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Prestigious 'Outside Magazine'

Salt Lake City's Snowbird/Alta #1

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David Whitten... @ davidwhittenphoto.com

Outside magazine heaps praise on Utah skiing


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Getting a good view from Hidden Peak at Snowbird, Katie King and Trevor McVey from Moosehead Lake, Maine, enjoy the start of their two week trip, as Snowbird keeps the lifts running while the end of the ski season nears its end following a remarkable snow year. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune)

By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

The latest national publication to heap praise on Utah skiing is Outside magazine, whose readers picked Alta-Snowbird as the continent's best ski area. Snowbasin placed fifth, Solitude 13th.
Utah's three selections in the top 15 is second to Colorado's five - Vail (third), Silverton Mountain (seventh), Aspen Highlands and Snowmass (eighth), Steamboat (10th) and Telluride (12th). California had two - Squaw Valley (ninth) and Mammoth (11th) - as did British Columbia with Whistler-Blackcomb (second) and Fernie Alpine Resort (sixth). Wyoming (Jackson Hole, 4th), New Mexico (Taos, 15th) and Alaska (Alyeska, 14th) had one apiece. Alyeska is owned by Alta resident John Byrne III.
Snow quality was the most important factor cited by 78 percent of survey respondents to Outside, published monthly with paid circulation in 2008 of 675,000. Hence, Alta-Snowbird's ascent to the top.
"Sitting on the bull's-eye of the Wasatch Range's freakishly powerful storm track . . . AltaBird is the closest you can get to a sure thing," the magazine said. "Learn the ins and outs of the many traverses and hikes [try Alta's Devils Castle and the 'Bird's Thunder Bowl] and you'll ski soft snow on new lines for weeks.
"What both places share, other than a dearth of nightlife, is a lack of pretense. Everyone is here for powder. And they get it," it added. Only 1 percent of respondents, the magazine noted, cared about nightlife.
"We're flattered," said Snowbird President Bob Bonar. Added Alta General Manager Onno Wieringa: "All of us here are proud to be Alta skiers on [the resort's] 70th anniversary. That skiing pride only grows when we combine with Snowbird."
The magazine advised national readers to try Snowbasin on a weekend when Park City is crowded, anticipating they will be impressed by its posh day lodges. Although not as snowy as Alta, "the snow quality [less skier compaction] and the terrain [everything from 2,500-foot treed runs to mellow bowls to hairball chutes] make up for it."
Solitude received recognition for the well-spaced trees of the Headwall Forest and its less-crowded ambience. "The sidecountry feel of Honeycomb Canyon encourages you to hunt your powder over the course of a chill day. Which is followed by a chill night - the two bars shut down at 9:30."


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Governor: connect the ski resorts

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Huntsman talks of record-breaking tourism numbers in recent years, and he says he wants Utah to eventually draw between 24 million and 25 million visitors annually. He sees widening summertime tourism as being important to his goal...

...Meanwhile, Huntsman says an on-the-snow connection between the ski resorts could reduce traffic in addition to being a draw for skiers and snowboarders. Park City's entryways, both state highways, draw frequent complaints about traffic. If the resorts were connected on the slopes, the thinking goes, fewer people would drive between them.

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Tower 1 Update

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Crossroads Block Update

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ZCMI Block Updates

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I went really trigger happy at this point and took lots of shots of the claw tearing into the building. I will only post a few here and if you want you can check out my flickr page to see anymore.

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Notice the dressed up mouse watching the demo.

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[delts145]

November 1st, Photo Update of 222 South Main Construction by Stevena07


222 S Main from the University of Utah

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From Trax on University blvd, gives you sorta an idea of its impact on the skyline

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From 4th South

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On Main.

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Cladding
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[delts145]

Working into the Night

This was at 7:30 tonight. They also had the lights on the ZCMI side for the demolition.

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[delts145]

That's awesome T-Mac. Never seen a night shot of CCC. Were you up on the top of JSMB? My wife and I went to the "Roof" back in Jan or Feb of this year. Great views. ( But that was before any of the crane were set up. )

Yes, my family and I went down to the JSMB to see the reflections on Christ exhibit for family night. While there I wanted to try some night shots around the temple. We also went up to the 10th floor to enjoy the views and I grabbed that shot. I was amazed at how much work was going on at that hour around the entire site. Tower 1 was dark but around 6 and 7 along with Main Street, it was all lit up. The demolition was in full swing along South Temple with many lights and lots of equipment going full steam.

I checked out the webcam around 9 last night and they were still working on the ZCMI side.

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[jsclll]

How many more floors will go on the Hamilton tower?

[T-Mac]

2 more floors and then the crown.

[delts145]

Downtown Updates - Hyatt at the Gateway

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Broadway Park Lofts

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[delts145]

222 So. Main Updates - Photos from this morning.

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[delts145]

Downtown Project Updates by DMTower

Bridges at City Front

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Broadway Park Condominiums

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222 South Main from Broadway

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OC Tanner
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[delts145]

City Creek Updates - ZCMI Block

A look down Regent Street.

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Crossroads Block

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Tower 1

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[delts145]

Photo Bump - Salt Lake City's Greatest Snow On Earth

Snowbird Tram - 08/09 Opening Day

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[delts145]

Parking lots could open next summer - City Creek project is mostly on schedule

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Finding parking in downtown Salt Lake City should get a lot easier when the weather gets warmer.

...parking structures for the $1.5 billion City Creek Center project are on schedule for completion in summer 2009

"We will be starting to complete various elements of the project in 2009, and we'll want the parking to support that...

The lone change to the project noted by Bishop Burton on Thursday calls for the small building between the Zions Bank building and the Eagle Gate Tower on South Temple to be an office building instead of residential space.

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[delts145]

The Gallivan Center is getting some new improvements.

Edwards Daniels Architects put together these rendering concepts.

I dont know how creditable the blue glass tower and the other tower by the Walker Center are. I imagine that they are shown only to add excitement and potential development.

