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A Happy Thanksgiving To All

Wild turkeys forage beneath Metro Salt Lake's mountain beauty
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By lee ann


:tup: Looks like our first Holiday Blizzard is approaching, and it also looks like the ski industry will experience a banner holiday. Ten of Salt Lake's resort will be open for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Prediction: The Canyons Resort will join Deer Valley and Park City in the top ten rankings, perhaps as early as
next season. Probably a great time to check out all the new development up there.

Parting Shot,
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Utah Ski Trip, Sundance Ski Resort by dconrow
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...Downtown Projects Brought Forward...

City Creek Updates by John Martin :tup:

I went to check out the roof today.. one side was up, didn't see any action though.
Then I noticed a bunch of nice (and MASSIVE) rocks.

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Salt Lake City's - University of Utah Project Updates

I figured there was enough stuff going on at The University of Utah to warrant its own thread.
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www.gradschool.utah.edu


Revisions made to the 2008 Campus Master Plan
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• The George Thomas Building, the soon-to-be-vacated home of the Utah Museum of Natural History, will be renovated and used as additional space for the College of Science.

• The S.J. Quinney College of Law is will construct a new home south of the law library. The structure may overlap with some of the area now being used by Carlson Hall. A new parking deck located either west or east of the chemistry building.

• An addition to the Fine Arts Building (art and architecture) will be constructed to the west of the current structure and tucked into the hillside at the site of the current structure (below grade of the building) connecting at the lower and main levels.

• Campus Planning and the Athletics Department are currently looking to close in the south end-zone of Rice-Eccles Stadium to accommodate more fans and expand the stadium’s athletic facilities.

• The parking structure originally slated to be constructed south of the business school complex has been relocated to a site northeast of the original location. This will create a better pedestrian corridor for students coming onto campus from the South Campus TRAX station and a safer drop-off zone for children attending dance classes in the soon-to-be-built Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex. The business loop will be eliminated as a “thru-street” but a shuttle bus road will be constructed west of the parking structure and will connect to Central Campus Drive. During special events, this new shuttle bus road will be open to regular traffic to create an alternate campus exit for those attending events. The parking structure is at least five years away from being constructed. The current business loop parking surface is slated to remain but that area may be used to recapture green space if the parking space is not needed.

• The McCarthey Family Track facility was moved slightly to the west to eliminate topography challenges and provide better disability access. The “fat” track design accommodates an illuminated multi-sports playing field at the track infield, including soccer and rugby. The new baseball field will be built northwest of the track and to the south, a new student life center will be built.

• In the 2008 master plan, a greenspace northeast of the Eccles Broadcast Center had been designated for golf instruction. With off-campus golf facilities projected to be used for that purpose, the greenspace instead will be used for a new information technology building.

• Campus Planning is working to modify the Medical Center TRAX station to better accommodate foot traffic that will be using the Ambulatory Care Center, including the new Primary Children’s Hospital building, located at Wasatch Drive and North Campus Drive. The University is working with UTA in an attempt to lower the TRAX line to below-grade in order to eliminate a hike by pedestrians from the west end of campus and the Ambulatory Care Center to the TRAX station. Another option would be to build an additional set of tracks (rail track) in a side-by-side configuration but at a lower grade. The University is hoping to develop more vibrant activity around the Medical Center TRAX station to not only enhance mass transit ridership but also to create an exciting gateway onto campus.

http://fyi.utah.edu/issues/2010_11_17/story_7190.html

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Net Zero Renovation for the CA+P Building

Thought everyone would like this tidbit from Dean Scheer from CA+P:

"To all,

As you know, the College is about to embark on a major renovation and addition to our venerable building. We have decided to aim for a "Net Zero" facility renovation, which we hope will be a state and national leader.

For the past six months we have had a team of the major architecture and engineering firms preparing a feasibility study. This work has all been pro bono*. This team will present their findings to the faculty on December 2, Thursday, 9 am to 10:30 am in the UMFA Dumke Auditorium. We have decided to invite all students and auxiliary faculty, as well as the College Advisory Board and Alumni Council.

The recommendations will affect us all. I hope you will join us for the presentation and discussion. "

I was working on a few of the committees over the summer and this should be a pretty amazing project. I'm sure many of you have connections with this building.

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...Continued...

Current projects

Student Life Center (will be located on softball field)
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Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex
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Huntsman Cancer Hospital Phase II-B (currently under-construction)

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Legacy Honors Housing (currently under-construction)
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The James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building (currently under-construction)
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Utah Museum of Natural History (currently under-construction)
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http://togetherwereach.net/

Eccles Business School (currently under-construction)
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Skaggs Pharmacy Building (currently under-construction)
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University Guest House (currently under-construction)
see the rendering here: http://www.universityguesthouse.com/expansion-plans

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Salt Lake City...Continued, University of Utah Updates

Photo Update- 11/17/2010

Skaggs Pharmacy Building
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I don't know what this is, but its a cool historic building they are renovating (by the pharmacy building)
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College of Nursing, recently completed
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USTAR building
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Legacy Housing beginning
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Eccles School of Business
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Recognizing beautiful buildings

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50730341-76/lake-salt-utah-aia.html.csp

A city’s skyline is only as striking as its buildings, which is why each year the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) honors new projects and top architecture firms for their contribution to urban development.

This year’s winners continued to design more ecologically friendly buildings, said Elizabeth Mitchell, executive director of the AIA Utah Chapter...

Salt Lake City Winner:
H-House, a single-family home in Salt Lake City, was recognized by the AIA Utah Chapter's 2010 architecture competition.
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Downtown - La Porte Project

The site in its current condition:
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Photo Credits to d_rockinslc on flickr.com

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...Continued - Downtown, La Porte Project

For those interested in the RDA project on State Street, there was some more detailed plans given to the RDA during their last meeting. Here's the link: http://www.slcrda.com/meetingsmin/2010/BOD/111610/A_LaportePSAmend.pdf Just scroll down and they have elevations along with a floor plan of the ground level. It appears that the existing children's theater will be moved and operate out of a restored Rex Theater. I think this is a great infill project.


La Porte Groups proposal

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Restoration of historic Rex Theater key to LaPorte development
By Andrew Haley

Historic Rex Theater, by Shipler Photography
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On the night of April 6, 1912, Harry Shipler took a photograph of dozens of moviegoers lined up under the brightly illuminated facade of the Rex Theater at 257 S. State St. in downtown Salt Lake City. The Rex formed a crucial part of film pioneer and Universal Studios co-founder William H Swanson’s Mountain West movie theater empire, which, after the 1915 purchase of Albert Scowcroft’s Liberty and American Theaters, consisted of a near monopoly. Cinema was a nascent business a century ago, and Shipler’s photograph captures the glamor and wealth the movies represented to a budding frontier town.

The LaPorte Group president Ben Logue wants to return the Rex Theater, hidden within the Tivoli Gallery for decades, to its former state of grace. With the debate surrounding LaPorte’s redevelopment of the 200 block of State Street focusing almost exclusively on the situation of tenement residents in the Regis Hotel at 253 S. State, little mind has been paid to the Rex next door. Lost amid the brouhaha has been a historical perspective on the past and potential vitality of the location and an
honest appraisal of the historical value of the Rex, the restoration of which is central to The LaPorte Group’s development plans.

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“We want to keep the character of the neighborhood, and by character
I mean the prior, not current, character of the neighborhood,” Logue
said.

While negotiations with potential theater tenants continue, Logue said the reincarnated Rex likely would either be a children’s theater or a cinema. Whichever the case, the revitalized theater, restored to its 1920 condition, will adjoin a new 10-story apartment building connected by a two-story arcade linking State Street to a new plaza fronting the historic Cramer House on Floral Street. All in all, the project will contain 157 mixed market-rate and low-income housing units, two levels of subterranean parking and two floors of dedicated commercial space in the arcade and plaza, Logue said.

The $28 million redevelopment is slated to begin in fall 2010 and to take two years, meaning the restored Rex Theater facade may be finished in time for the centennial anniversary of Shipler’s photograph. Part new construction, part restoration, the gist of the plan is to build the new residential tower at 235 and 241 State St., to restore the Rex and the Cramer House, to link State and Floral Streets and to renovate and expand the low income housing units in the Regis and the lesser known, adjoining, Cambridge Hotels.

Advocates for the Regis’ former tenants cited the long relationship between the dilapidated hotel and its residents as cause to prevent or delay redevelopment of the 235-257 South stretch of State Street. But one Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RDA) official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the hotel was already in desperate need of acomplete overhaul, and that relocating the Regis’ tenants was a fait accompli. Furthermore, the 200 South block of State Street
has been stagnating for decades, in large part because pedestrian traffic has long avoided the businesses adjoining the Regis.

“I think they realize it needs to be done,” said RDA director D.J. Baxter. “As it redevelops we want the form to be more pedestrian friendly.”

