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delts145

04-04-2008, 07:53 PM

Salt Lake City Metro - The Proscenium Project

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Well, I'm nervous about posting anything related to Sandy after the past few days on the forum, but here goes:

I think that it is inevitable that Sandy is going to grow and the best I can hope for is that they will do so in a better manner than seems to be their present course. Here is a little map I threw together of the area that is becoming Sandy's CBD:

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The yellow line and purple box on the left are the Frontrunner tracks and anticipated station at 10200 S. The yellow line on the right is the current TRAX alignment and future extension to Draper beyond the current station at 10000 S.

The area in blue is the outline of the recent proscenium development. The areas in green are unused land.

I've added the red line as a streetcar to connect Frontrunner at 10200S to TRAX at 10000S via "downtown Sandy" and Southetowne mall.

I'm all for density, but why try and squeeze 3 large towers onto the small footprint in blue that is the current Proscenium proposal? One of the towers looks like it would have no access from any street whatsoever. I would rather see them spread towers to some of the other empty land in the area and allow other stuff to fill in between them naturally, creating a more viable, densified area.

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Lastly, whether Proscenium and a theater happen in Sandy in any form, I think it unlikely that Sandy will ever trump DT SLC as the main regional center. The following map is of DT at the same scale as the map of Sandy at the beginning of my post. Compare the two and what each has to offer:

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Downtown Salt Lake is going to continue to grow, and so is Sandy. Here's hoping that each will do so responsibly and that the two can somehow coexist.
Arkhitektor

TANGELD_SLC

04-04-2008, 11:48 PM

I think that the Proscenium development would go really nice at 1300 south 3rd west... Where Schmidt Signs currently scars the corner along with wal-mart and lowes. It is high time for some decent devolpment in that area.

delts145

04-05-2008, 12:26 AM

Tangeld, As you've probably seen over on the local thread, a lot of forumers are pretty upset that Sandy is as agressive as it is right now. I strongly believe that Salt Lake's downtown will continue it's exciting pace of development, especially under it's current leadership. While I would like to see the Proscenium towers downtown instead of Sandy, I do think that downtown will continue to lead the way, and that we'll see many more exciting developments between 21st South and 600 north over the next decade.

stevena07

04-05-2008, 09:35 PM

I just happened to have my camera with me yesterday thought I would take a few pictures of some things

The University of Utah Medical Center expansion

This is the rendering for it
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Here is a pic of construction as of yesterday, from the campus shuttle
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The windows of the bus are kinda dirty
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The Marriott Library from a distance, the crane is now gone and it will be completed in the Summer
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Rendering
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Rendering

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A new humanities building in the center of campus- Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building
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Rendering
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Here is a new Geology building under construction- Frederick Albert Sutton Geology Building
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Here are some pics from the campus shuttle facing downtown

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delts145

04-05-2008, 10:34 PM

Thanks Steve for the great pics on the U.of U. It's amazing how many projects are currently underway up there.

delts145

04-05-2008, 10:41 PM

Just a thought Steve. Will the Tanner building have some sort of beautiful water feature? Any project the Tanners are involved with seems to always include a very cool fountain or water feature.

stevena07

04-06-2008, 02:54 AM

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Im not sure, it would seem likely. I think the U campus needs more water features IMO. Especially since that main fountain never really worked and now they are tearing it out. I think the Engineering Building has some kind of feature and then there is the waterfall infront of the Library.

I looked up the Building and found this:

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As one of the most beautiful academic spaces on campus, and anchoring the University’s planned academic quad, the new 50,000 sq. ft. Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building will be the symbolic and spatial center of the University of Utah campus, and the dynamic hub of the many departments, programs, and centers of the College of Humanities.

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Appropriately, the site of the building at the heart of campus reflects what the College has become — a thriving growth center of disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and international programs. Active learners, vibrant researchers, and an involved public will find enhanced opportunities to participate in the ongoing process of dialogue and connection essential to the Humanities.

With a construction budget of $16.5 million, the building will be home to the Departments of History and Philosophy, the College’s International, Asian, and Latin American Studies Programs, and the Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center. The Tanner Humanities Center (est. 1988) fosters scholarly inquiry and dialogue on issues critical to the human condition by supporting the work of distinguished Fellows.

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The Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building is designed to induce lively collaboration and discussion among faculty, students, and community members, while also allowing space for contemplative distance. There will be two large lecture halls, several seminar rooms, conference rooms, and group study rooms. For more reflective moments, faculty, students, and visitors can relax in reading rooms and secluded courtyards, or walk the outdoor labyrinth. (A labyrinth is a circular space with a meandering path that one walks purposefully to the circle’s center. This meditative space signifies harmony and is intended to help bring clarity to life and learning.)

Construction of the building is scheduled to begin October 2006, with a projected completion date of May 2008.

Didn't say, but I would hope for something. May seems really soon, it doesn't look like they can complete the building in just over a month. The builders site says June 2008.

delts145

04-06-2008, 11:49 AM

Downtown, Latest Updates - City Creek Center by T-Mac

Photos from this morning. Enjoy.

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T-Mac

delts145

04-06-2008, 06:08 PM

Downtown, Latest Updates - 222 South Main by T- Mac

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Here are the photos from this morning. Lots going on. All of these photos plus more of Downtown in general are on my flickr page if you are interested under tmac97slc.

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DENrising

04-07-2008, 03:33 AM

T-mac, it's nice to see some columns going up within those CCC bowels.

delts145

04-07-2008, 02:26 PM

Downtown - Boston Building Project - Under Renovation & T-Mac Pics of Exchange Place

Main Street entrance to Exchange Place.Boston Tower on left currently undergoing upgrade/renovation.
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:previous:

I took these pictures as well this weekend and since we are discussing, I thought I would share them. The first one was taken by Shipler in 1910 and the rest by me.

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It's amazing how little has changed in that area.
T-Mac

delts145

04-07-2008, 04:07 PM

Additional Pics of Boston Building and Exchange Place by Scraperdude801

Future Mayor I could not agree with you more! Exchange place is oozing with potential. Housing and local retail would be great for exchange place.

On the topic of Sameul Newhouse, The Newhouse mansion is a beautiful as well. Almost everything this guy touched was/is a gem.

Here are some pictures of exchange place I took last week:

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I'm not a big fan of the courthouse expansion project because of the fact we are losing the shubrick, but I think the way the boston and new house building will frame the new courthouse tower will be stunning with the historic courthouse at it's base.
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The Commercial building is my favorite building in SLC (excluding the city and county building, cathedral, and temple)
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delts145

04-08-2008, 12:13 PM

:previous: Exchange Place - Needed Additions by Urbanboy

Just for fun:

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delts145

04-08-2008, 07:41 PM

Salt Lake City Metro - Birkhill at Fireclay TOD - Under Construction -

Take The Virtual Tour:

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A video tour has been posted of the new Birkhill @ Fireclay development in N. Murray. Click below to see it:

http://www.hamlethomes.com/communities/video.aspx?cid=18

It's the second video that appears with the 'Birkhill @ Fireclay' splashscreen.

The end of the clip shows the plaza that is proposed to replace the current park-n-ride, which will be rebuilt just south of the current site:

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SLC Projects

04-08-2008, 08:07 PM

delts145

04-09-2008, 01:17 AM

Downtown - One and Nine Update

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update on the "one and nine condos", photo credits go to pentalon construction.

notice the price of gas at the food mart across the street. They dont even offer any ky jelly with that ouch!!!

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delts145

04-09-2008, 12:02 PM

SLC Metro - West Valley dreams up an ethnic crossroads development. "The Jordan River Marketplace"

By Maria Villasenor
The Salt Lake Tribune

WEST VALLEY CITY - Olmec stone-carved heads, a Vietnamese friendship statue and a Sudanese photo exhibit bring global arts to life at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.
Now West Valley City officials hope to spread that ethnic ambience to dozens of acres just south of the center. Maybe a restaurant serving Pho Bo, a shop selling artisanal goods from Kenya and a market with a Middle Eastern-bazaar atmosphere could rise up on a makeshift parking lot now filled with grass and weeds on 3300 South.
"When people cross the Jordan River now, they see a vacant, undeveloped field - and it doesn't speak of who we are," Mayor Dennis Nordfelt said. "I want people - when they cross that river - to see something significant and know they are in West Valley City."
The site is envisioned as a nearly 32-acre welcome mat that Utah's second-largest city is set to soon put out to bid to see which developer can create the best plan for a Jordan River Marketplace to complement the nearby cultural center.
Although the look and specifics of the project are being left to prospective developers, Nordfelt has some ideas about what he would like to see.
"It would be a place where cultures could all come and find the products that are specific to [one of the cultures], and also entertainment that would be specific."
It could be a mixed-use district that includes high-density residential, commercial spaces, entertainment options and ethnic markets.
"We want it to be something really significant, something that would be a destination place," Nordfelt said, "and we also want it to create some harmony for the festival grounds and the Cultural Celebration Center."
Mixing the Jordan River Marketplace with the cultural center is a high priority.
"They are the anchor for that land there," says the city's project manager, Ralph Lee.
Lee has been working on land issues with the city, Salt Lake County and a private owner to revive - and revise - a 2006 plan for an international marketplace.
That proposal - also pegged to the cultural center - called for a multiethnic atmosphere with shops, bazaars, museums, open-air markets, even artists' residences. Many of those elements could return in this new plan.
"I would like to see it all being upper end, but not necessarily cookie cutter, a big restaurant chain or bookstore chain," said Ross Olsen, executive director of the cultural center. "I would like to see the more international flavor of our real community. West Valley City is the most diverse community in the state."
Uniting the city's many cultures is a top goal of the project, says City Councilman Corey Rushton, who envisions almost a "mini-Epcot."
Construction could start in a year.
The city also may build a road through the middle of the field, connecting 3300 South with 3100 South. But Lee hopes people don't just pass through.
"When they drive by it, it's going to suck 'em in, and they'll know they've arrived at a destination."
mariav@sltrib.com

What's next

On April 17, West Valley City will send proposals to developers for a design of the Jordan River Marketplace. The City Council probably will select a developer in September.

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goldcntry

04-09-2008, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Viperlord
update on the "one and nine condos", photo credits go to pentalon construction.

notice the price of gas at the food mart across the street. They dont even offer any ky jelly with that ouch!!!

Viper! I just paid $3.79 a gallon here in Sacramento... I'd kill... well.... seriously slap someone for prices like that. Just firms my resolve to move out there sooner than later!

Of course, I'd have to give up my dancing tomato moniker: :tomato: ...

I'd have to come up with a dancing jello salad I guess... :D

delts145

04-09-2008, 02:57 PM

I really like the Birkhill at Fireclay project. It's making that part of Murray City feel alittle bit more Urban. One thing that could be better if this project had underground parking. But at least the parking lots are hidden behind those buildings.

Yeah, I always prefer underground parking if possible or a terrace is okay, if well disguised. Perhaps, future phases will accomodate underground parking. I think this development having such an advantageous location and TRAX at it's doorstep, is only going to lead to a lot of expansion of Birkhill.

Hey goldcntry, you must either be from the area or have family here, hence the jello salad comment, LOL.

