Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 4

[RC14]

Holiday Inn Express Blue lights.

[SLC Projects]

Originally Posted by RC14

Holiday Inn Express Blue lights.

At the risk of getting my — kicked on here I'm going to come out and say that I like those blue lights.
Also, notice from the pic work is still being done on the first level. Has the hotel reopened yet?

[RC14]

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The hotel opens tomorrow for Outdoor Retailers. However work will continue for some time. Floors 2-4 and the pool/fitness center are not yet complete and the outside of the building still needs work.

[LumberJack]

Talked to my friend tonight that does close work with TRT. He said the two renderings shown the other day, that are similar to the Atlanta Omni were not the final renderings for the CCH. They were shown eight other renderings yesterday of potential future Omni hotels, to go along with the the two that looked similar to the Atlanta Omni. He said among those ten renderings they were shown, none of them will likely be the CCH in Salt Lake. He said those ten renderings were simply just potential hotels that Omni might do in the future for other locations around the world and US. He said they placed two renderings in Salt Lake (the two he originally thought would be in Salt Lake).

[ToysNoiz]

[ctobsl]

There is nothing wrong with the blue lighting of the Holiday Inn Express, in fact I believe more of the downtown buildings should have some kind of lighting on them so they do not look so boring and also to make the city look alive at night.

[ToysNoiz]

For those interested, I've started an SLC Photo Thread for 2015 in the My City Photos Forum. Link in my signature.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

At the risk of getting my — kicked on here I'm going to come out and say that I like those blue lights.
Also, notice from the pic work is still being done on the first level. Has the hotel reopened yet?

I like the blue lights too Lee!

[airhero]

I saw the Shilo in person yesterday and I think it looks quite disturbing. And the blue lights look very blue in person. It looks slightly tacky in my opinion. I agree though that the lighting is a good thing, but I think white lights would look much better.

[SLC Projects]

Originally Posted by LumberJack

Talked to my friend tonight that does close work with TRT. He said the two renderings shown the other day, that are similar to the Atlanta Omni were not the final renderings for the CCH. They were shown eight other renderings yesterday of potential future Omni hotels, to go along with the the two that looked similar to the Atlanta Omni. He said among those ten renderings they were shown, none of them will likely be the CCH in Salt Lake. He said those ten renderings were simply just potential hotels that Omni might do in the future for other locations around the world and US. He said they placed two renderings in Salt Lake (the two he originally thought would be in Salt Lake).

So are these guys anywhere near to the point of finalizing a SLC's CCH rendering that they will make the announcement? Base of what I'm getting is that they have some samples but still need to work on final renderings. Guessing we will not get that announcement next week during the Outdoor Retailers Show.

[Stenar]

Originally Posted by airhero

I saw the Shilo in person yesterday and I think it looks quite disturbing. And the blue lights look very blue in person. It looks slightly tacky in my opinion. I agree though that the lighting is a good thing, but I think white lights would look much better.

I don't think that very modern, electric blue goes with this very unmodern Army green hotel.

[Ironweed]

Thanks for the laugh Mr. Stenar! Poor Shilo just can't seem to get it together.

By the way, I am clearly not educated on some of the Acronyms ya'll use. What does TOD mean please?

[StevenF]

Originally Posted by Ironweed

By the way, I am clearly not educated on some of the Acronyms ya'll use. What does TOD mean please?

Transit oriented development

[scottharding]

Here's a pretty insightful article about the struggles of the Gateway since City Creek opened:

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/a428a7f0dfe94224bcb0ac4e1996dcb8/UT--Gateway-Mall-Woes/

[TonyAnderson]

Originally Posted by ToysNoiz

I'll be honest fellas, it was looking great ....but I could've used a little more stucco.

[arkhitektor]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

At the risk of getting my — kicked on here I'm going to come out and say that I like those blue lights.
Also, notice from the pic work is still being done on the first level. Has the hotel reopened yet?

I don't think it ever closed. From what I understand, there have been guests staying at the property throughout the renovation.

[asies1981]

Photo updates of the ESA hotels.

[ajiuO]

Originally Posted by RC14

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The hotel opens tomorrow for Outdoor Retailers. However work will continue for some time. Floors 2-4 and the pool/fitness center are not yet complete and the outside of the building still needs work.

I was under the impression that it never actualy closed... But maybe it did


The remodel is a huge improvement but the building is still ugly as hell. It is like the crowing jule of monstrous stucco building and will probably look horribly old and outdated within 5-10 years... This just goes to prove... They should have just tore it down.... But yes! It looks better for now.

[RC14]

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The original plan was to keep the hotel open during construction but the renovations got to a point where it was just too uncomfortable for the guests and the hotel had to close in early November.

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

I'll be honest fellas, it was looking great ....but I could've used a little more stucco.

*spit take*