Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[bob rulz]

I would consider late March to be late season for a storm of that magnitude. Some places got nearly 10 inches.

Anyway, got a few more pictures of the Tower 8 site today from 100 South. So close I can taste it!

[FullCircle]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/m...:rid=844800740

Pretty good read. I thought about posting it in the transit forum, but it's really about the urban fabric and how car/transit affect it, so I'll put it here.

[JMK]

I must not go past 100 S very often, I remember when this was under construction, I like the way it turned out.

https://saltflatsliving.com/

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by FullCircle

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/m...:rid=844800740

Pretty good read. I thought about posting it in the transit forum, but it's really about the urban fabric and how car/transit affect it, so I'll put it here.

Good article. Thanks for posting.

[SLCLvr]

If only we had a fast fashion billionaire living in SLC.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...mm182vhXwxX2vg

[Stenar]

Originally Posted by SLCLvr

If only we had a fast fashion billionaire living in SLC.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...mm182vhXwxX2vg

That's ridiculous to build a skyscraper in a tiny village.

[Blah_Amazing]

We now have renderings of the Lowe Property Group's second proposed project in Sugar House (in addition to Dixon Place), the Sugar Alley development on Highland Drive (former site of the proposed (and now cancelled) Dixon Office Building aka Dixon Medical Office). I think the design looks somewhat similar to the design they have for their proposed 6th and Main project, which I really liked.
Looks to be about 6 floors tall (maybe 7), and it stands a little taller then 'The Vue (I guess it is supposed to be spelled that way) at Sugar House Crossing' to the north.
Lowe Property Group has also filed a Conditional Design Review with the SLC Planning Commission for Sugar Alley: https://citizenportal.slcgov.com/Cit...ncyCode=SLCREF


Rendering of the Eastern side of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive. If you look in the upper right corner, you can see their other proposed project, Dixon Place, though in real life it wouldn't be visible from this angle, as the under construction Sugarmont Apartments would block that view.


Rendering of the Eastern side of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive.


Rendering of the Eastern side of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive and the corner of the soon to be continued Wilmington Ave (will seperate Sugarmont Apartments and Sugar Alley). I like that they included the Sugarmont Apartments in the background of this image.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley 'Residences at Sugar Alley' entry/ lobby interior for the apartments.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley 'Residences at Sugar Alley' entry/ lobby for the apartments. East side as seen from Highland Drive.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley pedestrian walkway and street cafes/ restaurants separating Sugar Alley and 'The Vue at Sugar House Crossing.' Northeast corner of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley pedestrian walkway and street cafes/ restaurants separating Sugar Alley and 'The Vue at Sugar House Crossing.' Northwest corner of Sugar Alley.


This is a map from the cancelled Dixon Building project, so replace the 'Proposed Dixon Building' with the new Sugar Alley project. I thought it might help people 'get their bearings,' so to speak. The 'proposed apartment building' in the upper left side is the under construction Sugarmont Apartment building.

[delts145]

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Great Post, Thanks a ton Blah Amazing. I like it too. This particular group is giving Salt Lake City more of what they've been asking for. Both 6th and Main and this are worthy projects. I sure hope we see ground broken in a timely manner. For that specific location I think this works much better than the previous Dixon Place proposal. This will put a decent amount of feet on the street at the heart of downtown Sugar House. All in all I'm pretty enthusiastic about Sugar House's future core.

I would like to see some attractive mixed-use replacement on 21st S., as several forum members have suggested. Immediately coming to mind would be buildings like the tacky Wells Fargo.

It looks like something of worth is underneath all of that awful slapped on facade. The cornice area looks like it was once a very attractive building. The second floor probably would be fairly easy to uncover and restore. However, the street level would most likely need a new treatment that doesn't scream ugly. What they have on there now is laughable. Anyway, if replaced with a new structure something very handsome that fits in with the once historical character of that corner, but has a density that is far more appropriate for that intersection. Mixed use would be fantastic!

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[Always Sunny in SLC]

I love the new Dixon concept! I also would like to see improvements to the buildings on 21st and to incorporate housing above, but I worry that new development will drive out some of the last eclectic business Sugarhouse has left, like Raunch.

[Reachforthesky]

So excited about Tower 8!!

Can someone insert it into a photo of our skyline to show what effect it will have? Or post a render of it in our skyline?


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[meman]

It appears that site preparation is well under way at the Tower 8 site. Electrical infrastructure work appears to be being done at the front of the site. Also construction workers were removing the light posts from the site this morning.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by Reachforthesky

So excited about Tower 8!!

Can someone insert it into a photo of our skyline to show what effect it will have? Or post a render of it in our skyline?


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[bob rulz]

That Sugar Alley proposal looks awesome. I like that it has ground-floor retail too (which is missing from a couple of the new projects). The design of it is very impressive, and should feel a little bit more distinctive than some of the other projects around there have. I absolutely love how urban and sleek that glass entrance looks and I hope that ends up being what it really looks like. The Sugarmont Apartments are a bit of a disappointment from a design/engagement standpoint for me, so this is a refreshing difference from that.

