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Downtown Salt Lake City in Midst of Revival
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Panelists met Wednesday, May 25, to discuss the City Creek development project in downtown Salt Lake City.

"Salt Lake City could be the epicenter for growth [in the west] for years to come. We're talking about sustainable growth. Office space in many western cities is going at fire sales prices," one panelist stated. "You can buy office space at 20 cents per square foot in some cities, but then you have to live there."

In addition to 222 S. Main, the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Deseret Book's new headquarters and Blue Lemon restaurant, the City Creek development, spanning from Main Street and South Temple to 300 South, has seen a resurgence of 30 new small businesses opening at the street level.

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City Creek Center update:
Downtown project one of few regional shopping centers being built with lure of key anchors

By Lesley Mitchell

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Updated: 05/27/2010 09:22:52 AM MDT

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As construction continues Wednesday on the City Creek development in downtown Salt Lake City, the bridge across Main Street and the arches over the middle off the development are starting to take shape. Photos were taken from the top of the Key Bank Building looking west. (Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune)


City Creek Center tidbits

-Already in place » City Creek's food court, at 28 S. State St., in operation since June, includes national chains such as McDonald's, Great Steak and Sbarro, as well as local favorites such as Red Iguana.

-The twin 10-story Richards Court towers are being leased across from the LDS Church's Temple Square at 45 and 55 W. South Temple.

-To come » Work on a Harmons grocery store begins in July with a scheduled completion date of mid- to late-2011.

-Macy's and Nordstrom department stores are set to open, along with as many as 80 specialty shops, not long afterward, in early 2012.

-Three condo projects are in development. The Regent, at 35 E. 100 South, is being marketed and is set for completion in mid-2011. The 30-story, 185-unit Promontory tower at 99 W. South Temple across from Temple Square will be marketed in late summer. A fourth condo project is planned.

-More than 100 apartment units, some of which will front Main Street, are being built, with completion set for mid-2011.

» Construction is under way on a six-story office building on South Temple between State and Main streets.


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Downtown S.L. on the rise as projects begin to bear fruit - Capital city projects starting to bear fruit despite rough economy

By Arthur Raymond
The Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — New York, London, Paris … Salt Lake City?

Major players in downtown's burgeoning real estate market waxed bullish on the city's future last week, predicting rising cachet for Utah's capital and an elevated presence, regionally and beyond.

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The driving force behind the optimism is an unprecedented infusion of development capital in the central business district, some $5 billion from 2005-2012, anchored by the Mormon church-financed City Creek Center, and a local economy that, while depressed, has outperformed much of the rest of the country.

The early fruits of those investments are coming online now, with the first residents moving into the posh, just-completed Richards Court condominium towers at City Creek, new businesses opening their doors throughout the downtown core and the owners of the futuristic new 222 Main high-rise luring super-tenant Goldman Sachs.

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Joe Scott of Scott Developement looks over the view of Temple Square from a Richards Court model residential unit. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

At a panel discussion hosted by Salt Lake City's Downtown Alliance last week, Jim Tozer, president of the New York-based Vectra Management Group, said Utah's capital city was ready to step into its new role as a home base for corporate heavy-hitters and that it was time to dedicate resources to getting the word out.


"It's location, location, location, and Salt Lake is the location," Tozer said. "We should be competitive with anybody and everybody."

Tozer's company specializes in refurbishing older buildings and breathed new life into downtown's historic Walker Center building in a top-down renovation completed in 2008.

Jeff Edwards, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, said the Goldman Sachs move and expansion from its current location at University of Utah's Research Park to downtown could portend a bigger trend — and one that would bode well for the city.

"As we see the national office market coming back, we couldn't be better positioned," Edwards said.

Panelists agreed that the $1.5 billion spent by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the 23-acre City Creek project, at a time when banks and investment institutions nationwide were bailing out of projects at a record clip, has not only buoyed the local economy throughout the recession, but also allowed downtown Salt Lake City to experience an epic evolution at a time when many cities are still seeking solutions to foundering economies.

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The front room of a Richards Court model unit shows potential residents what lies in store at one of downtown City Creek's new condos. Richards Court has 90 available units. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

U. economist Jim Wood said the LDS Church's decision to finance the City Creek project could not have been more opportune.

"We are so fortunate to have the church make that kind of investment in this market downtown. … It shows a lot of long-term foresight," Wood said. "The timing couldn't have been better. The economy went south just as they started ramping up. We really lucked out there."

Wood said the new vibrancy that comes with the money invested in and around Salt Lake City's business core is a positive force that extends beyond city limits.

"I really think that downtown is a vital component of the Utah economy," Wood said. "If you have a dying downtown, a la Detroit, it can really drag things down in a much wider geographic area."

Zions Bank economist Jeff Thredgold said he expects the National Bureau of Economic Research to soon declare the recession officially ended, and Salt Lake is poised perfectly to capitalize on a rebounding economy.

"City Creek is the biggest downtown real estate project in the country," Thredgold said. "We've had the benefit of all the jobs associated with its construction and that of 222 Main … and now, there are reasons to be optimistic about the economy, and the data is getting better. City Creek is going to be a very attractive centerpiece and is likely to be very successful."

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Joe Scott of Scott Developement looks over the view of Temple Square from a Richards Court model residential unit. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Mark Bouchard, senior managing partner at CB Richard Ellis, said the mechanism behind Salt Lake City's downtown evolution would one day be looked at as "legendary" and the city is emerging into a new era of prominence.

"Salt Lake City's really one of the shining stars in the world today of how to get things done," Bouchard said. "And how to do things right."

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Salt Lake City Resorts

Snowbird proposing second tram, expansion into back side gulch - Recreation » The resort would build a new tram if feds approve its planned expansion.

By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

Snowbird is seeking U.S. Forest Service approval to expand into another canyon off its back side -- Mary Ellen Gulch, adjacent to Mineral Basin.

Providing access: A new tram would run from Hidden Peak to the West Twin of American Fork Twin Peaks.

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Tribune file photo by Photo by Francisco Kjolseth Maine tourists Katie King and Trevor McVey get a majestic view from Snowbird's Hidden Peak. Even broader views could be had from the West Twin of American Fork Twin Peaks, which is 500 feet higher, if Snowbird receives Forest Service approval of its expansion proposal. (Francisco Kjolseth)

"That will be a pretty dramatic ride," Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort President Bob Bonar said of vistas from the tram, which would rise from 11,000 feet to the West Twin's 11,489-foot summit.

Bonar submitted a proposed master plan amendment last month to the Forest Service's Salt Lake Ranger District.

District Ranger Cathy Kahlow said her staff is evaluating the proposal and will decide by late summer or early fall whether to accept it. If accepted, she noted,

expansion portions will require a full-blown environmental impact statement and changes to the Wasatch-Cache-Uinta National Forest plan.

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That process seems certain to spark considerable interest, from the protectors of Salt Lake City's watershed to the conservationists who support Save Our Canyons, which is generally opposed to resort expansion in the Wasatch.

"It's another ski area expansion where resorts take public lands and give up nothing in return," said Save Our Canyons Executive Director Carl Fisher.

The envisioned expansion would add 780 acres of Mary Ellen Gulch into the resort's boundary. Bonar said Snowbird owns about half of the land already through the acquisition of mining claims; the Forest Service manages the rest.

Under U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson's Wasatch Mountain wilderness proposal, Snowbird could acquire even more lands in Mary Ellen Gulch in exchange for resort-owned parcels on the north side of Little Cottonwood Canyon, on mounts Flagstaff and Superior.

The top of the gulch offers "more of the same great powder terrain Snowbird already has for advanced skiers and boarders," said Bonar.

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Tribune file photo by Chris Detrick In this file photo, Rex and Opal Fielder of West Memphis, Ark. walk up a slope toward Snowbird's Tram on Hidden Peak, which the resort's new master plan proposal describes as the jumping off point for a new tram to the top of American Fork Twins Peak and access to 780 acres of skiing on the resort's back side.

Mary Ellen Gulch's terrain also seems well-suited to spring skiing, important to a resort whose last day this season is June 20, said Snowbird spokesman Jared Ishkanian. It also is not used extensively by backcountry skiers, minimizing a flash point of controversy over use of the Wasatch Range, he added.

From the bottom of Mary Ellen, a proposed lift would carry skiers and boarders to "Sinners Pass" ridge, where they can descend into Mineral Basin. Snowbird wants to lengthen the Mineral Basin Express chairlift by about 50 percent to pick up these riders and to add about 1,000 feet of intermediate-to-beginner slope at the bottom.

The extended Express lift would take riders back to Hidden Peak, completing a loop.

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Snow blankets the hillside and a chairlift at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, which received 4 inches at the base and 8 inches atop Hidden Peak on Monday. Photo credits should go to Matt Crawley/Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort.

While experts will benefit from that expansion, Snowbird also wants to improve its opportunities for beginners. It is asking to put a lift up a gently sloping hill on the north side of Little Cottonwood Creek, directly across from Baby Thunder Lift, on the resort's down-canyon end. A bridge over the creek would connect the new beginner area to Baby Thunder.

Nine of Snowbird's 13 proposals address projects currently in the resort, such as adding night skiing along Gadzoom lift, adding onto the Mid-Gad and Gad Valley day lodges and developing new bike trails and service roads.

