Salt Lake MSA Development Thread

[Stenar]

Whatever this is, it needs to be burnt down.

Originally Posted by StevenF

Untitled by steven.fidler80, on Flickr

[delts145]

^^^
I appreciate how they placed it right up to the sidewalk, and it appears to have some sort of commercial engagement in mind at the base. But somebody please tell me that that is not the final finish on the skin. Murray deserves a lot better than that in the heart of their downtown.

[SLC Projects]

Originally Posted by Stenar

Whatever this is, it needs to be burnt down.

I agree, the Jiffy Lube needs to go.

[StevenF]

Originally Posted by Stenar

Whatever this is, it needs to be burnt down.

I agree it is not a very good look but from what I have seen of this hotel brands style it is what it will look like. It is a suburban styling in an urban environment and they don't mix to well.

[Stenar]

Originally Posted by StevenF

I agree it is not a very good look but from what I have seen of this hotel brands style it is what it will look like. It is a suburban styling in an urban environment and they don't mix to well.

This is worse than most suburban architecture.

Which hotel brand is this?

[StevenF]

Home2 Suites by Hilton.

[i-215]

Cities aren't HOAs, so this happens. Honestly, I appreciate some "visual cacophony." It makes an urban area feel more real and less like Disneyland.

[H4vok]

Found a render:

[asies1981]

Originally Posted by H4vok

Found a render:

The Home2Suites are ugly and being built everywhere. Hilton built one at an important intersection in Center City (downtown) across from the Convention Center and Reading Market Terminal in Philadelphia and it looks like the rendering above just a little taller, and is even uglier in real life.

[CountyLemonade]

Originally Posted by i-215

Cities aren't HOAs, so this happens. Honestly, I appreciate some "visual cacophony." It makes an urban area feel more real and less like Disneyland.

You can have visual cacophony without horrendous buildings like this new hotel. :'(

[SLC Projects]

So I guess it's just better to have a parking lot then?, right guys? Come on. This is a overall improvement.

[delts145]

After seeing the rendering, I'm not quite so alarmed. I can wait to make a final judgement. The rendering does show materials that would enhance the finished appearance over what we're seeing in it's current state. Particularly the base and the wood panels could end up helping quite a bit, and the building is perfectly situated and configured ideally.

[delts145]

Kimball expansion: Park City's Eiffel Tower or Park City's L.A.?

City Hall has received 300-plus messages about controversial design


The proposed design for the Kimball Art Center's planned expansion has drawn a range of opinions this spring. City Hall has received hundreds of comments about the project in recent weeks. Most of the emails are in support of the design. Courtesy of the Kimball Art Center

Jay Hamburger, The Park Record

http://www.parkrecord.com/park_city-news...xpansion-park-citys-eiffel-tower-or-park

...There were far more emails in support of the expansion. The supporters' emails outnumbered those from the critics by a nearly four-to-one margin. Upward of 245 of the messages appeared to be in clear support while approximately 67 were in clear opposition. It was difficult to decipher support or opposition in a few of the messages. Some of the critics' messages praised the Kimball Art Center's role in the community and the idea of an expansion. The proposed design, however, is problematic, they said...

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[goldcntry]

I will go along and agree that this is not the most striking piece of architecture that should've/could've been built there. That being said, it is far better than the crappy strip mall that had been there. It is nicer to look at from across the street every Wednesday evening then the prior view of drug deals and gangsta wannabes...

[jedikermit]

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of the look, but it brings density, it's a tax generator, and it's hella better than what was there before. I'd take three of those over the strip mall/parking lot/smoke shop/Subway (I really super hate Subway lately) that was there before.

I do wish there was some sort of ground level retail, or some way to engage State Street instead of just a big empty wall, which is what I think it is now.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by jedikermit

...I do wish there was some sort of ground level retail, or some way to engage State Street instead of just a big empty wall, which is what I think it is now.

The rendering shows windows on State. Is that not accurate? Maybe they just haven't put them in yet.

[goldcntry]

You still can't see much of the street engagement. This is a pic from a couple of weeks ago..

[i-215]

Originally Posted by CountyLemonade

You can have visual cacophony without horrendous buildings like this new hotel. :'(

I understand. I'm not going to complain. The ugly building is still more interesting than the surface parking lot it replaces.

[JMK]

Furniture giant RC Willey opens its largest store in Draper
By Tom Wharton, The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Apr 08 2014

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/57791478-79/willey-store-furniture-stores.html.csp

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http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/sltrib/pages/slidegallery.csp?cid=57791478&pid=6100642

In the 1950s and 1960s, Sugar House served as the Salt Lake Valley’s furniture center with iconic stores such as Southeast, Granite, Rockwood, Forseys and Sterling providing single-stop shopping.

These days, Utah’s biggest concentration of furniture stores can be found near the junction of Interstate 15 and Bangerter Highway in Draper. The opening Wednesday of RC Willey’s first new Utah store since 1990 brings the number of stores on the north side of Bangerter to eight.

"We think the biggest housing market in Utah during the next 20 years will be southwest Salt Lake County and northwest Utah County," RC Willey CEO Scott Hymas said Tuesday as workers scrambled to put last-minute touches on the 160,000-square-foot store, the chain’s largest. "This will be a big hub. People from all over the valley will be able to get here from Interstate 15 or Bangerter to converge on this area."

Other nearby furniture stores include Ikea, Ashley, Oak Express, Bedroom Express, Denver Mattress, Sofa Mart and Beds and More. Hymas said Ikea sold RC Willey the land for the new store thinking there would be good synergy.

"We believe there is as well," he said. "Consumer traffic is what it is all about here. In the furniture market, this is a place to land."

The new Draper store is in some ways replacing the company’s Taylorsville store and West Jordan clearance center, both of which are closing. It contains a large clearance level on its second floor and a number of furniture lines not carried in some of the chain’s other Utah stores.

On Tuesday, the inside and outside of the new RC Willey bustled with activity.

A worker put the last touches on the outdoor sign while others scrambled to landscape the area and finish one last piece of cement at an entrance.

Inside, ladders could be seen in several locations. Empty boxes littered the area near the big screen televisions and workers wheeled merchandise into different parts of the store.

A two-story waterfall greets customers who walk in the east doors. The facility contains a small cafe, an area of more rustic furniture guarded by a fountain and two bears called the Utah Mountain Retreat, a shop selling patio furniture and barbecues and the company’s traditional large appliance, mattress and electronics areas.

[delts145]

Silver Creek Village: Coming soon? Slated 240-acre development already has county approval

Aaron Osowski, The Park Record

http://www.parkrecord.com/park_city-news/ci_25572395/silver-creek-village-coming-soon

A 240-acre residential and commercial development has already been approved by the county for the southeast corner of Silver Creek Junction, but developers may finally have all necessary documents to get a go-ahead on the project.

Silver Creek Village, as the proposed development is called, would feature 939 multi-family units, 351 single-family units and 50,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial space. It would also have around 10 community parks, civic spaces and a community garden.

The project's manager, Matt Lowe of Liberty Capital Lending, said the site plan for the development, which is located south of Interstate 80 and east of US 40, has not changed much since it went before the Summit County Council in 2011. He said that, although the neighborhood would encompass around 240 acres, the majority of development would be clustered in a space of about 100 acres...


The Silver Creek Village development is slated for the southeast corner of Interstate 80 and US 40. It would feature 939 multi-family units, 351 single-family units and 50,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial space. (Image courtesy of Mark Puddy)

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