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[delts145]

Main Street Plaza - Downtown Salt Lake City

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Marmalade with its new light poles.

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[delts145]

Daft Building Renovation

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[delts145]

Project Updates - Downtown Adj. - Univ. of Utah Research Park and Natural History Museum

I went running along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail above the U and the zoo. Here are some pretty crappy pictures of the city etc, with my phone.

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The University of Utah Museum of Natural History
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One of many new buildings in the Research Park
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[delts145]

For those interested in ongoing discussion related to the following pics, please go to...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

Salt Lake City at dusk, looking south from northwest
bench neighborhoods
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Urbanscape, East bench residential
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Steve, If you ask me those were some very nice pics, especially from a phone camera? I like the just before dusk lighting on your pics, very nice. Anxious to see this Natural History Museum project underway. It seems like half the people love it and half hate it. I like it, though I'm more of a fan of the Huntsman Inst. design.

Northeast bench
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Polshek Partnership Architects
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[Northernlad]

You are a busy worker bee over here Delts! This thread is almost a carbon copy, cut and paste, of the main Salt Lake projects thread over in the Mountain West forum minus the involvement of the forum members participating in this thread.

Nevertheless, you are doing a good job at representing:tup:

[delts145]

Yeah, the audience over here tends to be a little diverse from the local forums and more widespread. They seem to enjoy looking at the pics provided by the local forumers, like T-Mac.

[delts145]

City Creek Updates - Tower 1

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Crossroads Block Update

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[delts145]

ZCMI Block Update

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[delts145]

Metro Salt Lake's Newest 5-Star Updates:

The St. Regis, & The Montage

St. Regis

October 28, 2008 - The St. Regis will be next to join The Stein Erickson as Metro Salt Lake's newsest Mobil 5 Star beauty.
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The floors are all done, and the roof is going on; The exterior is beginning to receive some of the finishing details; The restaurant area, the pool area, and the funicular are all plainly visible. Construction is still pegged for completion summer of 2009.

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The Montage

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The Montage Resort Construction Site - Sept/Oct. 2008
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Andy in PC - The Montage Resort in Deer Valley’s Empire Pass continues to move forward, but unfortunately information (the official kind at least) is in pretty short supply.

Here’s what was passed my way unofficially this week: The development will consist of a little less than three hundred total units, with the lion’s share of those being official “hotel” units that will be unavailable for purchase. Approximately 80-90 total units will be placed on the market, these units will be primarily larger-sized 2-5 bedroom properties.

Floor plans are still being finalized, hence the estimation on total units and available units. But some facets of the project are very much certain. I’m told a Manager for the the hotel has already been hired, and is currently lending a hand in as many ways as possible.

As far as time frames go, I’m told that most likely we will have an official release schedule and pricing around this time next year, and work should be completed about 12 months after that.

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[delts145]

Model of Tower 5 - Residential - Retail, at street level
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Tower 5 Update

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[delts145]

City Center Lofts update

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[delts145]

Downtown Photo Updates from today.

The Old Hansen Planetarium
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One and Nine Condos
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Old Fellows Move
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Daynes Building Renovation
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[TANGELD_SLC]

Hey delts thanks for bringing all the updates and t-mac pics from the moutnain west forum. It is much appreciated :D

[delts145]

Your welcome Tangeld, I know people from other areas who frequent the comp. section, like looking at our local pics. Of course, it doesn't hurt that our metro and building projects are surrounded by so much beautiful scenery.

[delts145]

looks like the crane base for tower 5 is finally starting to grow:tup:

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[delts145]

Photos from today - Downtown Updates - City Creek

Crossroads Block

Its that time of year again :)
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Photo update.

West Temple and 500 South.
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ZCMI Block & Social Hall Block Updates

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I love the rivalry here haha.
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[Northernlad]

Hey delts thanks for bringing all the updates and t-mac pics from the moutnain west forum. It is much appreciated :D

Your welcome Tangeld, I know people from other areas who frequent the comp. section, like looking at our local pics. Of course, it doesn't hurt that our metro and building projects are surrounded by so much beautiful scenery.

To be honest this thread has become a painful one to open because it is all pictures and almost no discussion, and this thread takes a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to open even with a high speed wireless internet connection as I have.
There are even pictures posted here accompanied with flashy large font and taken from other websites and not posted by active photo contributors on this forum. Constant posts of pictures all create a forum page that takes almost 5 minutes to fully download.
I think it obviously turns people away who might leave comments because there are virtualy no comments from non Salt Lake forumers besides one or two in recent months.
Maybe you should just post a link to the much more active Salt Lake Development forum in the Mountain West subforum mainly because much of what is seen here is copied and pasted from that thread?
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Perhaps you are not set at twenty posts per page. If that still doesn't work for you, then your internet speed or provider is not running at optimum and I would hardly consider it high speed. If it is taking more than fifteen to twenty seconds to download an entire page, then you should consider change on your own end. Even the previous page, which is full of update pics took my system only 20 seconds to completely download from top to bottom. I have no problem scrolling down from the top at a comfortable speed after five seconds. This, after clicking on to any particular page at random.

Some metros choose the Comp. Forum and not the Regional Forums to do the bulk of their blogging and commentary, as is obvious with our own regional metro of Las Vegas. However, Salt Lake, Denver and Phoenix metros choose their own specific regional forum to carry on with extensive commentary.

As far as the Wasatch Front, this 'Compilation' Thread was never intended as anything more than an compilation update of recently completed and ongoing projects. As long as 150 to 200 forumers per day (mostly non regional) check in on average to just view the many outstanding pics, then I see little to zero reason to try and make the thread into a something else. If the 150 to 200 individuals who check in daily want to leave a comment then they can feel free to do so. If they want to check out the specific regional development section further and participate in ongoing discussions, then I'm sure they will have no trouble in navigating over to the regional section. Given the very high activity rate of the Salt Lake's regional development forum, there doesn't seem to be a problem finding it for those who are interested. Even so, it would probably be a good idea to take a second and post a link at the top of each page for those who appreciate the convenience.


