SALT LAKE CITY | Development Thread

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Salt Lake City & MSA/CSA Rundown

Northern Metro Canyons and Valleys

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Downtown Update - Convention Center Hotel

March 10th

Construction on the hotel started Jan. 13 and the grand opening is scheduled for October 2022.

Jason Lee for the Deseret News...Salt Lake County officials, in conjunction with Atlanta-based real estate developer Portman Holdings, broke ground Friday on the building, which the Hyatt Hotels Corp. will manage and operate as the new Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City. The new hotel will be located at the corner of 200 South and West Temple in downtown Salt Lake City, adjacent to the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Scheduled to open in October 2022, the $377-million project will be partially financed through the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy program, which allows for specialty financing to enable green energy design and implementation, a news release stated. The 700-plus room hotel will be among the first “ground-up” developments to utilize the program in the Beehive State...

...“It gives us another layer of sophistication when it comes to attracting bigger and better shows to the state of Utah that helps the entire area. Utah’s going to take a better step in terms of prominence on the national stage because of a facility like this,” he said. “People that hadn’t considered the state before are now going to say, ‘I need to look at Utah, I need to be in Utah for these conventions.’ That’s what kind of prominence this new center is going to give us.”

The 686,784-square-foot, 26-story hotel will include 700 guest rooms and 60,000 square feet of meeting space, as well as two separate restaurants on the first and sixth floors and a lobby bar. The sixth-floor restaurant will sit adjacent to an outdoor area with a swimming pool, as well as a 7,500-square-foot outdoor terrace for events and other activities.

The project will be directly connected to the Salt Palace Convention Center to provide convenience for convention attendees, Baisiwala said...

...“This hotel is built directly into the convention center, which makes it exceptionally easy for the convention attendees to go in and out from their hotel rooms into the convention center,” he said. “Perhaps more importantly, it has a lot of suites — big rooms where VIPs can be housed. And it also has a lot of meeting space which augments the number of meeting rooms of the Salt Palace.”

Originally Posted by Pencil

2020 will be the year of the tower crane for SLC

Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center. Convention Center Hotel to rise at the far south end pictured here.

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Circular Plaza at bottom, current appearance of plaza that will soon become the development zone of the new Convention Center Hotel

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Originally Posted by Pencil

Here's some other pictures of the CCH 3D model that I found

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Downtown Update - 95 So. State - Under Construction - Pics Update January - March 2, 2020

https://kutv.com/resources/media/dd4...?1556058476688

Originally Posted by msbutah

City Creek Reserve sent out this press release about 95 State (Tower 8)

SALT LAKE CITY – City Creek Reserve, Inc. (CCRI) today announced that Salt Lake City’s newest office tower to be constructed on the corner of State Street and 100 South will be named “95 State at City Creek.” The building will be the
first high-rise development on State Street in decades.

According to Bruce Lyman, Director of Leasing for CCRI, 95 State’s downtown location and proximity to City Creek Center will offer businesses a compelling new choice for Class-A office space in Salt Lake City.

“95 State at City Creek is designed to appeal to today’s employees,” said Lyman. “Its central location and state-of-the-art amenities are designed to maximize wellness, sustainability and productivity to help our tenants make the
most of their workday.”

...The project will include 498,000 square feet of leasable office space and an additional 39,000 square feet of meetinghouse space for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The office tower and meetinghouse will have
separate entrances and will be independently operated.

95 State at City Creek will offer office tenants premier amenities such as dedicated executive parking, exercise facilities with daily instructional classes, a private entrance for cyclists with secure bike storage, automated window shading,
and personalized HVAC systems that will allow individuals to control their microclimate.

The building will also feature a 5th-floor garden terrace with 7,000 square feet of landscaping, a lobby with 28-foot floor-to-ceiling glass, on-site restaurant, and a renovated underground pedestrian walkway beneath State Street with
direct, protected access to City Creek Center.

95 State at City Creek is designed to be the state’s first WELL Certified building with plans to also qualify for LEED Gold and Wired certifications.

Construction is set to begin this month with completion expected in Fall 2021.

January 2020

Originally Posted by bob rulz

To add to that, I took one from the other side likely a few days later, given the rising of the steel.

By Bob Rulz


February 1, 2020


Photo By Scott Harding


February 23, 2020


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March 2, 2020


Photo By Bob Rulz

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Lol, I think the Lagoon Amusement Park still uses that tune in their ads.

