SALT LAKE CITY | Development Thread

[delts145]

Originally Posted by joy4

I've been meaning to go shoot, but I'm kind of banned until I get my thesis done. So I took quick a shot at some night photos. I only had time for a couple of setups plus some bonus skyline shots, so enjoy... hopefully! (I really need a view camera or a pc lens, I lose way to much width correcting the perspective in photoshop.)

Pics By Joy4

Originally Posted by SLCdude

I really like the three-point perspective of this one. Beautiful! Are you using a special lens that distorts the image?

Joy4

Originally Posted by joy4

Well its actually a two point perspective, because the vertical lines are parallel to each other with a vanishing point to the rear right and far left. I actually do it with the lens correction tool in Photoshop. I use it to correct for both the spherical distortion inherent in wide angle shots, and for the vertical vanishing point that I could only correct in camera with a view camera or a pc lens.

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Update, New H & M

Originally Posted by Cornhusker

Where is the H&M going to be located?

Originally Posted by UTvision

H&M is on Main directly south of Gateway Tower West, it will be two stories, only accessible from Main Street. Its the one with the workers and the blue stuff. Its over 25,000 sq ft.

Image from John Martin

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[delts145]

Downtown Night Shots

Originally Posted by John Martin

escalators..


Regent


The lobby really is quite small.

Pics By John Martin

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[Reeder113]

I'm surprised that people don't like the skybridge. I think it looks great!

[delts145]

You and me both Reeder113. Many also either like the bridge, or are neutral. For some, the dislike stems from what they think will be a drain on Main Street traffic. I tend to think that necessary steps have been taken to more than assure both a vibrant Main Street, and a convenient connectivity between what will be two bustling blocks. I love the curvature design and ample glass of the bridge.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by UTvision

Here you can find a few pictures of the interior of The Regent.
http://cityhomecollective.com/blog/regent-condominiums/


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ity-Creek.html


Image from City Home Collective

The Regent

Pic By John Martin

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Updates - Southern Metro

Adobe Campus - Lehi

Image by Urban Vision @ Utah Urban Forum

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Adobe Campus, These are not the best photos since they were taken while driving on the freeway.









NSA's Super Data Center - Lehi

Deseret News


Deseret News






Pics By SLCProjects

New Mountain View Corridor roadway in Lehi opens Saturday

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...-Saturday.html



Shara Park
Deseret News

LEHI - A new major east-west corridor is about to open for commuters in northwest Utah County.

The first phase of the Mountain View Corridor will open on Saturday. The three-mile stretch of road is a connection between I-15 and Redwood Road at 2100 North in Lehi. This project features two new bridges, a bike path and a walking trail along the Jordan River.

"It's a great benefit to the community right here in this area, as well as the communities outside of Lehi — Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, anyone who needs to access I-15 and make an east-west movement in Utah County — this facility is really going to help," said Teri Newell, project coordinator for UDOT...


The first 3-mile section of the Mountain View Corridor in Utah County is scheduled to open on Sept. 24, 2011. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)

Provo Westside Connector road project moving ahead

By Jason Lee, Deseret News

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ing-ahead.html

PROVO — The federal government has given the go-ahead for construction of a new thoroughfare that would give Utah County drivers improved access to the west side of I-15.

The Obama administration has put the proposed Provo Westside Connector on a fast-track for federal approval.

Construction of the new roadway from the I-15 University Avenue interchange to Provo Airport could start in about a year. The Provo Westside Connector is one of 14 projects nationwide that the government deemed would help boost the economy in targeted areas...



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Southern Metro Updates Continued...

Historic, Fire Ravaged Provo Tabernacle will become a Temple; speed up downtown development


The Provo Tabernacle in Provo on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The city will be offering facade
renovation grants to revitalize downtown Provo. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...velopment.html

By Steve Fidel
The Deseret News

PROVO — News that the burned-out shell of the LDS Church's Provo Tabernacle will be rebuilt as a temple fits ideally
with years of ongoing downtown redevelopment and has the wheels turning even faster at City Hall.

"This complements decades of work and preserves the building, which is the most important thing to Provo residents,"
Mayor John Curtis said Monday.

The work the temple complements is the revitalization of the downtown area, where highrise offices, newer city facilities
and a not-yet-finished convention center are still the backdrop to Center Street facades that are tired looking and in
disrepair.

The city is offering facade renovation grants to downtown businesses, waiving building fees and working to condemn
and demolish one shuttered Center Street storefront...




Utah Valley Convention Center - Provo

Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

Check out this angle:


flickr, Copyright All rights reserved by Utah Valley

If that doesn't make downtown Provo feel like it's changing then nothing will.

Additional Provo Updates & Pics by Wasatch One.

Originally Posted by Wasatch_One

So I went downtown to snap some development pictures with my digital SLR and
quickly realized that my memory card wasn't there... soooo, I just made the best out of the situation and used my cell
phone and took some pictures. I apologize for the lower quality, but it will give you a decent idea of what is going
on downtown:

Looking north from Center St. at the new Convention Center


Looking NW from about 100 W and 100 S (the NuSkin parking structure) at the NuSkin expansion and the Convention
Center


Looking NE from 100 S at the burnt out shell of the Provo Tabernacle with structural reinforcements on the outside walls.


Close up of the NuSkin expansion






My finger in the upper left


The TravelLodge Motel that will be torn down and redeveloped with the new Provo Tabernacle/Temple conversion.




