Salt Lake MSA Development Thread

[Makid]

Originally Posted by Stenar

I'm annoyed that the hospital isn't being built on this similar sized parcel(s) closer to 3500 S, which would put it closer to a future Green Line stop.

The blue square seems similar in size, but if they demolished some residential, they could have more area for expansion.

Most of the blue area is currently being filled in with town homes. Had the town homes not happened, I think this is where they would have located the hospital.

[Stenar]

Originally Posted by Makid

Most of the blue area is currently being filled in with town homes. Had the town homes not happened, I think this is where they would have located the hospital.

Bummer. They should've built the townhomes where the hospital is going.

[delts145]

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[delts145]

Murray City Hall Constructdion Update


May 16th - VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RurBAtiEbcU

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[Ironweed]

This link may be helpful for those of you interested in what municipal RDA's are planning:

https://slco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/81022f968ab64da983a6e20105e89965

[bob rulz]

https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/south-s...centric-development-in-its-new-downtown/

Pretty scathing article from BSL about SSL's downtown, and I would have to agree. Allowing a car dealership in their "downtown" is incredibly short-sighted. At least the west end of their downtown is developing alright so far.

Originally Posted by Ironweed

This link may be helpful for those of you interested in what municipal RDA's are planning:

https://slco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/81022f968ab64da983a6e20105e89965

Cool link, thanks for sharing! I get why the focus is on the city, but it's nice to see things going on elsewhere too.

[Ironweed]

Originally Posted by bob rulz

https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/south-s...centric-development-in-its-new-downtown/

I agree Bob. Beyond words how incompetent South Salt Lake is. They just do not get it.

[i-215]

I had no idea, either. I knew the area was ripe for a T.O.D. But I also know that area is a food desert, so I conceded that WinCo was a good fit for the location, albeit imperfect.

But a freaking car dealer? Sheesh! Especially when dealerships are likely to be moving to a model where massive parking lots are no longer part of the design, and we'll probably just be pre-ordering new cars from now on?

At least SSL could require them to put the thing in a structure and use the rest for high-density housing.

[ChickenBurgers]

I think one of the more interesting parts of how South Salt Lake's downtown is developing is that the codes and regulations that they have in place actually work and can create some great projects, but apparently only when the city itself isn't directly involved in the property. When it is involved, I guess the plan takes a backseat to the short term potential of drive thru fast food and car dealerships.

Then new projects come in that are almost juxtaposed to the city led projects, like the South City development with a 6 story office / 8 story residential building right across the street from an over (no joke) 3 acre parking lot that is larger than the entire first phase of the South City development. I understand that parts of the WinCo deal were out of the city's hands, but man if that land couldn't have gone to a better use.

Anyways, here's a new 8 story mixed use project proposed at the SW corner of Burton and Main street (where as far as I know, the city is still planning a freeway ramp) with 180 units and ground floor retail that replaces some single story office buildings and a billboard, which I have a hunch is why the project is ironically named The Billboard on the renderings.

BTW, this entire project is on a parcel that is the exact same size as the Raising Cane's lot. (Raising Cane's = 1.70 acres, The Billboard = 1.69 acres). Just wanted to put that little tidbit in there for reference.


- Rendering of the building with proposed freeway ramp looming in the background.


- Map of the parcels involved, with billboard in the SW corner making a V shape.


- The offending billboard in question, featuring the South City development.

More renderings of The Billboard project

[Atlas]

Looks pretty good, and it's always great to see a billboard go away. Any retail on the ground floor? To your point, I am definitely starting to think SSL's current leadership is not doing what's best for its "downtown" lately. There's a lot of smoke around this on the subreddit right now.

There's certainly a lot of low-hanging fruit that SSL could address on the civic side to really enhance the area. The biggest one is improving the pedestrian experience and connectivity at the Central Pointe TRAX station. To get to the Commonwealth Room and the (excellent) nearby bars from said station, you literally have to walk up to 2100 S first and then cross the tracks before coming back south through a back alley or along West Temple. It's very inconvenient and dangerous for pedestrians and bikers. Revamping that station and its connections to these areas immediately to its east would be relatively inexpensive but would have a big positive impact, imo.