SLC Projects

04-09-2008, 04:40 PM

price of gas no matter if it's $3.79 or $3.25 of $3.00 is a f*#cking joke. Gas shouldn't even be over $2.00, but yet it's almost twice as much as that. It's all just greed. Rich people getting greedy. I hate thinking that every time i'm filling up i'm giving these rich bastards my hard earn money. There is NO reason gas should be this high.

delts145

04-09-2008, 05:18 PM

Salt Lake City - A Little Urban Diversion

Pictured below are one of the many varieties of wildlife species, which graze the urban rim of metro Salt Lake City.
Wildlife biologists will be on hand from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to help visitors see mountain goats at the park-and-ride lot near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. (Utah Division Of Wildlife Resources)
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Above, Western portion of University of Utah, framed by Salt Lake's Wasatch Mountain Range

Discussion Contd...--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seriously Projects, I'm going to have my old Mercedes converted to CNG. It's only around 70 cents a gallon, you get the same mileage with it, and it's a tiny fraction of the pollution of a regular gas engine. Utah has one of the best networks in the country for CNG fuel stations. The Govenor had his big surburban converted. Anyway, I would do that before spending big bucks on a new car or another conventional gasoline engine. It's something to think about until electric becomes more mainstream.
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SLC Projects

04-09-2008, 06:43 PM

That's not a bad idea to converted to CNG. I don't know how much more of this......

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I can take.

delts145

04-10-2008, 10:25 AM

I understand there's a dealership in Arizona which specializes in selling converted CNG vehicles. I'll find out about it and let you know.

delts145

04-11-2008, 01:43 PM

Salt Lake City Metro - The Proscenium Project

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Proposed Sandy development
A little Broadway, much more gourmet
Theater cheerleaders say the pondered playhouse would attract fine dining

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By Derek P. Jensen
lThe Salt Lake Tribune
4/10/2008

Dining districts thrive in downtown Salt Lake City, which may explain why planners are plotting a new "restaurant row" for City Creek Center.
But duplicating that dynamic in Utah's suburbs most often means a meandering trek to a chain restaurant or a strip mall.
Tourists exiting TRAX in the capital can walk to a half-dozen sushi joints. And live-theater fans can cross a single downtown street for the Metropolitan or Bambara - not Applebee's.
Sandy cheerleaders hope to replicate that experience if the suburb lands a $50 million Broadway-class theater near City Hall. The pondered 2,800-seat playhouse, they say, would lure upscale eateries to boost the Broadway experience.
"It's certainly an enticement," says Sandy spokeswoman Trina Duerksen. "Mayor [Tom] Dolan has always said there's hardly anywhere to eat - it's hamburgers or the grocery store. There's always room for more of the upscale restaurants."
But is it realistic?
Salt Lake County Councilman Randy Horiuchi, himself a boisterous theater advocate, says it is. He notes the south valley is primed for gourmet options, especially since the bulk of the valley's population resides south of 4500 South.
"If this facility comes, will that gap be bridged?" he asks. "I think it can."
Horiuchi says Sandy, a suburb of 95,000 people and Utah's fifth most populous city, easily could support a steakhouse like Ruth's Chris or Morton's.
Indeed, Duerksen says, Sandy aggressively courted The Cheesecake Factory before the popular eatery opted to go to Murray instead. And each year, Sandy sends a delegation to Las Vegas to court restaurants and retailers at the International Council of Shopping Centers convention.
But those efforts are likely to lure chains, not the private bistros popular with the wine-and-cheese crowd.
And that begs a question about corporate saturation. Already, that congested stretch of Sandy has McGrath's, Olive Garden, Mimi's Cafe, Chili's, T.G.I. Friday's, Carvers, Texas Roadhouse and more.
The proposed theater, which would be just southwest of City Hall, is but one element in a planned $500 million makeover that includes office, residential and retail buildings. And business leaders bet more people will mean more appetite.
"People can reach this location [just east of Interstate 15 near 10000 South] easily from any part of the Salt Lake Valley, thanks to a great freeway and the UTA transit system," says Nancy Workman, president and CEO of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce. "Even Utah County people are excited. They say they come here to work so they would love to just stay, dine and go to a Broadway play. We have lots of incredible restaurants with more on the way."
To be sure, the definition of "incredible" depends on the mouth of the beholder. But with theater as an anchor, more white tablecloths soon could shroud the suburb - even if the best menu item is a corporate steak.

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delts145

04-11-2008, 05:22 PM

Salt Lake City Metro - Urban Resorts - Snowbird & Alta Ski Tunnel - A North American First - Recently Completed

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On the SunKid wonder carpet through the Peruvian Tunnel (Picture: Snowbird Resort)

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Salt Lake's Snowbird Resort

SKI TUNNEL - Video Link

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Sports Gear Magazine

Snowbird - North America’s First Ski Area Tunnel and New Peruvian Express Quad
The first of its kind in North America, Snowbird’s new nearly 600-foot tunnel houses a conveyor lift that transports skiers and riders from Peruvian Gulch into Mineral Basin. Located at the top of the new Peruvian Express high-speed quad, the 12-foot high, 10-foot wide tunnel provides a four-minute ride to intermediate terrain in Mineral Basin. The new tunnel and lift makes intermediate terrain more accessible to skiers and riders by eliminating many switchbacks and the steepest pitch of Chip’s Run. It also provides an efficient way to reach Hidden Peak without the use of the Tram.

Tunnel Facts
· Final approval granted August 10, 2005
· Work began August 17, 2005
· Mining contractor: Small Mine Development, LLC, out of Boise, ID. (208) 338-8880.
· Dimensions: Approximately 600 feet long, 12 feet high and 10 feet wide
· Conveyor lift: 30 inches wide (48 inches for entire mechanism), 160 feet per min, 4 minute ride, 6-foot wide walking ramp
· 7 percent grade
· One-way access into Mineral Basin
· 350 feet below Gorilla Pass on the Peruvian side, 300 feet below pass on Mineral side
· ADA compliant
· Entire project is on private land
· Timeline: Completed

Chairlift Facts
· Manufacturer: CTEC-Doppelmayer
· Cost: $5.6 million
· 8000 linear feet
· 2600 vertical feet
· 1800 people per hour
· 8 minute ride
· 29 lift towers
· 4 towers on public land, remainder of project on private
· High-speed quad
· 90 degree bottom- and top-load
· Powered by a top vault drive
· Base area of lift has been reconfigured resulting in a 6000 square foot flat area
· Timeline: Completed and Open

Why do it this way?
· Minimize visual impact by avoiding a ridgetop lift terminal.
· Tunnel significantly reduces the size and number of required retaining walls.
· No ridgetop grading.
· A lift that is not impacted by ridgetop winds can operate more often.
· Provides easier access to intermediate terrain by eliminating many switchbacks and the steepest pitch of Chip’s Run.

Total project cost: Approximately $6.5 million

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delts145

04-12-2008, 12:37 AM

Salt Lake City Metro Resorts - Ultra Luxurious Montage Hotel Breaks Ground in Deer Valley, Utah

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Salt Lake City's Deer Valley Resort

Montage–One of the world’s most elite luxury hotel brands, just broke ground on an incredible new hotel-residence property in Deer Valley, Utah.

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Athens Devco Group & Montage Hotel & Resorts

The Athens Group has commenced construction of the Montage Resort & Spa at Deer Valley. The sixteen acre property is located at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah adjacent to the Empire Canyon Lodge. Located between Flagstaff Mountain and Empire Peak, the site is just steps away from the Deer Valley ski lifts and is surrounded by ski terrain. At 8300' the property enjoys views of the mountain palisades as well as commanding views of the entire Park City basin. Deer Valley Resort has achieved recognition as the #1 ski resort in North America and the Montage Resort will be situated on the "high ground" of this premier ski and summer destination with ski-in ski-out access to the mountain.

The property is a 45-minute drive from Salt Lake City International airport via I-80 and S.R. 224 through Park City and is just seven minutes from historic Old Town Park City and the world renowned Main Street restaurants and retail shops, home to the annual world renowned Sundance Film Festival.

The mixed use resort project includes a 173-room luxury hotel; two restaurants and two lounge facilities; 14,000 square feet of indoor meeting and function space and extensive outdoor function lawn areas for the summer season; retail shops; an outdoor swimming pool and terraces; indoor family recreation areas; ski concierge and skier services facilities; and a 35,000 square foot full service spa. In addition to the hotel facilities the property includes 90 whole ownership luxury residences in the upper floors of the resort lodge. The luxury residences will enjoy preferred access to all of the hotels amenities and services.

The Montage Resort & Spa at Deer Valley was designed by HKS/Hill Glazier Studio with the theme reminiscent of the great mountain lodges of North America. The Rocky Mountain Arts & Crafts style was selected to compliment the majesty of the Wasatch Mountain setting. The design intent was to seamlessly incorporate the building into the surrounding environment and create a finely crafted vernacular that is both timeless and appropriately detailed. The Mountain Craftsman style includes stone foundation walls, expression of structural elements to emphasize the scale and proportion of the project, and dramatic roof forms that graciously give character and compliment the mountain setting. Variation of detailing will be exhibited throughout the project to portray a village character that changes with the use or function. Siding material, roof details such as material selection, use of dormers, as well as complimentary color will continue the theme of variation as the visitor views the project from various points around the exterior. This approach will allow the composition of the buildings to remain dynamic yet cohesive through the use of complimentary materials and detailing.

The Montage will be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with environmentally responsible "green" features that will minimize the resort's environmental footprint, in accordance with established LEED principles. The project has been elected as the country's first pilot project for the Environmental Protection Agency's ER3 (Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse) initiative. The Montage Resort at Deer Valley is planned to open in late 2010. The Owner of the resort is DV Luxury Resort LLC, a venture between affiliates of The Athens Group and Montage Hotels & Resorts, along with private investors

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The Athens Group and Montage Hotel & Resorts

The Deer Valley hotel is the third property in Montage’s collection of distinguished luxury hotels, resorts and residences.

Montage properties are known for their breath-taking natural locations, impressive design, unique ambiance, and the highest quality services and amenities.

In a couple of years, the Stein Eriksen Lodge may face a little competition for luxury travelers headed to Deer Valley Resort…

Montage Resort at Deer Valley
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The photo above illustrates the construction progress of the hotel as of March 23, 2008. The setting is spectacular, with the backdrom of the Daly Chutes, Empire Bowl and Lady Morgan Bowl as a scenic backdrop!

Montage is envisioned to be a mixed-use resort hotel and residential resort project that will include:

173 guest rooms and suites
Restaurants
Lobby lounge
A Retail Shopping Experience
Meeting space for Groups and Special Events
Terraces and lawn areas for outdoor functions
A World-Class resort resort Spa Including an Indoor Lap Pool
Outdoor Swimming Pool with Bar and Grill
Ski rental, ski concierge and skier services
Privately Owned Resort Residences
Discrete Underground Parking
Environmentally Sensitive “Green Building Philosophy”

Deer Valley Montage Hotel Construction Timeline:
If construction proceeds as planned, the hotel will be open for a winter 2010-2011 opening.

