Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[meman]

Another tower crane is about to enter the skyline.

I walked by the Brinshore site today and the lower part of the tower crane is in place. Looks like they are getting ready to pour the concrete for the base of the crane.

[Orlando]

They've started excavation already on the Carl's Junior/ Kensington site.

[smartdev]

Whatever happened to that developer that was trying to get a mix-use project started on the current site of South West Temple with a Vegas-style night club? He used to post here a few years back with periodic updated versions of his proposal. It was 20 some odd stories. Could he not get lending?

[Atlas]

Main Street is closing to cars from South Temple to 400 S every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening throughout the summer. If it's a success, they are considering making it permanent!

Source

[SLCLvr]

Originally Posted by smartdev

Whatever happened to that developer that was trying to get a mix-use project started on the current site of South West Temple with a Vegas-style night club? He used to post here a few years back with periodic updated versions of his proposal. It was 20 some odd stories. Could he not get lending?

That was Ken Bretschneider, the project was called The Void at one point. Ken had been (maybe still is) an IT entrepreneur, he sold out to focus on Evermore Park, in the news last year for their legal battles with Taylor Swift.

[mattreedah]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Main Street is closing to cars from South Temple to 400 S every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening throughout the summer. If it's a success, they are considering making it permanent!

Source

If they were to re-pave those roads similar to the 16th St. Mall area in Denver it would be phenomenal.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by meman

Another tower crane is about to enter the skyline.

I walked by the Brinshore site today and the lower part of the tower crane is in place. Looks like they are getting ready to pour the concrete for the base of the crane.

Finally, after all this time. Great news.

[Blah_Amazing]

Address: 833 S 800 E



BSL Article on the project: https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/pla...ange-building/


The Telegraph Exchange Project has filed a Commercial Building Permit

Project Description:

Residential apartment conversion. the scope of work included the historic preservation of the Telegraph Exchange Building (5-Units, 3-stories above grade w/ basement and a rooftop deck) along with four three-story townhouse clusters (17-Units) on a singe site.

The project also filed Residential Demolition permits

Project Description:

The (2) house and (1) garage on this parcel will be removed and will be replaced by residential townhomes.

[felixg]

Originally Posted by mattreedah

If they were to re-pave those roads similar to the 16th St. Mall area in Denver it would be phenomenal.

Or Fremont street in Vegas!

Also those telegraph exchange renderings look good! Always happy to see architectural preservation next to interesting more contemporary design, I think those townhomes look mega

[Marvland]

Originally Posted by mattreedah

If they were to re-pave those roads similar to the 16th St. Mall area in Denver it would be phenomenal.

Agreed. And get the UDABC out of our way so we can act like real adults. Imagine walking down Main St with a (Gasp!) drink in your hand! Or see a beautiful wall of whiskey without all of those ugly bergs on them? Or allow bars and restaurant to decide on the size of drink they serve. Or make it legal for Grandpa to stand and toast his family with a glass of wine in his hand. Or flood SLC with the 100 needed bar licenses over the next few years. Etc.

[Atlas]

95 State today, from City Creek:



Here's a fun one to think about: the now-active 255 S State site with the Moda Luxe and Worthington sites just behind it.

[bob rulz]

Originally Posted by Blah_Amazing

Address: 833 S 800 E



BSL Article on the project: https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/pla...ange-building/


The Telegraph Exchange Project has filed a Commercial Building Permit

Project Description:


The project also filed Residential Demolition permits

Project Description:

I'm glad this one made it past the NIMBYs. It looks like a fantastic re-use of an old building and utilization of underdeveloped space.

[rockies]

Originally Posted by bob rulz

I'm glad this one made it past the NIMBYs. It looks like a fantastic re-use of an old building and utilization of underdeveloped space.

I agree, I'm so excited about this. I live really close to where this project is going to be and I frequent the grocery store behind the property. I always think about this area being so ripe for townhomes and increased density in general!

I definitely need to look more into how I can support projects like this on the community level, but honestly I don't even know where to start w/ that. Very frustrating to see so much opposition...

