Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[Makid]

Something development related that might have been missed last week:

The 6th and Main project is still moving forward.

It appears that the developer is looking to work with the Planning Commission on a Planned Development for the project.

For those that may not remember, this has been mentioned to include a 20+ story apartment building. It will be directly east of the first phase of the Patrinely buildings as well as near the upcoming Trax infill station.

[Orlando]

[CherryCreek]

Originally Posted by Old&New

Somewhat insulting Colorado propaganda :

Denver Olympics pitch: Nobody wants 2030 Winter Games, so it may be Colorado’s time

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/0...c-games-pitch/

Propaganda in that this headline is a lie to persuade public opinion, and insulting because of the insinuation that Salt Lake City and it's bid is "Nobody." We love you too, Denver.


Another article, this one on Denver's proposal to use Utah venues but get all the credit/benefit?:

"With Colorado’s chances of landing the Olympics fading, the state is proposing a radical change: co-hosting"

https://coloradosun.com/2018/12/05/c...nter-olympics/

Loved this quote from it:

“Behind the scenes, everyone was talking about sharing with Utah. And the consistent refrain in response to that was ‘Why would Utah do that when they have full capabilities to stage the Olympics not only well, but incredibly well?’” Wirth said. “They have taken terrific care of their venues. They established foundations and endowments to not only care for their venues as they mature but keep them utilized by athletes and Utah residents. Give them credit … there is no question in my mind that the Winter Olympics should return to Utah.”

Oh, and in other news, we should find out the USOC's choice for the 2030 winter olympics this Friday

Funny thing is, I think if you put the Olympics on the ballot in Colorado the voters would once again say no, even if there was a guaranty of no taxpayer money. Calgary voters just voted to reject the Olympics. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...114-story.html


Given Denver's history, I wouldn't pick the city and if the USOC they may very well find 1976 repeated.

https://kdvr.com/2018/09/23/advocate...-olympics-bid/

If they don't want to repeat that embarrassment, they'd best be advised to pick Salt Lake.

[Marvland]

Denver should just drop the bid and save themselves the embarrassment. Yeah, we will let you "host it" with our facilities in SLC. That's the ticket. Denver's bid is considered a joke by everybody anyway. Not really sure what they are trying to do here.

EDIT HEH: "We're not going to partner with Colorado," he said, joking that "you can smoke marijuana there, but that's not an Olympic sport. We have everything we need here, so I'm not sure why we would do that."

[twig]

Originally Posted by Marvland

Denver should just drop the bid and save themselves the embarrassment. Yeah, we will let you "host it" with our facilities in SLC. That's the ticket. Denver's bid is considered a joke by everybody anyway. Not really sure what they are trying to do here.

Dude, your the one embarrassing us here. Its salty irrational, immature people like you that have really made me hate coming on this site. And its seems to be only people here in Salt Lake who seem to have a stick up their asses thinking that there can be nowhere else in the world better than them, when honestly most people do not care about us here in Utah, its the hard reality you should probably consider. We are more like New Hampshire than we are a real cosmopolitan place. To the average person in the country, its easy to forget about Utah, just like New Hampshire.

Are we closer to the mountains than Denver? Sure, but most people don't care, plus if people in Colorado want to live right up against some stunning mountains they have Colorado Springs and Boulder, its not like they don't have amazing options there. But honestly, as a city, Denver is way better and more amazing than here, Proximity to mountains aren't everything, ever consider that? If they were then the Olympics wouldn't even consider Denver. But truth is, Denver has a crap ton of options and only an ignorant douche who can't see passed his own arrogance can see why.

[Wasatch Wasteland]

Stop please... you're taking his comment, expanding it and turning into something else. That's a road we need to stop going down.

[Pencil]

So guys... how’s everybodys day going?

[Marvland]

Originally Posted by twig

Dude, your the one embarrassing us here. Its salty irrational, immature people like you that have really made me hate coming on this site. And its seems to be only people here in Salt Lake who seem to have a stick up their asses thinking that there can be nowhere else in the world better than them, when honestly most people do not care about us here in Utah, its the hard reality you should probably consider. We are more like New Hampshire than we are a real cosmopolitan place. To the average person in the country, its easy to forget about Utah, just like New Hampshire.

Are we closer to the mountains than Denver? Sure, but most people don't care, plus if people in Colorado want to live right up against some stunning mountains they have Colorado Springs and Boulder, its not like they don't have amazing options there. But honestly, as a city, Denver is way better and more amazing than here, Proximity to mountains aren't everything, ever consider that? If they were then the Olympics wouldn't even consider Denver. But truth is, Denver has a crap ton of options and only an ignorant douche who can't see passed his own arrogance can see why.

All right, I'll bite: I LOVE DENVER. And their Olympic bid is an absolute garbage can fire.