Key to LaPorte’s plan is to develop an urban interface pedestrians are drawn to and return to. In Shipler’s photo, the facade of the Rex, with its brightly lit white marble and Greek statues, draws theater-goers not only to the films inside, but to the theater itself. LaPorte’s design, which will restore the theater’s characteristic zigzag awning and Greek statues adorning its facade, strives to make that attraction permanent, by combining a substantial residential population with mixed-use commercial space within walking distance of downtown offices.

Logue said he envisioned LaPorte’s State Street project as antipodal to the billion-dollar City Creek project currently under construction four blocks away. Logue said he hopes the two projects would operate like a circuit, bringing residents of one to the commercial space of the other. Reopening a unique and attractive entertainment venue like the Rex will provide an incentive for non-residents to patronize the theater’s adjoining commercial space.

Increasing the number of residents in the central business district, especially young professionals, is vital to increasing the long-term viability of downtown enterprises like those slated to fill the 27,600 square feet of commercial space set aside in the project’s arcade. To this end, the project’s residential space will sport 31 two-bedroom two-bathroom 1,600 square foot apartments and 10 three-bedroom, two-bathroom 1,800 square foot apartments to be rented at market rates. The dilapidated/ rooms of the Regis and Cambridge Hotels will be renovated and expanded to 116 low-income units comprising 45
650 square foot studios, 37 one-bedroom, two-bathroom 1,200 square foot apartments, 30 two-bedroom, two-bathroom 1,600 square foot apartments, and four three-bedroom, two-bathroom 1,800 square foot apartments.

Those latter figures should be evidence enough that Salt Lake City-basd LaPorte’s design does not consist of the typical slash and burn gentrification project built on the backs of the disenfranchised. When the Regis closed its doors in March, 25 residents were evicted. The site’s redeveloped low-income housing will provide space for nearly seven times that number.

The Cramer House will not return to residential status. Built as a personal residence by florist Christopher Cramer in 1890, the building is the oldest surviving pioneer-era dwelling in the central business district. Logue said the 1,800 square foot house would likely become a restaurant accessed from the plaza on the newly revitalized Floral Street, just behind the Rex.

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Downtown arts projects gain momentum

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700086282/Downtown-arts-projects-gain-momentum.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Downtown sidewalks are busy, no matter the time of year.

Well-dressed couples disappear through a grand theater entrance, eager to experience the latest touring Broadway hit.

Others leisurely meander between art galleries and assorted shops, periodically glancing at their watches and scrutinizing tickets to the independent film opening later that night.

Just around the corner, a minivan pulls up to a curb and a small group of young girls clutching dance shoes is dropped off in front of a ballet studio.

This is the cultural core of Salt Lake City as envisioned by elected officials, community leaders, local arts groups and downtown business owners...

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The historic Utah Theater on Main Street, shown in this Oct. 23 photo, is the site of a proposed media arts center. (Mike Terry, Deseret News)

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Ballet West and the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts have announced a partnership to renovate the Capitol Theatre and build the Jessie Eccles Quinney Center for Dance. (Mike Terry, Deseret News)

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Couple of shots from downtown.

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Belvedere Apartment Building
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I was downtown taking photos for Taubman and grabbed a few of the area where the new downtown highrise is proposed.

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Utah's population growing at rapid pace

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700086275/Utahs-population-growing-at-rapid-pace.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's population is booming at an incredibly fast clip, and the consequences of that intense growth will reverberate for decades to come.

Counting only the nine years from 2000 to 2009, the Beehive State's population grew 24.7 percent, from 2.23 million to 2.78 million. The only states with more rapid growth during that span are neighbors Nevada and Arizona, with growth percentages of 32.3 and 28.6, respectively...

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Utah leaps ahead with luxe ski area lodging


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700086492/Utah-leaps-ahead-with-luxe-ski-area-lodging.html

PARK CITY — When David Johndrow was looking to buy a hotel suite for use as a winter home in Park City, he had his pick of new luxury lodging: Montage Deer Valley, the St. Regis Deer Valley or the Waldorf Astoria Park City.

All three newcomer properties in the ski town were financed before the real-estate bust, as part of the development that followed the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. All three were built during the Great Recession. And now, despite a still-soft national economy, they are setting a new standard of luxury in Utah to match anything in Colorado or British Columbia...

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Jared Ishkanian, Snowbird's public-relations director, skis powder snow under Snowbird's signature 50-passenger trams. (Dave Fields, Associated Press)

Major resort development, tied to military talks, unveiled for U.S. 40 land

More than 1 million square feet envisioned in The Summit at Park City

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_16660608?source=most_viewed

Blueprints for a major development along U.S. 40 have turned up on an Internet site promoting what has been dubbed The Summit at Park City, a hub that appears to be the long-anticipated commercial district that could help finance a hotel offering military discounts in the area.

The website positions the development on a triangular piece of land abutting U.S. 40 midway between Quinn's Junction and Silver Creek Junction. City Hall and Summit County jointly own the land.

Promotional material on the website indicates the developers want to put up approximately 1.2 million square feet of retail space on 112 acres of land. The website envisions a combination of stores, restaurants and entertainment options at the site...

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[Orlando]

Delts,
thanks for all your efforts in keeping the SLC compilation thread alive and active!

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... Downtown Projects, City Creek Updates

Promontory


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That looks damned good, I cant wait to visit SLC and see all of this stuff for myself.

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...Downtown Projects Continued, Main Street




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Wow, so theres just going to be a parking garage behind that old facade?

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LOL, You're not referring to this below are you? This will be the front for the new Macy's regional flagship.

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Salt Lake City Resorts
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By Willie Holdman

Park City,
Sweeney: Bonanza Park, PCMR have potential if Treasure project shifted

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_16744387

A Sweeney family representative said Monday there is an equal chance of the Treasure development rights being transferred to either Park City Mountain Resort or the Bonanza Park district should an agreement be reached between the Sweeneys and City Hall to protect the Treasure land from development...


Deer Valley,
Marketplace: Deer Valley Grocery~Café opens Friday

http://www.parkrecord.com/summit_county-business/ci_16744379

One of the most anticipated improvements to Deer Valley Resort this season isn't even on the mountain.
On Dec. 3 the Deer Valley Grocery~Café will open to serve hot, frozen and dry-packaged foods to skiers, lodging guests and Park City residents...

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Season's Greetings

At Christmas Time this beautiful Gothic Revival Chapel in Downtown Salt Lake City is used almost nightly to
host free public recitals by renowned regional, national and international soloists and performing groups
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... Brought Forward ~ Downtown Projects, City Creek Updates

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Of City Creek's vast number of projects, one of the most sentimental and important pieces to metro residents, is the
19th Century facade of one of America's first department stores. Once again it reemerges as the grand entrance to
Macy's new regional flagship.
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... Downtown Projects ~ City Creek Updates

South Temple
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...Downtown Projects, City Creek Updates



Harmon's, full service grocer
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[photoLith]

A freakin Mazing! CCC is one of the highest quality developments going on in the US for sure.

[delts145]

Salt Lake City - Sugar House District

A couple of Urbana pictures from the UUF Sugarhouse forum (http://www.utahurbanforum.com/viewforum.php?f=34)

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Salt Lake City - Sugar House Updates Continued...

Development back on track... New vision for the corner of 2100 South and Highland Drive.

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[delts145]

Northern Metro Updates

Once-stalled Station Park development moving ahead with yet another store

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By Leslie Mitchell
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Farmington • For a project stalled for nearly two years, a lot is going on these days at the Station Park shopping center development in Davis County.

Sporting goods store Sports Authority recently took out a building permit for a 42,000-square-foot store, joining a nearly 70,000-square-foot Harmons grocery store and a 55,000-square-foot Cinemark theater complex already under construction and set to open in early summer.

A fourth tenant, home furnishings store HomeGoods, has a 25,000-square-foot store in the works, and nearly two dozen other smaller specialty retailers are signing leases for another 150,000 square feet of space, developer CenterCal said. The developer said those leases will be announced in the coming months.

After years of delays, the stores now in development at Station Park could be open for business by summer on the 67-acre site at the intersection of Interstate 15, Legacy Parkway and Frontrunner commuter-rail station.

CenterCal credits family-owned Utah grocery chain Harmons for breaking a logjam created by the nation’s economic downturn. Bad economic times have hurt the retail sector nationwide. That caused scores of business failures and put numerous plans for new stores, shopping centers and other retail developments on indefinite hold. Other projects like Station Park, that weren’t started before the downturn, were canceled altogether.

But the Utah-based Harmons chain elected to move forward on its new store late last year, breaking ground in September. Completion is scheduled for May 2011.

“Harmons really got everybody else moving,” said Craig Trottier, vice president of development at Los Angeles-based CenterCal Properties, which owns and operates seven shopping centers in the West. “It was a matter of getting that first major anchor [store].”

Trottier said CenterCal is finalizing plans to construct a half-dozen new buildings on site to house the smaller retailers. Construction is set to begin on those buildings early next year, with the goal of tenants moving into their spaces during the summer.

All told, between the large anchor tenants and the specialty retailers, the center could have a total of 250,000 to 300,000 square feet of retail space occupied by summer, Trottier said.