[Orpheum]

Originally Posted by rockies

I agree, I'm so excited about this. I live really close to where this project is going to be and I frequent the grocery store behind the property. I always think about this area being so ripe for townhomes and increased density in general!

I definitely need to look more into how I can support projects like this on the community level, but honestly I don't even know where to start w/ that. Very frustrating to see so much opposition...

Are these going to be for sale or will they be rentals like everything else lately? There seems to be little opportunity for people to invest and own anything except for overpriced ramblers and old bungalows or cookie cutter tract houses.

[Atlas]

650 Main earlier today:





6th & Main across the street:

[delts145]

Originally Posted by 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.

Around the time that The Austonian was built, I thought the Austin Skyline was going to be very attractive. I was particularly envious of the height that was being added. However, and perhaps this is Austin's least attractive angle, but the shot while dense is exactly what I hope Salt Lake avoids. That is the bland sameness of in-your-face residential towers. IMO, Vancouver's same mistake is even more exaggerated. I think L.A. or Seattle have evolved as much more attractive skylines. I hope Salt Lake City will continue to individualize its tower skin colors, material varieties, and window design arrangements in much the same way as Los Angeles. From the renderings, we're seeing right now with examples such as Kensington, Dakota Pacific, 95 S. State, Worthington, and 4th S. and W. Temple, there's an attractive mix developing. All Salt Lake needs now is to continue what it's doing, add a few towers mixed in that are in the 500-600 ft. range, and design a couple of creative crowns. Add Salt Lake's backdrop and it will easily have one of the prettiest skylines in No. America.

[Atlas]

Here's a nice view from the webcam this morning of the most underdeveloped part of downtown:



With the 400 S/West Temple site (hopefully) getting built into a nice tower, does anyone know if there are plans for those two big parking lots on both sides of West Temple south of 300 S?

[RC14]

Thank you for the photos Atlas.

Is there any word on when construction will start on the 600 South TRAX station? I had thought it was supposed to start this spring.

Also, I don't know if a name has been chosen for the station but I think they should call it Midtown.

[Comrade]

Originally Posted by delts145

Around the time that The Austonian was built, I thought the Austin Skyline was going to be very attractive. I was particularly envious of the height that was being added. However, and perhaps this is Austin's least attractive angle, but the shot while dense is exactly what I hope Salt Lake avoids. That is the bland sameness of in-your-face residential towers. IMO, Vancouver's same mistake is even more exaggerated. I think L.A. or Seattle have evolved as much more attractive skylines. I hope Salt Lake City will continue to individualize its tower skin colors, material varieties, and window design arrangements in much the same way as Los Angeles. From the renderings, we're seeing right now with examples such as Kensington, Dakota Pacific, 95 S. State, Worthington, and 4th S. and W. Temple, there's an attractive mix developing. All Salt Lake needs now is to continue what it's doing, add a few towers mixed in that are in the 500-600 ft. range, and design a couple of creative crowns. Add Salt Lake's backdrop and it will easily have one of the prettiest skylines in No. America.

If Salt Lake continues doing what it's doing, it is unlikely to have a very strong skyline. The towers are even more generic than Austin's - as if they're out of a city builder simulator. And that's already on top of a skyline that is underwhelming due to its boxiness.

Really, we'd be lucky to look like Austin in a decade. I'd be thoroughly impressed if that was the case, as they've got a pretty significant, and diverse, skyline.





Unfortunately, Salt Lake doesn't. Worse, the towers that are being proposed don't change the overall issue with the skyline - the fact it has a table top effect and, maybe most egregious of all, it's pretty much flat atop ever single major skyscraper.

That latter point might not be too problematic if there was more diversity in the heights but it doesn't exist, which only accentuates that table top feel.

If Salt Lake continues doing what it's doing, namely putting out fairly generic tower proposals, what you claim to want to avoid is going to happen.

Look, I'm excited for a lot of these proposals but none of them are particularly great.

[bflatflat9]

Salt Lake would be lucky to be comparable with Austin in 30 years.
Skyline-wise.