General street/greenscape improvements in the area would go a long way too. Moving SSL's city hall to a location within the downtown would also be beneficial. Right now it's in a nondescript office building abutting the south side of I-80, totally cut off from the city center.

[ChickenBurgers]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Looks pretty good, and it's always great to see a billboard go away. Any retail on the ground floor?

There looks to be two retail spaces on the Main street side, one with ~4,500 sq ft and the other ~2,000 sq ft, so not too bad on the retail side considering that the other large projects in the area have ground floor retail too.

Originally Posted by Atlas

There's certainly a lot of low-hanging fruit that SSL could address on the civic side to really enhance the area. The biggest one is improving the pedestrian experience and connectivity at the Central Pointe TRAX station. To get to the Commonwealth Room and the (excellent) nearby bars from said station, you literally have to walk up to 2100 S first and then cross the tracks before coming back south through a back alley or along West Temple. It's very inconvenient and dangerous for pedestrians and bikers. Revamping that station and its connections to these areas immediately to its east would be relatively inexpensive but would have a big positive impact, imo.

I completely agree, and would just add in that as more large scale parcels get developed in the area that the city take advantage of that and put in the infrastructure for a walk / bikeable center sooner rather than later, as it's easier to implement it during the transition than attempting to change it all again after the fact. Finding a way to make Parley's Trail more continuous through the rail lines would also have a huge impact on how people are able to move through the space.

Originally Posted by Atlas

General street/greenscape improvements in the area would go a long way too. Moving SSL's city hall to a location within the downtown would also be beneficial. Right now it's in a nondescript office building abutting the south side of I-80, totally cut off from the city center.

I wonder if they could work out a deal like Millcreek did with its new city hall where it's a mixed use combo residential / city hall building that is helped paid for by the surrounding development. It could end out in a win-win for the city and the developer, but is a lot more complex than just keeping it where it currently is, which is alright, but not exactly pride inducing. If looking more long term then they could try what Murray did and basically just save up for a new building down the line when the current office building becomes too old. Either way, an eventual move to the actual city center is probably in the city's best interests.

[delts145]

Long-awaited specifics about a new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple near Heber City.

...After nearly a year since the first announcement of a new temple, the Heber Valley temple location is now official...The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday the three-story Heber Valley temple will break ground October 8...

...It’ll be built east of downtown Heber City at 1400 East Center Street.

Site: 17.9 acres | 7.2 hectares
Architectural Features: Two attached end towers
Ordinance Rooms: Four instruction rooms, four sealing rooms, and two baptistries
Total Floor Area: 88,000 square feet | 8,175 square meters
Elevation: 5,713 feet | 1,741 meters

An artist's rendering offers an early look at the Heber Valley temple before construction begins on October 8.


19 September 2022 Photos Courtesy of Chad James L. Fournier - Aerial view of the temple site

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[jedikermit]

Not commentary on the role of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in anything at all but architecture and urban planning, but their move away from having the golden Moroni statue on top of their temples as part of their look/branding is interesting. I don't know if it's part of leadership's attempt to mainstream other parts of the religion/identity, downplaying some of the things that were distinct before, but I appreciated that distinctiveness.

They still stand out, and many of the historic "pioneer era" temples didn't have the statues, I understand these things change. I just like the trumpety dude.

[delts145]

Park City poised to win approval for large housing project

By Jay Hamburger for the Park Record - https://www.parkrecord.com/news/park-cit...medium=email&utm_campaign=record-roundup

City Hall and a private-sector partner on Wednesday could secure approval of an ambitious housing development along the Kearns Boulevard corridor that would be heavily weighted toward workforce housing or otherwise restricted affordable units.

The Park City Planning Commission has been in discussions about the proposal, at 1875 Homestake Road, since the summer. The municipal government owns the land and is pursuing a partnership with a firm called J. Fisher Companies for the project.

The development proposal calls for 123 housing units. Of the total, 99 would be set aside as restricted affordable while 24 would be sold at market rates. The 99 affordable units represent an unusually large bloc for a project in Park City, as a result of the municipal government’s involvement. The proposal entails one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units, with the two-bedrooms accounting for the majority of the breakdown.