Save Our Canyons' Fisher was disappointed Snowbird submitted the plan now, while wilderness bill talks are in the early stages. "This master plan amendment is not really holding up the end of the deal we thought we had worked on with Snowbird," he said.

Jeff Niermeyer, Salt Lake City's director of public utilities, said he was pleased that most new activity is proposed for outside of the Salt Lake Valley's prime watershed. But he pledged to watch the proposal closely to ensure water quality is not affected.

Longtime backcountry skier Bob Athey said the main reason he doesn't ski Mary Ellen Gulch is that access was cut off by Snowbird's development of Mineral Basin. "Snowbird has no purpose and no need," he said. "Ask Bob Bonar, 'When is enough enough?' "

mikeg@sltrib.com

What is Snowbird's 10-year master plan?
Boundary expansion in Mary Ellen Gulch and Mineral Basin

A tram from Hidden Peak to the West Twin of American Fork Twin Peaks

A new chairlift in Mary Ellen Gulch, extension of the Mineral Basin Lift

Development of a beginner skier area, with a lift, below resort's lower entry

Creation of more mountain biking trails

Installation of night skiing along Gadzoom Lift

Making Gad II a high-speed detachable lift

Renovations to the Mid-Gad and Gad Valley day lodges, General Gritts store

Expansion of lift maintenance, disabled skiing offices

Addition of yurt to Baby Thunder area

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Beautiful Salt Lake City

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Our newest highrise with tenants starting to take up space.

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SLC looks amazing!

Quick question, do you guys have a height limit?

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Hey SDfan, Thanks for your kind words and question. Indeed, the redeveloping Salt Lake City just keeps getting better and prettier. One of our local forumers will probably respond to the specifics of your question shortly. Thanks again, and keep tuning in.

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Honered nationally as one of America's 10 great streets, Downtown Salt Lake's South Temple is a veritable treasure trove of stunning architecture. Here's a small example of a few of it's gems.

Photo Bump ~ Just a few South Temple Gems
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Historic Utah Theatre to get new life
- Main Street »: Redevelopment Agency to shop for merchants to occupy mothballed theater.

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By Derek P. Jensen
The Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency, voted unanimously Tuesday to pursue retailers to occupy the vacant space at Main Street's mothballed Utah Theatre.

The RDA will offer one- or two-year leases to lure merchants into the four retail areas just south of the historic theater entrance. The city hopes the move will activate the dead space on Main between 100 South and 200 South as a bid process unfolds to find a developer for the old theater deeper inside the building. That process is expected to take two to three years.

"I'm really pleased we can do something that is not going to break the bank," said Councilman Soren Simonsen.

Council members Van Turner and Luke Garrott support the strategy, but both expressed disappointment that the still-intact Mayflower restaurant - "a little treasure" - will not be preserved under the plan.

"It's a shame," said Garrott, who suggested the long-defunct Mayflower would be perfect for a tavern or new restaurant.

In other city news:

The RDA board signaled its support to grant a 50 percent tax waiver for Salt Lake County in order to add more solar panels on the roof of the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center.

County officials have submitted a bid for private solar panel providers to install the panels. The tax break, they argue, is a key incentive.

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Update on LaPorte Development

Great update article on the LaPorte development on State Street between 200 & 300 south! They will restore the Rex Theater to be used as a special-use theater. They will recreate the greek statues to be placed on top just like before, the zigzag front awning, and everything just the way it was when it opened in 1912. The entire project, including the 10-story apartment building, is to start in the fall and finish in 2012 for the 100 year anniversary of the Rex Theater. One of the buildings will be restored, but will be a restaurant. There will be a 2 story pedestrian gallery connecting pedestrians on State Street to a plaza and restored building along ?? avenue.

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That is fantastic news and thanks for the update Orlando. I went to the Shipler Collection for a little reminder of the beauty of this soon to be resurrected gem.

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SLC looks amazing!

Quick question, do you guys have a height limit?

Not from what I know. They've never denied a building based on height, there just hasn't been any significantly tall buildings needed.

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A Top Ten American Beauty ~ South Temple Street

South Temple named one of U.S.'s top 10 streets

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South Temple in Salt Lake City has been deemed by a national group as one of the top 10 great streets in America.
The street received the designation by the American Planning Association's Great Places in America program.
The ambience, safety and history of the street, as well as the city's efforts to preserve and restore the street, contributed
to the ranking.
"They (the city) realized the street has to still function, but they brought it back and paid particular attention to details
around the character of the street," said Denny Johnson, public affairs coordinator for the American Planning Association...


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Anchoring the west end of South Temple is this magnificent historic depot. The station, built in 1909, combines the
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Matching grants designed to boost neighborhood business districts - Beautification and developing district identities are goal of city proposal.

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There's Ninth and Ninth, The Avenues, Sugar House and Glendale.
Add to that The Broadway Mile.
That strip, from 400 East to 400 West along Salt Lake City's 300 South -- a street otherwise known as Broadway -- is one of the latest business districts to emerge in the midst of several neighborhoods sprinkled throughout the capital...

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BROADWAY MILE Marci Rasmussen, owner of "Especially for You" is instrumental in the efforts to define the "Broadway Mile" as a local shopping area. Business directories and flags are displayed outside her shop and others in the 200 East block of Broadway (300 South), Thursday 6/3/10. She's organizing a small business district to be known as the Broadway Mile, that includes businesses on Broadway from 400 East to 400 West. (Scott Sommerdorf / Salt Lake Tribune)

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Photo Bump, A few interesting and fun HDR pics from Flickr. of our beautiful capital city by Fuji Photo Dude,

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Next stop for SLC: year-round market
- Development » City takes first step to polish Depot District near transit hub.

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Train traffic can be a terrible thing -- to waste.

Hoping to lure TRAX and FrontRunner riders for decades to come, Salt Lake City has signed off on its development vision for the dilapidated Depot District just east of the transit hub. Those blocks would include a "festival" street along 300 South and a year-round public market.

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The City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency Board, has voted unanimously to pursue a walkable meld of shops, eateries and living spaces on the two blocks stretching from 200 South to 400 South between 500 West and 600 West. The land-use strategy and marketing plan are key steps toward creating a transit-oriented district that would reinvent this west-end gateway -- a one-time hub of commerce and cultural diversity.

"We're trying to reduce the risk to developers," says Marilee Utter, president of Denver-based Citiventure Associates, the consultant hired to study the newly trafficked area. "It's not a subsidy; it's an investment."

Council members want to push Utah Transit Authority to agree to a permanent public market in its vacant railroad building just north of the transit hub on 600 West. In the interim, the city may pursue plucking some vendors from the popular Downtown Farmers Market (which had its 2010 debut Saturday) to set up in the city-owned SDI warehouse on the corner of 300 South and 500 West. The hope is for those farmers to transition to the old rail house, creating an attraction for commuters and families alike, which could revitalize the historic neighborhood.

"This is exciting work," says Councilman Soren Simonsen, an architect and urban planner. "It's a big area that we're tackling -- equal in size to the Pearl District in Portland."

The goal is a blend of new and renovated two- to four-story buildings, plus two new parking garages, all financed by special assessments and increased property taxes from those blocks. The city hopes to break ground in 2013, then open the new district in 2014.

Hooking developers, particularly if the economy continues to sputter, may prove as challenging as the hub's location -- hemmed in by a freeway, a bus lot, the Rio Grande Depot and the homeless shelter.

Still, Simonsen argues a market is a "huge social catalyst" that would activate the moribund train hub faster than actual transit activity ever could. He notes a public market in Milwaukee -- a block from its transit station -- "has absolutely turned that neighborhood around."

But the city must persuade UTA to think green produce over greenbacks. As it stands, transit officials want a moneymaking mix of retail, office and possibly residential in the century-old train building.

"Ultimately, the goal is that it become economically viable for the developer, UTA and the city," says UTA spokesman Gerry Carpenter. "If [a public market] could be included as part of the right combination to make that development a success, UTA would consider it."

So far, there has been zero interest in the historic freight house. A development bid issued by UTA in 2007 closed in early 2008 with no responses. Since then, UTA has been focused, along with the city, on penning the area master plan.

A long-rumored bicycle-rental center, Carpenter says, could find a home in a remodeled portion of the transit hub, one building south.

The city's community and economic development boss and its RDA executive director both like the idea of leasing space in the city-owned SDI building before moving the farmers to the freight house a block away. That strategy won an early endorsement from west-side Councilman Van Turner.

"This thing's looking good," he says. "The market will be great."

But fellow west-side Councilman Carlton Christensen has financial reservations. He worries a year-round market would require a public subsidy, "which I don't think is our role."

Either way, the city hopes to capitalize on the FrontRunner traffic from Provo, expected to commence when that commuter line fires up service as early as 2011.

The RDA plan offers other specifics for the two-block patch. They include:

» Preserving the Intermountain Furniture warehouse.

» Building a 498-slot parking structure on the north block, plus a 570-space garage on the south block.

» Opening the Woodbine and Eccles mini-streets between 200 South and 300 South.

» Widening sidewalks on 300 South for retail and active uses.

» Identifying potential spots for a future streetcar connection.

Utter, the consultant, concedes the area is challenging. But she insists prepping the land for developers now will pay off when the economy rebounds, perhaps in 2013.

"We're trying to make it easier for them to do the right thing here," she says.

Borrowing a broadly used national tool, the RDA financing model includes targeted property tax assessments, a parking revenue bond, special improvement district and voluntary payments by the public landowners: UTA and the RDA.