Edit: Note, if I aim the mouse at just above the down scroll, 'arrow box,' but not directly on it, the rate of down scrolling speed increases significantly.

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Broadway Park Lofts update from Silus Grok's photostream on Flickr

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222 South Main looking nice
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Salt Lake City's Wasatch Metro - Historical Samples

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For those interested in ongoing discussions related to pictured projects on this page please go to - http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

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Salt Lake City Vista as seen from Sugar House Park

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Trail's Development Project » To link park with Hidden Hollow under 13th East.

By Derek P. Jensen
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A fashionable stretch of Sugar House soon could be transformed, but it has nothing to do with the promised shops and condos on the Granite Block corner.

Instead, envision a sun-dripped tunnel -- draped with lush vegetation -- luring Sugar House Park regulars west under 1300 East to Hidden Hollow and nearby boutiques then back again.

Besides making the neighborhood more walkable, the route eventually could become a haven for bikers and hikers interested in spanning the south side of Salt Lake City from the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to the Jordan River Parkway.

In recent days, Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County agreed to tap open-space funds to buy property owned by Woodbury Corp. to make the long-planned tunnel possible. Once the agreement is signed, officials say they can solicit contractors as early as January and begin work this winter.

"It will be a much nicer experience to not have to cross that many lanes of traffic," said Maggie Shaw, new chairwoman of the Sugar House Community Council. "Having a park and open space connected in close proximity to a shopping area … it just makes it more walkable and aesthetically pleasing."

The tunnel and trail connection long has been the vision of the nonprofit Parleys Rails, Trails and Tunnels (PRATT) coalition. The group's goal with the so-called "Draw at Sugar House" is to complete an essential connection in the Parley's Creek Trail, as well as enhance the biological corridor.

An artist commissioned to do the design pictures a tunnel that would invite natural light and living vegetation "reminiscent of the historic ravine that once occupied this site."

To finish the tunnel, the county has agreed to kick in $275,000 and the capital city $110,000 to purchase the parcel on the west side of 1300 East between 2100 South and Wilmington Avenue. PRATT's Lynne Olson warns Woodbury has yet to sign off on the sale, although there is no hint of a holdup.

"An improved walking route will lead to less driving and cleaner air," said Emy Storheim, the city's open-space-lands program manager. "We support the concept. Everybody's real excited."

While the city will own the land, an interlocal agreement calls for the county to maintain a preservation easement for the "draw," according to Lorna Vogt, former county open-space manager.

"That way there are two agencies owning and protecting the property."

Vogt notes the open-space boards from the county and city first approved the project in 2006. In the interim, while appraisals were done, the parties have made an even bigger push on fundraising to cover the estimated $3 million price tag.

Much of the money is in the bank. That includes a 2005 federal appropriation and tier-two money from Zoo, Arts and Parks coffers, along with cash from the county's parks and recreation division, PRATT and the Utah Department of Transportation.

"It's quite a complicated and involved project," Vogt said. "We hope to start work this winter."

Eventually, the scope is bigger still. PRATT sees the pedestrian tunnel under 1300 East as a key cog in an east-west path to connect -- in phases -- the east bench and the Jordan River.

Already, Parley's Creek Trail is being extended along Interstate 215. And last year, hikers and bikers cheered the completion of a 140-foot steel-truss bridge over Interstate 215.

PRATT hopes that, besides linking open space with the Sugar House business district, the draw will encourage walkers, runners and bikers to get more exercise.

Once completed, the recreation route also will skirt a planned trolley car that can ferry residents to the neighborhood from across the valley -- without car keys.

"As time goes on," Shaw predicted, "just being tethered to your car may become a thing of the past."

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Downtown, Marmalade Update

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Hyatt at the Gateway

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Broadway Park Lofts

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SLC's MSA - Puttin' on the Ritz - Park City » Elite Waldorf-Astoria, St. Regis hotels opening next spring

By Mike Gorrell
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Lavish upscale developments are sprouting up around Park City. Set for a spring opening, the St. Regis Deer Crest hotel affords views of Deer Valley to the south and Jordanelle Reservoir to the north. (Al Hartmann photo / The Salt Lake Tribune)

Amid the economic gloominess, Park City is on the verge of becoming more opulent.

Two luxury hotel brands with time-tested pedigrees -- St. Regis and Waldorf-Astoria -- are poised to enter the market next spring: Waldorf-Astoria through the Dakota Mountain Lodge at The Canyons while the St. Regis Deer Crest is in Deer Valley, on a ridge overlooking Snow Park Lodge.

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The Montage Deer Valley, shown under construction in October in the resort's Empire Pass area, is another luxury lodging development under way around Park City. It is scheduled to open in the winter of 2010-11. (Al Hartmann / The Salt Lake Tribune)

Farther uphill in Deer Valley's Empire Pass region, foundations also are in place for a Montage hotel. Although Montage does not have the history of St. Regis or Waldorf-Astoria, having been formed in 2002, it just opened a 201-unit luxury hotel Nov. 17 in the heart of Beverly Hills. Montage Deer Valley is set to open in the winter of 2010-2011.

Nearby, East West Partners is developing Flagstaff, a 37-residence condominium, each with more than 5,000 square feet and full membership in the Talisker Club, part of the Canadian company that owns The Canyons.

The addition of these elite establishments is yet another step in Park City's ascendency into the ranks of international resort communities. To reach that perch, a community must have a mix of nice, really nice and super-nice attractions. Once these hotels open, Park City can boast of having luxury chains with global followings to go along with the home-grown elegance of Stein Eriksen Lodge and other more localized, upscale lodgings.

"These help make us something special," said Summit County Commissioner Bob Richer. "What's important to Summit County is that we are home to three world-class ski resorts [The Canyons, Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley]. High-end hotels are an amenity that the people who frequent those resorts expect. It's in our economic best interest to make sure a Summit County vacation experience is a special experience for these people."