Already, the Harmons store is nearly walled off, the first step toward starting on the store’s interior, which will be more elaborately fashioned than a typical grocery store. It is designed to be a major anchor of the 1-million-square-foot Station Park project.

“We’re bringing something that we think is unique to the area,” said Bob Harmon, an owner of Harmons City Inc., which operates 13 grocery stores in Utah.

The new Farmington store will include a large deli with chef-prepared entrees as well as a floral department, pharmacy, credit union and even a gourmet-cooking accessories section. The store also includes classrooms for cooking schools and an upscale seating area with a fireplace, dining area, couches and Wi-Fi access.

Harmon said his store hopes to capitalize on the commuters who travel daily between the Ogden area and Sandy via Frontrunner, buses, and light rail.

“The new store is only a few hundred yards from the Frontrunner station,” he said.

The Station Park store is one of several projects that Harmons, which has stores in Roy, Ogden, the Salt Lake area, Orem and St. George, is working on. The company also is building a new store in the City Creek development in downtown Salt Lake City that is scheduled for completion in late 2011. Harmons also is remodeling Emigration Market in Salt Lake City and is set to reopen that store early next year.

“We definitely have our hands full,” Harmon said.

Like the Harmons store, the theater project being developed by Cinemark Holdings is sizeable, with 14 movie screens.

Sports Authority has not yet formally announced the new store, and a spokesman did not immediately return comment. But its size indicated on the building permit signals the company likely will build one of the larger-store designs, not one of the smaller types of stores the chain has been experimenting with elsewhere.

For his part, Trottier is happy to be moving forward on Salt Lake City's Station Park at a time when “there’s not a whole lot else going on nationally,” he says. “To be able to do this project in this economic environment, we feel very fortunate.”



Here is a video for the proposed Station Park development in Farmington.

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STATION PARK - Station Park will be one of the preeminent lifestyle shopping centers in the Salt Lake City region. The project will consist of approximately eight hundred thousand square feet of retail, entertainment, restaurant, office and hotel space. Located at the intersection of Interstate 15, Highway 89, the new Legacy Parkway and the new Utah Transit Authority Commuter Rail, Station Park will enjoy the highest daily traffic counts to be found in the State of Utah. At this intersection Station Park will be well positioned to serve some of the strongest household demographics from Salt Lake City to the suburbs to the north.

Station Park will be home to a broad selection of apparel, home goods, entertainment and restaurant opportunities.

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[delts145]

Downtown ~ District Courthouse Project

Approval given to begin construction of $211-million District Courthouse

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An artist's rendering shows the new, $211 million federal courthouse that will be 10 stories tall and take three years to build. (Jack Benco)

Additional, more detailed renderings: http://www.tphifer.com/#/salt-lake-city-courthouse

By ksl.com
SALT LAKE CITY -- After more than a decade of work, the building permit for a new $211 million U.S. District Courthouse in Salt Lake City has been secured.

Thursday, the House passed the authorization resolution, which is the legislative approval needed for construction of the courthouse to begin.

The new district courthouse will sit west of the Frank E. Moss Courthouse and house tenants, including the U.S. Marshals Service, and the 10th Circuit Branch Library.

Its construction is expected to bring 700 new jobs to Utah over the next three years.

Earlier Article:
By Emiley Morgan
The Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — It took a little pushing and shoving, physically and economically, but with the blessing of the president and Congress, Utah will be home to a new federal courthouse to the tune of $211 million.

The new United States District Courthouse for the District of Utah will complete the block between Main and West Temple and 300 and 400 South, where the current courthouse stands. Jack Benco, an architect on the project, said the new building will rise 10 stories and have 368,000 square feet.

He said the present Frank E. Moss courthouse will be renovated, specifically to make it seismically sound, and most likely used for bankruptcy court. He said occupants love the building but feel it is too small to accommodate all the identified needs.

"We're all so big we don't fit anymore," Benco said. "We're in rental space in the neighborhood, and (the construction) will bring us all back together again."

The new building will have room for courtrooms and chambers for district and magistrate judges, two grand jury suites, the U.S. Probation Office, the U.S. Marshal Service, pretrial suites for the U.S. attorney and federal public defender, the 10th Circuit Branch Law Library and the U.S. Federal Court Clerk's Office.

The funding was requested by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, who said in a statement that the project was the culmination of "more than a dozen years of effort" and should benefit the state in a number of ways.

"I'm very pleased that Congress has finally recognized the importance of making this project a priority in Salt Lake City," said Bennett. "This courthouse will help meet the growing needs of our state's judiciary system, improve security and give our economy a much needed boost by adding hundreds of jobs."

The General Services Administration told Congress the project would provide $105 million in construction salaries over three years, with an estimated 716 jobs for each of the three years of construction.

Making space for the building also required major effort, as it meant condemning the Shubrick Building, which housed the popular Port O' Call bar. Some $7.5 million was paid in compensation to the owners. Moving the Odd Fellows Hall, a 118-year-old building, from its original site across the street, cost another $6.7 million.

The courthouse project was earmarked in the annual Financial Services Appropriations bill at Bennett's request. The Senate Appropriations Committee passed it in July, and it was signed into law by the president Wednesday. Bennett is the only Utah member of Congress who serves on an appropriations committee.

The building will feature secured underground parking and will sit on a "raised landscape plaza." The new courthouse will face West Temple Street.

[RobertWalpole]

VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!:cheers:

[pablosan]

There's some great projects goiong up in SLC. Thanks for the updates.

[delts145]

Salt Lake City - Univ. of Utah - An update of a few of the many recently completed and ongoing University projects.
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Gramoll Construction

Prep work going on now, foundation to begin in January 2011.

Construction being done by Gramoll Construction, who also did the following projects on campus:

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Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building

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Cowles Building Addition

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Sutton Geology Building

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phone update

Bizz building

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I can't believe how big the New Business Building is, it makes every other building on campus look small. And it's only the first phase, crazy!!!

[patriotizzy]

I really don't like the stucco look of some of the facades in the new development in downtown... The amount of construction and proposals are amazing though.

[delts145]

^^^
:shrug: I'm not quite sure which projects downtown you might be referring to that are stucco. All are of granite, marble, brick, metal, etc. Perhaps the photo isn't giving quite the detail of the finish. Please point out which pic you're referring to, so I can understand or further explain. :tup:


Perhaps, you're referring to portions such as this. The finish is all of hand laid brick, with stone trim. Sometimes the pics
don't show that detail you would see in person, unless a different film process is used.
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Below are examples of a touch of HDR, which allows us to see the actual detail and quality of the materials used and
their pronounced variations of color and texture.
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Downtown Projects - Updates

Here are some shots from this afternoon

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Downtown - City Creek Updates Continued...


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Salt Lake City Resorts

:fireworks The Montage Opens ~ Montage Deer Valley: Utah’s newest elite hotel :fireworks

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Park City • Make it three luxury hotels to open in the Park City area since the 2002 Winter Olympics elevated the ski town’s stature as a swanky getaway spot for the elite.

Montage Deer Valley enters the market Wednesday with an 11:30 a.m. ribbon cutting, followed by an open house to give the Park City community a look at all the opulence the year-round resort has to offer.

Business as usual begins Thursday at the hotel atop Marsac Avenue, adjacent to Deer Valley Resort’s midmountain Empire Canyon Lodge — with Montage Hotels & Resorts founder and chief executive Alan Fuerstman saying, “We’ll be sold-out for the holidays.”

Welcoming many of those guests will be Monty, a 1-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, Montage’s canine ambassador. While Monty touches the hearts of incoming visitors, valets will move their luggage into a lounge dominated by the sculpture of a 19th century miner/skier.

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Steve Griffin | (The Salt Lake Tribune) Bob Arrivillaga, associate director of group sales at the Montage Deer Valley luxury hotel, takes a walk with his Bernese Mountain Dog Monty, the hotel's canine ambassador.

Hallways with distressed hardwood floors lead to Montage’s 154 guest rooms, which are rented in traditional hotel fashion, and 66 suites and residences, whose owners can put them into a rental pool administered by resort staff.

Other halls lead to one of the resort’s three restaurants, or its 17,000 square feet of indoor meeting space (an additional 33,000 square feet are available outside), or its 7,000-square-foot ski shop or its 35,000-square-foot spa, with treadmills facing bay windows overlooking the Park City valley. The spa also features a swimming pool whose architect patterned it after pools at California’s glitzy Hearst Castle.

Hallways and open areas are adorned with striking paintings of life in the West, from cowboy scenes created by Frederic Remington to portraits of birds obtained in a working agreement with the National Audubon Society, said Montage spokesman Dan Herbert.

Fuerstman takes special pride in the prominent placements afforded paintings by Luke Frazier of Providence, one of many Utahns involved in various aspects of the resort’s debut. Montage consciously sought to “become part of the greater Utah community, to being valued members of that community,” he said.

A large percentage of the resort’s 500-plus staff members were hired after nine local job fairs. Beers sold inDaly’s basement grill and lounge were developed in conjunction with Utah’s own Wasatch brewers, boasting labels like Montage Mountain Ale. The resort even has its own local beekeeper, producing specialty honey goods that link visitors to Utah’s heritage as the Beehive State.