Deer Valley Montage Resort Design Philosophy
The design theme for the Montage is reminiscent of the great mountain lodges of North America. The Rocky Mountain Arts & Crafts style that is prevalent in the Empire Pass master planned area will compliment the majestic beauty of the spectacular upper Deer Valley location.

The Montage Deer Valley Takes “Green Building” Principles Seriously
The hotel will be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with environmentally responsible “green” features that will minimize the resort’s environmental footprint.

Ownership at The Montage Resort at Deer Valley: Condos & Residences
As envisioned, The Montage Resort at Deer Valley will include whole ownership luxury residences. Unit sizes will range from approximately 1,800 square feet to 5,500 square feet.

It is anticipated that Montage Residences will go to market through construction in late 2008. Two different product types are planned…

Montage Hotel Condominium Suites
Fully-furnished condominium suites will range from two to four bedrooms. Most of the three and four bedroom condos are configured with a lock-off bedroom that may be rented seperately from the main suite.

These Hotel Suite Condominiums are “turnkey” units that will have similar features and appointments as the hotel suites in the Montage.

Penthouse Residence Units at Deer Valley Montage
The balance of the residences are larger penthouse units generally configured as three, four, and five bedroom residences either fully-finished or ready to be custom furnished by the purchaser.

All of the Montage Residences will enjoy access to the Montage services and amenities, including the resort restaurants, spa, ski concierge, housekeeping, room service and maintenance support.

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delts145

04-12-2008, 12:35 PM

Salt Lake City Urban Resorts

As with most of you, I enjoy looking at new housing projects,particularly if new trends seem to be emerging etc. One of the things that struck me about this particular project and those in general within the resort communities is that they donot have to be resort specific. There are endless lots with interesting topography and stunning mountain views all along the metro Wasatch. Also many very dated buildings can easily be given these handsome and updated finishes.
I remember one particular forumer who was adamantly exclaiming that he had purchased a particular home in a certain area for a great price. This home was very close to a trax terminal,but the neighborhood was pretty worn around the edges.I know the neighborhood well that he was talking about, and the homes are in definite need of tasteful sweat-equity. Just one or two homeowners can turn an entire neighborhood around. It's amazing how quickly the ball gets rolling once someone gets it going. I can't begin to tell you how many homes I have seen where these warm,rustic building finishes that are now so popular could be applied. The thing that is great is the flood of hands on info.,which can guide you through doing it yourself. It might take several seasons to complete all the different redo's,but its well worth it. In short, you end up lifting the bar of the entire neighborhood.

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From the beginning, our mission has been to create the perfect "home away from home". Our vision is to provide larger liveable spaces with the same discerning features that motivated the purchase of your primary home. Lookout homes are located on an expansive site comprised of 44 acres with 270-degree panoramic views of Deer Valley® and Park City ski runs. Eleven buildings of single-family homes and 12 buildings of twin home configurations are spread apart in an organic and private site plan to preserve the natural forested setting, making Lookout unlike any property developed in Deer Valley® to date.

Once inside your home at Lookout, the benefits of ownership will become truly apparent. Enhanced room sizes make every Lookout home live like your primary home, with three family gathering spaces comprised of formal living room, family room and bonus room. With multiple utility options from the spacious laundry room, mud room and walk-in pantry, there is no shortage of spacious household living and room to grow. A handsomely fitted residential elevator carries you through the floors where the most sought after features, such as main level master bedrooms, enormous decking and laundry rooms, make for hassle-free living. Convenience and service is the trademark of Lookout and the on-site concierge can facilitate everything from your lift ticket and dinner reservations to your airport shuttle and grocery shopping.

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Ski access to anywhere at Deer Valley® Resort® is made easy via front door pick up in Lookout's custom luxury shuttle vehicle. With quick shuttle service to the lifts at Silver Lake and any other location on the mountain, you are likely to get to those first tracks faster than if you skied from your door. Add to that the convenience and piece of mind in knowing that you can enjoy apr賠ski with a safe and convenient ride home after the ski lifts have closed.

The clubhouse provides a relaxing setting for watching a game on the big screen or entertaining larger functions outside your home. The lookout tower, with its 360-degree views, allows those who wish to watch over their domain to be stewards of the land. The soft surface trail linking the property directly to Main Street Park City via a series of rustic tree-house platforms allows for quiet forested serenity and wildlife observation. At Lookout, life is about nature and its majestic beauty.

Various Projects >

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delts145

04-13-2008, 11:40 AM

Downtown - City Creek Update - by T-Mac

Here's my photo update from early Saturday morning.

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There you go.

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RFPCME

04-13-2008, 12:42 PM

T-MAC:

Like so many others, I, too, look forward to Sunday mornings to see your updates. Many thanks.:yes:

delts145

04-13-2008, 01:49 PM

Salt Lake City - 5 Star Urban Resort Project - The Green Way
THE SECOND TIME AROUND - Redevelopment projects revive properties, refresh appeal.

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Athens Devco and Montage Hotel & Resorts

Brian A. Lee, Western Real Estate Business

Developers across the West are reviving old or degraded properties into places people want to be. Their first impressions of these second-chance developments will be based on renewed offerings and fresh appeal but at the same old likeable locations.

Montage resort in Park City, Utah

In creating the Montage resort in Park City, Utah, an established western resort developer will take part in the first Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse (ER3) project in the nation. Guests and residents will soon be able to ski out from the green property to the white slopes of the adjacent Deer Valley Resort.

Thanks in part to the EPA’s pilot effort to remove liability obstacles in encouraging environmentally beneficial redevelopment projects, The Athens Group will transform the once-contaminated Daly West Mine site and recent mineral waste dump, located in the ski town’s Empire Pass community, into a LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) resort and spa facility. The Montage resort will feature 178 hotel rooms and suites, 94 luxury residences, two restaurants, retail shops, a 35,000-square-foot spa, and 15,000 square feet of event/meeting space.

“The blending of the mountain lodge craftsman style architecture with the spectacular Deer Valley Resort mountain setting and surrounding forest environment will be dramatic and memorable,” says Jeff Mongan, senior vice president at Phoenix-based The Athens Group. “Montage creates memorable lifestyle experiences for families and active, affluent travelers and homeowners.”

In 2004, The Athens Group purchased the property from Talisker Corporation, whose affiliate, United Park City Mines, completed the environmental remediation of the site. The project received the ER3 designation in April, and construction started in June. The luxury resort hotel and residential property — owned by DV Luxury Resort LLC, a partnership of The Athens Group, operator Montage Hotels & Resorts and a group of private investors — is slated for completion in summer 2010.

“One of the biggest challenges is the logistics of building a major construction project near the top of the mountain with the relatively short summer construction season,” says Mongan. “That forces the majority of the construction to be performed through multiple winters and stretches the construction duration to 3 years.”

Mongan says that the Montage resort will complement both Park City’s positioning as one of the premier resort destinations in the country and the city’s commitment to being one of the leading sustainable communities.

“This is a great example of the types of cleanup outcomes that the EPA is increasingly striving to achieve — one where we not only remove environmental risks, but where we work with local interests to create a productive community asset,” says Robert Roberts, an EPA regional administrator.

As an ER3 participant, Montage’s owners will incorporate extensive green features into the development, including a 750-block wind energy purchase through Utah’s Blue Sky partnership; a 2,800-acre open space easement; use of native vegetation; a constructed wetland and groundwater treatment system; and the use of chlorine alternatives for resort pools and spas.

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delts145

04-13-2008, 06:44 PM

Downtown - 222 South Main Updates - By T-Mac

Fun morning at the site. Here are my photos.

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There it is.

SLC Projects

04-14-2008, 06:13 AM

UTA's Trax and FrontRunner Map

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delts145

04-14-2008, 12:56 PM

^^^
Very cool Projects, It won't be long before Salt Lake City's mass transit system, is one of the most integrally connected metro's, west of the East Coast. Can't wait to see the Northern and Southern lines of Front Runner coming to fruition soon.

delts145

04-14-2008, 01:02 PM

High-rises shooting up along Wasatch Front suburbs

High-rises shooting up along Wasatch Front suburbs
By Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/14/2008 06:14:16 AM MDT

Four new Salt Lake City skyscrapers will shoot up in the next three years, fleshing out the skyline and backing up the hype about "downtown rising."
Even more stunning?
The suburbs are following the capital's lead, hatching their own plans to grow up - literally.
From South Salt Lake to Lehi, developers are dreaming of elevated towers unlike any seen before outside of Utah's urban core.
An Orem-based developer recently unveiled plans to plant three 30-story office and condo towers in "downtown Sandy." In South Salt Lake, a proposed "urban village" could sprout a 27-story-plus residential high-rise.
Lehi stands to land the state's tallest building with renowned architect Frank Gehry's vision of a 450-foot five-star hotel. Currently, the tallest building in Utah County is the 12-story Spencer W. Kimball Tower at Brigham Young University in Provo.
Granted, these projects will take huge amounts of financing and favorable market conditions to be built to the promised heights - if at all. But like "downtown rising," there's now the possibility of "suburbs soaring."
"It's a little awe-inspiring to be honest," says Nick Duerksen, Sandy's assistant community-development director. "It's something we knew would happen some day in Sandy" but didn't expect for at least another decade.
Of course, some will rue the arrival of suburban skyscrapers no matter when they come or where they are.
"There will be those who think it's too tall," Duerksen says. "They might not like the architecture, sure, just like there will be people who think it's the prettiest thing they've ever seen."
Brenda Case Scheer, dean of the University of Utah's College of Architecture and Planning, calls early drawings of The Proscenium's three towers "fantastical and fun," but wonders if that height is "necessary" or "ideal" in Sandy. Such density in suburbs, she says, could spawn "traffic nightmares."
"I'd rather see three 10-story buildings because I think that's an appropriate scale," she says. "Utah definitely has a lot of room for development, [but] we do want to do it in [environmentally] sustainable ways."
Proscenium's builders plan to go for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for all their buildings - except the towers, which will generate some of their own energy through wind turbines.
Along with these suburban and urban high-rises, a number of mid-rises also are sprouting, including a 10-story Zions Bank building and an 11-story office tower on Provo's University Avenue. In Ogden, plans for the 14-story Midtown Village hotel are on hold while the developer lines up funds. And a 13-story Embassy Suites hotel slated for Pleasant Grove has been nipped to nine stories.
Murray reached new heights last fall with the opening of the 15-story Intermountain Medical Center.
The tall trend could be a sign of the burgeoning populations in the Salt Lake and Utah valleys, each expected to double in 30 and 50 years, respectively, and of dwindling pieces of prime commercial real estate.
"Land has reached a value where it's cheaper to go taller than wider," Duerksen notes.
And there are certainly bragging rights to being among the elite few to break the skyline - although developer Brandt Andersen's Gehry-designed, 450-foot-tall hotel in Lehi is the only building planned to top the 426-foot LDS Church Office Building in downtown Salt Lake City to become the state's tallest.
Steve Aste of Utopia Station Development Corp. had plotted a 27-story condo tower at 2200 S. Main St. as the centerpiece of South Salt Lake's Market Station - until he heard downtown's City Creek Center will have one that's 32 floors.
"Then mine's 33," he says, only "half joking."
Aste's tower is in Market Station's second phase, which could begin in 2011 if economic conditions are right. The height of the skyscraper will vary depending on market demand, Aste says. Plans for the entire $500 million project, which will be built in phases, call for 850 housing units.
Add those to the 750 condos promised in the LDS Church's City Creek Center and 600 more proposed at Sandy's three-towered Proscenium, and there could be a glut. Big chunks of those are expected to go on the market around the same time in 2011.
Currently, 646 condos sit on the market in Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake and Sandy, says Jillinda Bowers, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. Condo sales in the area dropped by 26 percent in 2007 from the previous year.
"There's some competition out there in the condo market," she says. "What's really driving [sales] right now is affordability," as in less than $175,000.
Housing in Market Station will start at $190,000, but in Sandy, condos are expected to range from $300,000 up to $5 million penthouses. City Creek Center has not yet released price ranges for its housing, but Bowers predicts they will be around $300,000.
New offices - 250,000 square feet are planned at Market Station and 800,000 square feet are plotted at The Proscenium - also would face similar challenges in today's market. Sandy has an 11 percent vacancy rate of Class A office space compared with a 4 percent rate in downtown Salt Lake City, according to a CB Richard Ellis report released last week.
"Out south, I just am afraid that they could be reaching a point where they're going to be overbuilt," says Marty Plunkett, the real estate firm's vice president of office properties. "Historically, we haven't seen anything near that tall in the suburbs."
But maybe when the economy climbs, so will the architecture in the 'burbs.
rwinters@sltrib.com