The Dakota Mountain Lodge and St. Regis projects benefited from being under way before the financial crisis. St. Regis spokesman Mark Fischer said most of that hotel's 27 residences and 64 condo/hotel suites (the latter will be rented when the owners are away) have been sold to an array of buyers -- Hollywood actors, entrepreneurs, residents of Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Kentucky.

"We hit the market at the right time," concurred Dakota Mountain Lodge developer Reza Fakhrieh, saying 95 percent of the 104 units in its first building are sold, along with 23 of the 66 in the second.

In addition, the projects provided work for hundreds in the construction trades industry.

The cachet of being able to cite these brands' presence in the community became evident to Leigh von der Esch earlier this month when the managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism was in New York City to speak with publications as diverse as National Geo and bridal magazines.

"It turned people's heads that we were getting a Montage, a St. Regis, a Waldorf-Astoria," she said. "Utah is clearly known for great skiing, national parks and outdoor adventure. But our image survey from a couple of years ago was not as strong for high-end amenities and entertainment.

"The commitment of these properties shows additional high-end options [that] bring their established brands worldwide with them, which bolsters the already recognized brands of Deer Valley, Alta, Park City, Sundance and Snowbird."

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Fakhrieh, executive vice president of DuVal Development, which owns Dakota Mountain Lodge at The Canyons, said his appreciation for what the Park City area has to offer was enhanced when Hilton Hotels Corp. officials vetted his project to see if it was good enough to be part of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection.

"We spent three weeks with the Hilton feasibility study group. They wanted to make sure they were putting their brand on something worth their while," he said.

Goldman Sachs officials came to the same conclusion in helping finance the project, added DuVal founder Lee Hindin. "They really related to the fact people from the West Coast should never fly over Utah any more. There's no need to, not with the access and brands we have."

Those brand names start with Waldorf-Astoria, which will manage the 104 hotel/condominium units in the lodge's first U-shaped building, scheduled to open midspring. Sixty-six more units are in a second planned building. Another brand lined up to increase appeal is Golden Door Spa, which will have 18,000 square feet of space divided into 15 treatment rooms, a fitness center and a beauty salon.

Designed by Architecture Belgique Inc. of Midvale, the three-story structure is oriented to take advantage of the 360-degree views around The Canyons. Its limestone fireplaces, Mohair drapes, curving staircase, two-story water feature and color schemes are geared toward giving Dakota Mountain Lodge a contemporary, sophisticated feel rather than a rustic one.

The lodge also will have a golf course, 15,000 square feet of meeting space, a 7,100-foot ballroom, screening rooms suitable for Sundance Film Festival debuts and a gondola (called Frostwood) that will carry skiers to the The Canyons' base village.

"We didn't cut any corners," Hindin said.

Scheduled to open about the same time, the St. Regis Deer Crest also emphasizes elegance. Its 92 units, many of which can be subdivided to create up to 190 rooms, take up just 50 percent of the 11-story structure's available space. The rest is public space -- a 15,000-square-foot spa, tiered swimming pools, restaurants and bars arranged to engender a feeling that the hotel is a "gathering place," said Fischer.

"Owners will be able to enjoy privacy, but it will be a public hotel with lots of activities," he added.

Nestled into a saddle on a ridge above Snow Park Lodge, the St. Regis Deer Crest's common areas can be reached easily by owners and guests skiing at Deer Valley. "You can walk right in and have lunch or a cocktail," Fischer said, noting that clients will be served by one of the hotel's highlights -- ski butlers.

Another prominent feature will be a funicular, a railway system in which a cable moves tram-like cars on rails up and down the steep slope separating Deer Valley's base from the hotel. Used in hilly European cities, such as the International Olympic Committee's hometown of Lausanne, Switzerland, the funicular can be used by members of the public who want to visit the hotel.

"As you come into Deer Valley, it's the first thing people see next to Snow Park Lodge," said Fischer, expecting the hotel to be a popular destination during Sundance and World Cup skiing competitions. "Deer Crest is a gated community, but we want the public to be able to enjoy this, to come up and have lunch here or a glass of wine."

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The living room in one of the residence units at The Sky Lodge, in Park City's old town, features luxurious counters, upscale appliances and high definition televisions and sound systems. (Al Hartmann / The Salt Lake Tribune)

The arrival of these elite establishments follows last December's opening of The Sky Lodge in Park City. A small luxury hotel that offers one-eighth fractional ownerships of its 33 ultra-modern residences, it is replete with amenities, such as a Japanese spa, a deck with a fire pit overlooking Main Street and bathroom doors adorned with African copper artwork.

"We're looking forward to a full season," said greeter Chris Johnson, expecting the hotel to do better than last year with international visitors, especially since Delta Air Lines started direct flights between Salt Lake City and Paris.

Those well-heeled travelers are just what's needed to survive -- even thrive -- in turbulent times. "Being a luxury hotel, we're doing well," Johnson said.



What developers are seeing
St. Regis Deer Crest » The 27 residences sold for $2.2 million and up, while fractional ownerships of 64 condominium/hotel suites went for upward of $1.5 million.

Dakota Mountain Lodge at The Canyons » ?Residences range from $479,000 to more than $2.5 million.

Montage Deer Valley » Prices are being determined. Sales are expected to begin next fall or winter.

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LDS Church History Library

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Happy Thanksgiving - 222 So. Main by T-Mac

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Happy Thanksgiving - Contd... 222 So. Main by T-Mac

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222 So. Main Contd. by Stevena07

Just a few pics from today.

From South Temple
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City Creek Center - November 27th Updates by T-Mac

Crossroads Block

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Crossroads Block Contd...

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Tower 1 Updates

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ZCMI Block Updates

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ZCMI Block Updates Contd...

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Marmalade Update

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Hyatt at the Gateway Update

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Crossroads Block Updates

Tower 1 Update

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...Contd.