City Hall staffers in a report drafted in anticipation of the meeting on Wednesday requested the panel consider an approval.

The Planning Commission has signaled support for the amount of units that will be set aside as affordable and backed the concept of placing restricted housing on the land. The Homestake Road location provides easy access to Kearns Boulevard, Bonanza Drive and Park Avenue, and there is transit service in the area of the land. It is also located close to important destinations like grocery stores, commercial districts and the Park City School District campus.

There have been scattered concerns about the project, though, including regarding traffic. City Hall released a July correspondence from a man named Michael Stockwell raising questions.

“traffic – that area has already been oversaturated with traffic, far more than our infrastructure can handle between housing growth/shopping/tourists in either direction off 224. how can that many more residents placed directly in the middle of an existing bottleneck be a good idea?” Stockwell wrote in the correspondence.

He added: “YOU have the ball, don’t drop it as we ALL are depending on you to PLAN smartly, methodically, and where our infra structure can handle growth, NOT in areas like Homestake!!!”

The project is an especially aggressive one for City Hall. The municipal government for years has seen housing as a priority and has made limited progress. Leaders over the years have outlined what they see as benefits of the housing program, including the prospects of increasing socioeconomic diversity and reducing commuter traffic. Many members of the rank-and-file workforce are priced out of Park City’s resort-driven real estate and rental markets.

Rory Murphy, a Park City developer who is partnering with J. Fisher Companies on the project, said on Tuesday that environmental remediation work on the land could start as early as late in April should the project be approved. Construction would be expected to last between 18 and 20 months from the start of the remediation, he said.

The Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. at the Marsac Building and online. More information is available on the municipal website, http://www.parkcity.org. The direct link to the meeting information is: https://granicus_production_attachments....e7e70650c0f698a24217ab56aec9e4f0.pdf.​ Park City

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[delts145]

Here's some more info. on that new South Salt Lake Project posted in the Trib. yesterday. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come for more of an urban South Salt Lake Downtown

(Architectural Nexus) Rendering of One Burton, a mixed-use development that is kick-starting South Salt Lake's plans to create a downtown district.


See what’s finally coming to South Salt Lake: its first ‘downtown’ building

By Alixel Cabrera | Nov. 16, 2022, 5:00 a.m. - https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/11/16/see-whats-finally-coming-south/


South Salt Lake • Buzz about South Salt Lake revitalization took a tangible step forward Tuesday with a ceremonial shovel turn on Main Street and Burton Avenue.

Construction of One Burton, a new mixed-use development near 2400 South, is now underway, and, along with other building projects, so is the prospect of creating a downtown in this city of 27,000 residents.

The eight-story complex will have 180 apartments — 50 two-bedroom, 103 one-bedroom and 27 studio units. Planned amenities include a gallery, spa and fitness facilities along with rooftop courtyards. The project, which is expected to open in 2024, also will include 7,000 square feet of retail space for restaurants or neighborhood shops.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) South Salt Lake VIPs turn over a shovel of dirt for groundbreaking of South Salt Lake's Downtown East Streetcar District, which will provide 180 multifamily housing units, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

South Salt Lake’s downtown has been in the works since 2016. The intention is to add more housing, commercial and nightlife, said Mayor Cherie Wood. After years of planning, pandemic-related disruptions and infrastructure issues, city officials, architects and developers staged Tuesday’s ceremony on an open parcel where a church, an apartment building and a storage facility used to sit.

“This is our first one after all of that to break ground, and we’re excited,” said Wood, highlighting how much she liked the design, which wraps around a billboard facing Interstate 80. “This is one of many coming to our downtown area.”

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) One Burton, the redevelopment area planned for South Salt Lake's downtown revitalization, known as the Downtown East Streetcar District, will provide 180 multifamily housing units, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

Despite the excitement surrounding One Burton, the building will not include the affordable units that Utah so desperately needs to ease a housing crisis.

City officials had been working with these developers before the housing crunch deepened, Wood said, so they did not address the affordability element for this building. But the mayor expects future developments to include affordable units.