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Steve Griffin | (The Salt Lake Tribune) The lap pool in the Montage Deer Valley's indoor spa was designed to resemble the swimming pools at Hearst Castle on California's central coast. An open house today will precede the beginning of business Thursday at the Montage.

Fuerstman, whose first two Montage properties are in Laguna Beach and Beverly Hills, Calif., said Deer Valley was an ideal location for the resort’s first mountain venture. “Nature treated us well. This is as good as any setting in North America … grand in many ways, intimate in others.”

This combination, he insists, will help Montage contribute to Park City’s emergence as a global destination, an Olympic ambition that was advanced with last year’s openings in Summit County of the St. Regis Deercrest and Waldorf-Astoria hotels.

“The Olympics created an international awareness of the Park City market,” Fuerstman says. “Having a cadre of great hotels in the market also helps.”

[delts145]

Downtown - City Creek Updates

Note: Use your percentage zoom to adjust to desired size. Will also
give an excellent indicator of the diverse materials and details. Link
below for additional photo updates. To include, September-November.

If anyone is interested,
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has updated with some of my November photos.




T-Mac, As per usual, fantastic shots!

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[delts145]

On another note. A Portland Street
car will be on display on Gallivan Ave today, showing what our car may
look like as well as displaying maps of potential street car alignments throughout Salt Lake City.

The cars are pretty nice. These aren't
the cars we will be getting, initially, for the Sugarhouse line. The
company that produces these is based in Portland and they are just
taking them around to a few cities in the country showing what
American made transit vehicles look like. The cars are currently
70% American made, and with a new propulsion system that this exact
car will be getting they will be 90% American made. This actual car
will return to Portland and be used in its Street Car system.

The cars are more nimble than light rail, allow for better movement
through traffic and tighter turns, they articulate in two spots. The
middle section is platform height on entry and the the ends have three
stairs at the entry(like trax).

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I was just downtown as well. The visibility
is insane right now, even up at the University of Utah!

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Gallivan Center ice skating!

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[delts145]

Season's Greetings

Park City, Old Main
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At Christmas Time this beautiful Gothic Revival Chapel in Downtown Salt Lake City is used almost nightly to
host free public recitals by renowned regional, national and international soloists and performing groups
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[delts145]

Salt Lake City Resorts

St. Regis hotel adds Deer Valley to its name

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By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

The Deer Valley brand had a good week.

First, the Montage Deer Valley luxury hotel opened Thursday in the resort’s Empire Pass area, increasing the exposure of Deer Valley’s name to Montage’s base of well-heeled clients.

Then on Friday, another of the Park City area’s new luxury hotels, the St. Regis Deer Crest, announced it was changing its name to the St. Regis Deer Valley to take better advantage of the resort’s reputation as the ski industry leader in customer service.

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Tribune file photo by Rick Egan Owners of the St. Regis Deer Crest hotel have changed its name to St. Regis Deer Valley to tie the luxury development more closely to the ski resort known for its lavish customer service.

“It’s very pleasant for us,” said Coleen Reardon, Deer Valley Resort’s director of marketing. “They’re both perfect brand fits for us on the promotional side. And they’re such incredible properties that we were thrilled that they wanted to have our name on their hotels. The marketing potential is huge.”

David Reis, managing partner of Deer Crest Janna LLC, owner of the $320 million St. Regis hotel, said the name was changed because “we wanted this legendary address, this incredible destination, to be inherent in our name.

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St. Regis, Deer Valley Resort

“When you have the number-one-ranked ski resort in North America, the greatest snow on Earth and the 100-year tradition of uncompromising St. Regis service and elegance all in one package, it’s pretty special,” he added, referring to Deer Valley’s selection by Ski magazine as the continent’s best resort for four consecutive years. “Everything about The St. Regis Deer Valley embodies this slope-side sophistication, from our staff to the architecture, and now to our name.”

On a ridge overlooking Deer Valley’s base Snow Park Lodge, the St. Regis Deer Valley opened in December 2009 with 181 guest rooms, including 67 one-bedroom suites and 114 rooms that can be combined with suites to form two-, three- and four-bedroom combinations. One of its claims to fame is a 24-hour butler service.

The Montage Deer Valley, estimated by state and Park City tourism officials to have cost more than $400 million to build, has 220 rooms. Of those, 154 are guest rooms rented by the hotel, while 66 are private suites and residences that also can be added to the rental mix. Its standout features include a canine ambassador, Monty, a Bernese Mountain Dog.

Montage’s 7,000-square-foot ski school includes a Deer Valley Resort desk where hotel guests can sign up for lessons or buy day passes good on any one of three nearby lifts.

Park City’s third new luxury hotel is the Waldorf-Astoria at Canyons Resort, which opened in summer 2009. Its cost has not been disclosed but probably is within the same range as the other two luxury resorts.

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Downtown, Restoration & Reuse

The Boston Building, on the left
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Beautiful, present day street engagement on Main
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Maxwell's East Coast Eatery to open 2nd location :tup:

SALT LAKE CITY - CB Richard Ellis announced that Maxwell's East Coast Eatery, an Italian restaurant, will be opening a second location on the ground floor of the Boston Building at 9 Exchange Place in Salt Lake City.

Maxwell's, which serves traditional pasta and pizza dishes, has committed to a 10-year lease in the historic building, which will join the company's flagship restaurant in Park City as the second in Utah.

Owner Steven Maxwell said he envisions a restaurant that will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also, the restaurant will transition to a lounge atmosphere that will feature live music and entertainment during evening hours.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=13609409


:previous: :previous: Awesome! I love maxwells! Such a fun atmosphere! Cant wait for it to open.


:tup: I'm definitely going to check that out. Just the opportunity to dine in the Boston building is worth the occasion. Very, very cool use of one of our favorite landmarks!!

Boston Building
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By AxDrake - http://www.flickr.com/photos/axdrake/3748702572/sizes/l/in/photostream/.


The Boston building: 'Skyscraper' of past gets some TLC for its future.

Jason Lee
The Deseret News

Over a century ago, a mining magnate named Samuel Newhouse envisioned the area at Exchange Place in downtown Salt Lake City as a mini-Wall Street that would house the financial district of Utah's capital city -- complete with what was billed as one of the city's first "skyscrapers."

Today, his vision is being restored to its former glory by local developers who see the downtown central business district as a place on the cusp of major growth.

The Boston Building is celebrating its 100th anniversary with the completion of a $10 million renovation that will provide more than 107,000 square feet of high-end office space in the historic location at Nine Exchange Place. Its twin counterpart, the Newhouse Building, is located directly across from the Boston Building and has undergone a less-extensive renovation.

Designed by Chicago and New York architect Henry Ives Cobb, construction on the 11-story building was started in 1907 and finished in 1909, according to Eric Smith, first vice president with listing agent CB Richard Ellis.

"We have done everything we can to bring it back to its original design as much as possible," said Ken Shields, asset manager for the building's owner, Chicago-based developer Hamilton Partners. He said that, when completed, much of the detail from the original interior and exterior finishes will be maintained, including the classic ornate facade, woodwork, the marble and terrazzo stairs and flooring, and even some of the original panes of glass in the exterior windows.

In addition, the lobby walls will showcase the hand-crafted mosaic tiles that extend from floor to ceiling along the staircase from the basement to the second floor, Smith said.

Shields said every effort was made to maintain the original structural integrity and decor of the building, along with some added modern amenities.


Property Description

The all new Boston Building has taken a giant step forward with its recent renovation and remodeling. This icon is located in the professional center of Main Street, between the State and Federal courthouses, in the heart of the Central Business District of Salt Lake City. From brilliant views to state-of-the-art electrical, HVAC, common area, elevatore and technological upgrades. The office space of this historic 11-story marvel will become home to some of the most prestigious firms in Salt Lake city. The building offers a variety of full-floor office space options with great views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding areas. The building is less than a mile from I-15 on 400 South and has plenty of available parking at the Exchange Place Garage. It is also located a short distance from two light-rail stations, the Boston Building offers an easy commute from anywhere in the Salt Lake Valley.

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Trolley System Updates

On another note. A Portland Street
car will be on display on Gallivan Ave today, showing what our car may
look like as well as displaying maps of potential street car alignments throughout Salt Lake City.

The cars are pretty nice. These aren't
the cars we will be getting, initially, for the Sugarhouse line. The
company that produces these is based in Portland and they are just
taking them around to a few cities in the country showing what
American made transit vehicles look like. The cars are currently
70% American made, and with a new propulsion system that this exact
car will be getting they will be 90% American made. This actual car
will return to Portland and be used in its Street Car system.

The cars are more nimble than light rail, allow for better movement
through traffic and tighter turns, they articulate in two spots. The
middle section is platform height on entry and the the ends have three
stairs at the entry(like trax).

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By Future Mayor

I was just downtown as well. The visibility
is insane right now, even up at the University of Utah!