Market Station
South Salt Lake
Height: One 27- to 33-story tower
Status: Possible opening in 2011

The Proscenium
Sandy
Heights: Three 30-story towers
Status: Possible opening in 2011

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SLC Projects

04-14-2008, 04:44 PM

A map of all of the new highrises along the wasatchfront!

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delts145

04-14-2008, 09:52 PM

Downtown - Salt City Plaza - 5th and 6th South

some density to the 500 and 600 south corridor:tup:

75 million mixed-use project planned in downtown Salt Lake

By Barbara Rattle
The Enterprise

A South Dakota hotel developer plans to break ground this summer on an approximately $75 million mixed-use project on roughly five acres between 500 and 600 South immediately east of 200 West in Salt Lake City.

Dubbed Salt City Plaza, the project will be anchored by four branded hotel properties totaling 542 rooms and suites in addition to spa facilities, restaurants, approximately 30,000 square feet of rentable commercial space and 90,000 square feet of Class A office space.

The developer of Salt City Plaza, which still requires entitlements from the city, is Salt City Plaza LLC, based in Aberdeen, S.D. Salt City Plaza is a sister company to Utah Hospitality LLC, which has constructed several hotels in the state and recently broke ground for a 94-unit Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites and a 97-unit Staybridge Suites complex immediately north of the E Center in West Valley City that should open in the first quarter of 2009 and include an 8,000 square foot family-style indoor water park and extensive meeting space.

Salt City Plaza is a new upscale, mixed-use development located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, UT, situated between 500 South and 600 South and immediately east of 200 West. The development will be anchored by four (4) branded hotel properties totaling 542 rooms and suites, incorporating Limited Service, Full Service, Extended Stay, and Boutique styles into the diversified mix. Other uses will include spa facilities, restaurants, retail, and Class A office space totaling approximately 120,000 square feet of rentable, commercial space of which 90,000 square feet is Class A office space. In addition to several ground level store-front spaces; parking for the Salt City Plaza, will be accommodated by a multi-story sub-grade, parking structure. A centrally located, pool, spa and fitness facility will accommodate guests from each of the four hotels as well as office tenants. Salt City Plaza will encompass approximately 5 acres of prime commercial property that will be developed in three phases.
Phase One, of Salt City Plaza will entail the demolition of a vacant convenience store located at the corner of 200 West and 500 South. This demolition project will provide space for a stand alone restaurant and bank. At the same time, the two northern most buildings of the existing Royal Garden Inn will be completely renovated including a new lobby addition. The new lobby will provide a platform for continued hotel operation of a 92-room Limited Service Best Western hotel. Subsequent to the completion of the new lobby facility demolition will continue to make way for Phase Two of Salt City Plaza.
Phase Two will begin the construction of three new, branded hotels. The first two hotels will be uniquely incorporated into an eleven story high-rise component. The first six floors will be home to a 180-unit Full Service Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites. Floors seven through eleven will be home to a 150-unit Hotel Indigo, the industry’s first ‘branded boutique’ hotel. These two distinctly different hotel components will incorporate a blend of design and finishing characteristics to create a one of a kind experience which will include a terrace and lounge for the Hotel Indigo located on the adjacent office building roof top. Concurrently, a seven story, 120-unit Extended Stay Staybridge Suites hotel will be constructed to complete this well-diversified, elegantly styled, up-scale mixed-use development. All three hotel properties will be serviced by a pool, day spa and fitness center facility which will also be an added amenity available to the office tenants.
Attached and adjacent to the Phase Two hotel will stand a six-story retail/office complex. Located on the 600 South frontage of the site; this elegantly styled commercial structure will provide premium exposure for a diverse range of tenants; from up-scale restaurateurs to mountain sports outfitters and everything in between. The first floor will include a 4,000 square foot restaurant adjoining the high-rise hotel building. The remaining 7,000 square feet will be comprised of smaller retail spaces. Floors two through six will feature Class A office space.
Phase Three, leads construction north away from 600 South where a second retail and office structure will be constructed. This retail and office building will be comprised of five floors. The first floor will feature retail space. The second floor will feature 7,000 square feet of conference space. Floors three through five will provide approximately 30,000 square feet of Class A commercial office space. This building, as well as all of the Phase Two structures, will include access to the sub-grade parking structure via multiple elevators and stairways. Salt City Plaza Central Park; will be the final component of Salt City Plaza. With highly articulated, decorative stone pathways, shady trees and well positioned park benches; the park will provide an urban buffer zone from the fast-paced, downtown atmosphere, for the weary traveler, and a relaxing lunch retreat for Salt City Plaza’s commercial workforce.
“This is a very dynamic project in a very dynamic Salt Lake City downtown marketplace. We’ve pursued this project for more than two years so it is thrilling to finally have it come together” said Jeff Stockert, President and CEO of Utah Hospitality, LLC and Salt City Plaza, LLC. “Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), better known perhaps as the parent company of the Holiday Inn family of brands, has worked closely with us to help bring this deal together. In the course of approximately 48 months we will have worked together to introduce over 900 new IHG rooms into the Salt Lake City market culminating with this tremendously exciting project. We are in the right place at the right time with what we believe to be the right mix of hotel and office space.”
The site was acquired by Salt City Plaza, LLC in February 2008 by Aberdeen, South Dakota based hotel and real estate development company, Utah Hospitality, LLC. Phase one is scheduled to commence summer of 2008, with the construction of the new Limited Service lobby and renovation of the Royal Garden Inn. Phase Two construction will commence immediately thereafter and is expected to be completed Q3 2010.
The Salt City Plaza developers recently completed construction of a 92-unit Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites just east of the Salt Lake City International Airport, a 111-unit Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites & Conference Center located west of the airport in the Salt Lake International Center and a 64-unit Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Tooele. This same group recently broke ground on construction of a 94-unit Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites and a 97-unit Staybridge Suites complex located immediately north of the E Center in West Valley City. That project, which includes an 8,000 square foot family-style indoor water park featuring a 165-foot water slide and extensive meeting space, is slated for completion in Q1 2009.

delts145

04-15-2008, 09:09 PM

CCC Mini Update by DMTower

I was walking by city creek center today and thought I'd take a few pics with my camera phone. Hope you can see them

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SLC Projects

04-16-2008, 04:23 PM

This "Salt City Plaza" projects sounds really cool. I do think about that every time when I get off the freeway onto 600 South just how that area needs help. Just alot of single story warehouses. This is one of the gateways to the downtown area and I'm glad to some mid-high rise development going on in that area. Sure we had two new 4-story hotel built on that street in the last two years. But to get a 11-story hotel is more like it. I can't wait to see the renderings for this project.

delts145

04-16-2008, 07:18 PM

Yeah, that is a pretty cool project. That particular developer has really been busy here along the Wasatch these past couple of years. Like you, I'm anxious to see the renderings.

delts145

04-17-2008, 11:42 AM

Salt Lake City Metro Resort's - Coming Projects For 2008/2009 - Ogden's, Snowbasin

Resort seeks OK for new chairlift

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By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

Several times a year, whiteout conditions can be a disorienting problem off the wide-open ridgeline serviced by Snowbasin's Strawberry Express gondola.
And blustery winds have shut the gondola down at times, stranding skiers and boarders at the bottom of expansive Strawberry Bowl. When that happens, Snowbasin has to dispatch snowcats to get them back to the resort's base facility.
To minimize those misadventures and improve skier flow through the Ogden-area resort's central bowl, Snowbasin has proposed to build a high-speed detachable quad chairlift almost parallel to the Strawberry Express gondola.
It will angle a little to the north, however, with its top terminal nestled into a protected basin beneath DeMoisy Peak. That location provides better access to the Middle Bowl area, largely via intermediate Dan's Run, which Snowbasin wants to improve with enhanced snowmaking.
The public has until Friday afternoon to suggest issues the U.S. Forest Service should address in an environmental assessment of the proposal. Forest Service approval is required because the top terminal and the next-highest chairlift tower are on its land; the lower 7,950 feet of the chairlift are on private land Snowbasin acquired in an exchange with the Forest Service during the buildup to the 2002 Winter Olympics.
If approved, Snowbasin hopes to build the 8,500-foot lift in summer 2009. It would rise 1,970 vertical feet and have a carrying capacity of up to 2,400 riders per hour.
"Strawberry [ridge] sometimes gets clouded in and it's hard to find you're way off the top," said Snowbasin General Manager Denzel Rowland. He noted that the proposed chairlift's top terminal is low enough that "you can get below the cloud level and the wind so you can utilize Strawberry bowl," but high enough that a short traverse enables visitors to get into Middle Bowl.
Putting additional snowmaking into Dan's Run will enhance that connection. Dan's Run needs the man-made supplement to cover early season bare spots, Rowland said.
"During critical busy times, at Christmas and Presidents Day weekend, this can throw a lot of traffic into Middle Bowl," he added.
Ogden District Ranger Chip Sibbernsen said the proposed lift is part of the resort's three-phase master plan, approved by the Forest Service in 1995.
He said only 3 acres of Forest Service land will be disturbed by project construction and that hardly any trees, if any, will be removed.
"This is a very low-impact type of project, but we will need to go there after the snowmelt to check for plants. We won't do anything until the biologists conduct their checks."
mikeg@sltrib.com

delts145

04-17-2008, 12:52 PM

Salt Lake City Metro Resorts - Coming Projects 2008/2009 - Park City

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The Salt Lake Tribune
Mike Gorrell

Park City Mountain Resort announced plans Wednesday to spend $10.5 million this off-season on a new high-speed chairlift, terrain enhancements and renovation of the Mid-Mountain Lodge.
The Ski Team lift will be replaced by a high-speed quad, called Crescent, that will follow a realigned corridor from the base to Crescent Ridge. Resort President Peter Curtis said the new lift will increase access to advanced terrain, along with seven other lifts.
"Our goal is to have more of our guests explore the diverse terrain that our mountain has to offer," he added, noting that a new run will be groomed and snowmaking guns added in the area served by Crescent.
In addition, the resort will refurbish Mid-Mountain Lodge and take over its operations.
The resort also has purchased 13.9 million kWh of renewable energy credits, which will allow it to offset all of its power consumption from renewable energy sources.
- Mike Gorrell

Park City, by Destination360

Salt Lake City's, Park City Resort
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If you ask any skier snowboarder for advice on the best western resort to take a spouse or significant other who does not ski or ride, the answer is almost unanimous: Park City Utah. Of course, Park City Utah offers some fantastic choices for skiing and snowboarders and it’s hard to comprehend why even the most fanatic anti-winter tourists could resist the slopes that beckon seductively as you approach the town. However, Park City Utah is in fact a city, with enough city type attractions to please the most discerning urban dwellers. The town offers enough shopping options to fill an entire day, so you need not feel guilty about spending your whole day on the slopes.