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A Very Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday Season

At Christmas Time this beautiful Gothic Revival Chapel in Downtown Salt Lake City is used almost nightly to host free public recitals by renowned regional, national and international soloists and performing groups
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Crossroads Block Updates, December 6, 2008

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ZCMI Block and Tower 5 Updates, Dec. 6, 2008

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...Contd.

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Say Goodbye to the Claw. They were there to haul if off.
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...Contd.

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City Creek housing seeks buyers

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705269612,00.html

The LDS Church soon will be seeking potential buyers for Richards Court, a 91-unit urban housing community being touted as the portal between Temple Square and the $1.5 billion City Creek Center development...

...Previously known as residential towers 6 and 7, Richards Court will consist of two 10-story buildings with ground-level retail, divided by a landscaped pedestrian walkway into City Creek Center's shopping and dining areas.

In addition, Richards Court tenants will have access to private and secluded outdoor spaces, according to the e-mail.

Housing in Richards Court will range from 921-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom units to top-level penthouses as large as 3,148 square feet, with three bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and a balcony...

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...Contd., ZCMI Block

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er of asphalt.[/SIZE]
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^^^...Contd.

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Tower 5
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Rosewood Senior Housing Project
158 North 600 West

http://www.slcgov.com/boards/plancom/2008/December/sr_00466.pdf

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I drive pass this everyday on my way to or from work. It's on redwood road and around 6300 South in Taylorsvile. For what it looks like I'm guessing this building will be a Office building of some kind. So far it looks to be at least 3-stories, but it might get taller. These are some big beams. :shrug:

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This is a good infill for this kind of area since this building is going in between two other buildings and that this site used to be a parking lot. Also I like how it looks like this building will go right up to the side of the street and that the parking will be behind it. 3-stories might not be that big of a deal, but for that area this building will stick out. I hope what ever it is it will have a good design.:tup:

Does anyone know anything about this project? Or has anyone else from this area notice it also?

Projects, that is Nelson Laboratories property (the building to the north and adjacent parking lot) I interviewed with them over the summer. I remember hearing something about a new fitness facility and expanded lab space for their rapidly growing business.

Thanks Ragerdude for the I.D. on that. Here's a couple of links and blurbs on Nelson labs to further explain what's going on in Salt Lake Project's pics.

Nelson Laboratories Breaks Ground On New Building

https://www.nelsonlabs.com/docs/nli_groundbreaking.pdf


Nov. 14, 2008 - Nelson Laboratories to add 350 jobs in Utah


Nelson Laboratories will add more than 350 new full-time jobs over the next decade as it expands its operations in Taylorsville.

The company announced the expansion Thursday, after the Governor's Office of Economic Development Board awarded the company a tax credit of nearly $2 million for the project.

"Our decision to further expand our testing capabilities in Utah is based on our ability to access world-class talent, as well as the important partnerships we have developed in the state," Jeff Nelson, president and chief executive officer of Nelson Laboratories, said in a prepared statement.

The facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.

The company is a contract laboratory with clients in the medical- device, pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical, dietary-supplement and tissue industries. It opened in 1985 in Research Park near the University of Utah with five employees and 40 tests and now offers more than 400 microbiological and analytical tests.

The company moved to Taylorsville in 1994, when it opened a 62,000-square-foot facility that maintains 80 labs and a 3,000- square-foot clean room. The company serves more than 4,000 clients in 56 countries from that site, which has more than 320 scientists and staff.

"The new facility, the new operations, will allow them to expand their services, provide for more labs and hopefully expand their operations here," said Jerry Oldroyd, chairman of the GOED board's incentives committee.

GOED board chairman Ragula Bhaskar described Nelson as "recession- proof" and employing many high-quality people trained with technical skills.

Perry said the board has "been trying very hard over the last little while to take care of our own and grow our own," and Nelson Laboratories "is another good example of a great Utah company growing here in Utah."

Nelson said the governor's office, the Utah Technology Council, the Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Economic Development Corp. of Utah "have prioritized the growth of our industry through the development of policy that works to ensure that Utah companies can grow in the state and that our industry is recognized as one of the leading life-sciences clusters in the nation.".

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Umm, I'm a big fan of soccer and RSL, but to say that we need extra hotels for all the people visiting from out of state to watch a game is a bit much.

Yeah, for the sole purpose of watching a game would probably be a bit much. I think though that the article in this morning's paper points out an interesting development for Sandy as the base camp for the ever increasing popularity of the Cottonwood Canyons.

Sandy pitched as 'ultimate base camp'
Tourism » Joint marketing effort between the city and the ski resorts aims to get word to out-of-state skiers.

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_11188843

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Love Communications A Utah Office of Tourism matching grant is helping pay for ads in ski magazines promoting Snowbird, Alta and Sandy as affordable places for for skiing and boarding vacations.

...Snowbird marketing director Dave Fields said that with limited housing in the canyons, Sandy and other south valley communities are essential to support the resort's work force.

And with new Hyatt and Hilton hotels joining a cluster of lodging establishments offering views up the canyon's glacier-carved 'V,' Fields said "we put together a program for marketing to out-of-state skiers. The idea is you can get an affordable package and still have a really fun ski trip..."

...The concept was a "perfect fit" for state assistance, said Tourism Office managing director Leigh von der Esch. "With the new hotels coming on line, they will be very popular for people looking for value and who want to zip right up the canyons. Those flying from an hour away can drop their bags at the hotel and be skiing in the afternoon."

Off-season, she added, "tour operators love putting people into 'value' hotels and having them jump on a shuttle to go up the canyons..."

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Thanksgiving Morning, Pastoral and Beautiful Morgan Valley
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Northern Metro Development - Tribune Feature
Morgan: Growing up without growing out

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By Brandon Loomis
The Salt Lake Tribune

Morgan » No offense, Riverdale, but Morgan County wants to get off the road that leads to your big-box brand of suburbia.

Same for your glitz and glam, Park City. Morgan is an up-and-coming mountain hub that soon will be the fastest-growing county in Utah, but its residents don't want their kids pushed out by million-dollar mortgages.