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Gallivan Center ice skating!

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Salt Lake City - University of Utah - Update, Eccles School of Business Project

http://www.okland-const.com/images/USB3Rendering.jpg
Rendering's Link: http://www.okland-const.com/projectDetails.cfm?id=350&cid=19

This modern 5 level building will serve as a campus landmark as well as meeting the needs of the U of U Business
School. It features a 4 story atrium with a wood slat wall representing the local canyons. The wall will angle in
multiple directions as it ascends up from the main level. Various classrooms, offices, café, and auditorium are
contained within the 182,680 square feet. Also featured is an outdoor patio on the second level. Not only will the
patio serve as outdoor seating for the Café but it will also include permanent landscaping. The exterior will be clad
with terra cotta and features 63 foot high columns angled at 10 degrees supporting the upper level. This new building
will achieve a Leed Silver certification. Relocation of campus medium voltage and communication lines will also be
performed including the splicing of a 12,000 pair communication line.

OWNER INFORMATION: University of Utah
ARCHITECT INFORMATION: MHTN Architects
PROJECT LOCATION: Salt Lake City, UT.
PROJECT SIZE: 182,680 SF


12/13 phone update
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City Creek names new retail general manager

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363076/City-Creek-names-new-retail-general-manager.html

SALT LAKE CITY — The brain trust of the much-anticipated City Creek Center has its newest member.

Taubman Centers, owner and operator of the retail portion of the City Creek development, announced Wednesday that Linda Wardell has been named general manager of retail operations for the landmark downtown project, effective next month.

"I'm very excited about the opportunity to move to Salt Lake City," she said. "I'm the luckiest general manager in the world to be involved with this project."...

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City Creek Project construction in Salt Lake City, Utah, Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. (Ravell Call, Deseret News, KSL-TV Chopper 5)

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Salt Lake City - Various University of Utah Projects - Updates,
http://www.health.utah.edu/pt/images/pt_header.jpg
www.gradschool.utah.edu


Photo Update 12/16

Pharmacy Addition- Sill basement and foundation work
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Legacy Housing
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Gramoll Construction
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Business Building
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Rendering's Link: http://www.okland-const.com/projectDetails.cfm?id=350&cid=19

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USTAR and Cooling Plant
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USTAR

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Brick
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Glass
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Huntsman Cancer Institute expansion
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Downtown - Questar Project Update
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Artists rendering of new headquarters for Questar. (EDA Architects, Inc.)

Okay... you made me snort Diet Coke through my nose on that one! :haha:

I felt buoyed enough to grab my camera and take a couple of shots out of my very gritty office windows of the new Questar project. Sorry for the sun glare, but that's what you get for the soda burn in my nose!

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Downtown - Newly Completed

Couple of shots of 222 S Main at Christmas time.

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Downtown - Jazz/NBA Arena Project

:tup: I've always held that the Jazz have one of the best looking buildings in the NBA. It's great to see these new updates and improvements added.

Newly remodeled EnergySolutions Arena a treat for fans - Project includes pubs, kids play area, Fanzz stores — and more ice cream.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/50897013-79/fans-cream-ice-arena.html.csp

Ice cream was not far from managers’ minds when remodeling began on Energy-Solutions Arena early last summer.

And on Friday, during a tour of the just-completed $4 million project, it was clear that ice cream lovers will not be disappointed.

With the new additions of commercial space, fans now may choose from pubs offering a variety of meals and beverages, exclusive dining areas overlooking the arena and even a play area for children needing a break after the intensity of a Jazz fourth-quarter run.

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(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz President Randy Rigby shows off the new Coors Light Legends Club inside the Energy Solutions Arena on Friday,December 17, 2010

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(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vice President of Food Services at Energy Solutions Arena, Mark Stedman, tries out a soft serve yogurt and ice cream store in the newly remodeled venue on Friday,December 17, 2010Photo 7 of 7»«close gallery

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(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Fanzz outlet inside the newly remodeled Energy Solutions Arena on Friday,December 17, 2010 Photo 2 of 7»«close gallery

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I was downtown for Taubman yesterday but I grabbed this shot and some of 222 S Main as well to post on the threads.

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Downtown - Update
New North Temple Viaduct & Light Rail To Airport Project

The North Temple viaduct, a major connector between the core
of Utah's capital city and points west.

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site297/2010/0414/20100414__viaduct_041510~P1.jpg
This artist's rendering shows a rebuilt North
Temple viaduct looking south toward The Gateway with FrontRunner
going under the overpass and the airport TRAX line extending across
the viaduct, with total cost of the remake set at $71 million. Source:
Utah Transit Authority

The $71 million rebuild is a key part of Utah Transit Authority's future
light-rail TRAX line to Salt Lake City's International Airport. That project
is projected to cost $350 million.

The new structure will descend at 400 West instead of 300 West,
Carpenter said, with a built-in TRAX lane, security lighting, bike and pedestrian
paths, and a transfer station where riders can switch between FrontRunner and TRAX.

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/2878888.jpg
Deseret News

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Deseret News


I just wanted to add to what SLCdude took care of this month in documenting the progress of the N. Temple Viaduct.

City Creek relocation update:

My previous pictures:
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The pictures I took today:
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Downtown Adj.

East Bench - Salt Lake City - Utah Museum of Natural History Project

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e-architect, Development by Polshek Partnership

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e-architect, Development by Polshek Partnership

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e-architect, Development by Polshek Partnership




Museum deal raises $1.2 million, preserves oak forest

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50866901-76/museum-space-open-easement.html.csp

The Utah Museum of Natural History will set aside a piece of nature at its Research Park location in a deal that nets the state $1.2 million and keeps a gambol-oak-covered slice of the Wasatch foothills free of pavement in perpetuity.

The University of Utah will sell a conservation easement on 5.27 acres near the museum’s new copper-clad home under a deal U. trustees approved Tuesday. The boot-shaped parcel fronts Colorow Drive and wraps around the south and west of the museum’s parking lot. It will preserve foot paths between the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and Colorow, where officials hope to develop a trailhead...

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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Museum of Natural History site from Colorow Drive, in Research Park, Wednesday, December 15, 2010. An anonymous donor has given the U. $1 million to purchase a conservation easement for the scrub oak grove to the west and south of the new Utah Museum of Natural History site.

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If you haven't already, make sure you check out Comrade Reynold's new thread of Salt Lake City. Fantastic set of pics!

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187118
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Comrade Reynolds

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Census: Utah grows faster than 47 states -
Population jumps by more than half a million this decade, a 24% increase

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700093880/Census-Utah-grows-faster-than-47-states.html

..."We're part of this long slow shift of population from the Northeast of our nation and the Midwest of our nation to the South and the West," she said. "People look at Utah as a place of opportunity."...

Kiplinger Reports: Ten Best Cities Of The Next Decade: Salt Lake City, Utah - The talent pool is deep and costs are low in our number-five pick for Best Cities for the Next Decade.

By Jenney Nalevanko

Two years ago, David Flynn owned a business that produced a hot memory drive and employed ten people. A California venture-capital firm tried to lure him to Silicon Valley, but he stayed put and raised $111 million from a host of other top venture firms. Now he employs 250 people who make those drives and is looking to hire more. “We’ve been rewarded for sticking to our guns,” says Flynn.

Talent is key to building a company, and CEO Flynn says that one of Salt Lake City’s secrets is Utah’s “very educated and deep talent pool.” Plus, it doesn’t hurt that “our offices are 15 minutes away from four ski resorts.”

In addition to the city’s strong venture-capital community, the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development offers loans, grants and training to budding businesses. And the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, a public/private organization, fosters Salt Lake City’s pro-business atmosphere by helping to attract new companies.

And you can’t beat the cost of living and doing business in Salt Lake City. Utah has relatively low wages, taxes and operating costs. In fact, the cost of doing business is the third-lowest in the western U.S. and 18th-lowest in the country.

Salt Lake City is home to the University of Utah, internationally recognized for its research in genetics and health sciences, and a hotbed of new-business creation. “The U” is ranked by one measure as first in the country (along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in launching start-up companies from research-based inventions. “The universities here are more than ivory towers on a hill,” says Jonathan Johnson, president of Internet retailer Overstock.com, which is based in Salt Lake City. Johnson, who hires programmers, mathematicians and statisticians from Utah universities, says the local talent pool is noteworthy for its technical knowledge and outstanding work ethic.

The Salt Lake valley offers a variety of distinctive neighborhoods that boast walking-friendly centers. These hip, diverse districts provide easy access to locally owned retail shops, galleries, restaurants and coffee shops. With the help of the city’s wide, bike-friendly streets, the proximity to such amenities makes it easy to live quite comfortably in these neighborhoods without much need for a car. They provide a small-town feel within steps of the heart of the city.

For those who crave a busier setting, downtown living is about to get a lot more popular. In 2008, Salt Lake’s Downtown Alliance broke ground on the first phase of a revitalization project, City Creek Center, with an estimated price tag of $3 billion. Project leaders hope the City Creek Center will become a lively destination for visitors and residents alike, introducing space for 80 new retailers, a performing-arts theater, fine dining restaurants, and more than 800 residential units. The project also includes plans for a covered pedestrian bridge, joining both sides of Salt Lake City’s Main Street, where the city’s existing businesses will certainly benefit from the additional foot traffic.