As you walk along Main Street, you will find that the ambience is reminiscent of Park City Utah’s past life as an historic mining town. However, the Park City, Utah of today is filled with a variety of unique shops, restaurants, bars and art galleries. Although Main Street is on a steep incline, the Park City energy is so contagious that you will probably not realize that you are exerting any effort as you take in the town’s vivacious atmosphere. The action never stops in this town. Enjoy the slopes in the day time and catch a show at night. In late January you can mix with Hollywood insiders and other film buffs for the Sundance Film Festival. . This is one of the most versatile areas in Utah. Whether you wish to visit a Park City ski resort, a Park City restaurant, gallery or cultural event, Park City will not leave you disappointed.

Park City Utah is home to three enormous ski areas: Deer Valley, The Canyons and Park City Mountain Resort. All three are in close proximity to each other. Which is the best Park City ski resort? The answer depends on what you are looking for. If size matters, you will enjoy The Canyons. The place is huge! However, novice skiers may find it a bit challenging to navigate through the mountain.

If you are a skier, and can afford to spend a bit of extra cash, a day at Deer Valley is something every skier should do before they die. Yes, its elegance may be over the top, but the beauty of the wide open groomed slopes is only matched by the short lift lines and lack of frenetic stress that is often present in other ski area. However, if you are looking for a wild party, or if you are a snowboarder, Deer Valley is not your best choice for a Park City ski resort. However, Park City Mountain Resort will definitely make you happy.

With 3,300 acres of what is known as the Greatest Snow on Earth, Park City Mountain Resort offers enthusiastic snow-riders nine bowls and 100 trails that will challenge your skills in the deep powder, through the bumps, between trees, across rails and over jumps. However, don’t be intimidated by all of this talk of the steep and the deep. If you are a novice skier, Park City Mountain Resort has a respectable amount of well-groomed trails, as well as an excellent ski school.

Park City Mountain Resort has been ranked by SKI Magazine as a top-five resort, and honored as Transworld Snowboarding Magazine's premier terrain park. In 2002, the area played host to the Winter Olympic Games.

delts145

04-18-2008, 02:17 AM

Downtown - Northwest Corner of City Creek

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delts145

04-19-2008, 12:41 PM

Downtown, 222 South Main 'Green' construction becomes a selling point

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Hamilton Partners

By Lesley Mitchell
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/18/2008 11:11:42 PM MDT

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Recycled glass counters at the MHTN architects building are among the firm's efforts to focus on green design, which tries to minimize environmental impacts. (Chris Detrick/Tribune file photo )

The skyline-altering building being constructed at 222. S. Main St. in downtown Salt Lake City isn't your average energy-guzzling office tower. It's being constructed as a "green" building, designed to be easy on the environment.
There's the high-efficiency heating and cooling system, the lighting features that use less electricity and the use of a host of recycled materials. Developer Hamilton Partners is now working on gaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification, for the building, which underscores the structure's environmentally friendly features.
It doesn't matter whether the project involves an office building, hotel, condominium or government office. More and more new buildings are being built to be "green" and use less water, electricity and other resources.
The public is invited to learn more about green architecture at the Salt Lake Sustainable Building Conference on April 29 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City.
"People are becoming more aware of the environment and tenants are really starting to ask for these buildings," said Don Billings, director of development and construction for Hamilton Partners, which late last year broke ground for the 222 S. Main St. project, which is scheduled for completion in late 2009. Going green on the multi-tenant building, he says, "comes at a cost, but you get part of that back in reduced energy costs."
To gain certification in LEED, buildings must meet certain criteria. Beyond a basic LEED certification, developers can seek the more involved silver, gold and platinum LEED status.
Billings said demand for LEED-certified buildings is expected to climb in the coming years and buildings that aren't particularly energy efficient may be at a disadvantage in terms of finding tenants.
Myron Willson, director of sustainable design for MHTN Architects in Salt Lake City, an organizing sponsor of the conference, said the easiest and most cost-effective way to go green is to start at the design phase. Remodeling a building with features such as more natural lighting can be more expensive, he said, but it too can yield significant energy cost savings.
MHTN should know: It employed green features when it remodeled its own offices, including using recycled materials and making the building more energy-efficient.
Willson said a green building can slash energy costs by one-third or more.
Such savings can be a draw not only to office tenants but condo dwellers. That's why developers such as Howa Capital have designed commercial and residential projects with LEED certification in mind. Howa is developing a mixed-use project near downtown called Marmalade, with retail, office and residential space designed to be energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
Prospective condo buyers are interested in energy-savings appliances, said Dru Damico of Howa Construction, but beyond simply money savings, people also are demanding "sustainable" materials such as bamboo flooring, because it is more easily renewable than wood. Others want less toxic paints and other materials. Many want water-saving features.
"A lot of [the green movement] started in the government and commercial sector because large buildings use so much energy," said Luanne Valentin, with Aqua Engineering, a Bountiful civil engineering company and an organizer of the conference. "Now, more people are wanting to be responsible with their use of energy. Whether they are remodeling or building, many are looking more at energy saving and more environmentally friendly options."

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delts145

04-19-2008, 12:48 PM

Downtown - City Creek is going green in national pilot program

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Link:

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"City Creek Center has agreed almost to be a guinea pig for developing LEED standards for this kind of project," Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker said.

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RFPCME

04-19-2008, 04:07 PM

Delts:

Great news concerning both CCC and 222 S. Main trying to attain LEED certification. Way to go HP and the Church!

Thanks for letting us know.

delts145

04-19-2008, 05:23 PM

delts145

04-19-2008, 11:17 PM

Downtown - Updates - T-Mac

Church History Library

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RFPCME

04-20-2008, 01:55 PM

RFPCME, I've been wanting to ask you more about the oil shale program start-up in Northeastern Utah. Do you know if they are ready to implement the liquification process yet, so as to not have to strip-mine as they've had to do up in Alberta? What are you hearing about them kicking that oil boom into high gear.

Delts: Below is a link to an article from last summer that covers the subject pretty well. The are two drastically different approaches: "in situ," meaning recovery underground, requiring no mining, and, of course, "mining." Both approaches will yield oil at between $60-$75 per barrel, including environmental mitigation.

Ironically, the "in situ" approach is the environmentally most dangerous, considering the vast amounts of power necessary and the potential for contamination of water resources. Not going to see much oil out of this approach for at least another 5 years, possibly longer.

Just as ironic, mining, which will not be strip because of the terrain, has the huge environmental advantage of pretty much refining the oil on site during the recovery process. Mining-and-recovery does not require the vast amounts of power and water the "in situ" process does. Current cost estimates are around $30 per barrel, which I would expect to go up. But the recovery and refining costs are so small in today's market, the economics are provocative. Small, pilot plants will put as much as 5K barrels a day into the SLC pipeline within 18 months, possibly sooner. Potentially 10 times that amount within 10 years and that is just the beginning.

Most ironic, the politics of oil shale development seem bi-partisan. The 2005 Energy Development Act is moving things along, although local members of Congress do not appear knowledgeable nor at the forefront of the discussion. A change in administration will not slow this effort down. In fact, it may accelerate it.

I will make some more inquiries and try to get more knowledgeable.

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RFPCME

04-20-2008, 02:38 PM

What I forgot to mention in my earlier post concerning oil shale development in eastern Utah is the impact on Salt Lake City.

To be sure, there will be jockeying between SLC and Denver to see who gets most of the back-office infrastructure necessary to support the development. SLC has a natural geographic advantage. Denver has the experience.

To me, what needs to happen very fast at the State and local level is an acknowledgment of the potential and plans made to make the most out of it. For example, the development will require international capital...no question. It would be nice to see the Governor's office put together a "trade mission" to the Middle-east, especially the Persian Gulf States, to form the personal and financial ties necessary to fund the development and equip it. The construction of the Burj Dubai (the world's tallest building by far) in Dubai is just one example of how important these connections will be. My guess is that this activity is more than enough to keep Utah's World Trade Center immensely active for the foreseeable future and to fund its development.

Next, it would be nice for local planners and developers to propose plans for a massive "Energy Center" somewhere in the CBD of SLC to provide important co-location of businesses required to support the development. Such plans would demonstrate local initiative and perception.

Finally, anything that can be done on the State level to bolster engineering, geological, and geo-physical education and research in the State will be a big plus. As well, plans to improve transportation infrastructure need to be made. A rail spur from the current UP lines in Carbon and Grand counties to the production areas is a good example.

delts145

04-20-2008, 03:36 PM

Various Downtown SLC Updates by T-Mac

One & Nine Condos

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Kirtland Condos

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Broadway Park Lofts

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delts145

04-20-2008, 03:43 PM

Future Mayor

04-21-2008, 03:40 PM

It's nice to see, despite the national economy, the continued building of all the various residential projects going up around the city. It goes to show you that Utah's economy somehow continues to be slightly more resilient than the majority of the country.

A resilient economy, continued home appreciation, the merger of the airlines, the LDS church's dedication to rebuilding downtown, along with the potential economic boom of oil shale truly paints a nice economic future for the entire state and for the capital city. :tup:

RFPCME

04-21-2008, 11:11 PM

delts145

04-22-2008, 01:03 PM

Cats back on guard at the Capitol

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A marble lion weighing around 17,000 pounds adorns the east-side steps to the state Capitol in Salt Lake after it was hoisted to its spot Monday. Eventually, the statehouse will have four such gaurdians - "Fortitude," "Intergrity," "Patience" and "Honor" - Which replace concrete versions. (Tim Hussen, Deseret News)

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delts145

04-23-2008, 01:04 PM

SLC Metro - West Valley Mall Begins Overhaul

Valley Fair revival: Construction begins today on mall's renovation

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(SatterfiekHelm management Inc.)