Originally Posted by Always Sunny in SLC

I love the new Dixon concept! I also would like to see improvements to the buildings on 21st and to incorporate housing above, but I worry that new development will drive out some of the last eclectic business Sugarhouse has left, like Raunch.

I see no reason to change the northeast corner of 2100 South and 1100 East, at least not at this time. It's the northwest corner with the Wells Fargo that I hate. Then 1100 East up to Ramona Venue only really needs a little bit of infill development (there's room for a couple more developments like the Urbana apartments there), though I wouldn't mind seeing the space where the post office is now redeveloped to get rid of the huge parking lot.

[delts145]

Gateway owners report 'dramatic' crime drop, urge Utahns to come back

Katie McKellar - Deseret News, https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...come-back.html

...Vestar, which has pumped over $100 million to revitalize The Gateway, held a news conference on Tuesday as part of its ongoing efforts to draw Utahns back to the once-struggling mall — highlighting two reports that indicate crime has dropped "dramatically" over the last two years since Operation Rio Grande.

"It's very good news, to have crime drop by 79 percent," Jacklyn Briggs, Vestar marketing director, told the Deseret News in an interview Tuesday. "It makes the investment worth it, which we knew it was. But it's results, and that's what we were aiming for."...

Downtown street ambassadors listen as Greg Hughes, former Speaker of the Utah House, talks about two new reports that say The Gateway and the Rio Grande area of Salt Lake City have realized a dramatic decrease in crime, during a press conference at the Grand Hall at The Gateway in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City and Visit Salt Lake partnered to launch the Downtown Street Ambassador Program in spring 2018. The program deploys as many as eight ambassadors in major pedestrian thoroughfares throughout the year. The goal is to create an even more welcoming and safe city center for residents and visitors. Photo by Steve Griffin, Deseret News

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[SLCPolitico]

Originally Posted by Orlando

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Is that a building on the Carl's Jr. in this picture? Is that a current project?

[bob rulz]

No, just theoretical.

Still holding out hope for a 500-footer there eventually.

[delts145]

Delta Air Lines official says Salt Lake City airport rebuild will give its hub a huge competitive edge in the West


(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) The new Salt Lake City International Airport expansion project on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. The first phase construction of the $3.6 billion project is due to open in late 2020.

Lee Davidson, Salt Lake Tribune - https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics...ines-official/

The ongoing $3.6 billion rebuild of Salt Lake City International Airport should give Delta Air Lines and its hub there a big competitive advantage in the West, a top airline official said Wednesday.

“We’re going to look back on it and go, ‘That was money well spent,’” Holden Shannon, Delta’s senior vice president of real estate, told a convention of the Airports Council International, meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. He added that the new airport “is remarkable.”...

..."The most important project we have is Salt Lake City, right here,” he said. The project, Shannon added, will make what had been considered airport palaces “look like a cottage” — and should make Utah’s capital the hub that passengers prefer in the West.

He praised the new design with parallel terminals between two runways. He said it will help avoid bottlenecks seen at too many other airports with spiderweb designs, where planes that have landed often must wait for aircraft that are blocking narrow taxiways before advancing to gates. It should help keep operations on time.

The design also makes expansion easier by adding more parallel terminals as needed.

Salt Lake City’s new gates are designed to accommodate aircraft of many sizes to offer great flexibility to airlines and their operations.

While many airports create huge entry and check-in areas, Shannon said, Salt Lake City and other new Delta projects seek to put less there and put more space and better facilities where passengers spend most of their time — at and beyond security around gates.

Shannon said new Salt Lake City terminals will include more seats, all with access to power plug-ins, and more area for lines at check-in — instead of obstructing crowded hallways. Also, the airport will be designed to allow international passengers to more freely use biometrics — such as eye scans — to avoid the need to present passports in different areas.

He said Salt Lake City will have a new Delta Sky Club that “will be an amazing amenity. It will have almost 30,000 square feet and gorgeous views of the mountains.”

Concessions chosen for the airport offer the sorts of food and retail most passengers want, Shannon said, while some other airports tend to offer choices that are too exotic and expensive.

“What we’ll see in the Salt Lake City airport," he said, “is much more relevant and thoughtfully placed and branded high-quality concessions.”

Shannon added that the rebuilt airport will be “a vehicle for commerce and expansion here” that will benefit the state...

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[Always Sunny in SLC]

I agree with the article that SLC Airport will be a big boon for the state, but these quotes seem a little hyperbolic. Isn't there discussions about adding another terminal sooner than later because of growth and the potential for getting the Olympics?

[gusam26]

There's movement on the apartments next to the marmalade library, fencing went up and there's equipment on-site.

[Blah_Amazing]

Originally Posted by gusam26

There's movement on the apartments next to the marmalade library, fencing went up and there's equipment on-site.

Awesome!