[wrendog]

Originally Posted by twig

Dude, your the one embarrassing us here. Its salty irrational, immature people like you that have really made me hate coming on this site. And its seems to be only people here in Salt Lake who seem to have a stick up their asses thinking that there can be nowhere else in the world better than them, when honestly most people do not care about us here in Utah, its the hard reality you should probably consider. We are more like New Hampshire than we are a real cosmopolitan place. To the average person in the country, its easy to forget about Utah, just like New Hampshire.

Are we closer to the mountains than Denver? Sure, but most people don't care, plus if people in Colorado want to live right up against some stunning mountains they have Colorado Springs and Boulder, its not like they don't have amazing options there. But honestly, as a city, Denver is way better and more amazing than here, Proximity to mountains aren't everything, ever consider that? If they were then the Olympics wouldn't even consider Denver. But truth is, Denver has a crap ton of options and only an ignorant douche who can't see passed his own arrogance can see why.

Yikes. You blew that out of proportion.

[shakman]

Originally Posted by Pencil

So guys... how’s everybodys day going?

My day is going great!!! How is yours?

[airhero]

Jacobsen Construction has submitted a building permit application for Liberty Sky. This is further than the previous office proposal ever got. I assume this means they're ready for construction. We shall see.

The application project description says this will be 21 stories with 272 units. The rendering we've seen of this project (below) was 24 stories so I guess they've knocked off a few floors. I wonder if the design has changed significantly.

[Marvland]

Originally Posted by airhero

Jacobsen Construction has submitted a building permit application for Liberty Sky. This is further than the previous office proposal ever got. I assume this means they're ready for construction. We shall see.

The application project description says this will be 21 stories with 272 units. The rendering we've seen of this project (below) was 24 stories so I guess they've knocked off a few floors. I wonder if the design has changed significantly.

That's great news. Love to see it go taller but this is a pioneering project. It's the first steel and glass rental tower in our city's history. Hopefully it paves the way for more.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by Marvland

That's great news. Love to see it go taller but this is a pioneering project. It's the first steel and glass rental tower in our city's history. Hopefully it paves the way for more.

My thoughts exactly Marvland

[Pencil]

Now if we could get Liberty sky and the 395ft Tower 8 started at the same time then we’re talking

[airhero]

I'm not sure I've seen this before or if anyone is interested.

As most of us already know, Refik Anadol was invited earlier this year to propose a 2 million dollar art project for Regent Street.
https://www.slc.gov/blog/2018/05/21/...et-public-art/

He held an event he termed a "Call for Memories" six months ago (Did anyone go to this?)
https://www.facebook.com/events/221814251944348/

What I didn't know is that he already came up with a proposal 3 years ago. Janet Echelman's proposal was chosen instead, but when she wanted more money, the city said no, there was a harsh exchange of words, and she frustratingly backed out of the project.

Refik's original proposal ("Refractions on Regent") can be found here:
https://www.cityweekly.net/general/pdfs/RefikAnadol.pdf

What he comes up with this time will likely be different but it's interesting to see something he's already designed for the street.

[Comrade]

Originally Posted by Marvland

"We're not going to partner with Colorado," he said, joking that "you can smoke marijuana there, but that's not an Olympic sport. We have everything we need here, so I'm not sure why we would do that."

haha please tell me they didn't make that comment? That's hilariously bad if they did. So much cringe on both sides.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by airhero

I'm not sure I've seen this before or if anyone is interested.

As most of us already know, Refik Anadol was invited earlier this year to propose a 2 million dollar art project for Regent Street.
https://www.slc.gov/blog/2018/05/21/...et-public-art/

He held an event he termed a "Call for Memories" six months ago (Did anyone go to this?)
https://www.facebook.com/events/221814251944348/

What I didn't know is that he already came up with a proposal 3 years ago. Janet Echelman's proposal was chosen instead, but when she wanted more money, the city said no, there was a harsh exchange of words, and she frustratingly backed out of the project.

Refik's original proposal ("Refractions on Regent") can be found here:
https://www.cityweekly.net/general/pdfs/RefikAnadol.pdf

What he comes up with this time will likely be different but it's interesting to see something he's already designed for the street.

Wow. That's awesome. When is this going to be completed?

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by Marvland

That's great news. Love to see it go taller but this is a pioneering project. It's the first steel and glass rental tower in our city's history. Hopefully it paves the way for more.

It's a little disappointing that the height was reduced, but still glad another tower is moving forward. Depending on how they permitted this, we could see shovels hitting the dirt by late spring or summer. Also, this will most likely be concrete, but I understand what you are saying. I thought the American Towers on West Temple were apartment towers.

[Orlando]

https://www.mhtn.com/portfolio-item/...t-life-center/

[Orlando]

https://www.mhtn.com/portfolio-item/...dner-building/