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Originally Posted by Orlando
What happened from a few years ago where they shot down 12-story buildings in that area to now this super urbanized couple blocks? Why are they now allowing for 40-story buildings here? Anybody know, why they changed their form appetite so dramatically? I know this was done by Perkins & Will out of Chicago, which might be why they are proposing something that seems dramatically so much more urban.
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The height limits in the area ended up costing the city a big anchor tenant tech company (Galileo) back in 2019/2020, so the general feeling has been that this area should be significantly upzoned. I tend to agree since this is supposed to be the central station of the entire transit network.
Hiring a firm from Chicago, and increasing competition from The Point and "Utah City", probably helped too.
I just hope the city can get the wheels actually turning on this. Getting the University of Utah back onboard would help a lot. The Rio Grande Plan would help too but that sorta goes without saying.