Salt Lake MSA Development Thread

[jedikermit]

Interesting, and I'm glad the master plan extends further along 3500 south than I was expecting. That's a very underused part of the city; it'll be good to have some of that taken out and upgraded.

[Makid]

Not sure where to put this but this seems the most logical:

Virginia, Utah mount joint raid on Calif. jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/virginia-utah-...--finance.html

Would be nice if this trip is fruitful, expansions or relocations would be a nice boost to the area. Hopefully we will hear something good about this trip in the near future.

[ajiuO]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I drive by the Burnt down Tavernackle building almost every week when I'm out in Provo. So I thought I would grab a couple of quick shots... sorry for the quality. I will try to remember a camera one of these day.

This is an interesting project. First they built and exostucture to stabilize the brick.. I wish I would have gotten pictures. Then they gutted out the inside and reinforced all of the brick by adding a thick layer of cement to the inside of the structure. They took the exostucture down and now its just a hollowed out shell.. Whit is even more interesting is that they have completely excavated all of the earth from under the building.. and now the whole structure is sitting up un pillars of some sort. It almost appears as if they are preparing to move the whole building or something.. I'm not sure what they are actually doing.. but it is something to have a look at if you happen to be in the area.

once again sorry for quality

[delts145]

^^^
Are you sure you don't know where to post that?

[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by Makid

Not sure where to put this but this seems the most logical:

Virginia, Utah mount joint raid on Calif. jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/virginia-utah-...--finance.html

Would be nice if this trip is fruitful, expansions or relocations would be a nice boost to the area. Hopefully we will hear something good about this trip in the near future.

If Herby is successful in bringing some jobs to Utah, I hope they don't simply all move to Lehi, or that he promises them space on the Prison site. While I applaud bringing jobs to the state, I would applaud more if rather than give so many incentives to these companies to build or locate in the burbs, that they give the same type of incentives for them to build or locate into SLC.

That is what is so interesting, the cost of building taller, in downtown SLC can be offset somewhat with not having to expand infrastructure, such as roads, and utilities, which are already in place in SLC vs in a field in Lehi.

[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by delts145

^^^
Are you sure you don't know where to post that?

Seriously ajiuO?

[ajiuO]

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

Seriously ajiuO?

I seriously didn't notice a provo thread... Sorry. I just got all excited about that building and wanted to share my excitement.. Ill look a bit better next time.

[Orlando]

I just found some very cool renderings for the development of Eaglewood on the south end of North Salt Lake. Can someone please post them? I am having difficulties uploading them to flickr, etc. This development is very encouraging. It's an interesting design with good densities, and is creating more population with new housing close to downtown SLC. It is kind of a large infill project.

http://www.jsa-llc.com/portfolio/pln-eaglewood.html

[UtahProjects]

Originally Posted by Orlando

I just found some very cool renderings for the development of Eaglewood on the south end of North Salt Lake. Can someone please post them? I am having difficulties uploading them to flickr, etc. This development is very encouraging. It's an interesting design with good densities, and is creating more population with new housing close to downtown SLC. It is kind of a large infill project.

http://www.jsa-llc.com/portfolio/pln-eaglewood.html

It's a fancy suburban apartment complex. I don't see what makes it much different than any other apartments/retail centers that go up in the suburbs (besides more modern architecture).

Let's see how the retail/mixed-use portions turn out.

[Orlando]

It's good because it's an attractive new development that will allow more young families to live much closer to downtown SLC than any of its comparable new developments, which, typically, are far out on the fringe of the outer suburbs.

[delts145]

Remember also that this sizable project attractively develops what many considered to be a brown earth, no man's land of blight. It further narrows that ugly gap between Downtown and North Salt Lake.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by delts145

Remember also that this sizable project attractively develops what many considered to be a brown earth, no man's land of blight. It further narrows that ugly gap between Downtown and North Salt Lake.

I think you meant to say "brown field" development. It's a site that was previously used for industrial purposes and may have some contamination on it.

[StevenF]

I went by the 4500 S. TRAX station and noticed a one story building going in to the North. At first thought with so many new units going in maybe it was a new small elementary school. I asked someone that works in the area and she said it was something like a clinic that was going in. She didn't say much about it, but if any of you know anything more about it please tell.

[T-Mac]

The Eaglewood Development is huge. It will definitely bring a lot of people to that area which is only a few mintues from downtown. However, the only problem that I have with it currently is there is so much stucco. I just wish the use of that much stucco would be outlawed in this state.

[Lilljemalm]

Originally Posted by T-Mac

The Eaglewood Development is huge. It will definitely bring a lot of people to that area which is only a few mintues from downtown. However, the only problem that I have with it currently is there is so much stucco. I just wish the use of that much stucco would be outlawed in this state.

Amen!!!! Living in Phx -- the land of dirt colored stucco -- I'm just tired of it.

