Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[ThePusherMan]

https://youtu.be/yxdIluAPLt8

Interesting video about glass facades on skyscrapers. Personally I feel the glass boxes are boring looking and would love to see more diversity in design.

[Orlando]

Does anybody have any pics of the installed art piece in Regent Street?

[Rileybo]

Originally Posted by Orlando

Does anybody have any pics of the installed art piece in Regent Street?

I’ve got this one.



https://imgur.com/gallery/Jyaq1aV

[meman]

Since nobody answered my question before, does anyone out there know if the new Convention Center Hotel will be steel construction or will it be concrete like Liberty sky???

[Utah_Dave]

^^^

That’s a good question. The concrete core and steel construction I assume is good for offices since you can customize floor plans a little easier depending on the tenants. Hotels and residential have a more fixed floor plan so I could see it either way with our CCH. I’m betting steel for some more expansive meeting rooms but I really have no idea.

[Rileybo]

What about both??

[Comrade]

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

That project is dead. The construction costs vs. the land values just didn't work for them. A different group is looking at rehabbing the building and punching holes in the ground floor walls to add some windows. Not sure how serious they are at the moment.

Good. I don't understand why all this new development refuses to have any level of engagement with the street, especially in areas where pedestrian-oriented development is key to to revitalizing that street engagement. Almost every significant development on 400 South abandoned street interaction and it's basically resulted in blocks of dead zones in an area that could really use some work at utilizing the TRAX stops.

I get this building doesn't, like at all, but maybe they can figure something out during a renovation.

[bob rulz]

While I think that building is ugly as hell, it has the potential to be renovated into a more interesting building given its shape and the fact that it comes right up to the street. On the other hand, I also think that would be an excellent corner for something taller...

[delts145]

Given that street and corners increasing prominence I would like to see a mixed-use tower go up there. Something as tall or taller than Liberty Sky.

[Orlando]

Does anybody know the status of this one? It was supposed to start construction last fall.


https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/cit...-developments/

[Pencil]

Originally Posted by Orlando

Does anybody know the status of this one? It was supposed to start construction last fall.


https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/cit...-developments/

Its now scheduled to break ground in spring 2021.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDSPylch...=1u248vg2n0t8t

[Orlando]

Check out what is going on in Nashville. They are booming! So much more than most cities that I've checked out recently.

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...59#post8999159

[Rileybo]

Originally Posted by meman

Since nobody answered my question before, does anyone out there know if the new Convention Center Hotel will be steel construction or will it be concrete like Liberty sky???

Okay, so after viewing an early render of the building, I would guess that it will be steel framed with two elevator shafts on either side of the tower. This would explain why there will be two cranes.

[Orlando]

When was the Kensington Tower supposed to break ground? Spring 2021?

[Makid]

Originally Posted by Orlando

When was the Kensington Tower supposed to break ground? Spring 2021?

From Schmoe, it should break ground in early Summer 2021.

[wrendog]

Nashville and Austin are crazy right now. Every time I'm in Austin I'm blown away. It's incredible.

[Atlas]

Nashville and Austin are absolutely on fire, but SLC is also no slouch right now. We have four 20+ story buildings U/C or proposed and two potentially 30+ story buildings proposed, plus a ton of residential infill under construction. That's pretty good compared to our peer cities, which are probably (by population) Louisville, Buffalo, Richmond, etc.

Btw, here's an aerial of downtown from a couple days ago, found on Reddit:


Source: /u/notcooldude6

Makes me realize just how underdeveloped/underutilized Southwestern downtown is.

[Boz]

That parking lot with all those trees! Looks great!



.....

Ugh.

[wrendog]

So much untapped potential in that picture

[Comrade]

Every time I see an aerial from the west, I always think back to this aerial of Houston from the 1970s:



Okay, Salt Lake isn't THAT bad but with the size of the blocks, it's depressing at just how awful a lot of these buildings utilize those blocks.