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Heber City's mix of mountain destinations, hay flats and Main Street milkshakes is more like it, according to Envision Utah planners who worked with Morgan residents to dream up their future.

"If nothing is done, we would wake up probably 30 years from now and, in a lot of areas, we'd look just like the Wasatch Front: You can't tell where one city ends and another begins," said Morgan County Council Chairman Bruce Sanders, who worked with hundreds of residents to craft the "Envision Morgan" ideal. The future they mapped preserves farms and concentrates housing in towns and villages such as Morgan City and Mountain Green.

Change is coming faster to this sheep-shearing valley than any other corner of Utah. For the next half-century, demographers say, Wasatch Front commuters will spill over these mountains in a statistical wave that pulses as fast or faster than the St. George area in the state's desert southwest.

With nearly 10,000 residents today, Morgan County swelled by about 4 percent last year, according to the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. The state projects that growth to hover at 3.8 percent a year through 2060, leading (with Washington County) the list of 29 counties until it nears 70,000 souls. That would make it twice as big as today's Iron County, home to Cedar City.

Stone mason Brent Hadley caught the Morgan tide early and moved there nine years ago from Ogden, a half-hour down Interstate 84. He is the kind of Utahn that experts predict will drive the county's urbanization: a Wasatch Front refugee seeking greener pastures, a small-town home and speedier access to the forests and the ski slopes.

"That's why I'm in this business," he said while measuring a new home's front entry for masonry, "so I can ski all winter."

He gets to take the back way to Snowbasin, dodging the weekend traffic from Ogden. His wife, he said, gets to enjoy the mountain air with their young children.

"When we lived in Ogden, she didn't really feel comfortable taking a walk after work," Hadley said. "Now she does it every day -- puts the kids in the stroller."

Morgan is shaping up as Ogden's Park City, University of Utah demographer and economist Pam Perlich said. People come up from the city and want to live in the clean air.

"There's a lot

of good stuff happening in Ogden in terms of job growth," she said. "A lot of that [working] population would be interested in living in Morgan County - it's a beautiful place."

Perlich's study of commuting patterns from the 2000 census points to a burgeoning bedroom community. Morgan County saw by far the highest percentage of its workers leaving the county for work every day, at 61.6 percent, according to a report Perlich compiled in 2003 for the Utah Economic and Business Review. Davis County followed at 45.7 percent.

County residents who worked with Envision Morgan to craft a new growth blueprint favored farmland protection with busier town centers. They most often likened the alternative -- unchecked sprawl across the fields -- to the Ogden suburb of Riverdale, Envision Morgan project manager Christie Oostema said. That's the first suburb they see when they descend Weber Canyon, and its welcome mat off I-84 is a SuperTarget store backed by the ubiquitous Chili's, PetsMart, Starbucks and Applebee's. Morgan City, by contrast, has two closed cafes on its old main drag but a little Mexican cafe and a drive-in near the new homes. It has a local butcher and a Jubilee grocer instead of Utah's usual Albertsons or Smith's.

Others feared morphing into their southern neighbors in Summit County, home to the Sundance Film Festival and Utah's ritziest real estate.

One tool they embraced has little precedent in Utah, and none on a large scale. It's commonly called TDR, or transfer of development rights, and it allows homebuilders to buy up the development rights on farms while putting the resulting homes in designated areas in towns. It's a bold move for a county where manure trails still smudge the two-lane highways, but Oostema said residents dread the alternative.

"Morgan County has had a fairly long history of growing rather slowly and now, in the next couple of decades, they're going to have a tremendous amount of growth," she said. "It's hard to think about."

Sanders, the County Council chairman, said the county will move quickly to embrace Envision Morgan. Next week, the council will endorse the recommendations, he said, and already it has budgeted to update its development plan in the new year. The plan will rely on TDRs that allow farmers to receive payment to protect their land, he said. The county would have to enact a plan enabling extra density in town only when developers have paid for preservation in fields.

Most people want action to preserve their views and the county's farming heritage, Sanders said. Only 4 percent who participated in Envision Morgan surveys backed "business as usual."

"The vast majority realize there's a better way," he said.

Transferring development rights has worked well on the East and West coasts but has a spotty record in the Rockies, according to The Nature Conservancy's Utah director, Dave Livermore. A major disappointment was in Davis County, where cities never adopted the practice in ordinances to match a Great Salt Lake wetlands-protection plan.

He's hopeful about Morgan County, though, because there is strong support for rural protection and the chosen method is voluntary.

"There's no taxation involved," Livermore said. "The market decides and growth fuels the preservation."

Morgan County farmer Doug Brown said it's a good idea, but it won't change newcomers' desires.

"Only problem is no one wants to live in the village centers," he said. "They all want to live out here in the farm fields."

Economics may help change that. County officials may boost density in towns partly to encourage town houses that the locals' children might buy when they're grown instead of being squeezed out by escalating prices on acreages.

The state counts a 34 percent population surge in Morgan County just since 2000 and expects a 600 percent leap by 2060. At that rate, the way the stucco houses now sprout across the farms and foothills, there will be few fields left when today's children become tomorrow's homeowners.

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With developments such as The Cottonwoods, Mountain Green and other Morgan County hamlets are fueling growth that is projected to make Morgan County the fastest-growing county in the next half-century. (Chris Detrick / The Salt Lake Tribune)

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As Morgan County grows, county officials hope to channel the growth into rural hamlets, rather than allow unrestricted building across the countryside. Morgan County is expected to add population at 3.8 percent a year for the next half century. (Brandon Loomis / The Salt Lake Tribune)

What's Envision Morgan?

The statewide nonprofit planning partnership Envision Utah spun off a Morgan consensus-seeking project this year, and most county residents favored concentrating growth in town centers while protecting farmlands and hillsides. Now it's up to the Morgan County Council to decide whether to turn that guidance into a new zoning ordinance and preservation tools such as allowing developers to pay farmers for development rights while clustering the resulting homes in town.