[John Martin]

[delts145]

I assume that's the new fire station for Holladay? I appreciate the excellent choice of brick they used.

The choices that the decision makers in Holladay continue to make impresses me. I think we'll be happy with the finishes on the new Village Center. Speaking of the Village Center, is there anything going on right now at that site that's worth updating John? I also wonder what Hughs is thinking lately about the Cottonwood Mall site?

[delts145]

Deer Valley gondola: transit center seen as option for a terminal - Swede Alley location would provide easy access to the bus system


Jay Hamburger - The Park Record

A high-ranking Deer Valley Resort official said recently a location at or near the Old Town transit center could be considered as a spot for a gondola terminal linking the Main Street core with the resort's slopes.

Bob Wells, the vice president at Deer Valley, said in an interview such a location is seen as a potential alternative for the gondola terminal to the Brew Pub lot. The parking lot, situated toward the southern end of the Main Street commercial district, has appeared to be the focus for months.

Wells did not address the prospects of a terminal at or close to the transit center in any detail. His interview comments came after a Park City Planning Commission discussion that included talk of alternative transportation means.

Deer Valley is interested in linking the slopes to Main Street via a gondola, but details have not been finalized and the resort has not filed paperwork at City Hall for the project. Much of the talk thus far has focused on the Brew Pub lot as the location of the terminal on the Main Street side. There has been limited publicity about the Deer Valley-side terminal. It would be in upper Deer Valley, likely in Silver Lake Village.

Mick Savage, a member of the Planning Commission, said during the meeting he is interested in learning about gondola options. He mentioned Swede Alley as a location, saying that a gondola terminal could create an epicenter there.

Some wondered about a way to transport gondola passengers from a terminal at the Brew Pub lot toward the transit center, which anchors the area's bus system. It seems the thinking is if the gondola terminal was at or close to the transit center, it would be easier to move people to their destination on the buses.

Deer Valley wants to build a gondola link to Main Street as another entry point to the slopes. It sees a slopes-to-shops gondola as something that will increase its competitiveness. Tourism boosters, meanwhile, see a gondola between Main Street and Deer Valley as something that will set Park City apart in the ski industry. The Park City Mountain Resort slopes are already connected to Main Street via the Town Lift.

The Planning Commission discussion was centered on the long-running rewrite of City Hall's General Plan, an overarching document that guides growth. One of the draft sections, dedicated to upper Deer Valley, includes a statement about connection to that part of the city, but the statement does not provide details.

"Improved connectivity to decrease vehicle miles traveled and connect this remote neighborhood to the rest of town would be a welcomed opportunity," the statement says, indicating that a connection could "synergize the two neighborhoods with increased sales and reservations."

The statement does not mention a gondola, but a picture accompanying the text about upper Deer Valley shows a gondola painted in a shade of green similar to Deer Valley's well-known green color.

Deer Valley has said a gondola could debut for the 2014-2015 ski season, at the earliest.

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[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by delts145

I assume that's the new fire station for Holladay? I appreciate the excellent choice of brick they used.

The choices that the decision makers in Holladay continue to make impresses me. I think we'll be happy with the finishes on the new Village Center. Speaking of the Village Center, is there anything going on right now at that site that's worth updating John? I also wonder what Hughs is thinking lately about the Cottonwood Mall site?

I have to disagree with you on part of this Delts. I don't think Holladay leaders are doing that great of a job, they completely missed the boat on the Village Center. Giving in to the NIMBY's and CAVE people and not allowing residential in the Village Center was a huge mistake. It will simply become a fancier strip mall with some offices on the upper floor, once again relying solely on cars to get people to the retail and offices that consist of the Village Center.

I would venture to guess that they won't be up zoning any of the area surrounding the village center, so the potential foot traffic won't be increasing over what it already is. Holladay missed on the Village Center!

[delts145]

Perhaps Holladay's Village Center wanted to be as stated, 'A Village Center'. Holladay residents wanted a more intimate feel for that particular location. It never was the intention to make that site an urban center. It was never intended for it to be anything other than an intimate neighborhood village, with convenient services for neigborhood residents. It was never intended as a regional or valley wide attraction. Areas of Holladay such as The Cottonwood Mall site and Highland Drive will have ample opportunities for hundreds of residential units and vertical zoning. The long range plans for the Highland Drive Corridor are very impressive, as is the old Cottonwood Mall site. Hopefully, we'll have some movement from the Hughs Corp. soon.

From the very beginning the ambitious proposals of Cowboy Partners were at best received with a luke warm response. My take was the Holladay council and it's planning department were far more sophisticated in their tastes than the Cowboy executive looking to dazzle Holladay with it's plans. Holladay officials were polite, but not impressed. Perhaps, residential would have been a much more positive sell, if it had been handled by a different developer. In any case, I don't think that established residents wanting to keep that Village Center site scaled down qualifies them as "CAVE" people.