Salt Lake:Official development news thread - Page 44

delts145 · #**861** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 3:05 PM**

Hospital expanding

Two projects to cost $82M
Tennessee-based IASIS Healthcare is making major investments in two Utah facilities
By Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/31/2007 02:28:36 AM MST

An artist's rendering shows plans for Jordan Valley Hospital,... (Courtesy of IASIS Healthcare)

The last time Jordan Valley Hospital officials broke ground on an expansion, they did so with large tents, string instruments, champagne glasses and a large buffet, leading CEO Bryanie Swilley to joke about attending a tent revival.
Considering the size of his next project, he may want to invite Billy Graham.
Between now and summer 2008, Jordan Valley will double in size - again - adding operating suites, emergency room beds, maternity capacity and an inpatient rehabilitation unit.
The $46 million transformation is one of two hospital projects in the works for Tennessee-based IASIS Health- care. Davis Hospital in Layton is about to embark on a $36.2 million expansion and renovation, including a three-story tower, a new intensive care unit, expanded pediatric services and 67 more beds.
Together, the $82 million in projects represent the IASIS' largest simultaneous investment in Utah hospitals, and that's saying something for a company that has pumped $192 million into its four facilities - IASIS also owns Salt Lake Regional Hospital and Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Valley City - in the past seven years.
Since 2002, Jordan Valley has gone from 50 beds to 95 through piecemeal projects, so Swilley is well-acquainted with drop cloths and giant scissors.
"We're just trying to gear up to take advantage of all the growth around us and to make it accessible and convenient for residents here to have quality health care close to home," Swilley said. He noted the addition of big retail projects such as Jordan Landing, a housing development called Daybreak and the promise of light rail.
IASIS is hardly the only chain to notice. Intermountain Healthcare is building a hospital in Riverton, and MountainStar has plans for a hospital in Draper.
Jill Vicory of the Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association believes there is enough business to go around.
"We are nowhere near having a glut of services" in the southern part of Salt Lake Valley, Vicory said.
IASIS expects to begin construction on both the Jordan Valley and Davis Hospital projects this spring. Davis' plans include converting all semi-private hospital rooms to private ones. Michael Jensen, CEO of Davis Hospital and Medical Center, said the goal is to serve more patients and improve the hospital experience.
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IASIS
expansions by the numbers

JORDAN
VALLEY
HOSPITAL
* Three floors
* $46 million
* 97,000 square feet
* 95 beds
DAVIS
HOSPITAL
* Three-story tower
* $36.2 million
* 66,000 square feet
* 67 beds

SLC Projects · #**862** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 4:44 PM**

During these past five year we have seen alot of HOSPITAL projects ( new one or expanison ) through out the salt lake valley. Even back in 2001 and 2002 when the ecomy was slow and there wasn't any projects going on. We have the IHC Murray campus that is about finish. And up at the "U" there has always been some kind of a crane up there as they work on expanison the "U" HOSPITAL. Jordan valley iin west jordan s always expansion. I live near there so I've seen that what used to be a little one story HOSPITAL with less then 50 beds now grow into a far bigger better place.
Riverton will soon breakground on their own HOSPITAL as well as Draper. Murray could be getting three more highrise that will be use doctor offices that will go part of the IHC Campus.
There is for sure alot of growth now with HOSPITALS.

arkhitektor · #**863** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 5:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Comrade Reynolds

Ok, I don't want to be an ass here (I know, tough for me not to do), but I come to this thread in hopes of reading PROJECTS, not articles and news events. This is a PROJECTS thread and should only be used to discuss those projects in Salt Lake. Not new license plates, housing stats, conventions and other news that isn't directly linked to development. Is there any way someone can create a Salt Lake non-project news thread for all these stories?

I mean the original intent of this thread was for development after all.

I whole-heartedly agree.

It seems like some of the people on this forum get up each morning and simply copy and paste the Deserert News and Salt Lake Tribune onto the forum:

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Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Where are you delts this morning?, I'm having to post all the today's news.

Let's leave the Skyscraperpage.com Salt Lake Development Forum for actual develoment news, and use the Tribune's own forum for discussion of all the other irrelevant crap that keeps finding its way onto our forum:
http://extras.sltrib.com/tribtalk/index.php

SLC Projects · #**864** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by arkhitektor

I whole-heartedly agree.

It seems like some of the people on this forum get up each morning and simply copy and paste the Deserert News and Salt Lake Tribune onto the forum:

Let's leave the Skyscraperpage.com Salt Lake Development Forum for actual develoment news, and use the Tribune's own forum for discussion of all the other irrelevant crap that keeps finding its way onto our forum:
http://extras.sltrib.com/tribtalk/index.php

Since these stories had to do with DEVELOPMENT I didn't think it was a big deal. But we see what other people think. I started a new thread poll asking people what they think of this issue.

BuiLDing GuRL · #**865** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 9:53 PM**

Here is a little video showing the IV Gateway Tower being built and the remodeling of the Zions Bank Tower. This is brought to you by BuiLDing GuRL and SLC Projects. Enjoy!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1854030175

delts145 · #**866** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 10:21 PM**

^^^
BuiLDing GuRL, That was very nice and well put together. For Heaven Sakes!!! That deserves a thread more than most of the creative thread inputs, which I have previously enjoyed by other forumers. If you don't post it, DAMMITT,I will.

SLC Projects · #**867** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 10:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by delts145

^^^
BuiLDing GuRL, That was very nice and well put together. For Heaven Sakes!!! That deserves a thread more than most of the creative thread inputs, which I have previously enjoyed by other forumers. If you don't post it, DAMMITT,I will.