There also is an effort to preserve as many historical structures as possible -- although the owner of the so-called "Ice House" on the south side of 300 South wants to raze that building.

In its heyday, the west-side Depot District, bordering The Gateway mall, was loaded with immigrant communities. Greektown, remembered at a nearby TRAX station, shared the space with Lebanese Town, Scandinavian staples such as Jensen Creamery, and even a Catholic convent. Many of the enclaves produced their own goods and published their own newspapers.

"I'm really pleased at our attitude, our stance toward preservation," Councilman Luke Garrott says. "It's history."

Too much demolition there, Garrott adds, would force the city to "risk sterility."

"That's why, in Sugar House, I gasped when that block went down."

djensen@sltrib.com


Trains, shops and eateries

The Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency has stamped its land-use strategy and marketing plan to make over a two-block stretch of west downtown just east of the transit hub between 200 South and 400 South. City leaders envision a 300 South "festival" street with shops and restaurants, housing and a nearby year-round public market.

By year's end, the city hopes to:

» Demolish certain buildings.

» Finalize land acquisitions.

» Rezone for transit-oriented development.

» Clean up properties and subdivide parcels.

» Step up code enforcement.

» Finalize environmental assessments.

» Create a brochure and website.

The Depot District overhaul calls for selecting a contractor in 2012, breaking ground in 2013 and opening for business in 2014.

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Salt Lake City's very beautiful & newly restored John R. Park Building - University of Utah Campus. Pics provided by the Utah Heritage Foundation

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The unsurpassed beauty of Salt Lake City proper and it's surrounding CSA is undeniable. Pictured, the western portion of the University of Utah Campus
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Southern Metro - Provo

As with all portions of the greater Salt Lake City CSA, the southern metro of Utah Valley is surrounded by a stunning backdrop.
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Officials break ground on convention center


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The Deseret News - Artist's rendering shows the planned Utah County Convention Center in downtown Provo. (Utah County)

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PROVO -- The area doesn't look like a convention center.

It doesn't actually look like much of anything special. The area is a little run down, the buildings dilapidated. People needing health care shuffle into and out of the health clinic next door. Cars pass by on Freedom Boulevard the same as they would any other day.

But this plat of land in downtown Provo is slated to become a cornerstone in the rejuvenation of downtown Provo and the economy of Utah County.

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Lt. Governor Greg Bell talks about the benefits of having a new convention center in Provo during the groundbreaking for the Utah Valley Convention Center on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 near Center Street in Provo. The convention center is set to be open in March 2012. ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Daily Herald

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Several city, county and state officials break ground for the new Utah Valley Convention Center on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 near Center Street in Provo. The convention center is set to be open in March 2012. ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Daily Herald

State and county leaders gathered at the site of the future convention center at 50 N. Freedom Blvd. on Tuesday morning for the official groundbreaking of the 62,000-square-foot building that will include exhibit halls, classroom space and the biggest ballroom in the county. It's been a few years in coming; Provo officials have been talking with their county counterparts since 2004 about getting a convention center in this area.

It's finally becoming a reality. Demolition of several buildings on the block between 200 West and 300 West and Center Street and 100 North should begin in July, and construction will begin shortly after. County Commissioner Steve White, who also was the head of the committee working to get the convention center, said it should be finished in March 2012.

It's possible all the county commissioners were just a little giddy with all the excitement. Commissioner Larry Ellertson compared the length of the process to the gestation period of an elephant -- 22 months, or just plain too long -- and both he and White told lawyer jokes for the benefit of Commissioner Gary Anderson, who called himself a recovering attorney and then interrupted his comment to make a point about some of the natural resources in the county.

"We've got the pretty girls, we've got the mountains," Anderson said. "If I were a convention, I'd want to come to Utah County."

The cost of the convention center, and the groundbreaking-to-ribbon-cutting timeline of less than two years, is possible because the economy has driven construction costs down and availability of workers up, White said. They initially decided to build the center in 2007, but costs were too high. They have since returned to their market research, which has told them the economy in Utah County can still support this new infrastructure, which is being funded by a 30-year bond.

White said if tourism taxes, which are paying that bond, even remain the same, that will be enough revenue to pay off the bond. However, city and county leaders are anticipating that having a convention center will bring additional revenue, including new construction on hotels. In Davis County, Layton and surrounding communities have seen nine new hotels and 20 new restaurants come in because of the convention center there, he said.

Lt. Gov. Greg Bell, who is from Farmington, agreed. He said there's a Davis County before the convention center and a Davis County after the convention center, and the second has a much better economy. He also said that as a government official, he often plans conferences and meetings and tries to spread those throughout the state. Utah County, which he called the geographic belly button of the state, needs a place to have those conferences.

"There's just really no better, more central place when you think about it than Utah County," he said.

One hotel is already planned for the downtown, and White said the owners of Spring Hill Suites by Marriott opened in anticipation of the convention center.

This building will soon be joined by Nu Skin's development as the corporate anchors of Provo's historic downtown.

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Downtown - full service grocer

The bidset of plans for the Harmons have recently been released.

Here is the front cover for the bidset:

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I have to keep on reminding myself that the upper grill facade is whats hiding the parking floors above the retail portion. I looked through the site plans on their FTP site, and they show the area for Tower 8 as "future tower 8" hehe.

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Downtown - Newly Restored

O.C. Tanner ~ Restoration & Reuse ~ Photo's, Courtesy of the
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Southern Metro

Construction of Utah County Convention Center gets under way

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PROVO — Tuesday's ceremonial turning of dirt in a parking lot in downtown Provo was standard fare: Dignitaries spoke and then used gold-painted shovels to dig in the prepared soil placed in a square plot carved out of the asphalt.

But those in attendance expressed hope that the impact of the $38 million Utah County Convention Center that will rise on the site over the next two years will be extraordinary...

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Lt. Governor Greg Bell speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Utah Valley Convention Center in downtown Provo Tuesday. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)

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:previous: What a beauty. :worship:

I surprised this structure has a budget of only 38 million dollars.

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I thought the same thing Shak, but then I remembered that the cost savings were tremendous having chosen to build it now. Infact, the construction savings were so substantial, that is the reason the project was pushed through at this time. You probably know much better than I do, that if you have the funds now is an excellent time to build something of this nature.

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Downtown Updates, Main Street

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Salt Lake City residential (http://www.utahurbanforum.com/salt-lake-city-residential-developments-f54.html) update:

Artspace Commons:

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Liberty CityWalk Apartments:

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Downtown, City Creek Updates...

Fitness center, fire fountains in plans for City Creek project

By Lara Hancock
The Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its development partner on the City Creek Center project are in negotiations to bring a gym to the downtown development.

The facility would have a pool, racquetball courts and typical weightlifting and cardio equipment.

"We are in the final stage of negotiations with a major health facility," City Creek Reserve President Mark Gibbons said Thursday during a presentation for the Utah Conference of Minority Transportation Officials and the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP at the Little America Hotel. "It's not 100 percent, but at this point, it's probably 98 percent of the way there."

Gym memberships would be open to anyone, not just people who live or work at City Creek Center, said Dale Bills, City Creek Reserve spokesman.

"If negotiations are successfully concluded with a health club operator, we expect that the club will open with the rest of the retail center in March 2012," Bills said.

City Creek Reserve Inc., a development arm of the LDS Church, and partner Taubman Centers Inc. of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., have been redeveloping three blocks of downtown Salt Lake City — including the former locations of Crossroads Plaza and ZCMI Center — into a mix of residential, retail and office space.

Gibbons said the 20-acre development will include eight office towers, 700 residential units, 5,000 underground parking stalls and more than 80 retailers anchored by Nordstrom and Macy's. Some parts of City Creek already are open.

Church officials have not disclosed the project's cost, but estimates have ranged between $1 billion and $3 billion. The entire center is expected to be finished by spring of 2012.

Gibbons also revealed more details about the environmental elements of the development. The portion of City Creek that runs underground will be brought to the surface and vegetated with native plants.

"We'll actually have trout in a portion of the water system that flows through the project," he said.

The developers have hired Sun Valley, Calif.-based Wet Design, which has made award-winning water fountains throughout the world — including the famous fountain at the Bellagio in Las Vegas — to design water features for City Creek Center.

"There will be some that are musically choreographed," Gibbons said, "and some features never implemented before."

City Creek Reserve officials declined to reveal more, saying they didn't want to spoil the unveiling in 2012 by Wet Design.

"I'll give you the teaser that there's some fire involved, and it will be quite dramatic," Gibbons said.

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Downtown, City Creek Updates


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Downtown ~ Restoration, Oquirrh(Oaker) School

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Room for improvement: Plans call for a variety of changes at Salt Lake City's Bonneville and other golf courses

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SALT LAKE CITY — Bonneville Golf Course has been around since 1929, yet it still uses much of the same antiquated 80-year-old irrigation system that involves dragging hoses and inserting sprinklers manually...

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Golfers enjoy a round at Bonneville this spring. Plans are being made to upgrade the Salt Lake course, which has been around since 1929. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)

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Airport plans to rebuild terminal and concourses

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The Salt Lake Tribune

After years of dreaming, Salt Lake City is now planning for a complete makeover of its airport terminal.