WVC to breathe new life into mall
38-year-old Valley Fair will see start of overhaul today

By María Villaseñor
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/22/2008 11:31:14 PM MDT

WEST VALLEY CITY - Dulce Perez wants stores with more high-end women's clothes.
Her sister Ofelia wants a place where her kids can play if they get bored when she shops.
Mayor Dennis Nordfelt wants a mall that revitalizes Utah's second-most-populous city.
"I'm really excited for the citizens of West Valley City to be able to look forward to the best mall in the valley," he said.
Valley Fair Mall is getting an overhaul - a ceremonial groundbreaking is planned for today - that will turn the 38-year-old venue into a nearly 1 million-square-foot shopping and entertainment center.
"It will be the crowning jewel of our city center," Nordfelt predicted.
Planning a downtown is in its preliminary stages, but West Valley City recently began buying property in the area. The goal is to revitalize the blocks surrounding City Hall - including the mall - with a blend of businesses and homes.
Valley Fair's Sandy-based owner, Satterfield-Helm, originally planned to build residences as part of the mall makeover. But the company scrapped the idea because it needed the space for city-required parking, and underground lots would take too much time and money to build.
Even so, the reshaped plan - an indoor-and-outdoor shopping center with an urban feel - will create a place "where you can spend the day," said Holly Curby, the mall's marketing director. "It's exciting to undergo this development, revitalize the area and bring new services to these shoppers."
Self-proclaimed "shopping rebels" Tami Bohannan and Cheryl Haws, of West Valley City, want to see restaurants and the types of stores that appeal to them - places like Aéropostale and Christopher & Banks.
"They've got to cater to the minority here," Bohannan said, standing in front of Frog World, which sells amphibian-inspired gifts and decorations, and is a few feet from Asian-clothing Trung Thanh Fashion and Latino general store The Bazaar. "I feel like I've stepped into Little Mexico."
Curby said she could not name possible tenants. But in presentations to the City Council, the owners have shown site plans including businesses such as PetCo, Best Buy and Ross Dress for Less. An Olive Garden restaurant might move in during the first phase of construction on the northwest corner.
"That's the best news I've heard," Haws said.
mariav@sltrib.com

The Revamp

* INITIAL PHASE: Costco built on the southeast parking lot. Completed August 2007.
* PHASE ONE: Restaurants and shops at the northwest parking lot, along 2700 West and 3500 South. Construction starts this month; projected completion, fall 2008.
* PHASE TWO: Face-lift on west side of existing mall, adding restaurants, stores and a promenade. Construction projected to start January 2009, finish in fall 2009.
* PHASE THREE: More stores along the south parking lot. Construction begins spring 2009, finishes in fall 2010.
* PHASE FOUR: Remodeling and additions to east side of existing mall. Construction starts fall 2009, finishes spring 2010.
Source: Valley Fair Mall

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delts145

04-24-2008, 02:44 PM

Downtown - Alliance shares its vision for a 'cultural district'

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From housing in the former Salt Lake Tribune building to a new home for the Salt Lake Art Center, the Downtown Alliance is circulating maps and artistic renderings of its vision of a "cultural district" in downtown Salt Lake City.
The plans hinge on the announcement of the site of a Broadway-style theater, still a month away.

Among the alliance's suggested locations for the Broadway-style theater are the historic Utah Theater, at 148 S. Main; the headquarters of the former Newspaper Agency Corp., 157 S. Regent St.; a parking lot across from the Rose Wagner Center at 138 W. 300 South; and several downtown parcels owned by Earl Holding, owner of Sinclair Oil, Little America hotels and Idaho's Sun Valley resort...

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This is how Regent Street looks now. Proposed housing would replace the old NAC building. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)

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Salt Lake Art Center would be built on the corner of 200 South and Regent Street, where an empty building now stands between 200 South and 100 South, looking north. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)

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Conceptual of Salt Lake Art Center

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delts145

04-24-2008, 04:33 PM

Salt Lake City Metro Resorts - Park City - Yarrow Hotel: demolish and rebuild

'Three-star' hotel isn't good enough in competitive Park City, owner says

...Park City is enjoying a post-Winter Olympic tourism boom, and the city's phenomenal popularity is influencing landowners to put up the nicer lodges...

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Yarrow Hotel

The family that owns The Yarrow wants to demolish the standard-bearer hotel and build a much swankier lodging property at the site, more evidence, observers say, of Park City's move toward the upscale...

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delts145

04-24-2008, 06:11 PM

In passing this Interchange along I-15 the other day, I noticed buildings going up like crazy. A lot of Class A office construction and multi-unit residential going on here right now.

Southern Metro - Pleasant Grove - Construction begins on Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center.

New Article and Link:http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/262969/

1st rendering released
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2nd and newest rendering. I think this is still what will be planned in the updated article (link above) they say that some modifications were made to accomodate seimic requirements for the plot. In looking at the old article that was released with rendering #2 below, it would seem that no downsizing has occurred. This tower pictured below will accomodate 300 suites and the Mariott Courtyard another 250 plus.
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"The number of rooms, parking spaces and size of the convention center will be pretty much the same as the original plan," said Bradford. The original plan included 300 suites, a 40,000-square-foot ballroom and more than 120,000 combined square feet of meeting and convention space.

Old Article:Original Article below released with Rendering #2 Note: read above link for updated article
PLEASANT GROVE - A suite deal is propelling Pleasant Grove into the big leagues.
Developers unveiled updated plans Tuesday to build two large hotels (an Embassy Suites and a Courtyard Marriott), three restaurants and a spacious convention center at this northern Utah County city's so-called "$350 million intersection."
"This rivals anything in the state of Utah, even in Salt Lake City," Pleasant Grove Mayor Mike Daniels said. "This is a tremendous facility."
The project will be financed partly by one of the nation's largest hotel developers, John Q. Hammons, along with bonds financed through a Utah County hotel-tax hike and future property tax revenues from the development.
An investment and banking firm has projected the hotels and convention center would generate $51 million a year.
Hammons said Tuesday his Pleasant Grove project will offer 520 hotel rooms and more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space in a convention center with 28- to 30-foot ceilings.
The first leg of construction, the 14-story, 300-suite Embassy Suites Hotel, is scheduled to begin June 1, Hammons said. He expects construction to take 14 to 21 months, with an opening in October 2008.
The Courtyard Marriott is slated for a 2008 groundbreaking, followed by a 2009 debut.
Hammons said the project, which would boast 350 to 450 employees, is in a prime location - near Interstate 15 and Pleasant Grove Boulevard and not far from Brigham Young University and Utah Valley State College.
The hotel site also is adjacent to a planned 1 million-square-foot lifestyle center. That area would provide a mix of entertainment, restaurants and national and Utah retailers.
Dennis Baker, the property owner, said he has been talking with national real estate trusts, though he would not say who the anchor tenant might be.
Daniels, the Pleasant Grove mayor, pointed out the enhanced revenues would ease the tax burden on residents and create career jobs.
"I'm convinced, in the near future, Salt Lake will learn Pleasant Grove is a competitive force in the state," Hammons said.

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delts145

04-24-2008, 11:58 PM

Downtown - City Creek - Tower 1

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How far along are we?....

Tower 1

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SLC Projects

04-25-2008, 05:34 AM

LOL, we still have a ways to go on tower 1. Looks like crews will be working on level two of the underground parking here real soon. One down four to go.

delts145

04-26-2008, 12:40 PM

Downtown Adj. - More cash for Trolley Square overhaul
- Loan relies on Whole Foods

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By Paul Beebe
The Salt Lake Tribune

The investment company that bought Trolley Square in Salt Lake City three years ago has added another $25 million to the downtown-area mall's expansion and renovation budget.
ScanlanKemperBard Cos. replaced an existing loan with a $74 million package that will allow it to build a previously announced Whole Foods Market grocery store, rebuild a parking garage and add 33,000 square feet of retail space, Tom Bard, a principal of the Portland, Ore.-based firm, said Monday.
"We needed a larger loan to accomplish the increased scale of the project. The best way of accomplishing this was to refinance the loan," Bard said.
The decision to borrow more money came after ScanlanKemperBard signed a lease with Whole Foods. Bard said the 53,260-square-foot store, scheduled to open in 2010, is expected to boost shopper numbers at Trolley Square. The promise of more customers made it possible to expand the "lifestyle" center further, Bard said.
"The feeling was attracting a business such as Whole Foods was well worth the investment because of the additional traffic it would draw, and their customer is the same customer who is attracted to Trolley Square. So it's mutually reinforcing," he said.
The 200-stall parking garage on the west side is expected to be finished this fall. Construction of Whole Foods may start at the same time. Bard said the building will be turned over to Whole Foods in the summer of 2009. The store will open early the following year.
No tenants have been announced for the 33,000-square-foot retail addition. It should be finished in the spring of 2009.
ScanlanKemperBard Cos. bought Trolley Square from Simon Property Group in 2006. The four-building complex was originally built in 1908 as a trolley car barn. It currently houses 32 tenants and is 61 percent full.
In a related matter, Wells Fargo bank will move to a new location inside the main Trolley Square building this summer. Work on the 3,600-square-foot space began in March.
Wells Fargo is currently housed in the Sand Building on the east side of the shopping center.

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Looking west towards The Old Spaghetti Factory on the second floor of Trolley Square. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune )

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Work is under way at Trolley Square mall. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune )

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The Company redeveloping and expanding Trolley Square is pumping another $25 million into the mall. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune )

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delts145

04-26-2008, 05:52 PM

Downtown - Bridges at Citifront Update - T-Mac

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Bridges at Citifront

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delts145

04-26-2008, 06:01 PM

Downtown - City Creek - Social Hall Block Update - T-Mac

Here are some photos of the Social Hall Block.

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delts145

04-27-2008, 12:46 AM

Downtown - Oddfellows Hall Update - T-Mac

Odd Fellows Hall

Getting ready for her move.

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Her new home.

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delts145

04-27-2008, 04:31 AM

Downtown Updates by T-Mac

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Broadway Park Lofts
These guys are going very slow.

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Records Library Update

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delts145

04-27-2008, 01:34 PM

Downtown - 337 - Condemned building became a commercial-free art gallery

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City Center Lofts to begin construction on this site

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Adam Price holds a ceremonial sledgehammer during the demolition. Condominiums made of recycled steel will be buiilt on the site. (Tim Hussin, Deseret News)

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delts145

04-27-2008, 10:03 PM

Downtown - City Creek Center Update - T-Mac

Here is the rest of the City Creek Center.

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delts145

04-27-2008, 11:30 PM

222 So. Main Updates - T-Mac
Down at the site this morning. Met two guys down there who are with the company that is going to spray the side walls this week. They said that they are to start on Monday and it will take them about 5 days to get it finished. The people putting up the backing were running into problems with the walls pushing out and they had to bring in the machine to drive more tie-backs in the north wall to hold it back and keep it from bulging out. Also, you can say good-bye to the 2 trees in front of the site as they should be getting cut down any day now. Here are the photos.

