does create the spacious park just east of I-15, it will become a haven for tramps/bums. They will have immediate access to the downtown Union Pacific yard allowing them convenient transportation into and out of the city. So, you will have the transit hub for Joe citizen, and the transient hub for hobo Joe.

[asies1981]

Post on the 9th Street Village Apartments proposed for the Central 9th neighborhood.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

Here is a potential project along 200 West just south of 900 South. The developer is requesting a change in the text of the zoning ordinance to allow for additional height. There is a site plan and elevation here in the staff report: http://slcdocs.com/council/agendas/2015agendas/January/Jan6/010615A4H1.pdf
Definitely a better design than the existing multi-family residential buildings constructed in that area in the past 10 years.

Regarding, the La Porte project, I don't have a lot of information. I know that there were huge problems with the engineering of the structure especially the welds on the steel structure. The developers worked with new engineers, architects and city inspectors to find solutions. They submitted redesigned plans in July and they were approved in mid November. This, of course, was only the most recent issue this project has had. It has certainly been a perfect storm of building related problems. Hopefully, they can start to move forward soon and rapidly.

Thanks for the report UTPlanner.

[Future Mayor]

I really hope that the City Council approved the zoning change to allow for the additional height. It doesn't really make much sense for the to the one of the only parcels on '00' street in the neighborhood to not have that height.

Central 9th really is starting to become a great little neighborhood. The combination of Trax access, the mix of housing that already exists, combined with the town homes proposed on Jefferson St, the RDA project east of the trax platform and this project it really will become an even better neighborhood. I anticipate that is will continue to grow as more people move into the neighborhood, and a variety of housing options become available, affordable and market rate, a couple of more retail options will pop up, more people will visit and more people will want to live there.

Considering the parcel in question is pretty much the last parcel before 200 W crosses under the 9th S ramp, I anticipate that growth will continue in the entire area surrounding Central 9th. This is going to be a fun neighborhood to see grow.

[asies1981]

Post on the Air Center with a mention of the forum. I like that with the Air Center, CCH, and 151 tower that we will have more towers off Main Street. I also think Central 9th is going to become one of Salt Lake's best neighborhoods especially as the Granary District evolves and we get the streetcar going along 400 West.

[SLC Projects]

Downtown's four streets with Towers/Skyscrapers

For years downtown Salt Lake City's really only had two or three streets that have towers placed up and down them. Main Street, South Temple, parts of State Street and now ( as asies1981 mentioned ) West Temple is now starting to see it's fair share of towers added.

Main Street
Wells Fargo Center
One Utah Center
Walker Center
222 South Main
111 South Main
Grand America Hotel


South Temple
99 West
Gateway Tower West
Zions Bank Tower
Eaglegate Tower
136 East Tower

State Street
LDS Church Office Building
Key Bank Tower
151 State

West Temple
99 West
Urban Air Center
Federal Courthouse
CCH ( maybe )

I'm sure I missed a tower here or there, but you all get the idea. It's really cool seeing West Temple starting to see it's share of highrises......skyscrapers.

[jubguy3]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Downtown's four streets with Towers/Skyscrapers

For years downtown Salt Lake City's really only had two or three streets that have towers placed up and down them. Main Street, South Temple, parts of State Street and now ( as asies1981 mentioned ) West Temple is now starting to see it's fair share of towers added.

Main Street
Wells Fargo Center
One Utah Center
Walker Center
222 South Main
111 South Main
Grand America Hotel


South Temple
99 West
Gateway Tower West
Zions Bank Tower
Eaglegate Tower
136 East Tower

State Street
LDS Church Office Building
Key Bank Tower
151 State

West Temple
99 West
Urban Air Center
Federal Courthouse
CCH ( maybe )

I'm sure I missed a tower here or there, but you all get the idea. It's really cool seeing West Temple starting to see it's share of highrises......skyscrapers.

What about 2nd south?

[ToysNoiz]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Downtown's four streets with Towers/Skyscrapers

For years downtown Salt Lake City's really only had two or three streets that have towers placed up and down them. Main Street, South Temple, parts of State Street and now ( as asies1981 mentioned ) West Temple is now starting to see it's fair share of towers added.

Main Street
Wells Fargo Center
One Utah Center
Walker Center
222 South Main
111 South Main
Grand America Hotel


South Temple
99 West
Gateway Tower West
Zions Bank Tower
Eaglegate Tower
136 East Tower

State Street
LDS Church Office Building
Key Bank Tower
151 State

West Temple
99 West
Urban Air Center
Federal Courthouse
CCH ( maybe )

I'm sure I missed a tower here or there, but you all get the idea. It's really cool seeing West Temple starting to see it's share of highrises......skyscrapers.

Main Street:
US Bank Tower. Not a tall building, but still there.
The Regent I'd group in with the main street crowd.