Posted Jan 28, 2021, 7:44 PM
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Space Magi
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Salt Lake City
Posts: 1,908
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Originally Posted by ryerop
Question, does anyone on here know what the plan is with the old K-Mart on 900 E and almost to VanWinkle right across from the Walmart? They have that whole parking lot all fenced off, including the building that used to be a tire shop. It's been within the last couple days that I have seen fencing going up and all the semis that park in the parking lot are now starting to park on the outside of the fenced off area? I would love to see something like a WinCo over there (wishful thinking) because every time they put a WinCo it seems to help the area directly around it in a very positive way. Either way I've been curious and am probably looking in the wrong places but couldn't find anything on that.
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I did some digging and found out that this property was rezoned to mixed-use back in 2018 and a developer submitted plans to Murray city for a development called "Van Winkle Crossing." This project was approved by the Murray Planning Commission on December 5, 2019 and consists of 421 multi-family units and 21,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. I can't find any renderings or plans, unfortunately. The agenda packet for that particular meeting isn't linked on the Murray PC page.
Some more info from here.
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On the east side of Murray, on the former Kmart property (4600 S. 900 East), the City Council will be considered for approval, development of 421 multi-family units along with 21,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. Christened by the developer, Kimball Investment LLC, Van Winkle Crossing after the nearby Van Winkle Expressway, the development, however, will border 900 East.
According to Murray City Community and Economic Development Supervisor Jared Hall, “The development will maintain access to both the Ivy Place shopping center on the south and the single-family residential neighborhood on the west.”
The residential neighborhood that borders the property is part of Millcreek City, and some residents expressed concern about the size of the project and the potential loss of access, as there is technically only one road into the subdivision on the west. On the east, residents could also exit out into the Kmart property, but with a new owner, residents there feared losing that eastern access.
Millcreek residents told the Murray Planning Commission back in December that while they feared losing the eastern access point, they were also concerned about additional traffic using their roads to access Van Winkle. The developers decided to keep that access open. It will not be a dedicated road but will be part of the project.
The project will be developed in two phases. The first phase will include the construction of two high-rise multi-family residential buildings—one four-story and one five-story. The residential portion of the development will be located principally to the west, with resident parking bordering the Green Valley residential subdivision.
Commercial buildings will front 900 East with landscaping between the multi-family units along with 723 parking stalls to be shared by all tenants.
“The thought is that people living in the residential units will frequent the commercial establishments,” Hall said. “Throughout the residential and commercial portions of the project, the accesses are designed to look and feel more like streets with park strips and sidewalks with parking along the sides.”
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