The push for a more efficient Delta Air Lines Western hub is now undergoing an environmental study that will be ready for public review next summer. Likely a makeover costing hundreds of millions of dollars — city officials aren’t ready to project costs — the plan is meant to replace Salt Lake’s crescent-and-spokes layout with two parallel rows of concourses. The design, planners say, will enable planes to enter from one end and exit the other, eliminating many taxiway delays.

“You have to wait for planes to back up before you can come in,” airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann said, describing a pilot’s delay at today’s airport.

Changing that won’t be cheap or fast. Because the airlines and passengers will pay for it through fees, flying out of Salt Lake could cost a few dollars more. And if airline demand hits unforeseen turbulence the way it did after the 2001 terrorist attacks and the recent recession, the already delayed project could take longer than the projected decade or more.

It has already been a long time coming, according to Minneapolis-based travel industry analyst Terry Trippler.

“Salt Lake needs to upgrade the airport,” said Trippler, who recalls thinking the building was pretty cool — back when there was a Western Airlines and it took up residence at the gates here. “It will certainly increase the chances of Delta making it an even larger hub.”

That’s a reasonable expectation, Trippler said, because Salt Lake is Delta’s westernmost hub for domestic flights, and since the airline’s merger with Northwest it appears to have even more appetite for regional destinations.

Delta officials did not respond to requests for an interview or comments about a Salt Lake upgrade. But airport Executive Director Maureen Riley said Delta and the other airlines are partners in the planning.

“Any development of airport facilities will be accomplished with the support of the air carriers serving Salt Lake City,” she said.

Runways and flight patterns are not expected to change.

Detroit, another Delta hub after the Northwest merger, is an example of what a new terminal can do for an airport, Trippler said. A $1.2 billion, 97-gate terminal completed in 2002 enhanced Detroit’s status, he said, especially as an international hub. Unlike other major players such as Chicago’s O’Hare, travelers through Detroit Metropolitan can move from domestic flights to international flights without switching to a different terminal.

An additional terminal that opened with 24 gates in Detroit two years ago cost $431 million.

Salt Lake City currently has 83 gates, and likely would add only a handful, at least in initial phases of the redesign, because the goal is efficiency rather than size. Gann would not speculate how costs would compare to Detroit or other airports.

Like in Detroit, a key aspect of the redesign is a centralized terminal, easing movement between flights. The concourses then would spread perpendicularly from the terminal. Ultimately a second line of concourses would parallel the first, accessed by an underground tram.

Before the recent economic downturn, city officials had said they hoped to open a new terminal around mid-decade. Now, construction likely won’t begin until then, Gann said.

The airport’s annual flight traffic peaked in 2005 at 442,000, but dropped to 374,000 by last year. Besides the recession’s economic drain on passengers, Gann said, the number of flights declined as airlines used bigger aircraft on fewer runs. The airport served 20 million passengers last year, ranking it 22nd in the nation and 59th worldwide.

This year, based on national trends, the Federal Aviation Administration predicts Salt Lake will field just 368,000 flights, or about what it did in the mid-1990s. Longer-term projections, though, assume regional demand growth, building back to 438,000 by 2019.

But it isn’t just travel demand that drives the need, according to Gann. Most of the existing terminal footprint was completed between 1960 and the mid-1980s.

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Ensign Peak Shots

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My wife and I went up Ensign Peak saturday evening and I grabbed a few shots.

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James Neeley - As my wife and I were strolling along
in downtown Salt Lake City we were amazed at the massive
"City Creek" construction project. It was fun to remember and try
to apply some of the principles I learned in the impactful Jay Maisel
workshop I had earlier in the year.

Jay described the class as a workshop of investigation, of exploration,
and of creativity. If anything, I learned the importance of trying new
things and new ideas. I was reminded of the need to refine photographic
"Vision," of seeing the interesting aspects of ordinary things.

Jay said, "Photography is in your life. Now put life in your photography."

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I loved the colorful insulation at the "City Creek" project in Salt Lake City."
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Questar to move, take up new digs in downtown Salt Lake City

by Steven Oberbeck
The Salt Lake Tribune

Questar Corp. is getting ready to move from its long-time headquarters building in downtown Salt Lake City to new digs four blocks away.

The energy company, whose Questar Gas Supply utility provides natural gas for most Utah homes and businesses, will be the anchor tenant in a new $45 million downtown office building to be built on State Street between 300 South and 400 South. The new structure is expected to have retail and restaurant space on the ground floor.

The building, to be constructed by Wasatch Commercial Management, will be energy-efficient and is going to change the Salt Lake City skyline, Wasatch spokeswoman Vicki Varela said Friday.

“It is going to be a spectacular addition to the south end of downtown.”

Varela declined to reveal when construction would begin, the square footage or how many stories the new Questar headquarters will have, indicating those details will be unveiled during a formal announcement Tuesday.

“I have to keep something back for Tuesday.”

However, the recently opened 461,000 square-foot, 22-story office tower at 222 S. Main St. cost approximately $125 million to build, or around $271 per square foot. If the square-foot construction costs for Questar’s new headquarters are similar, the $45 million building could have approximately 166,000 square feet.

Questar’s existing headquarters on the southwest corner of 100 South and 200 East was built in 1957, when the company was known as Mountain Fuel Supply.

The original four-story building was expanded several times over the years. A major $21 million expansion took place beginning in 1994 when an eight-story addition was added to the L-shaped headquarters building, turning it into a rectangle.

Questar owned the building with its familiar blue-flame sign until 1999.

“Our board of directors decided to sell the building — the current owner is Wells Real Estate Investment Trust — and use the capital in part to expand the company’s exploration and production business,”said Questar spokesman Darren Shepherd.

He said the company’s lease on the building runs out in 2012.

Last month, Questar spun off its unregulated oil and natural gas exploration and production units into a separate entity based in Denver that is now known as QEP Resources. Questar’s shareholders received a tax-free dividend of one share of QEP stock for each share that they owned of Questar.

Questar kept its regulated businesses, which include Questar Pipeline and Questar Gas.

Shepherd said there are approximately 400 Questar employees who will be moving from the existing downtown headquarters to the new State Street building once construction is completed.

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Metro Resorts - Ogden area ski resort creates plan to expand

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The Deseret News

SNOWBASIN — On the backside of the Wasatch Mountain range sits some of the prettiest country in the world. Just east of Ogden, nestled in the top of those mountains, is Snowbasin Ski Resort. Part of what makes Snowbasin so stunning is that, despite its beauty, visitors aren't overwhelmed with crowds.

There is an abundance of wildlife.

There are lonely trails and untouched powder. There are forests and wetlands and terrain that looks like maybe no one has been there before.

In fact, the Ogden Valley and the mountains that surround it are more alluring because they appear nearly untouched.

It is a place that offers countless recreational opportunities coupled, almost ironically, with the chance to shed the chaos of a city.

"We think it's basically the best day ski area God ever invented," said Wallace Huffman, director of Sun Valley and Snowbasin resorts and resort development.

And that, in a nutshell, is about the only problem with Snowbasin: If it lacks one thing, it's a place for visitors to stay. No overnight lodging means the resort is limited, and it remains a little brother of sorts to the ski areas to the south, which do offer overnight lodging.

Knowing the limits of the current facilities, the owners of Snowbasin began developing a plan to expand several years ago. They started with a comprehensive study of the area. How much of the land they owned was forest, wetlands or geologically impossible to develop?

They came up with a plan that they believe won't be completely realized for decades. But it includes in the short term a second entrance to the terrain skiers love that doesn't create more traffic on the Ogden Canyon road. The plan also includes a golf course, shops, restaurants and, of course, hotel facilities.

"We split the (skiing) crowd by bringing half of them down the Strawberry side," Huffman said.

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The plan has been submitted to the Weber County Commission and will be in the public comment period in mid-July. The resort straddles Weber and Morgan counties, so resort officials are now working with Morgan County the way they worked with Weber for the last two years.

Huffman said resort officials were very cognizant and tried to be very respectful of what residents of the Ogden Valley saw as the area's future.

When they started asking residents, they found no shortage of opinions.

"There were very strong opinions about what's acceptable," said Huffman. "People in the valley like it the way it is."

Steve Clarke, chairman of the GEM committee, which is a group of stakeholders including residents of the area, said when they began working with Snowbasin officials, it was really to help them understand the history of how they'd balanced the rights of developers with the desires of residents.

"It was a synergetic, great experience," said Huffman.

It began with the collective realization that the Ogden Valley's appeal to outdoors enthusiasts could be a boon to the area — or its downfall.

The northern metro's trio of ski/four season resorts(Snowbasin/Powder Mountain/Wolf Mountain) could some day easily rival the central metro's celebrated area of Park City/The Canyons/Deer Valley. The question is how to develop the area, and at the same time retain it's pristine beauty. While many recognize the areas incredible potential, they are not anxious to risk overdevelopment or the astronomical inflation of real estate
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It was back in 2004 that Weber County hired a consultant to prepare a study and make recommendations for a recreational plan for the area, Clarke said. The county asked a citizens group to meet with the consultant and help him understand what the conditions were, what the feelings were and add the history of what had taken place.

It was during that time that the consultant did a comprehensive analysis of the property to see how much of it was buildable.

Clarke said they found the valley, which currently supports 3,000 homes, could support 15,000 to 17,000 homes.

"We were flabbergasted when we learned that," Clarke said. The previous master plan assumed the maximum build-out was 6,200 homes.

"That understanding galvanized the citizens group," he said. "We realized, if we were to preserve the rural atmosphere … something would need to happen."