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Downtown - Update, Liberty Sky Apartments - January 8th - March 2nd

(Artist's rendition courtesy of Cowboy Properties) Cowboy Properties and Boyer Co. are building a 24-story apartment building on the east side of State Street between the Federal Building on 100 South and the Maverik headquarters building on 200 South. The $90 million project is being praised for its prospects of bringing more residents to downtown Salt Lake City.




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December 2019


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February 1, 2020


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March 2, 2020

Liberty Sky crane in background

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Downtown Updates - Brinshore Developments - 255 South State & Spark

Originally Posted by Makid

This is the 2nd project for Brinshore. They are doing 255 South State and the Spark Project along North Temple. Spark is supposed to start before the end of 2020.

The Brinshore Projects - 255 South State

Copy By Luke Garrott @ BuildingSaltLake.com Senior representatives from Chicago-based Brinshore Development, one of the largest affordable housing developers in the country, according to Principal David Brint, has briefed the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Board these past months...Brinshore’s mixed affordable and market-rate project aims to align with the goals of a 2018 RFQ from the RDA. Among those goals are providing a significant number of “deeply affordable” units, promoting an active streetscape, establishing a public mid-block walkway, and preserving and activating the historic Cramer House on Floral Street...Instead of proposing a single building of large scale, Brinshore’s architect, KTGY, has designed two structures. The south building will be eight floors containing 73 units and the north structure will rise to 13 stories with 117 units. 152 of the 190 total units will be affordable, ranging from 20%-80% of AMI, with 38 units at market rate. The mix will be 122 one-bedroom, 52 two-bedroom, 13 three- and four-bedroom, with three at-grade artist live-work spaces.

On street level, the project will offer 23,000 sq. ft. of commercial space (down from 40,000 in previous plans), some of which will be dedicated to community and education purposes. The developer plans to build one level of below-grade parking, offering 100 stalls. Eighteen surface parking spaces will be reserved for retail clients...Between the buildings will be a public “paseo.” It will run from Floral Street (an alley at about 125 East that’s accessible only from 200 South) to State Street and align with Gallivan Avenue on the west side of State.

Pedestrians will be able to pass all the way from Edison Street (145 East) to State thanks to an existing east-west alley and the paseo.

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

Updated images from the planning commission meeting last night for the 255 State Street Project.

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Downtown Adj., North Temple TRAX Corridor - The SPARK Apts., Mixed-Use - By Brinshore Development

Facts
- Density: 86 du/ac
- Unit Plan Sizes: 500 - 1,200 sq. ft.
- Number of Units: 200 du
- Site Area: 2.3 ac
- Retail: 14,000 sq. ft.
- Number of Stories: 6
- Parking: 136 spaces (0.5 sp./unit)
- Construction Type: III

SPARK! Provides high density mixed-income, workforce housing with 80 percent of its units designated affordable. The color, materiality, and texture of SPARK! takes its cues from the industrial and durable materials of the adjacent power plant including brick, steel, and metal panel nodding to the past in a clean modern format. The weathered timeless look of Coreten steel and dark charcoal brick at the base are offset by light metal paneling with bright colored accents on the higher massings, which is softened by lushly landscaped terraces and roof gardens that are home to bee hives, providing fresh vegetables and honey to the residents. The community fronts Temple Street and the transit station with a small urban plaza and street-facing retail, which opens to a courtyard shared by tenants and customers alike. A 10,000 square foot childcare facility anchors one of the Temple Street corners and provides a dedicated play area. The additional 4,000 square feet of retail is designed as a grab and go market. Open space along the ground floor on the north side of the community is reserved for bike trails and edible gardens that include fruit-bearing trees, rosemary, sage and lavender. Providing residents and the public a place to stop and soak in the aromas of the garden and deepening the connection between the established and the new. The units on the upper floors are arranged in a large “U” shape surrounding a private residential courtyard and numerous roof terraces. SPARK!’s building composition reflects the varied uses of daycare, retail and housing. Each function is expressed in a clear building massing and highlighted by a change in materials. This new community, immediately adjacent to TRAX transit station, with ground floor childcare and grab and go retail, caters to the young family and commuting professionals.

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Downtown Update - The Pantages Tower - A New Tallest, or will it be The Kensington Tower??

Originally Posted by Marvland

Talked to somebody who knows. Theater tower is real. Target is for it to be the cities tallest. Final drawings out in the next month or so.

Originally Posted by Atlas

Woah! That's a good spot in the skyline for the city's new tallest. Can't wait to see what they have planned!