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Central Metro
WFC Headquarters Project in Sandy Update

Here is a update on the WFC project in Sandy, just off of State Street and around 9800 South. Crews right now are working on what looks like under ground parking for what will soon be a 7-story Office building and maybe a 10-story office building later on. ( Two buildings over all )

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I have yet to find a rendering of this project. Can't seem to find one anywhere.

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Metro Resorts - Park City
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Biggles1067

Park City - Sweeney family prepares to press forward with disputed slopeside project

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_11096244?source=most_viewed

The Sweeney family is preparing to press forward with Treasure, the disputed development that the family wants to build on a prominent hillside overlooking Old Town.

...The Treasure blueprints contemplate about 200 hotel rooms and 100 condominiums spread between 12 buildings on the slopes of Park City Mountain Resort on the western edge of Old Town, close to the Town Lift. Some

... commercial square footage and work force housing are in the plans as well, as is a package of skiing upgrades close to the project's site...

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The Treasure buildings, shown in a computer-generated image, would be highly visible from numerous vantages in Old Town, including the high-profile Main Street-Heber Avenue intersection. Courtesy of the Sweeney family

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Central Metro

Proposed Salt Lake hotel development to be located at the mouth of canyon (urban Salt Lake's Big Cottonwood) pictured in foreground
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Hotel firm eyes Wasatch - Lodging » Developer says he plans to build 'first-class' facilities.

http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_11081418

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Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune

...Wasatch Gates LLC, owned by Salt Lake businessman and philanthropist Kevin Gates, is talking to The Summit Group of Sioux Falls, S.D., about two buildings on part of the property at 7350 S. Wasatch Blvd, said Greg Platt, a Cottonwood Heights planner.

The hotels would sit on the east side of the property. Preliminary plans call for 25 homes to be constructed on the west side

"We are doing the first architectural review for that development. Right now the plan is to put in two hotels, one on the north end [of the east side], one on the south end, about 150 rooms each," Platt said.

It isn't certain, however, the owner and developer will strike a deal. The Summit Group has asked the city for permission to construct buildings with three stories, which Platt said would be permitted if an architectural review decides a third floor would be compatible with the mostly residential neighborhood.

"For this project to be viable, they have to have the third floor, they say. If not, they will probably pull out of the deal," Platt said...


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LDS Draper Temple nears completion.

You can now make reservations online for the Draper Utah LDS Temple Open House from January 19-March 14. The temple is also set for dedication on March 20th.


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Central Metro - Sandy

UTPlanner brings up a good point. Those hotels will be used for other use as well other then for the Rio Tinto Stadium. Hotels here seem to do really well.

Speaking of Hotels, I forgot to post this the other day. Here is a photo I took of the new Hyatt Hotel in Sandy. It just opened last week I think.
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For those interested in ongoing discussions related to pictured projects on this page please go to - http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40


Salt Lake City's Beautiful MetroScape, Christmas Snow, Mt. Timpanogos
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Christmas Snows, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Fantasy Ridge
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A picture from the www.CityCreekliving.com site

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:banana: It's official - Local group buys Tribune building - 39/42 LLC also buys other properties in downtown area

http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705269894,00.html

The former Salt Lake Tribune building and an adjacent retail space last occupied by the Art of Baking have been purchased by a local real estate partnership of Vasilios Priskos and Mike Ferro called 39/42 LLC.

"We want to redevelop the building. That's our intent right now," Priskos said Thursday. "We're looking at all options — from office use to different types of residential use and, of course, retail on the main level..."

In addition to acquiring the Tribune building as part of the deal, 39/42 acquired a building at 262 S. Main, adjacent to a building that the partnership already owned at 260 S. Main. Priskos and Ferro also acquired the property under the Walker Center parking terrace. They purchased the Wallace Bennett building on 100 South, the building that houses the Caffe Molise and the Oxford Shop Shoe Store, adjacent to the Arrow Press building that Priskos and Ferro own.

*The Salt Lake Chamber's Downtown Alliance last spring had identified Arrow Press Square as a potential site for a large hotel to serve visitors to the Salt Palace Convention Center. "We think that's a great idea and a great possibility, and we would be willing participants in a development like that," Priskos said...

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Odd Fellows Hall's move in downtown Salt Lake put on hold

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705271294,00.html

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Tom Smart, Deseret News

Odd Fellows Hall is staying home for the holidays.

The historic building's already delayed move across Market Street is on hold — likely until early next year — until the relocation route is properly prepared to handle the 5 million-pound load...

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Odd Fellows Hall is 11 feet off the ground as it awaits an evaluation of its travel route and the load path for its move across Market Street. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)

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Update Dec. 19th, 2008


Tower 1.
Six floors and counting...
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Tower 1 is just about as tall as the building to the East of it.
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Buildings 6 and 7.
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So, I was looking at the renderings for the new Courthouse on www.tphifer.com and I came across the rendering that has changed my view of the Courthouse.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/misterfirelight/courthouse.jpg

This rendering doesn't make the building look too bad. Although the historic Shubrick is gone, the Courthouse is still a pretty good looking building. And even though it's not too tall, it adds a little bit more to the city.

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Downtown Night shots of 222 So. Main

Ok here's some of the photos I took last night of 222. Sorry for the bad color quality, I don't have a very expensive camera:yes:

All pics taken by ME :haha:


Luv dat moon shot. It seems so hopeful to me for some reason.
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Get yours while it's hot! :haha:
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...Contd.

Yeah it's back there somewhere...:shrug:
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I think I'm the first Forumer to get this reflection :D Ya for me :P:haha:
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...Contd.

the solid blue means the weather was calm and warm when I was there
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Yeah, there's still leaves on those trees...
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...Contd.

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A great bit of infill :D
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...Contd.

with Utah One Center(Chase Tower?:shrug:)
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And to think... This wasn't there last year.
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It fills in Gallivan nicely, don't you think?:yes:
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...Contd.

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Sweet moon
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Liking the cladding
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...Contd.