One thing residents understood, he said, was that "recreation was the true future of the Ogden Valley."

Clarke is an occasional skier and a fisherman and a supporter of those who come to the valley for recreation.

"It's a thrill to see the (Ogden) marathon runners go past your house," he said. He even makes it a point to go watch the start of the half-marathon.

"It's absolutely wonderful," he said.

But for that destiny to be beneficial to the county and to residents, there had to be a plan that didn't "destroy the golden goose."

"Failing that kind of plan," Clarke said, "was to have another Wasatch Front suburb. We didn't think that was constructive to the resorts that were making huge investments in the area."

Kent Lyons, Snowbasin's general manager, said the resort was as concerned about the effects of expansion as the residents were.

"We are very concerned about the ambiance of the resort," he said.

Development is something people of the Ogden Valley expect.

They expect others to want to make a home in the beauty they value.

"We didn't want to do anything to try and take away property rights from people who had developable rights," he said.

That led them to help the county draft three new ordinances to protect the area and control growth but allow developers to benefit from their investments.

Huffman said they held off on their proposal for more than a year and helped develop the plan that now exists in Weber County.

"How do you develop property rights in an area that already feels like it has too many?" he said.

In Weber County, they'll do it by allowing property owners to transfer development rights.

Huffman said the resort owned about 570 units on the edge of Pineview Reservoir. Instead of building a big hotel or condominiums on the shore of the reservoir, which would certainly detract from the beauty, Snowbasin is allowed to trade those development rights for property up in the mountains near the resort.

"They did other good things," said Clarke, acknowledging it is complicated to the average person. "The county commission accepts the fact that buildings, second homes, up on the top of the mountains don't have the same impact on the top of the mountain as those on the valley floor."

By trading property rights, Snowbasin can expand without ruining the rural atmosphere of the valley, which in turn, makes its property even more attractive.

The day-service ammenties and cuisine currently available at Snowbasin Resort are voted consistently by readers of SKI Magazine as among the finest in No. America. Developers, are now anxious to complete plans to transform the areas recreational resorts into more of a 24 hour destination mecca, worthy of it's stunning and vast surroundings.
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"The impact will be less," said Clarke. "The GEM committee worked with officials of Snowbasin and Sinclair to understand the aspirations of residents. They didn't want to end up with a valley floor that wasn't attractive to potential customers. They were very willing to do that. They were extremely cooperative in developing the plan and pursuing the vision for the valley."

And ultimately, Clarke said, residents want local resorts to thrive.

"We want to see Snowbasin be a very successful resort," he said. "They're trying to do that in a way that permits them to exercise the rights they have in a responsible way."

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Fuzzy but you get the idea.

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I saw another photographer up there but I was too anti-social to say anything. I waited to see if their photos would show up. Guess not.
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City Creek Updates - Main Street

This cable-glass wall is really neat.
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Main Street, City Creek Continued...
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City Creek Continued...

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I always laugh when I see this (new parking garage to the right). From the sidewalk it looks like there was a terrible miscalculation, but cars actually do fit in there:
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I thought these rounded corners were finished, because they were painted the same color as the brick, but they've added rounded inserts as seen in the middle of this picture:
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It didn't really hit me until I saw this the other day, but the retractable roof is definitely going to be the most impressive part of this project. At least from an engineering perspective. Six different arched pieces have to come together over a curve to make a waterproof seal, and then again on the other block. How they're going to make that work is beyond me:
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I was looking around on Bowen's website and found a few cool things:

Have we seen this rendering before? I love the look of the new Macy's entrance as well as the mid-block crossing:

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You MUST click on this link:
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It allows you to pan and rotate a model of the Regent. Very cool:
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Downtown - New $45 million Salt Lake building will house Questar


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SALT LAKE CITY — Questar Corp. will move into a brand new building at 333 S. State by January 2012.

The new structure is part of "Downtown Rising" and will be certified to meet strict energy efficiency requirements, all at a cost of about $40 million...

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Utah Governor Gary Herbert talks with Wasatch Commercial Managment CEO Dell Loy Hansen Tuesday after Wasatch Commercial Management and Zions Bank announced construction of a $45 million building at 333 South State Street, which will serve as new headquarters for Questar Corporation and provide retail and restaurant space. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)

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There's so much going on!

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Yeah, with everything already underway and those projects slated to begin soon, the CBD is going to continue to be a very busy construcstion zone.

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Construction begins on downtown Salt Lake City Harmons grocery store at City Creek

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SALT LAKE CITY — A backhoe sporting a golden bucket hoisted the first scoopful of dirt Thursday morning, marking the construction of a downtown grocery store — the first there in a quarter of a century.

Utah's family-owned Harmons grocery company brings 78 years' experience to City Creek Center in a store designed for its urban location and customer base.

Co-owner Bob Harmon, among the third generation of family members operating the business since 1932, said he and his team have spent four years carefully preparing for the company's 15th store location...

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Here are a few new renderings of Harmons from the Salt Lake Trib this morning. Looks nice I think. A lot better than the first black and white renderings we saw of it.

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Harmons breaking mold with its downtown Salt Lake store

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The Salt Lake Tribune

Harmons will break ground today on the state’s first large urban grocery store, on the eastern edge of the giant City Creek revitalization project in downtown Salt Lake City.

As the first full-service grocery in the central business district, The City Creek Harmons at 135 E. 100 South is set for completion in fall 2011.

Today’s ceremonies beginning at 10 a.m. will include Bob and Randy Harmon, co-owners and grandsons of the chain’s founders; Mayor Ralph Becker; and H. David Burton, presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose real-estate arm is developing the mixed-use project just a few steps from Temple Square.

In October 2006, leaders asked the Utah-based Harmons chain to build a store for the planned, City Creek community that would rise on two city blocks and feature a mix of retail, residential and office development.

Befitting its urban environment, “our new store will be very different looking from the traditional Harmons stores,” said Bob Harmon, the chain’s vice president. “Instead of Harmon’s familiar solid brick design, City Creek will have expansive glass exteriors, to be in line with downtown ordinances.”

Unlike its other stores, parking will be atop the new structure, similar to urban markets in San Francisco and Los Angeles, said Harmon. Shoppers will be given validations for free parking on two upper levels.

Hours will be the same as the chain’s 13 other locations, 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

The City Creek store will be about 40 percent smaller than Harmons’ other upscale supermarkets. The 43,000-square-foot grocery will be built on two levels — with separate entrances on Social Hall Avenue and around the corner, on 100 South. The ground floor, accessed on 100 South, will open into a floral department and feature local foods, a deli, gourmet cheese island, salad and olive bars, meat counter and pharmacy. Above that, the 18,000-square-foot mezzanine will stock gourmet kitchenware, and feature cooking classrooms, a coffee and Italian gelato bar, a credit union and a dining area with tables, couches, fireplace and Wi-Fi access.

The layout is similar to the chain’s Bangerter Crossing store in Draper, which also has two levels and views.

“Our goal is to squeeze all that we do in our other stores into the City Creek store,” said Dean Peterson, the chain’s CEO and president. “We’ll do fresh foods in a big way there, as we do in all our stores.”

City Creek will have the same on-site staffs, including chefs, butchers, bakers and food experts, who will prepare Harmon’s made-from scratch foods, said Peterson. The meals should appeal to lunchtime crowds, who may linger to pick up groceries before the commute home.

For those who live near downtown, the store is expected to be a welcome addition.

“I won’t have to drive so far to do my shopping,” said Amber Wood, 29, who resides in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. “And I’m glad it’ll be a Harmons store. I like their meats, and they have decent sales.”

Barbara Lindley, 29, who lives in the lower Avenues, said she hasn’t shopped at Harmons because stores are too far away. But she has heard from friends about its cheeses, deli and salad and coffee bars.

“The store will be within walking distance for me. It’ll be great to grab a bite to eat, and do my shopping.”

The design and construction teams for the City Creek store were Okland Construction; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLC; Prescott Muir Architects; City Creek Reserve Inc.; MHTN Architects; and Spectrum Engineers and Professional Engineering Services.

City Creek will be Harmons 15th store, opening just behind its Davis County location at Farmington Station, scheduled to open May 1. Each store employs 150 to 200 workers. Last year, the chain’s 2,400 employees were paid $63 million in wages, salaries, benefits and training.

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Becker’s quiet goal: Making SLC the greenest city

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Overall, City Hall is pondering 30 to 40 policy updates. Much of it removes “silly” restrictions and cleans up confusing codes. But the ultimate goal for Becker, an environmental lawyer and former planner, is to create incentives to grow more local food, generate less waste and drive less. In turn, the city could cleanse the air and contract its carbon footprint.

“The feedback we’re getting nationally is that no other city has looked at it from such a comprehensive broad brush as we are,” says Vicki Bennett, Becker’s director of sustainability. “It’s pretty exciting.”...

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(Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, left, and Salt Lake City Open Space program manager Emy Storheim pull invasive weeds Tuesday, July 6, 2010 on 58 acres of land that borders the cities on North Salt Lake and Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City. The two cities partnered to preserve the open space for uses such as hiking and biking. 7/6/10

At a glance—

Growing greener

Mayor Ralph Becker is unveiling an effort to blend sustainability standards with the city’s zoning and subdivision ordinances. Plans include efforts to remove restrictions to allow:

Solar panels

For-profit community gardens

Mother-in-law apartments in residential neighborhoods

Neighborhood composting sites and recycling stations

Narrower streets

Rain barrels

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Nearby Provo, Utah.