Tony Semarad - The Salt Lake Tribune - https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/12/...ty-gives-utah/



(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The aging Utah Theater on Main Street shows its wear on December 3, 2019. Faced with prohibitive costs of renovating 101-year-old venue, city officials have opted for plans to redevelop the site with a mixed-use skyscraper at least 30 stories high, with affordable housing, a public green space, parking structure and reuse of key elements from the historic theater.

A divided Salt Lake City Council voted Tuesday to approve a deal to let developers assume ownership of the dilapidated Utah Theater and demolish it to make way for a new downtown skyscraper. The price tag? Zero dollars.
In their role governing the city’s Redevelopment Agency, council members were split 5-2 over the deal, with Ana Valdemoros and Andrew Johnston opposing Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s request to write down the site’s recently appraised value from $4 million to zero before selling it to two co-developers, Hines and LaSalle. That land discount is being offered in exchange for 30 of the proposed residential skyscrapers’s 300 apartments being set aside as affordable for those making roughly 60% to 80% of the city’s average income. The skyscraper project, estimated to cost $100 million or more, would also create a new midblock walkway at that spot on Main Street and potentially, a new downtown park, which has long been a city priority.
The deal approved Tuesday also requires Hines and LaSalle to reuse and prominently display historic elements from the 101-year-old theater, including a portion of its stage, interior sculptures and a unique Tiffany skylight. Those public benefits, a majority of council members said, justify discounting the price for the theater, which the city bought for $5.5 million in 2010...

Placeholder preliminary renderings. Updated renderings coming soon.

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Downtown - Update - Kensingston Tower - The New Tallest?

Originally Posted by Makid

With the Theater Tower wanting to push higher, hopefully it will make Kensington raise their height.

As both are likely to be under construction around the same time, I do wonder if there will be any competition between the 2 projects to claim the tallest.

With Kensington already laying the gauntlet of 448' to the highest point, maybe the Theater Tower can shoot for 475' or dare we hope 500'...

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Originally Posted by nushiof

December 19th - There is a drilling/coring machine set up on the Kensington lot today with multiple cement truck ready to rock. There is also a long steel beam being staged.

Lots of activity in that state street area these days!

Originally Posted by Orlando

Anyone care to take a pic of the happenings going on the Kensington site?

Originally Posted by Rileybo

Here’s a pic I got last night.

Pic By Rileybo - https://imgur.com/gallery/zYeyZZs

11/13/19 -

Originally Posted by meman

Just returned from the Salt Lake Planning Commission meeting tonight. The Height request variance for the Kensington Tower was unamiously approved tonight !!!

I spoke with the architect of the project and he stated construction is slated to begin IN Spring 2021!!

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

Wow Kensington Tower is moving quickly.

From the Planning meeting email notification:

Kensington Tower Design Review at approximately 69 East 200 South, 75 East 200 South, and 160 S. State St. - Emir Tursic of HKS Architecture, on behalf of 200 South LLC, is requesting approval for height and setback adjustments through the Design Review Process. The building is proposed on the northwest corner of State Street and 200 South. The subject parcels are within the D-1 (Central Business District) zone which allows for adjustments to the 100’ (minimum) and 375’ (maximum) height limits and the front and corner 5’ maximum setbacks via the design review process. The petitioner is seeking to increase the height of a section of the building fronting on State Street to a height of 448 feet. Another portion of the structure located behind the State Street and 200 South facades will be 83 feet in height. The petitioner is seeking approval for being less than the minimum height at that location. The setback adjustment is sought for the ground floor in limited areas on the south and east facades for parking access as well as outdoor dining space along 200 South. The subject parcels are located within Council District 4, represented by Ana Valdemoros. (Staff contact: Christopher Lee at (801) 535-7706 or christopher.lee@slcgov.com) Case number PLNPCM2019-00786

By Katie McKellar@KatieMcKellar for the Deseret News - https://www.deseret.com/utah/2019/9/...nsington-tower

..."Salt Lake City in the coming years is expected to see a massive building boom, particularly when it comes to skyscrapers...“Kensington Tower will set the stage for a
live/work/play concept and will rival other major metropolitan areas across the country, helping Salt Lake City recruit new professional talent and attract top companies to Utah,”

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City is poised to get another addition to its already fast-growing skyline — and this high-rise would shatter the city’s height record.

