Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[delts145]

Originally Posted by msbutah

RE CCH hotel "balconies" I think that's just where they staged the construction crew elevator, and then when it's no longer needed they'll pull it out and put the curved glass in.

Thanks, I was definitely over thinking it.

[Utah_Dave]

Not sure if this is related but they have road construction cones up blocking the west bound lane of traffic on the south end of the lot. Could this be for construction access and progress is much sooner then we thought for this project?

[bob rulz]

I love how fast things are moving downtown right now. We've been talking about this being what we wanted since the forum began (before I was here of course).

[Atlas]

Utah's population per the 2020 census (released today) is 3,271,616, an increase of 507,731 since 2010 for a nation-leading percentage growth of 18.4%.

https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys...ortionment/apportionment-2020-tableE.pdf

I'm interested to see what SLC's numbers are.

Originally Posted by Utah_Dave

Not sure if this is related but they have road construction cones up blocking the west bound lane of traffic on the south end of the lot. Could this be for construction access and progress is much sooner then we thought for this project?

Nice! Let's hope! That lot has been vacant for too long and that side of downtown is really underdeveloped. The tower should be a boon to the whole area.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Goodbye Carl's Jr

It looks like some activity happening at the Brinshore site. Anybody keeping track of that progress? So many projects, it's hard even for you locals to keep up with them all. I see Birdie clearly now. That will be a nice piece of infill for that former parking lot corner.

[mattreedah]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Goodbye Carl's Jr

I’m only going to say this once (as I might get blocked for this) - RIP Downtown Carl’s Jr.

You were there for me many times for dinner when I lived on Capitol Hill during college, and especially when I worked at City Creek Gap and needed a Western Bacon Cheeseburger for lunch. You will be (sort-of) missed by at least one person.

Hopefully we get you back in the ground floor of one of the new towers.

[Layrasm]

Salt Lake is booming, it really is quite impressive the amount of projects underway/planned for a city this size. Housing is obviously hot here too, and I don't think that's going to change with the amount of money that's coming in (unfortunately).

I think we're going to have a very similar boom that Austin has experienced in the last decade (which is mind blowing if you're familiar with Austin). Tech transformed Austin and it'll happen here. Photo for reference.

[Rileybo]

Good riddance, Carl’s Jr. :,)

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by Gastroc

From Building Salt Lake Instagram account

Their longer article on BuildingSaltLake.com has the official name of the new building as "Southwest Temple," which, if it stands and isn't just a placeholder, will be the most confusing name of a building for SLC.

"Say hello to Salt Lake City’s newest residential highrise – SouthWest Temple. Its 28 stories will house 340 residential units, 58,000 sf of office and/or a boutique hotel. "

[Blah_Amazing]

Hey, just wondering if the thread is going to moved soon to a 'Part 6' (since we passed the 500 page mark) or if we will stick with part 5?

[delts145]

It seems like they've been letting the threads just run on indefinitely lately.

[palmloverking]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Thank you for this photo, Atlas.

I've been coming back to it and staring at it for days now. I tried to capture a photo like this of Salt Lake City when I was on my way to the airport a week ago today, but the positioning of the sun and the blurriness of them all left me with nothing worth posting, but this view here is exactly what I wanted to capture.

I just moved to Jacksonville, FL to work here for the summer, but I know I'm in for an absolute treat when I come back home sometime between August-November later this year and see how much Salt Lake City changes from my last glimpse of it in the short time that I'm gone. Never thought so much change could occur in such a time frame, but this sea of cranes begs to differ. As others have been saying, a very exciting time for Salt Lake City speculators right now. This is the rapid growth and endless stream of good news I've always fantasized about.

[Atlas]

Originally Posted by jedikermit

Their longer article on BuildingSaltLake.com has the official name of the new building as "Southwest Temple," which, if it stands and isn't just a placeholder, will be the most confusing name of a building for SLC.

"Say hello to Salt Lake City’s newest residential highrise – SouthWest Temple. Its 28 stories will house 340 residential units, 58,000 sf of office and/or a boutique hotel. "

The BSL article doesn't actually have any new information, unfortunately. On the Domain Companies website, which has been up since September 2020, the project is called "South West Temple" and the renderings use "SWT" for short. My guess is that it's a placeholder name like "Kensington Tower" has been.

Originally Posted by palmloverking

Thank you for this photo, Atlas.

I've been coming back to it and staring at it for days now. I tried to capture a photo like this of Salt Lake City when I was on my way to the airport a week ago today, but the positioning of the sun and the blurriness of them all left me with nothing worth posting, but this view here is exactly what I wanted to capture.

Glad you liked it! I promise I wasn't the one driving the car!

What's fun about SLC right now is that our skyline is small enough that every new tower has a very pronounced effect on it. The 2015 to 2025 comparison should be very impressive: we will have added 111 Main, 95 State, Hyatt Regency, Liberty Sky, Kensington, Worthington, SWT, Main St. Apartments, Block 67, Sundial Tower, and maybe the Regent St. tower. Even 650 Main, which is only 10 stories, has had a surprisingly noteworthy effect on the skyline.

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by Atlas

The BSL article doesn't actually have any new information, unfortunately. On the Domain Companies website, which has been up since September 2020, the project is called "South West Temple" and the renderings use "SWT" for short. My guess is that it's a placeholder name like "Kensington Tower" has been.


Glad you liked it! I promise I wasn't the one driving the car!

What's fun about SLC right now is that our skyline is small enough that every new tower has a very pronounced effect on it. The 2015 to 2025 comparison should be very impressive: we will have added 111 Main, 95 State, Hyatt Regency, Liberty Sky, Kensington, Worthington, SWT, Main St. Apartments, Block 67, Sundial Tower, and maybe the Regent St. tower. Even 650 Main, which is only 10 stories, has had a surprisingly noteworthy effect on the skyline.

Thanks for that on the "SWT" -- I was kind of assuming it was a placeholder, but if it wasn't, I wanted to be an Early Complainer.

AND yeah -- I've been surprised at how much 650 Main has impacted that end of the skyline. Very happy to see things extend to the south.

[msbutah]

Driving past 650 Main this morning and they've started putting up glass on the first floor. Coming along quickly there.

[Schmoe]

Originally Posted by Atlas

The BSL article doesn't actually have any new information, unfortunately. On the Domain Companies website, which has been up since September 2020, the project is called "South West Temple" and the renderings use "SWT" for short. My guess is that it's a placeholder name like "Kensington Tower" has been.

On that note, I saw on LinkedIn that Kensington chose a name: Astra Tower.

[Always Sunny in SLC]

Originally Posted by Schmoe

On that note, I saw on LinkedIn that Kensington chose a name: Astra Tower.

🤮

[Atlas]

Ha so now SLC and Phoenix will both have the "Astra" tower as their new tallest. Not really a fan of that name choice. It's better than "Kensington," I guess.

[Orlando]

I drove by the Carl's Jr site yesterday, and they've knocked it down already.

[jedikermit]

I drove by it in the rain last night to make sure it was still dead