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These are the guys that are with the company that is doing the side-walls.
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SLC Projects

04-28-2008, 06:44 AM

Thank you T-Mac. I always enjoy your updates. Keep it up.

delts145

04-29-2008, 03:27 PM

Downtown - Moving An Historical Gem

Move of old, big Odd Fellows building risky

By Pamela Manson
The Salt Lake Tribune

After sitting for 117 years in the same spot, the Odd Fellows Hall might have a few aches and pains when it moves to make way for a new federal courthouse this summer.
There's no guarantee the historic building will still be in one piece after its trip across Market Street in downtown Salt Lake City. After all, it's old, big, heavy and already crumbling in spots. The structure will also have to make a 180-degree turn, a difficult move considering its age.
"There's potential that this building may come down even after all we've done," said Alan Rindlisbacher, director of corporate marketing for Sandy-based Layton Construction, the company hired to handle the move.
But the If you are having trouble, download the Flash® player.movers are doing their best to make sure the 48-foot tall, 3,000-ton hall has a safe journey, which probably will take place in June. They're spending up to three months getting ready for the weeklong trip, which will move at an excruciatingly slow pace.
"You don't want a whole lot of movement," Rindlisbacher said. "We move inches at a time."
Restoration work will take a few months and the building probably will end up in better shape than it is now, Rindlisbacher said. The General Services Administration (GSA), the federal agency in charge of government property, is paying $5.9 million for the move.
The move, as well as the planned purchase of the Shubrick Building, will open up space just west of the Frank E. Moss U.S. Courthouse at 350 S. Main St. for a new courthouse.
The transit will begin with workers jacking up the building, digging out under the foundation and placing 55 dollies underneath. The hall will be rolled a little to the west, then rotated 180 degrees. After the old foundation is filled in, it will be moved back to its original location.
Next comes a move across Market Street and, finally, a step east to its destination, catty-corner from its former location. The dollies will be operated by a master hydraulic control unit that will synchronize their movement. Restaurants on Market Street will remain open.
Emmert International, based in Clackamas, Ore., is providing the machinery for the move. Rick Albrecht, a supervisor with the company, said Emmert has moved big buildings before but this job is unusual because of the age and size of the hall.
However, the move is doable, he said.
"It's all preparation," Albrecht said. "Our company usually moves something everyone else shies away from."
In addition to the Odd Fellows, the hall has been home to various offices and restaurants. The GSA plans to sell the hall after the move.
If all goes as planned and Congress allocates construction money in fiscal year 2009, the new courthouse would open for business in April 2012, according to the GSA.
The building will have 368,446 square feet and the final project cost is expected to be between $200 million and $250 million. The old courthouse - which does not allow prisoners, judges and the public to be routed down separate corridors as a safety measure - is scheduled to be modernized once the new building is up and will house the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. attorneys.

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Ernie Omaha, left, and Lyle Goodrich, with Harv and Higam Masonry in Draper, assess the progress as workers cover the holes where the windows were with cinder block in preparation for the move. At left, a view of the new location from the building's current spot. Movers are doing their best to make sure the 48-foot-tall, 3,000-ton hall has a safe journey, which probably will take place in June. They're spending up to three months getting ready for the weeklong trip. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune )

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The view of the new location (center) looking north from... (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune )

:cool: Very Cool Diagram LINK:Click this link below and scroll down to Moving Odd Fellows Hall:

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delts145

04-30-2008, 06:56 PM

City Creek

Little update from today. They were pouring columns for the next level on the parking garage on the Crossroads block. These columns are on level 3.

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Rebar cages waiting to be hoisted into place on the parking deck.

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More concrete being poured on the Tower 6 & 7 site.

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More steel in place on the south side of Key Bank tower.

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Tower 1 moving very fast.

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delts145

05-02-2008, 02:37 PM

Forbes: Salt Lake City and America's 9 other most recession proof cities, In Depth

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#6 Salt Lake City, Utah

6. Salt Lake City, Utah
Median home price: +2.5%

Unemployment: 3.1% (from 2.6%)

Key growth: Education and health services, +5.5%

Though Salt Lake City's unemployment rate is rising, it's still among the lowest of the country's 50 largest cities (Washington, D.C., is second, but declining home prices kept it off our list). The state is still creating jobs, just not as quickly as its labor force is growing. A November 2007 report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors projected that Salt Lake City would be one of the few large cities in the country not to suffer a decline in gross metropolitan product from the mortgage crisis.

Related Story: Salt Lake Tribune

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Forbes, In Depth: 10 Best Cities For Commuters

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delts145

05-03-2008, 12:48 PM

Revitalization

Crumbling downtown thrills shoe shop owner

Longtime businessman has advocated for the rejuvenation of the city's center for 15 years

By Dan Verper
Close-Up Correspondent
Salt Lake Tribune

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"Mr. Downtown," Richard Wirick, stands outside the Oxford Shop, his shoe shop in downtown Salt Lake City. Cranes are plentiful near his shop and foot traffic is sparse, but the redevelopment activity thrills Wirick. (Dan Vesper/Close-Up Correspondent )

Downtown is rubble.
Construction cranes are nearly as common as office buildings. Most wouldn't consider it a shopper's paradise.
But Richard Wirick, owner of The Oxford Shop, a mens' shoe store in the heart of it all, couldn't be happier.
"This is virtually one of the most wonderful things that has ever happened," Wirick said.
A prominent member of several civic organizations, for years Wirick has petitioned City Hall for just this sort of development. He says it's crucial in fostering small businesses, that are like his, downtown.
He has his work cut out for him. Despite or perhaps because of development, the city center remains rife with empty storefronts.
Across the street from The Oxford Shop, two mighty cranes hover high above what used to be Crossroads Mall. Once a source of foot traffic in the area, the site is now a massive hole.
Clearly, the construction affect's the shoe store's business. The frequency of passersby is not what it once was.
Still, Wirick is optimistic about the development and said The Oxford Shop is on one of the few blocks downtown without an empty storefront. "Right now, things are dead, but this block is a success story," Wirick said.
He should know.
The 78-year-old has been in business for nearly 60 years and devoted his
life to revitalizing the city center. So much so in fact, he has earned the nickname "Mr. Downtown." There's even a plaque to prove it.
The plaque is from the Vest Pocket Business Coalition - one of the many civic organizations in which Wirick claims membership.
Wirick has advocated the revitalization of downtown for 15 years.
"It may sound funny to you, but I didn't blossom until I was about 70, I guess you might call me a late bloomer," Wirick said. "That's the age a lot of people become rocking chairs."
And blossom he did. Since he hit 70, Wirick has been a member of no fewer than three civic organizations and often serves as a board member.
Wirick is concerned that the Art and Cultural Center of Utah could be built in Sandy, instead of, you guessed it, downtown.
Wirick doesn't seem too worried though. He is known as "the heart and 'sole' of optimism."
Perhaps it is because of his cheerful worldview that Wirick has been able to forge relationships with former mayors Deedee Corradini and Rocky Anderson. (He proudly displays photos of himself and the mayors in his shop.)
Wirick says revitalizing downtown is the most important part of his professional life. He promises he'll never retire at the Oxford Shop; it's a requirement that he owns a business in order to retain membership in the civic organizations.
"They'll have to take me out feet first," Wirick said. "It's my life."

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RFPCME

05-03-2008, 03:01 PM

T-Mac: Thanks for the pictures. I see "steeeeel" in some of those picture, so of it pointed skyward. It's a beautiful thing!:banana:

delts145

05-04-2008, 11:27 AM

A special place - The Bountiful Tabernacle has withstood time's trials
to be the state's oldest LDS chapel in continual use

By Janine S. Creager
Close-Up Correspondent

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The Bountiful Tabernacle was dedicated in 1863, and has served as a place of worship since.

BOUNTIFUL - Off Main Street in Bountiful stands the stately Bountiful Tabernacle, dedicated in 1863, that served early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Now, more than 145 years later, the meetinghouse has the distinction of being the oldest LDS chapel in continuous use in Utah.
But such an honor has not come without challenges and trials, which started just a few months after its February 1857 groundbreaking. Yet through it all, the edifice has remained a place of worship and gathering for generations of LDS faithful.

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Right, a chandelier reflects pioneer handiwork. (Janine S. Creager/Close-Up Correspondent )

In July 1857, when the approach of Col. Albert Sidney Johnston's Army threatened Utah, saints - as members of the LDS Church call themselves - in early Bountiful were told to leave everything and go south.
The Tabernacle foundation was filled in with storage wheat and covered over. The building was preserved as the Army passed to the west of the city, and members returned the following year to resume construction.
In 1906, an infamous Davis County east wind destroyed the building's spires and they would not be replaced until 1941. And then in the mid 1970s, the building was destined for the wrecking ball, because of the aging of the original chapel, and an area increase in church membership.
But thanks to the efforts of local and general church leaders, the Tabernacle survived to receive a face-lift and remodel, restoring it to much of its original charm and character.
Additional renovations in the years since include earthquake proofing, in which steel plates were placed across wooden beams to keep them securely in place. But even with modern architectural upgrades, handcrafted wooden pegs driven into planed cedar logs are still visible in the rafters above the chapel.
Bountiful resident Marilyn Beesley Goodrich has spent many years attending Church meetings in the Tabernacle since her family moved to the area in 1933 when she was 5.

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Above, hand-crafted wooden pegs still can be seen in the rafters of the Bountiful Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (Janine S. Creager/Close-Up Correspondent )

"I remember being baptized in the basement," she says. The font she mentions has long since been moved to a more convenient location in the building. Also it was there in the Tabernacle that Goodrich caught her first glimpse of a handsome young Glenn Goodrich, who would later be her husband and the father to their 12 children.
Dolores Adamson Simons, now of Weiser, Idaho, recalls being asked to sing for a church program in the early 1950s. Since she was to represent a heavenly voice from on high, she was placed in the organ loft behind the choir seats, unseen to those sitting in the chapel. Unable to see the conductor herself from her perch, she peered out through the organ pipes, precariously balanced on wooden beams, listening for her musical cue to project her unseen, angelic voice to the congregation.
Other memories of the Bountiful Tabernacle through the years could fill volumes. Whether the miraculous (the time the chapel ceiling collapsed in 1993 but the lives of churchgoers were spared because it happened in the middle of the night) or the mischievous (a young child who broke his arm after falling from the balcony), the Bountiful Tabernacle remains to this day a testament to the pioneer spirit and labor which brought the building to life nearly a century and half ago.

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delts145

05-04-2008, 11:37 AM

Downtown - Updates - Broadway Park Lofts & Bridges at Citifront by T-Mac

Updated photos from today.

Bridges at Citifront

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Broadway Park Lofts

Finally, a very busy site with noticeable progress.
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stevena07

05-05-2008, 12:21 AM

:previous:

Its exciting to see the Gateway District be revitalized. I hope the area become a really trendy place soon, but keeping with the character of the neighborhood. Thanks for the updates T-Mac :tup:

delts145

05-05-2008, 02:37 AM

Downtown Updates - Social Hall Block - Z.C.M.I. Block - Crossroads Block by T-Mac

Social Hall Block

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ZCMI Block

Funny what you can see walking down Regent Street. Big D is doing the Key Bank tower food court and remodel. They have set-up office there as well as Jacobsen Construction. They had a spreadsheet timeline sitting on one of the desks and from what I could see, they are trying to finish up the tower by early July for the rough in's and then the food court would wrap up later this year. If this is the case, we should start seeing glass in the next month or so.

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Now we know what the ramp is for.
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New swimming pools at the City Creek Center. LOL
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Crossroads Block

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Tower 1

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delts145

05-05-2008, 01:11 PM

Downtown Updates - 222 So. Main by T-Mac

Photos from this morning. While at the site, I asked about the steel and the guy I spoke with said that he spoke with the crane operator this morning about it and that he was told it is starting very soon. I would think that we could see some steel starting this week. Keep your fingers crossed.