If approved, it will replace Carl’s Jr. restaurant at 75 E. 200 South. Towering at a total of 448 feet with 39 floors of luxury apartments, the proposed Kensington Tower at the corner of State Street and 200 South will bring Salt Lake City and Utah to new building heights if it wins approval from city officials.

“It will be the tallest building not just in Salt Lake, but the entire state,” said Molly Robinson, planning manager in the city’s planning division. “That’s pretty exciting. And the fact that it’s almost fully residential is even more amazing.”

Robinson said even city planners were “surprised” to see the proposed height, not knowing the developers — Boston-based Kensington Investment Company Inc. and architect HKS Inc. — would be so ambitious to reach for new heights with a residential building.

“We kind of expect our tallest buildings to be office space,” Robinson said. “That it will be 39 floors of luxury apartments — wow!”

A rendering of the proposed Kensington Tower, a 448-foot skyscraper on the northwest corner of State Street and 200 South. If approved, it would become the tallest addition to
Salt Lake City’s skyline. Salt Lake City Planning Commission

Salt Lake City’s current tallest building — the Wells Fargo Center — stands at 422 feet, which is 2 feet taller than the Church Office Building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Under Salt Lake City’s new design review process, any height request above 375 feet in downtown’s Central Business District requires approval from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission. The Kensington Tower is expected to come before the commission in coming months, Robinson said.

“Poised to become one of Salt Lake City’s most coveted addresses, the Kensington Tower will revolutionize downtown living in Salt Lake City while expanding the downtown skyline,” designers wrote in a project narrative submitted to Salt Lake City’s planning department.

Kensington Tower would feature nearly 680,000 square feet of luxury apartments, a six-level parking structure, an “outdoor urban park,” a clubhouse, a fitness center, a work lounge with conference rooms, a rooftop pool next to a spa and wellness center, a 4,000-square-foot roof terrace with “panoramic views” of the Wasatch Front, and exclusive sky lounge access for penthouse residents, according to planning documents.

The building would be 412 feet, plus an additional 36 feet for a high-speed elevator and mechanical equipment penthouse, according to planning documents.

The tower will feature 380 units, including studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments, which will be “crowned with two levels of exclusive penthouse units,” according to a narrative of the project. It will also feature 40,000 square feet of communal amenities on three different floors to “create a unique vertical urban community,” designers wrote.

Designers also say the tower will feature an “extensive amenity program” with “unparalleled service support,” including 24-hour concierge, package delivery, dry cleaning services, a pet spa and other services “that will make the urban living experience convenient and uniquely luxurious.”

“Kensington Tower will set the stage for a live/work/play concept and will rival other major metropolitan areas across the country, helping Salt Lake City recruit new professional talent and attract top companies to Utah,” designers wrote in the planning documents.

Additionally, developers seek to make Kensington Tower an “exemplar steward of the environment.” Designers say the project will aim to “minimize its carbon footprint” through design, construction and operations and will promote electric vehicles and bicycle share programs. It will also seek LEED Gold Certification for design and construction.

Developers will also explore using “photovoltaic vertical fins” — or new type of solar technology along the side of the building” — with the goal to produce enough solar energy for lighting in all public and communal areas, designers wrote.

Salt Lake City in coming years is expected to see a massive building boom, particularly when it comes to skyscrapers. Utah’s capital’s skyline is poised to add at least six high-rise projects that are in planning or slated to begin construction. The Kensington Tower is the latest proposal, preceded by a 375-foot skyscraper proposed to replace the old Utah Theater.

Salt Lake City residents and visitors can expect a snarl of construction in coming years in the heart of downtown. If approved, the Kensington Tower will be just across the street from a 262-foot, 270-unit residential tower called Liberty Sky at 151 S. State and barely a block away from a 395-foot office building named Tower 8 coming to 95 S. State, directly west of the Harmons grocery store.

Robinson said the site of the Carl’s Jr. drive-thru is a fitting spot for a new Salt Lake skyscraper, right on the east edge of the downtown core and a desirable address for people wanting to live or work in Utah’s capital.

Because of its special height request, Robinson said the city’s new design review process, automatically sending additional height requests to the Planning Commission, will allow more “public scrutiny” for projects like Kensington Tower, noting taller buildings have a “larger impact in a variety of ways on our city” in both scale and housing density.

“This particular project is going to be such a visible contribution to our skyline,” Robinson said. “That has impacts on the image and quality of the city that we want to project beyond just Salt Lake City, but this is an addition to the postcard picture of downtown.”

The project hasn’t yet been scheduled for consideration in front of the Planning Commission, but Robinson said it’s expected in coming months.