Finished Zions Bank Financial Center

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Downtown -

Main Street’s makeover: Bike lanes

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Bicycle commuters forced to slither through quiet streets and the bike brigades that caravan downtown can rejoice.

Salt Lake City’s once-controversial and oft-delayed Main Street bike-lane makeover is under way. ...


Salt Lake City may upgrade to high-tech parking meters

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SALT LAKE CITY — In a move some say is decades overdue, officials of Utah's capital city may finally be on the verge of signing off on replacing more than 2,000 coin-operated parking meters throughout the city...

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Downtown & Adj. - Infill Updates

Liberty Citywalk

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Artspace Commons

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Elegant Downtown Salt Lake City ~ A roll of dazzling construction continues.

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Does anyone have any pictures of the retractable roof at CCC? I know its being built by a company called Ducworks in Logan and its starting to be assembled on the roof. I saw them lifting some of the ribs Monday night and they were quite impressive.

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Taken Sunday evening.

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Southern Metro

Provo pledges help for downtown development


By Donald W. Meyers
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Provo • The next step in re-energizing the downtown area will take place on a lot with an old shopping center, a bank, a coffee shop and an abandoned Greyhound Bus station.

The Municipal Council recently approved creating a redevelopment district on the block north of the proposed Utah County Convention Center to help create Freedom Plaza. The plaza, which will be built by PEG Development — creators of the Zions Bank Financial Center — will consist of a mid-rise hotel, parking deck, multi-family housing and commercial space. The development will be on the block bounded by Freedom Boulevard (200 West), 300 West, 100 North and 200 North.

Municipal Councilwoman Sherrie Hall Everett said the move will bring life into a downtown that has struggled for years. “It’s kind of exciting what is happening. All of the chess pieces are moving onto the board.”

In recent years , two high rises have taken their places in the downtown skyline, the Wells Fargo Building and the Zions Bank Financial Center. The city also renovated the former public library into the Covey Center for the Arts, a move seen by supporters as a catalyst for reviving downtown.

Utah County is gearing up to build a convention center at the corner of Freedom Boulevard and Center Street. Nu Skin Enterprises is also planning to build a major office building next to its Center Street headquarters, as well as a Gallivan Center-like plaza on 100 West.

Paul Glauser, Provo’s redevelopment director, said the project will do two things for the city — provide parking for the convention center, which is part of the city’s obligation in its partnership with the county, and bring people and their money to downtown.

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Rendering of the Utah Valley Convention Center in downtown Provo that is anticipated to be completed by March 2012. (Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau)

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“With more people going downtown to shop and eat, it will have a 24-7 energy that is vital to a downtown,” Glauser said.

But Freedom Plaza will need some help from the city. Provo has pledged $2 million toward building the 580-stall parking garage, but Glauser said the city may need to pitch in tax increment money — the difference in taxes generated between undeveloped and developed property — to pay for its construction.

The first step in doing that was creating the redevelopment area on the block. Glauser said there is no talk about how much public money would be used yet, but he sees it as an investment.

The property owners paid $28,000 in taxes to the city in 2009, Glauser told the council at its July 6 meeting. Using PEG’s estimates, the hotel would bring the tax revenue to $202,000, and at full build-out it would bring $313,000 to the city’s coffers.

“If the revenue needs hold steady, [the extra tax money] would give the city the ability to lower the tax rate for residents,” Glauser told the council.

He noted that the city had to help out with parking at Zions Bank, the Wells Fargo Building and Nu Skin.

Everett also sees the money as well spent if it makes downtown fully bloom. But there are issues, such as merging the development with the neighborhood.

Councilwoman Cynthia Dayton said there appears to be little room for putting up a berm or some other traditional transition device to soften the effect of mid-rise buildings next to homes.

But Greg Baker, who lives nearby, welcomes the improvements. Baker told the council he and his wife walk past the area to buy groceries, and noted the old movie theater on the block has too many dark nooks where someone can hide. “Anything would be better,” he said.

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[dbpeters]

Google Maps has updated its satellite images for Salt Lake City. You can now see CCC, the TRAX extension, 222 S. Main, and all the other construction projects underway and/or finished. The images are super recent - you can see the area cleared for the North Temple Viaduct.

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Historic dormitory to become Pioneer Theatre housing

By Roxana Orellana

The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated 7 hours ago Updated Jul 16, 2010 03:30PM

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Salt Lake City, Utah - For the past decade, Pioneer Theatre Company management have kept their eyes on all property within a half-mile radius. There simply aren’t many vacant lots near the theater’s neighborhood on the west end of the University of Utah campus at 300 South and 1400 East in Salt Lake City.

This month, the professional theater’s search paid off: PTC announced the purchase of the University House, on the corner of 1300 East and 200 South, which the company will renovate with local developer Cowboy Partners.

The theater will own the second, third and fourth floors, which will be turned into 20 apartments for the guests, along with an additional apartment for a building manager. Cowboy Partners will own the retail sites on the first floor.

The renovation is expected to cost $3.2 million; the theater housing will be $2.5 million. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with an occupancy date of June 2011.

Built in 1890, six years before Utah achieved statehood, the building was used as the dormitory for U. female students — the first such women’s dormitory west of the Mississippi.

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[pablosan]

Wow. That all looks great.

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Central Metro - 'Magic' theater comes alive in Draper

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DRAPER — For nearly 14 years, humble beginnings to a hilltop amphitheater have sat vacant on Draper's south mountain, overrun by weeds and surviving only through the efforts of a small but loyal group of community supporters.

Finally on Monday night, under a rainbow of multicolored balloons, 2,000 people crowded on top of blankets and under shade umbrellas to celebrate the official opening of the Draper City Amphitheater...

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Eighteen months after public discussions began, the Cottonwood Heights Planning Commission will soon decide whether to amend the city’s general plan to encourage taller buildings.

The commission is slated to vote on the proposal at its Aug. 4 meeting. If it is favored by the commissioners, the proposal will be recommended to the City Council, which will later review and vote on the measure...

...“We’re still not sure,” Black said referring to the maximum height of the buildings. “But I think people have 12 stories in their heads.”...

...Beckstrand & Associates owns most of the 20-acre Old Mill Corporate Center, 6322 S. 3000 East. The company wants to build a 12-story office building that would sit on an acre of land that is currently a parking lot , company president Steven Hopkins has said...

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Salt Lake City - Metro
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Metro ~ Renaissance in Midway: Old village is the new, cool place
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By Christopher Smart
The Salt Lake Tribune

Midway • Call it the Midway makeover or the rural redo: This once-bucolic village is in the midst of a
renaissance.

The little Wasatch County town nestled east of Mount Timpanogos has always been a quaint, quiet favorite for urban
denizens seeking a quick getaway. But word has spread about the Midway magic and its pastoral beauty — and with it
has come new housing, new restaurants and even a cool grocery store.

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(Scott Sommerdorf l The Salt Lake Tribune) A vintage Sinclair Dinosaur marks the entrance to the
Fill'er Up Coffee Station on Main Street in Midway. The former filling station is being refurbished throughout with the
gas staion theme. Owners expect the shop to open as soon as this weekend. Midway is going through a renaissance.
There are several new restaurants, a new grocery and other businesses set to open.

The economic uptick also has provided this traditional farming town with the financial umph to spruce things up. Main
Street boasts sidewalks with hanging flower baskets and its historic Swiss motif buildings have been refurbished and
painted.

There is a noticeable change in the air. It’s a little more hip now, with such amenities as a bookstore, a boutique and a
fabric store that specializes in quilts. It even has a coffeehouse. And the place is quite friendly to local artists and
musicians, too.

But unlike Park City, its upscale neighbor to the north, Midway still has that small, hometown appeal, said Mayor
Connie Tatton. “And the people who live and work here want to keep it that way,” she said.

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(Scott Sommerdorf l The Salt Lake Tribune) The Legacy Bridge is a covered bridge spanning
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a renaissance. There are several new restaurants, a new grocery and other businesses set to open.

Although the most recent U.S. census figures are not yet available, the mayor said the town’s full-time population may
have grown about 10 percent ­— from 3,000 to 3,300 — during her 4½ years in office. Perhaps more notably, about 500
new houses have sprouted and 500 more have been approved. That provides a tax base and a critical mass of shoppers.

But the double-edged sword of growth brings challenges: Can Midway retain its ambience if it continues to grow?

“It’s still gorgeous,” said 47-year resident Shirley Bonner, as she admired Main Street. “But I liked it the way it
was.”

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The newcomers

Time was when you’d have to wade through sheep flocks to cross the road and most everybody somehow relied
on agriculture. These days, farm fields are turning into subdivisions — albeit upscale ones — and few dairy operations
remain.

“Things change and you’ve got to go forward,” Bonner conceded. “It’s busy, even with hard times right now.”


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Midway has managed its growth well, said one-time Park City restaurateur Billy Williams.

“This is not the chaos we saw in the early days in Park City,” he said.

Last summer, Williams made the bold move to Midway to open the Bear Dance restaurant and sports bar. He
specializes in steaks and seafood. “And good service.”

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“It was tough getting through the winter. But we did,” he said. “Now we’re in our summer season and we’re
getting tremendous local support.”