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I wonder... Is this t-Mac or Comrade?
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A nice little addition to our skyline :D
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Well there you go. I hope you like 'em.


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Loved em TANGELD, Amazing you did so well with that little camera of yours, especially at night!!

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Update, Downtown - Dec. 20th, 2008 - Hyatt at the Gateway


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Downtown - Bridges at Citifront

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...Contd.

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moved forward...

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:tup: The Forest Service considers closing Salt Lake City's Mill Creek Canyon to routine car travel and giving way to bike lanes and shuttles.


By Brandon Loomis
The Salt Lake Tribune

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Kimberly Baker of Salt Lake, crosses the road in Millcreek Canyon on skis Tuesday, December 16, 2008. The forest service has a grant to study alternative transportation in the canyon, perhaps creating a bike lane . Paul Fraughton / Salt Lake Tribune

Mill Creek Canyon » It's the nature of a canyon to funnel the flow into the lowest slot, and up to 1,400 motorists and 400 cyclists a day can tell you that this one is narrow.
Like, no-shoulders narrow. Share-the-road-or-else narrow. Double-parked narrow -- even in winter, when Salt Lakers pack up their Nordic skis and dogs for the metro area's closest forest jaunt.
All this -- plus Boy Scout camps, two restaurants and 120 picnic sites on an 8.5-mile road that starts within view of downtown Salt Lake City -- has the U.S. Forest Service searching for a better way in Mill Creek Canyon. It might wrest drivers from their bucket seats and into shuttle vans, or thread bike lanes through the cut banks and woodlands. The agency last month picked up a $220,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration's public lands program for a study that many hope leads to a shuttle, whether mandatory or optional.

Sounds great to regular Mill Creek skier Karen Kinnison, so long as Abby can hitch a ride, too. The orange-and-white shorthair "mutt" got her routine 10-mile workout Friday on the groomed snow beyond the dead-end road's winter gate, just as hundreds of dogs are welcomed on odd-numbered dates.

A shuttle could clear the air of exhaust and add to the canyon's tranquility, Kinnison said. Plus, it could take the white-knuckles stress out of a trip up to the woods whenever there's a snowstorm (as there would be, big time, just after she returned to the Salt Lake Valley on Friday morning).

"If they let dogs on the shuttle, I'm fine with that," the Holladay resident said.

Actually, the Forest Service thought of that, and planners are open to further suggestions during the year or so it will take for a consultant to complete the study. Salt Lake Ranger District Recreation Manager Carol Majeske said if there ever is a shuttle, perhaps it could haul a kennel trailer. Perhaps, too, there could be mountain-bike racks to get rock hoppers to all of those trail heads that connect to the web of Wasatch Mountain tracks.

But would the Forest Service really close the road to traffic?

"Who knows?" Majeske said. "It's premature to say that. I don't want to put people up in arms."

Those who sought out the canyon Friday weren't alarmed, though, when they learned of the idea. In fact, only one Mill Creek regular quizzed by The Salt Lake Tribune said he would sometimes go elsewhere if forced from his car here.

The others loved the prospect.

"They should close all the canyons to cars," Salt Lake City resident Michael Friedrichs said while scraping wax across his skis in preparation for some sticky snow at the road's end.

His skiing partner, Anne Yeagle, agreed. The land is public and the Forest Service and Salt Lake County charge a fee for entry to help pay for recreational improvements.

"If [the land] is for recreation," she said, "then that's what it should be used for."

Even on a weekday morning like Friday's -- gray and windy, slush slumping on evergreens -- the gate area is an assembly line of Nordic fun. More than two dozen cars lined the roadside, some of their owners kneeling to click square-tipped shoes into bindings while others cinched toddlers into backpack seats. A pack of retriever mixes whirled in breathless waiting for the trek.

It's unclear who might run an eventual shuttle -- the Forest Service, the Utah Transit Authority, maybe a private contractor. These questions, plus that of whether there's even room for environmentally sensitive bike lanes near the stream, are for the study to answer.

If a shuttle is the solution, it would be one that's increasingly popular in national parks -- such as Zion -- but still rare in multiuse forests. Only those around Tucson, Ariz., and Aspen, Colo., have tried them, Majeske said, although the shuttles in those spots are popular.

But what of Log Haven, a high-end restaurant on a private parcel up Mill Creek? Manager Ian Campbell worries about closing the road to his customers, though maybe they could get an exemption.

There's no question that bikes whizzing downhill among cars is an issue, Campbell conceded. He mountain-bikes on the trails, but avoids the road.

"There are no shoulders," he said. " 'Conflict' isn't the word. It's a problem. They're halfway in our lane."

South Jordan snowshoer Greg Pearson was the one who said a shuttle ride might deter his trips here -- sometimes, anyway. Days like Friday, though, when son Mark was visiting from Houston, there's no substitute for his favorite trail.

Although skeptical of a mandatory shuttle, Pearson said he would be happy to see his fees go to bike lanes to improve safety.

Two canyons over, at Alta's Albion Basin, a town experiment has proven that a voluntary shuttle can get thousands of nature lovers out of their cars. The weekends-only vans ferried 13,000 people to the wildflower slopes there last summer, according to Town Clerk Kate Black. That number nearly matches the 13,400 vehicles that passed all summer, even with weeklong car access.

bloomis@sltrib.com

Mill Creek Canyon
Mill Creek numbers:

450,000 visitors a year.

50,000 bicycle entries.

Parking shortage of 250 slots at peak times.

$2.25 car entry fee ($3 starting Jan. 1).

$22 annual pass ($40 starting Jan. 1).

The study:

$220,000 from the Federal Transit Authority to seek alternative-travel options.

$500,000 total cost.

Possibilities include mandatory shuttle, voluntary shuttle and bike lanes.

Decision possible in 2010.

Companion study:

$204,000 FTA grant to plan alternative transportation in Alta's Albion Basin.

$300,000 total cost.

Town experimental shuttle already serves summer visitors.

Forest Service could take over, or find other options to protect the area.


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