Additional Renderings

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Downtown Update - The Red Lion Hotel Redevelopment

Originally Posted by Rileybo

The Red Lion Hotel has been sold. It will be redeveloped into several new buildings.

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Current Setup



With Planned Additions

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Downtown Update - 650 South Main - The Patrinely Project

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

Patrinely Group has finally submitted building drawings for a permit this week for their project at 650 S. Main St.

March 11, 2020 - Enerbank Inks First Deal With 650 South Main

EnerBank USA is the first tenant to sign for space at 650 Main, a planned 10-story, 326,000-square-foot, Class A office building in downtown Salt Lake City. The bank will occupy 88,900 square feet on the top three floors, starting in early 2022.

Patrinely Group’s Dennis Tarro, along with Aaron Jones, Todd McLachlan and Roman Bernardoof with NKF represented the landlord, a partnership between Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate. “This location will provide employees more convenient access to public transportation, while offering them excellent amenities and a productive working environment to give our customers the best service possible,” said EnerBank’s Charlie Knadler.

Construction on 650 Main will begin in spring. The property will be designed for LEED Gold certification, with floor plate sizes ranging from 40,000 square feet on the lower floors, to 29,500 square feet on the upper floors. HOK is the designer.

650 South Main

For companies focused on being truly competitive in today’s economy, workspaces have evolved to meet the demands of how the best and brightest collaborate in the workplace. 650 Main, a 10-story, 320,000-square-foot class A office building, is designed to meet these needs, providing dynamic workspaces that can benefit employee recruitment, foster innovation, and support healthy lifestyles. Building features start with oversized light-filled floorplates, tall ceiling heights, comprehensive onsite amenities, and outdoor tenant spaces. But they go on to include uniquely convenient accessibility, ample parking, onsite restaurants, and a location steps away from TRAX Salt Lake City’s light rail system. All this in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, a city consistently recognized as one of the best in the nation for healthy lifestyles and quality of life. The result is a modern workplace that is connected to it all. 650 Main – a modern office building designed for how the next generation will work.

650 Main offers a desirable downtown location, with numerous hotels, dining, and entertainment spots nearby. Accessibility need not be sacrificed, with a three-minute drive to/from Interstate 80, a 10-minute drive to the airport, and direct accessibility to the TRAX light rail system right outside the front door. Whether it is the morning commute, a business lunch, or an evening workout, 650 Main’s location provides a world of convenient options for employees and visitors.

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Central Metro, Daybreak - Upper Villages - "The Watercourse"

Since its inception and development Daybreak has become one of America's largest and most popular pre-planned communities. Pictured below is Oquirrh Lake(pronounced Oaker),
after the prominent Mountain Range on the western flank of the Central Metro Valley. The man-made Lake is a prominent feature of the Upper Villages

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What's Next At Daybreak? Big Nature and More Water.


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Development in the Upper Villages (Springhouse Village and Highland Park Village) have been going on at a breakneck pace for several years now, but until recently Daybreak had not announced its major features for the
developing Upper Villages. The Lower Villages have the popular Oquirrh Lake(Pronounced Oaker), and now it has been announced that the Upper Villages will have a spectacular feature called The Watercourse.

The Watercourse will be a long meandering network of water channels, cascades, and ponds, which will include a mile-long stretch of water, great for paddleboarding and kayaking
in the summer months.As well as the water-based activates The Watercourse will also allow for more waterfront property (always popular and in-demand), including some with private docks.

In addition to The Watercourse, they also announced something called The Cove. This will incorporate beaches, ponds, boat dock, playground and a covered pavilion (Cove House). There was also mention
of a place for concerts, so maybe this will be the new location for the Daybreak Summer Concert Series, which are currently held at SoDa Row, but will need to relocate in order to make room for more retail place.

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[Atlas]

I drove by today and everything seems normal-ish at all of the construction sites, even with the virus and the earthquakes. 95 State, Liberty Sky, the CCH, Block 67, and presumably The Exchange are pressing onward. Anything that hasn't broken ground though... who knows at this point?

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Good to hear Atlas. Thanks for the report. Are you back in Salt Lake for the duration of the shutdown?

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Originally Posted by delts145

Good to hear Atlas. Thanks for the report. Are you back in Salt Lake for the duration of the shutdown?

Yes, I'll be here until at least the end of the month working remotely!