The Bear Dance also serves visitors from Spanish Fork to Brigham City, Williams noted. “We get ranchers, bikers
and kayakers and they all have a good time together.”

The Heber Valley, in general, and Midway, specifically, have a lot going beyond the magnificent granite faces of
Timpanogos.

The Provo River is a blue-ribbon fishery, several golf courses grace the valley’s west side, and bicycling, kayaking
and hiking round out a recreation palette that is low-key and perhaps less spendy than in Park City and Deer Valley.
And, of course, there is boating on nearby Deer Creek Reservoir.

“You can come here and put everything aside,” the mayor said. “This is a place of rejuvenation.”

Drew Jenkins is a young entrepreneur who wants to take advantage of the natural bounty through his Midway
Adventure Co. The 3-year-old outfit offers raft trips, bicycle outings, hiking tours and fly-fishing instruction, among
other things.

“Most of our activities are geared for families and regular people who want to have fun,” he said.

According to Jenkins and others, there is a real can-do spirit running through Midway these days and locals are proud
of the way things are going.

“The people who have come here are putting real effort into it,” he said.

Locally owned businesses

Cecil Duvall moved to Midway about seven years ago after his daughter discovered the place and refused to leave.

Originally a farmer from upstate New York, he bought a Wasatch County dairy farm and, more recently, opened Cafe
Galleria on Midway’s Main Street.

His farm provides all the meat and dairy products for the restaurant, including cheeses. The cafe specializes in wood-
fired pizzas and a special recipe for bagels that also are wood-fired.

Midway residents like locally owned businesses, Duvall said. “They like the fact that there are no chains.”

Seventeen years ago, Millie and Roger Medby left Southern California for Midway because they wanted to live in the
country. The couple renovated a historic house and opened an antique shop.

Now they’re revamping an old gas station on Main Street into a coffeehouse. The couple plan a July 31 grand opening
for the Fill Er up Coffee Station.

They’re taking a chance on a new business despite the economy, Millie said, because the town’s future looks
promising.

“Everything has slowed down for the past two years with the economy, but we’re still a tourist destination.”

The pitfalls of growth are a constant topic of discussion in Midway, she said.

“We have people who are big thinkers and some who are more conservative,” she said. “We have a lot of new
development. Some is well done. And some I’m not crazy about.”

Little Midway has grown so much that owners of The Store in Holladay opened a 20,000-square-foot grocery on
Main Street in December. Residents have made a pact to shop there so it won’t go away.

The sleek but down-home market offers everything from specialized meats and sushi to fresh milk and eggs, said
manager Tyler Lay.

“We offer the everyday and the hard-to-get,” he said.

And that’s a motto that seems to fit the whole town.

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Updates - Downtown Construction Sites

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City Creek Updates

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crazy shapes like these. The ones around the edge were turned off..
it seems like they would soak anyone around the fountain if they
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City Creek - Main Street


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Thanks for all the amazing pictures. It's nice to see loads of updates without having to wait ages for them! :tup:

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Elegant Downtown Salt Lake City ~ A roll of dazzling construction continues.

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Does anyone have any pictures of the retractable roof at CCC? I know its being built by a company called Ducworks in Logan and its starting to be assembled on the roof. I saw them lifting some of the ribs Monday night and they were quite impressive.

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Metro - Park City


We took our kids to the Disney concert at the Deer Valley Music Festival
last night and spent the night in Park City. A few pictures, including the
new St. Regis Hotel:

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Q2 update


New Ustar building @ Innovation Campus
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Education and Research building @ USU
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New Agriculture Science building underway @ USU
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[delts145]

Central Metro - Daybreak

Looks like the U of U just broke ground on a 208,000 square foot hospital at day break right by one of the future trax stations. I just saw this on the news, but the link isn't up yet on their website. The rendering they showed looks like a 3-story building that they said should open by Oct. 2011. :tup:

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[TonyAnderson]

Thanks for all the amazing pictures. It's nice to see loads of updates without having to wait ages for them! :tup:

I wish all the compilation threads were like this. All substance, no fluff :)



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I guess many areas use the Comp. thread as their main discussion board, which is cool. I'm sure it's just depends on what local forum traditions worked well from the start. Many of these metros have used this thread as their main discussion mode for many years now.

I like your pic above Tony. It definitely gives a good perspective of the challenges of Salt Lake's ginormous blocks. Also, nice to see a rarer pic of the 'other' mountain range on the west side of the Central Metro. I'm looking forward to what I believe will be a fantastic ski resort up in those peaks pictured. It will probably not happen until Rio Tinto feels the Valley and Metro have increased their home base by a few hundred thousand more people. I do think it will definitely happen though. It's kind of like the future NFL team. We just need a few more years to increase the home base and surrounding market/population.

[TonyAnderson]

I guess many areas use the Comp. thread as their main discussion board, which is cool. I'm sure it's just depends on what local forum traditions worked well from the start. Many of these metros have used this thread as their main discussion mode for many years now.

Exactly. Which is why many are just pages and pages of arguing.


I like your pic above Tony. It definitely gives a good perspective of the challenges of Salt Lake's ginormous blocks. Also, nice to see a rarer pic of the 'other' mountain range on the west side of the Central Metro. I'm looking forward to what I believe will be a fantastic ski resort up in those peaks pictured. It will probably not happen until Rio Tinto feels the Valley and Metro have increased their home base by a few hundred thousand more people. I do think it will definitely happen though. It's kind of like the future NFL team. We just need a few more years to increase the home base and surrounding market/population.

So....6 years? :)

If we're including the Provo and Ogden MSA. The entire CSA is currently adding an amazing 50,000 people a year. Incredible to think the area could be over 3million by the end of the decade.

[delts145]

Definitely, there will be a lot of pressure to expand the current resorts and add additional ski areas to the metro. Six years from now, I think we'll have seen some major expansion around the Ogden area resorts, and also the Canyons will probably emerge as the largest single resort in the U.S. Rio Tinto will have some extremely deep pockets, given a normal economy, and will likely move in some manner toward a major resort for the Oquirrh Mtn Range. I would love to see Rio Tinto carry the ball on the ski resort, since they have the money and the mind-set to do it right.
Regarding an NFL/MLB team...You know, I'm not sure what they think the tipping point is for the media market. Granted, the Salt Lake City CSA(Wasatch Front & Back) will be one of the largest in the nation before too long, but then we have to calculate areas such as the rest of the State and Southeastern Idaho, Southwestern Wyoming and Eastern Nevada. Southeastern Idaho is expanding rapidly, also the St. George area, but there's such a large amount of empty space out there that never seems to see much growth. I think that in addition to the Metro needing to reach over three million, and the overall State bringing the numbers to over 4 plus million, we will also need a deep pocketed Daddy Warbucks with a Larry Miller type committment to the game and the region. I'd love to see a Dave Checketts type get the NFL ball rolling. Perhaps, a Checketts type would be good at putting a powerful cartel together. If Checketts continues his success with REAL, etc. then we could see him as the man to put it together some day... who knows?

[delts145]

Southern Metro - Utah Valley
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UVU trustees approve revised Master Plan, projects

http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_a6f3d46a-bc99-563e-8cdd-e9f33fe4891d.html

Utah Valley University trustees voted Thursday to accept a revised edition of the 2005 master plan for the school as well as a few campus projects. The plan reflects the difference in the needs of being a community college compared to a growing state university...

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Updated 2005 master plan projecting UVU campus for the next 20 years. Graphic courtesy of UVU


UVU approves plans to expand 100 acres in new development

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039447/UVU-approves-plans-to-expand-100-acres-in-new-development.html

VINEYARD — Utah Valley University announced expansion plans on Thursday after acquiring 100 acres at the south end of the former Geneva Steel site, which is being developed into a mixed-use community in Vineyard.

The UVU Board of Trustees approved the 100-acre purchase, valued at $20 million, with Geneva's developer who plans to donate half of the value to UVU.

"Utah Valley University is still growing to meet the higher education needs of Utah residents," said Val Peterson, UVU vice president of administration and legislative affairs, in a press release. "We are excited at the prospect of expanding our campus into Geneva. Surroundings are important to learning, and we anticipate a beautiful setting for our students, faculty and staff surrounded by a vibrant community."

The 1,700 acre mixed-use development, which has space for residential, retail, office and industrial tenants on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, is located on land previously occupied by Geneva Steel.

Vineyard Mayor Randy Farnsworth said in a press release that he believes Geneva and the UVU campus expansion will benefit Utah Valley while meshing with Vineyard's vision for growth and improvement.

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[soulcapn]

Saw this in the DesNews. I'm surprised nobody mentioned it.


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700050609/Photos-Topping-off-and-dining-out.html

"Steel workers bolt the last metal beam in the last building at City Creek as part of a "topping off' celebration in downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday prior to enjoying a free lunch atop the Regent Street parking garage in conjunction with the project's milestone celebration.

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/3450645.jpg
August Miller, Deseret News

[delts145]

Southern Metro - Utah Valley

Plan would turn Geneva site into urban area
- Vineyard would turn 2,055 acres into commercial and residential developments

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039720/Plan-would-turn-Geneva-site-into-urban-area.html

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Jason Olson - The Deseret News

...The Geneva Urban Renewal Project Area Plan would remediate 2,055 acres — most of them at the former Geneva Steel site — for commercial, industrial and residential development. The plan spans 40 years and includes three lake activity areas, several new roads, an intermodal hub, 11.1 million square feet of commercial development and enough residential zoning to build more than 7,500 homes...