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Here's the west wall of the project.
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Sidewalls wrapping up shortly. They are looking very nice. Turning out better than I had imagined.
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T-Mac

delts145

05-05-2008, 10:32 PM

Downtown - Capitol Project - Pics by gbb

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Spectacular Olmstead Gardens, which were originally planned to surround the State Capitol are resurrected and under implementation.

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TANGELD_SLC

05-07-2008, 06:03 AM

Thanks for all those pics T-mac! Hey has anybody heard anything about the 415-ft condo tower that's supposed to be getting built? Cuz I haven't. Did it get axed?

Oh and I have an idea for a great skyline addition: A slender glass/concrete/steel-clad 1,000+ ft multi-use tower that's somewhat pyramidic, whose roof is double-peaked to evoke the look of Twin Peaks.

I'd put it somewhere on 600 south.
SOMEBODY needs to build it! :D Any takers?

RFPCME

05-08-2008, 12:57 AM

T-Mac: Thanks again for sharing you pics of and your insights to the current CBD development projects.

An open question to the readers of this forum...just letting your minds run wild and considering the current bursting economy in SLC and much more poised for the future, where would a square-block, mixed-used, mega-development close to the CBD go? (in the hope that some far-sighted thinking would prevent such a development being spread out in the county and adding to the suburban sprawl).
You could call it the Energy Center or Aerospace Place or Cyber Commons or anything else that reflects the economic engines that are going to drive the skyline ever higher. A better question is: What might that block look like?

delts145

05-08-2008, 05:01 AM

^^^
At first I thought, well...... put some more height in the 200 to 300 south area. Then I thought, hmmmm.... Why not put something like that between 21st and 900 so. I would like to start to fill in that whole slate between Market Station and Sears. Alot of blocks in there which need redeveloping.

Future Mayor

05-08-2008, 03:12 PM

I'm all for the entire Sears block, the Holding parking lot or the block south of Little or Grand America.

SLC Projects

05-08-2008, 04:40 PM

I agree with the Holding Block. Also I always felt that Main street needs to be more develop South of Grand America. I would love to see some new highrise south of the Grand America Hotel.
But maybe we should just fill in the skyline before moving south.

delts145

05-09-2008, 12:52 AM

222 South Main - Today's Update

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Very nice updates. I can't wait to get down there for my weekly photos. I am going down there Friday evening to grab some shots this time. Quite the changes in a week.

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delts145

05-10-2008, 12:34 PM

222 South Main Update Pics - by T-Mac

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Photos from this evening. There is lots of steel on the block.

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T-Mac

delts145

05-10-2008, 03:56 PM

Salt Lake City - Downtown - Updates by T-Mac

Pictures from this morning of some downtown projects.

LDS Church History Library

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The Metro

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500 S 500 E
The Huntington Condos

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300 South Building Renovation
What do you guys think? I don't think I like it very much.

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Possible Home to Broadway Style Theater

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Very exciting group of pics this morning T-Mac. Wow, the closer this library gets to completion the more I'm liking it. I'm liking it alot infact! The high quality stone, the close street proximity, the elegant corner design, and the stepped back top make for a beautiful statement at that corner. Also, some great pics of the Metro. In addition, seeing the possible corner location for the new Theatre has me very excited. I love that as a location!!

Big improvement, to think that this was recently just another ugly parking lot.
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All Pics by T-Mac

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delts145

05-11-2008, 12:02 PM

Latest News on Gehry Project.

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Frank Gehry Project
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Frank Gehry Project
...We have bought a building that will become the new headquarters for the Flash. To be announced-but it is a building everyone in this area knows. I am working with a very interesting up and coming architect that is connected to the Gehry/Lehi Development to make it something special (name to be announced). Details to come later in the summer...

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Among many prototype massing models for Gehry Project at Traverse Ridge, Lehi

Other Projects:

We are in a tough market right now. Although we have almost completed the designs for the Iconic buildings in the Lehi project I am hesitant to show our work. News of "grand" Real Estate projects is quickly followed by skepticism. In this market I get it. There is not much institutional money out there for great ideas that are not backed with strong financial plans. Look at the projects that are being put on hold-look at the projects that are going bankrupt. I know very few companies related to the RE industry that are not a day or two away from going out of business. Here is the thing, those who survive will be richly rewarded. It is always the story. A tough market weeds out those who should have never been there in the first place.

The Lehi Project is different. We have been careful and have taken the steps to ensure long-term success. When we do unveil the new designs we intend to bring out all of our study models. You may be surprised to see the volume of studies. Above you will see a sneak peak at just a fraction of the number of physical model studies that have been completed.

We are getting close on several high-profile tenants that I believe will just add to the class of the development. I am anxious to show the plans-Frank can't wait to show these plans. I am convinced that the work and reconfiguring we have done is going to pay dividends. I believe it will bring people to the State. They will say I went and stayed at the Frank Gehry development in Lehi.

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delts145

05-11-2008, 01:25 PM

City Creek Updates - by T-Mac

Downtown again this morning so I grabbed a few more shots from different angles and some action shots. Enjoy.

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I forgot one from last night.
The Silhouettes
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T-Mac
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JCarp

05-12-2008, 07:40 PM

:previous: Great shots!!! Keep up the good work . :banana: :banana: :banana:

RFPCME

05-13-2008, 01:52 AM

delts145

05-13-2008, 12:13 PM

Building a tower - Steel work begins on 222 South Main in downtown SLC

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Audio Slideshow:

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Okland Construction workers begin placing steel sections for the 22-story 222 South Main Street tower, which will change the skyline of downtown Salt Lake. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)

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delts145

05-14-2008, 01:19 AM

Today's Updates - by SLC Projects

Photos of Steel work at 222 South Main

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This could be the Main Lobby right here.
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Moving right along....

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RFPCME

05-14-2008, 03:20 AM

Projects: Seeing the pictures of the steel rising a 222 S. Main is a hoot! I remember dragging my kids to the Judge Cafe on Saturdays for lunch just to check on the progress of the American Stores Tower (now Wells Fargo). Both of my kids are now in college. It's been a long time coming.

I cannot wait to be in SLC the first week in June. Maybe the steel at Tower #1 at CCC will be rising by then. Thank you.:D

delts145

05-14-2008, 12:37 PM

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Birkhill @ Fireclay Photo update May 12th 2008

Looking South on Main Street in Murray ( "David Town" as what people are now calling it ) with the 4-story Fireclay building to the right and with the 15-story IHC Tower in the back ground.
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This is the only building so far.
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SLC Projects

05-14-2008, 04:35 PM

I wounder how many buildings the Fireclay project can built right now due to the slowing housing market? When I was there taking photos these guys were only working on ONE building. I think this project will be in phases since the over all project will have about 5-6 buildings. I really like this project and hope this project can do alright with selling these units.

delts145

05-14-2008, 04:36 PM

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Broadway Park Lofts Update!!!

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New Trax Line at Gateway Photos!

Trax stop at the gateway, how cool is that.
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Go Jazz!!!
Beat those Lakers
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delts145

05-15-2008, 01:47 PM

Sugar House developer promises site cleanup

The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 05/15/2008 12:15:22 AM MDT

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A Sugar House developer has pledged to immediately clean up its debris pile at the Granite Block construction site and replace a stolen fence to secure the area. Mecham Investments, which is redeveloping the corner of 2100 South and Highland Drive, then will submit a timeline for the remainder of the demolition - including how to solve a shared-wall conundrum - as well as a construction plan, according to the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office. A representative from Mecham Investments confirmed the plan, which was brokered Wednesday during a meeting with the city's building director, a planner and an attorney. As a result, the city has agreed not to seize Mecham's $20,000 bond to help pay for landscaping on the property. The city initially reported the bond value at $100,000, but corrected that figure Wednesday. Demolition at the Granite Block halted in February due to a shared wall between Mecham's former Blue Boutique structure and a building at 1074 S. 2100 South. Last week, city officials sent Mecham a letter noting landscaping for the dirt crater was to commence April 30. The letter threatened forfeiture of the bond and potential legal action. Now, it appears, the parties are willing to work out a solution. Mecham's timeline and construction plan are expected by week's end, said the Mayor's Office. - Derek P. Jensen

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delts145

05-15-2008, 04:38 PM

Mass transit
UTA contracts for 77 light-rail cars, options 180 more
Request is the largest-ever order for transit cars from Siemens' plant in Sacramento

New Trax Line at Gateway Photos! by SLC Projects

Trax stop at the gateway, how cool is that.
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The New Siemens-S70 arriving soon in Salt Lake City
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Utah's rail revolution is about to power up with a massive train order, accelerating the program to a pace unseen at any American transit agency.
The light-rail system that started in 1999 and now runs 69 electric rail cars just ordered 77 new ones, with an option for many more. The initial order is for $277 million with Siemens, and breaks that company's record for the largest-ever light-rail vehicle order, the company will announce today.
It's far larger than Siemens' last order, a 55-car batch for Denver.
The Germany-based corporation builds rail cars in Sacramento, Calif.
"This is a large order," Utah Transit Authority spokeswoman Carrie Bohnsack-Ware acknowledged. "However, many agencies that are experiencing high growth on their systems have larger orders. . . .This is, however, Siemens' largest single order out of their Sacramento facility."
The purchase is part of UTA's "Frontlines 2015" program extending TRAX light rail from downtown to Salt Lake City International Airport and from the Salt Lake-Sandy rail line to West Jordan, West Valley City and Draper. The program and the rail cars are funded 80 percent through local sales taxes and 20 percent by the federal government.
Siemens' news release about the contract lists an option for 180 more rail cars, though UTA General Manager John Inglish said the agency most likely won't use that many. It's common practice to secure more than needed at a good bulk price, he said, then offer the excess to another transit system that needs the cars. That's how UTA bought its first light-rail cars, on an option from San Diego's system, he said.
"I'm not sure why we have an option for 180. Wishful thinking, maybe," Inglish said. "We probably will always order more than we need, in order to get a good buy."
UTA will need the initial 77 cars and more to operate the four new rail lines, though, he said. And Bohnsack-Ware said the option gives UTA wiggle room if the rider response is bigger than expected, as was the case when TRAX first opened.
"If we see this huge crush of riders like we did on the Sandy-Salt Lake line and we need to buy more, then we can," she said.
UTA is scheduled to break ground on the new Mid-Jordan TRAX line today.
Siemens built 40 of the cars already in use on TRAX. They're the newer, sleeker cars as opposed to used cars purchased from other agencies. The new order is for Siemens' S-70, a more rounded model used in San Diego, Houston and Charlotte, N.C. It's also more accessible for those with disabilities because its floor aligns with the station platforms, eliminating the stairwells, Bohnsack-Ware said.
"Winning the Salt Lake City UTA contract demonstrates the confidence our customers have in Siemens and our products well into the future and further enables us to reinforce our long-term commitment to the riding public," Siemens Transportation Systems CEO Oliver Hauck said in a statement. The company has grown its Sacramento work force by 30 percent in the past two years.

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