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Update, Sugar House District - Park Avenue Project

Park Avenue Apartments Construction - ABIDrone Flight Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oe7PtuZ1Cc

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Sugar House Park

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Park Avenue Developments

The buildings are replacing 9 acres of underutilized land near the heart of Sugar House. There are two new east-to-west streets to the north and south of the
development that will connect Highland Drive to 1300 East. The development will also include two new north to south throughways connecting Ashton to Stringham.


Aerial of projects as seen from the I-80 and 1300 East Interchange


Rendering of the clock tower looking southwest from Stringham Avenue. Image courtesy Dixon Architects.

Originally Posted by SLCLvr

Some Park Avenue Sugar House photos I took about 10 days ago

University of Utah Medical Extension Rehab Center


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Rendering of I-80 facing view of new Office Building



Street facing view by SLCLvr



Apartments under construction


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By SLCLvr - And nearby across the parking lot the completed SpringHill Suites

Above Pics By SLCLvr

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Update, New Salt Lake City International Airport Hub - Progress Continues

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Originally Posted by billbillbillbill

...The new terminal and concourses are practically done. They just have a few more jet bridges to complete, paving of the area where terminal E was, and finish the circle ramps to the new parking garage. During a tour a few months ago, they were already testing the baggage screening areas and soon to be installing the TSA infrastructure...

Originally Posted by Stenar

I got an email from the airport a week ago saying:

Quote: "After weeks of intensive testing, The New SLC baggage inspection system is close to receiving final TSA acceptance and is now awaiting final commissioning...well in advance of the Sept. 15 opening day.

Testing was performed under conditions approaching peak periods expected at The New SLC. About 70 staff were involved in pushing the system to reach its capacity of 3,360 bags per hour...."

Construction Updates - March 2020

- Completed baggage handling system testing

- Excavated the west side of the Parking Garage to prepare for curb and gutter work

- Began installation of hold room millwork in the North Concourse-West

- Continued carpet placement in the South Concourse-West Excavation

Rebuild Progress, More Images & Click On Images To Enlarge @ - https://www.slcairport.com/thenewslc...gress-gallery/
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Downtown Update - The Pantages Tower

Preliminary Placeholder Rendering. Updated renderings coming soon.

Originally Posted by Marvland

...The Pantages Tower may be a variant of the renderings we've seen (see Atlas's post) but that was very preliminary. The city is really holding their feet to the fire to do a signature tower. Also note that the footprint has no choice but to be skinny, especially the East-West aspect, so no chubby, squatty bullshit on this one. I know there is lots of skepticism on tower proposals, but Hines is one of the biggest players in the world and the biggest player in SLC right now, and they doth not F around. They have towers all over the world. Shanghai, NYC, Chicago, Salesforce in San Fran etc. But my favorite tower on the planet right now is their new 53 West 53 "MOMA" tower in NYC. It's a bloody masterpiece and one of the more compelling Super Skinny towers on the planet. Saw it in construction a few months back. UMMM YEAAAH, so this is Hines:

Newest Tower By Hines Development

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[Atlas]

Thanks for keeping this updated, delts! Let's hope the residential tower projects are still happening!

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It would seem like the residential projects are not shutting down, at least at this point. The need is so acute that even here in California they're being allowed to continue. I think well financed developers such as Hines or the people at Kensingston will continue full steam ahead. Of course, that's based on whether Trump gets his way with allowing a partially up and running economy amongst the healthy and least at risk.

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Downtown Update - O2 on Main - By PEG Development

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

I drove down 700 south for the first time in a few months, and the car dealership at the corner where this development is going in has been demolished and it looks like they are starting on the construction. This is a great sign, that a long term car dealership is being displaced with residential development.

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

The project at 700 S. Main St. is a 241 unit multi-family residential project from PEG Development, https://pegcompanies.com/projects/seven-o2-main/.

With a unique name inspired by the property’s actual address, Seven O2 Main will become one of Salt Lake City’s most desired multifamily communities on the market. In addition to its unique moody design aesthetic that plays off of the O2 chemistry molecule and promotes oxygen and wellness, the project will feature luxurious amenities including a grand lobby and communal work space, two “hotel” rooms that tenants’ guests can rent on a nightly basis, a central courtyard with a bocce ball court, a spa, a cinema cardio room, an outdoor kitchen and entertaining area complete with multiple fire pits, a pickle ball/basketball court, parking for every tenant, and more.

Opening: 2022 - Size : 208,718 SF - Units: 241

https://pegcompanies.com/projects/seven-o2-main/

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