What it will look like

One Burton will boast midcentury modern architecture that fits with the neighborhood, said Doug Thimm, an architect at Architectural Nexus, the Salt Lake City firm designing the building. “The idea was to bring something in that could be a piece of architecture that became part of the greater whole.”

Thimm is confident that this development will help execute the city’s vision for its downtown. The building, including its commercial space, is expected to draw people from across Salt Lake County.

“I’ve been talking on and off with the city for over 20 years,” Thimm said, “and to see something finally happening here is really exciting for us.”

(Architectural Nexus) Rendering of One Burton, a mixed-use development that is kick-starting South Salt Lake's plans to create a downtown district.
For this project, Architectural Nexus is working alongside Abstract Development Group, an affiliate of a New York-based real estate firm, and Jacobsen Construction Co

More changes coming to South Salt Lake

Developers are planning another 12 projects in the area in the near future.

“You’re going to see change as you’re already seeing in South Salt Lake right now,” said Gary Ellis, Jacobsen’s president and CEO. “...This is a true sign that we’re providing an area for people to come and live in South Salt Lake and really revitalize the area.”

South Salt Lake’s downtown expects to offer grocery stores, public spaces and access to public transportation.

“We’ve always struggled from people not knowing that we’re a city. If we built a downtown, those types of developments would last 50-plus years,” Wood said, “and so that would really be something we can hang our hat on as a community.”

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[SL,UT]

I think with the building of Winco with its large surface parking area and the announcement of a new car dealership in that area, it has killed any hope for a decent downtown core for South Salt Lake.

"Despite the excitement surrounding One Burton, the building will not include the affordable units that Utah so desperately needs to ease a housing crisis.

City officials had been working with these developers before the housing crunch deepened, Wood said, so they did not address the affordability element for this building. But the mayor expects future developments to include affordable units."

This right here is the epitome of incompetence and apathy for the current housing situation by our elected officials. They are basically saying, "Oh, we know there is a housing crisis, but lets just wait for future developments to possibly address this."

[delts145]

Demolition of old Utah State Prison in Draper begins

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/demolition-of-old-utah-state-prison-in-draper-begins/

By Derrick Fox - DRAPER, Utah (ABC4) – The demolition of the old Utah State Prison in Draper at the point of the mountain begins with the toppling of a guard tower on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The demolition will begin at 10 a.m. and the public is invited to the ceremony in person. It will also be streamed on The Point’s YouTube Channel, Twitter account, and Facebook page.

Officials said the destruction of the guard tower signals a critical milestone in the development of Utah’s Innovation Community, known as “The Point.”

[ucsbgaucho]

Originally Posted by delts145

Demolition of old Utah State Prison in Draper begins

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/demolition-of-old-utah-state-prison-in-draper-begins/

By Derrick Fox - DRAPER, Utah (ABC4) – The demolition of the old Utah State Prison in Draper at the point of the mountain begins with the toppling of a guard tower on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The demolition will begin at 10 a.m. and the public is invited to the ceremony in person. It will also be streamed on The Point’s YouTube Channel, Twitter account, and Facebook page.

Officials said the destruction of the guard tower signals a critical milestone in the development of Utah’s Innovation Community, known as “The Point.”

Meanwhile, the new prison is dealing with a mosquito infestation because it was put right next to all the protected estuaries of the GSL that provide habitat for mosquitos (bird food) to flourish, even though the State was warned by numerous experts that this was going to happen. Now there's going to be a battle between the prison, which wants to do more to eradicate the mosquitos using stuff that will probably harm the birds in the end, and the people charged with these protected lands that are trying to save the last benefits the GSL is still able to provide.

[Atlas]

Given all of the issues with construction, mosquitos, and the environmental impact, (all of which were predictable) I do not understand why they chose that site on the GSL. Why not Tooele? Why not somewhere in Utah County?

The whole prison move feels like another middle finger to SLC.

[msbutah]

That's exactly what it was. People told the legislature before it was built it was a terrible location, from construction on a marsh, and sticking it in the middle of nowhere with no easy access to utilities or dependent services, and they didn't care. It freed up the expensive land in Draper as a kickback to their developer donors and put a stick in SLCs eye, just like the in-land port corruption scheme.