Utah Valley University wants to expand onto old steel mill site

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49994782-76/million-uvu-geneva-property.html.csp

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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) View from Vineyard Road in Vinyard looking east towards Orem across the old Geneva Steel property Thursday Jul 29, 2010.

No Utah campus needs added space as badly as Utah Valley University, where enrollment is soaring and open space is being displaced by parking lots and new construction.

And UVU is gambling that a massive mixed-use development proposed for the former Geneva Steel mill in nearby Vineyard, population 150, could rescue the crowded Orem school...

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[delts145]

Southern Metro - Big-D gets contract for Utah Valley University science building


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/49982703-79/utah-construction-building-science.html.csp

Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City has been awarded a $30 million contract to build a health sciences education building at Utah Valley University in Orem.

Scheduled for completion in spring 2012, the 160,000-square-foot edifice will have 27 labs, 12 classrooms and a 400-seat auditorium...

http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=IB963_PHPvJFEA7V4po1Xc$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYsFFsB4UX926lClvXTtAAKYWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&CONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg
Courtesy Utah Valley University A $30 million contract to build Utah Valley University's new science building in Orem was awarded to Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City. A spring 2012 completion date is expected.

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[TonyAnderson]

Definitely, there will be a lot of pressure to expand the current resorts and add additional ski areas to the metro. Six years from now, I think we'll have seen some major expansion around the Ogden area resorts, and also the Canyons will probably emerge as the largest single resort in the U.S. Rio Tinto will have some extremely deep pockets, given a normal economy, and will likely move in some manner toward a major resort for the Oquirrh Mtn Range. I would love to see Rio Tinto carry the ball on the ski resort, since they have the money and the mind-set to do it right.
Regarding an NFL/MLB team...You know, I'm not sure what they think the tipping point is for the media market. Granted, the Salt Lake City CSA(Wasatch Front & Back) will be one of the largest in the nation before too long, but then we have to calculate areas such as the rest of the State and Southeastern Idaho, Southwestern Wyoming and Eastern Nevada. Southeastern Idaho is expanding rapidly, also the St. George area, but there's such a large amount of empty space out there that never seems to see much growth. I think that in addition to the Metro needing to reach over three million, and the overall State bringing the numbers to over 4 plus million, we will also need a deep pocketed Daddy Warbucks with a Larry Miller type committment to the game and the region. I'd love to see a Dave Checketts type get the NFL ball rolling. Perhaps, a Checketts type would be good at putting a powerful cartel together. If Checketts continues his success with REAL, etc. then we could see him as the man to put it together some day... who knows?

I definitely agree. Interesting you mention the media market. I was doing some research for Wikipedia and found that SLC's TV market is the 31st largest in America. Now this includes places you mentioned, including the whole state, and I'm presume areas like Southeastern Idaho, etc. SLC is already of of areas like Kansas City, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and San Antonio. Here's the most recent list:

http://www.tvb.org/rcentral/markettrack/us_hh_by_dma.asp

We definitely need investors though, still. I mean L.A should prove that you don't just get a pro team because of your population size. (no football team)

SoulCapn, thanks for the article link, I hadn't seen that in the RSS feeds. And seeing it was your first post, welcome.

[delts145]

Northern Metro - Brigham City

Ground broken for Brigham City LDS temple

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052530/Ground-broken-for-Brigham-City-LDS-temple.html

...The new Brigham City Temple will join the historic Box Elder Tabernacle on the opposites side of South Main Street's 200 block. Construction of the temple kicked off Saturday with a groundbreaking that included the release of an architectural rendering of the temple...

...A four-floor building with approximately 36,000 square feet, the Brigham City Temple is patterned after the classic designs of the church's Logan, Manti and Salt Lake temples.

However, the new temple will feature its own unique features —? a limestone exterior and a peach-blossom motif appearing both on the outside walls and planned for the inside design as well...

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/3491884.jpg
The official architectural rendering of the LDS Church's Brigham City Temple. (Lds Church)

The new LDS Temple will face eastward and toward the historic Brigham City Tabernacle, which stands directly across Main Street.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2778577828_783eda2803.jpg
By Stephen Conn

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[delts145]

Some new pictures from downtownrising.com

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[delts145]

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Taken July 2010.

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[delts145]

Instore Magazine picks Salt Lake’s O.C. Tanner ‘coolest’ jewelry store

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/50038133-79/story.csp

Instore magazine has picked O.C. Tanner in downtown Salt Lake City as North America’s “coolest” jewelry store.

The magazine, a trade publication based in New York City, picked the restored Tanner location on State Street over 109
other stores that entered to vie for the recognition.

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Courtesy of The Utah Heritage Foundation | O.C. Tanner The restoration of the old Salt Lake City
library cost $25 million. The building will now serve as headquarters for retail jeweler O.C. Tanner Co.

Downtown - Newly Restored

O.C. Tanner ~ Restoration & Reuse ~ Photo's, Courtesy of the
Utah Heritage Foundation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/utahheritagefoundation/4521744754/sizes/l/in/photostream/
before restoration
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[delts145]

Many good signs are emerging this week that the Salt Lake City Metro(Wasatch Front) is heading in the right direction as a future economic leader

Outside Magazine...It's a decidely atypical ski town. But this is (mostly) a good thing, because in SLC Metro(pop. 1,130,293/CSA metro 2,300,000) you can do things such as: get a job at a high-tech firm like eBay, Unisys, or 3M; afford a nice home (median price, $250K); see Jazz games; fly direct to Paris; or just head fifteen minutes to a half-hour up the canyons to Park City, Deer Valley, The Canyons, Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, and Brighton, 7 of the best ski resorts on the planet.


Business Facilities notes Utah's quality of life, education climate

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700053376/Business-Facilities-notes-Utahs-quality-of-life-education-climate.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is at the top or near it in several categories of a new annual ranking of best places to do business.

"Across all of our key rankings categories, Utah clearly exhibited the most dramatic improvement of any state in the nation," Jack Rogers, editor in chief of the New Jersey-based Business Facilities magazine, said in a news release highlighting its Rankings Report...

Passenger numbers, fares are up at SLC International Airport

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/50024744-79/lake-passenger-percent-salt.html.csp

...“During the deepest part of the economic downturn, passenger numbers dipped 14 percent in one month. So this increase is significant due to the fact that we had to make up that much of a decrease over time to get into positive numbers,” airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann said Friday...

...“The Salt Lake City hub continues to perform very well and is a critical part of our network,” Landers said...


Outdoor Retailer expo sold out and thriving

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052451/Outdoor-Retailer-expo-sold-out-and-thriving.html

..."Every nook and cranny the convention center could sell us is filled," said Maura Lansford, an expo spokeswoman. "The show is healthy. Our numbers are up, and we couldn't be happier."...

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Kiplinger ranks Salt Lake City among best places for young adults

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052923/Website-ranks-Salt-Lake-City-among-best-places-for-young-adults.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's capital is one of the 10 best places for young adults to live, according to Kiplinger.com.

The website's "10 Great Cities for Young Adults" used youth-friendly factors such as large percentages of people under age 35, cost of living, rental costs, culture, nightlife and average commute to determine which U.S. cities offer the best settling ground for 20-somethings...

:fingerscrossed: Economic indicator shows growth in Utah

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700053068/Economic-indicator-shows-growth-in-Utah.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah and neighbors Colorado and Wyoming are showing economic growth and projections that will continue, according to the Mountain States Leading Economic Indicator...


...and more exciting business news for Salt Lake City and St. George this morning...
Utah’s SkyWest creates regional dynamo

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/50051149-79/skywest-expressjet-airlines-million.html.csp

SkyWest Inc. has agreed to buy ExpressJet Holdings, a deal that fuses two of the largest regional carriers and forges the biggest fleet of airplanes in the country...

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[BrighamYen]

Northern Metro - Brigham City

Ground broken for Brigham City LDS temple

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052530/Ground-broken-for-Brigham-City-LDS-temple.html

...The new Brigham City Temple will join the historic Box Elder Tabernacle on the opposites side of South Main Street's 200 block. Construction of the temple kicked off Saturday with a groundbreaking that included the release of an architectural rendering of the temple...

...A four-floor building with approximately 36,000 square feet, the Brigham City Temple is patterned after the classic designs of the church's Logan, Manti and Salt Lake temples.

However, the new temple will feature its own unique features —? a limestone exterior and a peach-blossom motif appearing both on the outside walls and planned for the inside design as well...

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/3491884.jpg
The official architectural rendering of the LDS Church's Brigham City Temple. (Lds Church)

The new LDS Temple will face eastward and toward the historic Brigham City Tabernacle, which stands directly across Main Street.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2778577828_783eda2803.jpg
By Stephen Conn

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Why thank you very much! JK

Looks pretty :tup:

[delts145]

I only took two photos while I was on my tour because I didn't want to feel like a stupid tourist or anything, afterall I was invited by my friend and was simply happy to be there.

It was interesting how many of the brokers and realtors had the same comment about the view of temple square. When walking into one north facing unit in Richards Court East, several commented about "I don't care what religion you are, that is just an absolutely magnificent and unbelievable view"

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4862295220_566a2d99c1_b.jpg

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Sorry these are not the ones where the initial comment was made, but none the less the views are incredible.

The views from the southern units have an outstanding view of the CBD and the clustering of buildings.

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