VIDEO: Take a Guided Tour of Salt Lake City - http://www.kiplinger.com/video/v.php/5-salt-lake-city-utah-deep-talent-pool-low-costs-87688563001.html

Read more: http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/best-cities-2010-salt-lake-city-utah.html?si=1#ixzz18qL5ASVN
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Utah Named A Top 10 Film Making Location In The World...

Filmmaking a big business in Utah

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700093849/Filmmaking-a-big-business-in-Utah.html

... Utah has been named by P3 Update magazine as one of the top 10 movie-making locations in the world. The magazine, a trade journal that deals with "methods, tools, processes of Preproduction, Production and Postproduction," considers a variety of factors, including not only scenery, but also state-offered incentives, workforce, infrastructure and other attractions.

"This is very exciting news for us," says Marshall Moore, director of the Utah Film Commission. "It's always good to be talked about in trade publications. We were excited when P3 named us one of the top 10 in the U.S. To now be listed in the top 10 in the world is fantastic."...

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Salt Lake City Resorts - Development Updates
http://www.vrwd.com/photos/110/21355.jpg
Canyons Ski Resort

I was a Rocky hater. Whereas, I really like Becker. I could see voting for him ... if I lived in Salt Lake City.

He reminds me of Gov. Huntsman --- a guy who does a good job keeping everyone happy and not letting the voters polarize into bickering factions.


Agreed 215, Salt Lake City is in great hands for this coming decade.

Speaking of great leadership, it looks like uber-developer Talisker has every intention of taking the Park City Area in general and the Canyons Resort specifically to the top of the heap in the ski industry. This new hire is a huge coup for the future of the metro's resort development.

Talisker hires private golf and ski club expert

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_3555691?source=most_viewed

...Thompson has lived in Colorado his entire life, he says, and has headed Vail Resorts Development, the company's real estate arm, for 17 years. During that time, Thompson oversaw Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone ski resorts, and helped redevelop Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club in Jackson Hole, Wyo., as well as the company's employee housing program...

...Already Thompson feels comfortable in Park City it reminds him of Vail five years ago, he says, though he believes real estate is going to "boom here even more."

While Vail fights Interstate 70, which runs right through its town, he finds Park City feels more like a town.

"Park City's got locals, and tourists and schools and it's got Main Street," he observes. "A lot of people in Vail never go to Vail. They go skiing on Vail's mountain, but they don't go into town much."

Thompson agrees with Talisker's environmentally-sensitive philosophy...

...When it comes to developing property, Thompson's vision is of a unique and architecturally-controlled community. He worries about the "homogenization of America" the look-a-like Main Streets that can, in some cases, also produce look-a-like neighborhoods. At times, towns can look so much alike that, Thompson observes, "you can sometimes go to one ski resort to the next and you don't know one from the other."

It is therefore important that resorts try to keep their personality despite the rush and convenience of other facilities made available, he concludes...

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Salt Lake City Metro - Transit Updates

UTA receives federal funding earlier than expected

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363538/UTA-receives-federal-funding-earlier-than-expected.html

WASHINGTON — The Federal Transit Administration announced Monday that it will advance a total of $182.4 million in New Starts funding to help with seven projects already under way in five states, including in Utah.

The state is expected to get more than $37 million for two separate projects...

...The monies are being paid out earlier than originally expected because of unallocated, leftover funds in the FTA's fiscal year 2010 budget for new construction.

The Utah Transit Authority can now use the extra cash for other projects, including the West Valley and airport TRAX lines, FrontRunner extension to Provo and the planning of a Draper-Sandy TRAX route...


Northern Metro - Kays Crossing - Layton, Utah
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Adj. hiking trails and metroscape mountains - Layton, Utah - Population 70,000-plus

Layton project has transit tie-in

http://www.standard.net/topics/construction/2010/12/17/layton-project-has-transit-tie#

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Future neighborhood of one of Utah Transit's newest TODs. The Farmer's Union Building, a historic building in Layton, Utah, United States, now houses the main branch of the First National Bank of Layton.

LAYTON -- Old downtown is going to get a new building and hundreds of new residents.

Layton city's staff has been interacting with MV Properties, a development firm based in Logan, and the Utah Transit Authority on a transit-oriented development project adjacent to the FrontRunner Layton community rail station...

http://cdn3.standard.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/snet_in_story/2010/12/17/story-18-nukays-63204.jpg

Layton rail hub spurs transit-oriented development

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhooddaviscounty/50932704-123/layton-development-transit-crossing.html.csp#

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Example of pioneer architecture, Layton Utah - wikimedia.org

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[delts145]

Downtown Updates - Questar Project
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...The Questar Center will be one of the first LEED Silver energy efficient buildings in downtown Salt Lake. It will
have six floors and 170,000 square feet, and will replace the north half of the parking lot at 175 East 400 South. Parking
is moving underground. Additionally, the new building will include 6,000 square feet of street level retail/restaurant space
and a public plaza. TRAX light rail will be accessible on 400 South.

We think the Questar Center will be a great addition to an increasingly robust and vibrant business district in downtown
Salt Lake City...
"Jeff Edwards, President and CEO"


Update Pics - Questar Building:

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By John Martin

[delts145]

Downtown Updates - City Creek

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By John Martin

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[delts145]

Downtown Updates Continued - Qwest Re-skin

Qwest Building re-skin:
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By John Martin

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[delts145]

Downtown Projects Continued... Updates, Harmon's full service grocer

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/3379501.jpg
An artist's rendering shows the future Harmons grocery store at downtown Salt Lake's City
Creek Center. The store is scheduled to be completed in fall 2011. (Crowell Advertising, Marketing & PR)

Harmon's grocery store:
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By John Martin

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[delts145]

:fireworks A Very Happy And Prosperous New Year:fireworks


From New Year's Day
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The Promontory Tower Project, nearing completion
By T-Mac

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[delts145]

Brought Forward,

Downtown Updates - Questar Project
http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=otYXbrQhQ8JVE1jO8ODl5s$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYszvz0EIrPYoRQsVWqVIenTWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&amp%3BCONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg

...The Questar Center will be one of the first LEED Silver energy efficient buildings in downtown Salt Lake. It will
have six floors and 170,000 square feet, and will replace the north half of the parking lot at 175 East 400 South. Parking
is moving underground. Additionally, the new building will include 6,000 square feet of street level retail/restaurant space
and a public plaza. TRAX light rail will be accessible on 400 South.

We think the Questar Center will be a great addition to an increasingly robust and vibrant business district in downtown
Salt Lake City...
"Jeff Edwards, President and CEO"[/QUOTE]


Update Pics - Questar Building Project:

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The Regent Project

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By John Martin

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[delts145]

Downtown Updates Continued - Qwest Re-skin

Qwest Building re-skin:
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Harmon's Project - Full Service Grocer

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/3379501.jpg
An artist's rendering shows the future Harmons grocery store at downtown Salt Lake's City
Creek Center. The store is scheduled to be completed in fall 2011. (Crowell Advertising, Marketing & PR)

Harmon's grocery store:
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By John Martin

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[photoLith]

Amazing updates, so much going on.

[delts145]

Downtown Projects Continued - South Temple Office Update


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By John Martin

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[Illithid Dude]

Besides L.A., I would think this is my favorite thread. I visited downtown Salt Lake City a few years ago, and thought it was a pit. Now, it looks truly lovely. The care in preserving each historic building is remarkable, and not one of the new projects is anywhere near ugly. Also, the new museum and all of the University projects look great. Moreover, I just visited the Downtown Rising website, and am totally impressed with the push for walk-ability, and all of the promenades. Just, overall, I wanted to say that Salt Lake City looks lovely, and I really want to visit again soon.

[photoLith]

I cant believe how amazing that South Temple Building looks, I mean, if I didnt know any better, Id say that building came straight out of the year 1914. It is so well done and the brickwork is impeccable, great great work.

[delts145]

It looks as if 2012 will be a banner year for downtown, as many of these current projects will be reaching completion by then. The many improvements and immense scope of City Creek alone will raise the bar significantly. Barring a national financial meltdown, it would seem that even as 2012 approaches, many other large projects will commense or will already be underway. I think that the walkability and livibility of the Salt Lake CBD has a very bright future.

Photolitherland, I have been enjoying your photo spreads of your recent travels immensely. I hope many other forumers are taking the opportunity to view them. I especially feel like I'm getting to know specific areas of Texas much better.

[delts145]

Downtown Continued ~ Crossroads Block Projects



Apartments on Main:
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[delts145]

Mayor Ralph Becker: Streetcar success reflects state of Salt Lake City

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363873/Mayor-Ralph-Becker-Streetcar-success-reflects-state-of-Salt-Lake-City.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Ralph Becker left most of his trophies on the shelf Tuesday night, preferring to showcase the
one he says best reflects the state of Salt Lake City.