Thanks delts. As I was putting it all together it was fun looking back to see just how far both projects has come. Vol. 2 will be coming out soon.

DevdogAZ · #**868** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 10:46 PM**

I like the video. What is that song and who sings it?

SLC Projects · #**869** Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 10:55 PM**

[QUOTE=DevdogAZ;2602345]I like the video. What is that song and who sings it?[/QUOTE

Thanks,

The band is..."The Dwarves" and the song is called..."Salt Lake City"

SmilingBob · #**870** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 4:47 PM**

From the SL Tribune:
. . . Sure, it owns the state's tallest skyscraper, the 435-foot-tall Church Office Building (COB). And no builder has reached loftier heights (though a famed architect aims to try). After all, it would be sacrilegious - and against city code - to aspire higher.
Or so goes the urban legend.
Thing is, it's a myth, one church officials debunked during the 2002 Winter Olympics and one Salt Lake City planner Doug Dansie frequently encounters.

"There's no maximum height" downtown, he said.

City regulations do dictate buildings on corners be no taller than 375 feet, but they also offer developers ways to get around the rule.
If someone wants to build a 50-story sky-rise, Dansie said, "there's nothing legally preventing him from doing that. There's a process to go through."
So if architect Frank Gehry wanted to erect the 450-foot-high hotel he has planned for Lehi in Salt Lake City instead, he could do so.
But why hasn't someone already tried to top the COB? Dansie offers a guess: humility.

Utaaah! · #**871** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 4:56 PM**

Did you read the whole article, Bob?

I thought for sure someone would jump on this tidbit:

John Dahlstrom, executive vice president of Wasatch Property Management, pays the myth no mind. His company is headquartered at the Wells Fargo Building, the city's second-tallest at 440 feet, but only because of a 37-foot radio tower, according to company figures.
His company has tentative plans for a building that could surpass the COB. Preliminary drawings call for a 33-story tower on the corner of 400 South and State.
"People have said the church doesn't want anything built higher than the Church Office Building," Dahlstrom said. "I always thought the zoning laws drive it more than what the church wants."
Even so, the COB may forever appear taller. It does, after all, boast an exalted place, about 95 feet higher than land on 400 South.
"The Church Office Building has an inherent advantage," Dansie said. "It's on higher ground."

I hope they get to work on the new tower soon -- DT needs more office space, like yesterday.

SmilingBob · #**872** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 4:58 PM**

33 stories @ 15' per floor is 495' plus 20' for architectual features is 515'.

SmilingBob · #**873** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 5:13 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Utaaah!

Did you read the whole article, Bob?

I thought for sure someone would jump on this tidbit:

John Dahlstrom, executive vice president of Wasatch Property Management, pays the myth no mind. His company is headquartered at the Wells Fargo Building, the city's second-tallest at 440 feet, but only because of a 37-foot radio tower, according to company figures.

His company has tentative plans for a building that could surpass the COB. Preliminary drawings call for a 33-story tower on the corner of 400 South and State.

"People have said the church doesn't want anything built higher than the Church Office Building," Dahlstrom said. "I always thought the zoning laws drive it more than what the church wants."

Even so, the COB may forever appear taller. It does, after all, boast an exalted place, about 95 feet higher than land on 400 South.

"The Church Office Building has an inherent advantage," Dansie said. "It's on higher ground."

I hope they get to work on the new tower soon -- DT needs more office space, like yesterday.

You beat me to it.

I was working on it when I saw yours.

Has this been in the works for a while or is a recent project? It may be like the Hamilton building.

Utaaah! · #**874** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 5:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmilingBob

Has this been in the works for a while or is a recent project? It may be like the Hamilton building.

Wasatch purchased the lot a few months back. This is a new project, and Wasatch is a developer that I trust will make things happen -- unlike HP.

wrendog · #**875** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 5:29 PM**

wow! this isn't the WTC that everyone has been talking about, is it? if not, the we have 32 story CCC res tower, 33 story wasatch partners tower, 26 story CCC res tower, yet to be determined Cowboy partners tower (rumored to be even taller than the other 2 ccc towers), and the yet to be determined WTC? wow!

Utaaah! · #**876** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by wrendog

wow! this isn't the WTC that everyone has been talking about, is it?

My guess is this is Wasatch Partners' proposal for the WTC. (I think I read that a handful of groups were bidding for it.) It's a good location to facilitate trade talk, with the chamber of commerce next door and the city offices across the street. It's also very accessible - light rail right in front and freeway ramps on 400 S.

jedikermit · #**877** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 6:14 PM**

That would be an ideal location for a WTC--I'd just like to tack another 5-10 stories onto it. It would be nice if we could get a building that was VISUALLY taller than the COB, as well as actually taller.

Eh, it'll come someday.

SmilingBob · #**878** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 6:39 PM**

Church Office Building (COB) still has a height advantage.

From the Tribune:

Even so, the COB may forever appear taller. It does, after all, boast an exalted place, about 95 feet higher than land on 400 South.

"The Church Office Building has an inherent advantage," Dansie said. "It's on higher ground."

So relative to the buildings in downtown it's rooftop height is 530'.

Anyone know how to measure these heights according to how many feet above sea level their rooftop height is?

DevdogAZ · #**879** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 7:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmilingBob

So relative to the buildings in downtown it's rooftop height is 530'.

Anyone know how to measure these heights according to how many feet above sea level their rooftop height is?

GPS???

SmilingBob · #**880** Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 7:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by DevdogAZ

GPS???

Are you volunteering?

I should have asked if anyone knows where we could find this information? Is it listed anywhere?