Departing from the traditional listing of accomplishments, Mayor Becker kept his State of the City address short and
focused on the future by highlighting one of his administration's top priorities of 2010: the Sugar House streetcar.

"This project reflects — in style and in substance — the goals, values and priorities we have set for our great city,"
Becker said during his 17-minute speech at the Salt Lake City-County Building. "It exemplifies our continued commitment
to move Salt Lake City forward despite challenging economic conditions." ...

Light-Rail Transit Updates - Central/West Metro -

Here's all the pictures I could snap before the blizzard came in:

West Valley

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Bridge near Maverick Center (E-center)

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West Valley City Hall

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I don't remember where this was. I think it's where the West Valley line crosses the Jordan River.

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Mid-Jordan

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By SLCdude

Airport Trax Line
Well I have some bad news and some good news.

First the bad news. Getting pictures of the actual developing part of the Airport TRAX line is very hard to do
by foot.

And as can be ascertained in this photo I attempted this evening, I don't have a very good skill yet when it comes
to putting my desired elements of a given shot into focus (notice how the dumpster is the focal point in this picture :( ).

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy126/sphansen47/DSC_0007.jpg

The Good news is that I have no problem trespassing and that I'm going to be taking free online classes that came
with my camera.
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[delts145]

Central/Southern Metro

:fireworks Construction to begin at $1.5 billion NSA center :fireworks

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Security Agency host a joint groundbreaking ceremony for the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative (CNCI) Data Center Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at Camp Williams. Construction of the $1.5 billion Data Center is scheduled to be completed in October 2013. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)

Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

A groundbreaking ceremony Thursday will formally kick off work on the Utah Data Center, a $1.2 billion project viewed as the salvation for the state’s beleaguered construction industry.

Nearly 10,000 people are expected to be employed over the next three years building the 1-million-square-foot facility at Camp Williams on the Salt Lake/Utah county line.

The National Security Agency will use the climate-controlled environment of its computerized core as a repository for information gathered by different branches of the country’s intelligence apparatus, hence the facility’s nickname, “The Spy Center.”

The 2 p.m. event may be one of the public’s last chances to take an open look at the project, technically known as the nation’s first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative (CNCI) Data Center.

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“We’ve been asked not to talk about the project,” said Rob Moore, president and chief operating officer of Big-D Construction. His company is part of a consortium of contractors that won the coveted construction contract from the National Security Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the building.

While he could not speak about the facility as a Big-D representative, Moore was able to comment briefly as president of the Utah Association of General Contractors.

“We’ve lost over 40,000 jobs in the construction market since 2008,” he said. “This will have a significant impact replacing some of those jobs and providing work for many, many small businesses.”

Since the project first was announced late in the fall of 2009, small businesses have been jockeying to be included as subcontractors for the big construction companies that won the bid, in this case Big-D and its national partners, Balfour Beatty and DPR.

Work will get under way at an ideal time for Utah trades people, ramping up just as construction of the City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City is winding down.

“We’ve been fortunate here in the state,” said Jim Judd of the Utah AFL-CIO labor unions. “The NSA project will pick up the commercial construction business. It will provide long-term employment help for the state until, hopefully, the economy recovers .”

An Army Corps of Engineers news release about the ground breaking said construction now is scheduled to be completed by October 2013. The initial timetable envisioned the facility being operational by June 2012.

[delts145]

Downtown Adj. - University of Utah Updates

University of Utah

USTAR Project, Foreground
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Huntsman Cancer Institute Expansion
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USTAR Project
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[delts145]

Central/Southern Metro...

:fireworks Utah's $1.5 billion cyber-security center under way:fireworks

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363940/Utahs-15-billion-cyber-security-center-under-way.html

CAMP WILLIAMS — Thursday's groundbreaking for a $1.5 billion National Security Agency data center is being billed as important in the short term for construction jobs and important in the long term for Utah's reputation as a technology center...

... Utah was chosen for the project over 37 other locations. The Cyber Security Center is being characterized as the "largest military construction project in recent memory."

... Utah's favorable energy costs, Internet infrastructure, thriving software industry and proximity to the Salt Lake City International Airport helped it win in the bid process that ended up with Camp Williams earning the data center...

..."It is so unique and so intensive," Hatch said. "This will establish our state as one of the leading states for technology."


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Computer renderings of the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) Data Center, at Camp Williams, Utah on display at Camp Williams for the groundbreaking on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (BDB)

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Grading work is already under way for the complex, which is scheduled to include 100,000 square feet for the data center and 900,000 square feet for technical support and administrative space. The center is designed to be capable of generating all of its own power through backup electrical generators and will have both fuel and water storage. Construction is designed to achieve environmentally significant LEED Silver certification.


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Computer rendering of the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) Data Center, at Camp Williams, Utah on display at Camp Williams for the groundbreaking on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (BDB)


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[delts145]

This new cyber-security center is just awesome on too many levels!

Aside from the new jobs created in its construction and after, having a facility like this in the State of Utah will do a lot to boost our street cred in the High Tech world. A lot of what happened in Silicon Valley came in conjunction with their High Tech government facilities and High Tech private partnerships with the government.

With this project and the Hill Airforce Base Private / Government High Tech Partnership, we're positioning ourselves in a very good place.

Utah's NSA spy center will house data, not analysts
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Computer rendering of the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) Data Center at Camp Williams. Ground was broken on the facility Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (BDB,)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705364006/Utahs-NSA-spy-center-will-house-data-not-analysts.html?pg=2

CAMP WILLIAMS — Computers drawing enough electricity to power a small city will soon fill a National Security Agency data center on a 240-acre site where officials officially broke ground on Thursday...

...The NSA said the data center is a component of the Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative "aimed at securing the United States' information infrastructure and coordinating its defense with state and local governments, as well as the private sector." The data center's mission is to help the intelligence community meet cyber-security objectives.

"The threat posed by computer hackers is very big, and it is growing," Senator Hatch said. "That is why this data center is so important."...

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Dignitaries get ready to shovel dirt at the groundbreaking for the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) Data Center at Camp Williams, Utah on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)

Center to build Utah’s economy, patriotic reputation

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50999978-76/utah-center-construction-data.html.csp#

Camp Williams » The creation of up to 10,000 construction jobs alone makes the Utah Data Center a great project for the state...

...As Maj. Gen. Brian Tarbet, head of the Utah National Guard, put it: “This will be an important link in intelligence and defense systems to find, fix and kill enemies and to protect American citizens.”

The facility, scheduled for completion in October 2013, will occupy 1 million square feet of space on 240 acres of Camp Williams’ property on the Salt Lake-Utah county line.

Its nerve center will be 100,000 square feet of climate-controlled computer space, where U.S. intelligence agencies will collect information that will be used to protect national security networks and help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security provide warnings about cybersecurity threats.

Accomplishing that on an accelerated timetable requires a massive investment in infrastructure — everything from the 65 megawatts of electricity needed for the computers and their cooling systems to the perimeter security system that will protect the facility from attack...

...Tarbet said his facility was selected as the Utah Data Center site because, “Utah and Camp Williams made the best case for taxpayers to put it here,” a boast validated later by Brig. Gen. Peter “Duke” DeLuca of the Corps of Engineers. He said that while there are “at least 50 perfect states to build a data center,” Utah won based on results of a selection process that evaluated 130 different factors...

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[delts145]

Downtown Adj. - University of Utah Updates

Eccles School of Business Project
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Rendering's Link: http://www.okland-const.com/projectDetails.cfm?id=350&cid=19

This modern 5 level building will serve as a campus landmark as well as meeting the needs of the U of U Business
School. It features a 4 story atrium with a wood slat wall representing the local canyons. The wall will angle in
multiple directions as it ascends up from the main level. Various classrooms, offices, café, and auditorium are
contained within the 182,680 square feet. Also featured is an outdoor patio on the second level. Not only will the
patio serve as outdoor seating for the Café but it will also include permanent landscaping. The exterior will be clad
with terra cotta and features 63 foot high columns angled at 10 degrees supporting the upper level. This new building
will achieve a Leed Silver certification. Relocation of campus medium voltage and communication lines will also be
performed including the splicing of a 12,000 pair communication line.

OWNER INFORMATION: University of Utah
ARCHITECT INFORMATION: MHTN Architects
PROJECT LOCATION: Salt Lake City, UT.
PROJECT SIZE: 182,680 SF

University of Utah
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[shakman]

During my recent trip, I was amazed by the number of construction sites. Some real estate analyst say the DC area has one of the best real estate markets in the U.S. However I beg to differ after what I saw.

Update Question: I am not too familair with the former Sugarhouse "hole" so please forgive me for my lack of knowlegde. I stayed at Sugarhouse and drove by the former hole a few times. Everything around seemed to me as thriving. Why did this particular project fail (or is failing)?

[delts145]

Hey Shak, That particular project was hit with the financing/recession debacle, just as it was gearing up. However, it is back on track now, and locals are saying they like the new plans better, as they have been downsized a little to a fit that most feel is more appropriate for the Sugar House area. There are a few recent articles about the new plans. I'll do a little digging and post them here for you.

Here we go,

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700087493/Developer-submits-scaled-down-Sugar-Hole-plan.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700075025/Salt-Lake-City-receives-26-million-for-Sugar-House-streetcar-project.html

Great news. I like this new proposal. Things are getting back on track in sugarhouse, it seems. With the new trolley line, this new proposal for the "hole" and the Wilmington project, lots of cool things coming to Sugarhouse.

[delts145]

Downtown Projects

From New Year's Day

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By T-Mac

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[delts145]

Organic grocery war looming in center of SLC?

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50932165-76/foods-market-sunflower-natural.html.csp#

Whole Foods hopes to cash in on its new location at eclectic Trolley Square. But a new competitor, moving into the neighborhood three blocks north, may threaten the dominance of the natural grocer and spur a "green" grocery war in the heart of Salt Lake City...

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(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) The nearly completed Whole Foods grocery building on the corner of 700 East and 500 South at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City. This is a view of the Whole Foods' angular southern entrance looking west to the arched rooftop and doorway of the Pottery Barn.

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[delts145]

Downtown,

I updated my model of Tower 1 / The Promontory. Behind it is the new 35-story Marrriott Hotel under construction. ;)

http://home.comcast.net/~jeff1346/PhotoUploads/Deco1.jpg

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Tower 1 with the new 35-story Marriott Hotel in the foreground (wishful thinking!)
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[delts145]

Salt Lake City Native, Starchitect of Fountains

..."Mark Fuller may be the closest thing the world has to a fountain genius"...The New Yorker.

The Salt Lake Tribune Reporting
By Natalie Dicou

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...Human reactions are Fuller’s favorite part of his work. When he visits the Bellagio, he turns his back to the
fountains, preferring to watch people’s faces.

“That’s the real payoff,” said Fuller, describing his favorite moving water as the tears that flow down people’s cheeks
when they view his work...

A Mark Fuller creation, Salt Lake City's Olympic Fountain at the heart of the Gateway District is a local downtown favorite.
Soon the giant City Creek project will unveil Mr. Fuller's latest in fountain wizardry to downtown Salt Lake City locals
and it's millions of annual visitors and tourists.
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Downtown ~ Qwest Reclad Update

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[delts145]

Downtown - Promontory Tower Project

Promontory is looking nice...

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[delts145]

Downtown - Macy's Regional Flagship Project - North Entrance

I noticed the glass entrance to Macy's has gone up so I took a few pics.
I only live a few blocks away from CCC so it was nice to go out and get some clean, fresh air this morning while taking somes pictures.


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[delts145]

Downtown Projects Continued



South Temple
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First South
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West Side of Main Street
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East Side of Main Street
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By Your Boy Blue

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[delts145]

Downtown Projects Continued...



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Structure of Nordstrom's Regional Flagship begins to take shape
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First South
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Promontory Residential Tower
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[delts145]

Downtown Projects Continued...


Broadway Park Lofts

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Questar Building
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Federal Courthouse
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[photoLith]

Holy crap, those Broadway Park Lofts are amazing, probably the best new art deco buildings Ive ever seen, looks like they were built in 1929, amazing. Salt Lake City isnt fucking around.

[delts145]

They are definitely one of my favorite projects. I'd like to see a lot more of that specific look and finish around.

[delts145]

Downtown Projects Continued...Providence Place
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Condos going up on North Temple next to Crown Burger.

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[delts145]

Hey man, anything is better than
this optimistic sports blather. Fifty-four degrees, patches of blue sky,
crystal clear air... it felt like April today!


New courthouse angle?
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By John Martin


Awesome angle John!


Here's a few shots from Pierpont.

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[RobertWalpole]

Until I joined this forum and saw these posts, I had no idea how SPECTACULAR Salt Lake is!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

By the way, considering that 99% of U.S. cities have no development right now due to the economy, I'm curious as to what drives SL's economy. Obviously, it's booming. What businesses are located there?

[T-Mac]

I am sure that others can give you a long list of who is here, but currently the LDS Church and the Federal Government are what is driving our construction in the Salt Lake area. The LDS Church has completely redone 2 city blocks right in the middle of downtown at an approximate cost of $1.5 billion. The Federal Government is getting ready to break ground on the new 10 story federal courthouse at a cost of around $185 million and they have recently broke ground at the south end of the Salt Lake valley on the new NSA cyper security center or "spy center" at an approximate cost of $1.5 billion.

[delts145]

Downtown...


Salt Lake City police HQ goes green

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Construction schedule:

-Demolition to begin Feb. 1.

-Final design to be presented Feb. 22.

-Work on foundation and parking to start July 18.

-Base building begins Nov. 4.

-Completion is scheduled for March 31, 2013.


The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51081648-78/police-building-energy-green.html.csp

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[delts145]

Downtown - New North Temple Viaduct & Light Rail To Airport Project

The North Temple viaduct, a major connector between the core
of Utah's capital city and points west.

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This artist's rendering shows a rebuilt North
Temple viaduct looking south toward The Gateway with FrontRunner
going under the overpass and the airport TRAX line extending across
the viaduct, with total cost of the remake set at $71 million. Source:
Utah Transit Authority




Downtown - January Viaduct Update

Since last month visible changes at the Viaduct project have been:

1. More work on the deck itself in preparation for the pouring of concrete.
2. A massive excavation on the east side of the Viaduct to remove old pipe and such and prepare new pipe and for Geofoam.
3. The placing of many blocks of Geofoam on the west side of the Viaduct.

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FrontRunner is so awesome!
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[delts145]

Downtown - City Creek - The Retractable Roof

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Latest Update


This is from the Block 76 side looking West Towards Richards Court.
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:previous:
Cool. :tup:

I think the decision to do the retractable roof was a very wise decision considering the
climate. Outdoor malls attempted to be more like downtown streets of the past, but the retractable roof is the next
step in the evolution of major retail destinations in an urban setting, IMO.

Thanks for the pics CokiKid!

The retractable roof is amazing, but I hope they keep it retracted most of the time. :tup:

It looks like that roof has glass in it for City Creek Center, is the glass still covered up?
If so, it will look a hell of a lot better than the cover thats over it now.

It has snow on it. No cover.

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[delts145]

Utah’s City Creek Center poised to take off the wraps

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/51045323-79/creek-center-salt-lake.html.csp#

It’s one of the biggest shopping centers in development today, anchored by Nordstrom and Macy’s. It is nestled in one of Utah’s largest-ever commercial real estate projects. A stream will run through it, and there will be two 18-foot waterfalls and a retractable roof. Bucking an industry trend, much of it will not be open for business on Sundays.

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In many respects, City Creek Center in the massive 23-acre City Creek development being built in downtown Salt Lake City will be like no other shopping center in the country when it opens in March 2012.

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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) The creek bed is beginning to take shape as construction of the downtown City Creek Center continues in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

Yet much of the center is shrouded in a bit of secrecy. Not one of the estimated 80 specialty stores and restaurants that will fill the nearly 700,000-square-foot center has yet to be revealed by mall owner Taubman Centers Inc., a well-known operator of more than two dozen malls nationwide.

The earliest announcements will wait for May, but newly appointed general manager Linda Wardell describes the company as upbeat about leasing City Creek Center despite difficult economic times. “Interest has remained high,” she said in an interview last week...

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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) The retractable glass roofs are open as construction of the downtown City Creek Center continues.

New City Creek Center manager primed for launch

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Linda Wardell’s last job was as general manager of The Pier Shops at Caesars, a shopping mall on Atlantic City’s historic boardwalk built on a 900 foot pier over the Atlantic Ocean.

Today, she’s general manager of City Creek Center, a shopping center being built in downtown Salt Lake City set to open next year.

The two malls, and the regional cultures that surround them, couldn’t be more different...

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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Linda Wardell, general manager of the City Creek Center, stands on top of the Richards Court East building over looking the downtown construction of the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City Thursday.

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[delts145]

Downtown Updates


Looking north up Regent Street. What was once a vibrant, bustling
19th century street of commerce, had been buried for many decades. Excitement amongst locals is very palpable as once again
Regent Street re-emerges to take it's rightful place at the center of the city's vibrant core.
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Attractive 1st So. street engagement of the Regent Residential Tower taking shape
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[BrighamYen]

Too bad the CCC won't be open on Sundays...The former Crossroads opened on Sundays IIRC.

[NOPA]

Wow. So several things. 1) I can't believe the Broadway lofts are still under construction. Were they put on hold because I just don't understand how it takes that long. It seems like WTC1 is moving at a faster pace.

2) It is nice to know that Providence Place is "that one project they were building." Is it owned by the LDS Church?

3) I find it ridiculous (but not surprising) that City Creek will not be open on Sundays. Does that apply to Nordstroms and Macys as well? I am familiar with the technical arrangement that allows restaurants to sell alcohol, why don't retailers work out some similar arrangement. But whatever, I am sure Gateway and Fashionplace are not complaining.