The new Joaquin Village student housing project (2 blocks south of BYU)




View of Joaquin Village project from BYU




View of downtown from BYU

2 Utah tech firms adding jobs, investing more than $1B

Intel/Micron Flash to pour $1.5B into Lehi plant; it and EMC Corp. also to add 700
jobs.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/5...-utah.html.csp

By Tom Harvey
The Salt Lake Tribune

...IM Flash Technologies said it would pour $1.5 billion into its flash memory chip plant in Lehi and add 200 jobs that
will help ensure its presence in Utah for years to come as it faces fierce international competition.

At the same news conference in Lehi, Massachusetts-based EMC Corp. said it will be hiring about 500 tech-savvy
employees for a customer-service operation in Utah to service clients worldwide of its computing hardware and software
used to create and manage large banks of computers called clouds...


Lehi megaplex getting upgrade, expansion

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51...group.html.csp

Between now and fall, Thanksgiving Point’s movie theater will go from being the smallest to one of the largest
— and most modern — of the Larry H. Miller Group’s theaters.

The Miller group is quadrupling the size of the Megaplex 8 Theatre in Lehi, adding nine screens and a food court.
The expansion will put it on par with Jordan Commons theater...


(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work is underway at the Larry H. Miller theater
at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi in order to expand it to 17 screens, and adding all the features you usually find at an
LHM megaplex.


Long-awaited canal covering creates a 17 mile paved bike, hike, equestrian riding
trail

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ike-trail.html

By Sharon Haddock - Deseret News

LINDON — When the ribbon's cut and people start legitimately biking, walking and riding their horses on the trail over
the Provo Reservoir/Murdock Canal, no one will have a bigger grin on his face than Utah County Commissioner Larry
Ellertson.

Lindon resident, horseman and former mayor of the north Utah County town, he's waited patiently and worked tirelessly
for the trail since before 1995...

...Price expects the 15-foot wide, 17-mile long asphalt trail linking Lindon and Orem through to the Thanksgiving Point/
Cabela's area will be finished as early as the fall of 2012 — three years sooner than first projected.

The $17.25 million, multi-use trail will be open to bikers, walkers and equestrian riders from 800 North in Orem through
Lindon, Pleasant Grove, Cedar Hills, American Fork, Highland and Lehi, with six landscaped trailheads along the way...


The pipeline is covered and the box for the multi-use trail is readied to go under 100 East in
American Fork. (Jim Price, Mountainlands Association of Governments)

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[delts145]

Downtown Update, Federal Courthouse

The Salt Lake Tribune


West Temple Perspective

Originally Posted by John Martin

Pics By John Martin

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[delts145]

Downtown Nordstrom Facade Lighting

Originally Posted by gusam26

Pic By Gusam26

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Downtown Update - Capitol Theatre renovation, Center for Dance get boost

(Tribune file photo) The Capitol Theatre in Downtown Salt Lake City.

By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politic...dance.html.csp

Ballet West officials had reason to dance Tuesday.

First, the Salt Lake County Council came through as expected, approving the allocation of $918,000 in Zoo, Arts and Parks (ZAP) tax funds to the troupe for its 2012 budget.

More important for the ballet’s long-term sustainability, council members all but approved a memorandum of understanding that assures the county would work hand in hand with the nonprofit group to renovate downtown Salt Lake City’s Capitol Theatre and to build a facility next to it that would house a "Center for Dance."...


Deseret News

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Southern Metro Update - Life Science Center

Originally Posted by soulcapn

http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/20...nces-building/

BYU announces construction of new Life Sciences Building

University Communications — The Brigham Young University Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a new
Life Sciences Building, to be built on the south end of campus.

The Life Sciences Building will include 265,000 square feet of teaching and research space for the College of Life Sciences
and will be constructed on the hillside directly south of the John A. Widtsoe Building.

“The new Life Sciences Building will serve as a gateway for the south end of the BYU campus,” said Brian Evans,
Chief Financial Officer and Administrative Vice President at BYU. “It will be a welcoming and inviting building and will
include a center corridor that will lead students directly up the hill to campus.”

The Life Sciences Building will have a total of five levels, including a three-level, 250-stall parking structure that will
be integrated into the building. The building will be built at the current location of the Benjamin Cluff Building, which
will be razed prior to construction.

Construction will begin immediately and will be ongoing for approximately three years. The structure is estimated to
be completed and occupied toward the end of 2014.

When finished, the building will include 16 teaching labs, three auditoriums, four conference rooms and more than 70
academic offices. All faculty and labs currently located in the Cluff and Widtsoe buildings will be housed in the new
facility.

Following the completion of the new Life Sciences Building, the Widtsoe building will also be razed.

Okland Construction has been selected as the general contractor for the project.




Looking Northeast


Looking Southeast


Approximate location on campus

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Downtown/Central Update - Emigration Court

Originally Posted by farmerboy

It looks like the Eastside Apartments or "Emigration Court Phase III" is a go also. They were excavating the property yesterday and this sign was posted out front! Very excited about this development, it will greatly enhance the area which was previously feeling pretty run-down.

I apologize for the photo quality.

Originally Posted by farmerboy

Mid-Block on the West side of 600 East between 300 & 400 South. There are two empty lots, the one on the North side of the block on 300 South has been under construction since Spring, and they just started excavating the project on the East side of the block.



Phase 2 on North End.


Phase 3 on East End.

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Northern Metro Updates

Hundreds of new apartments being built in Davis County due to high demand

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...gh-demand.html

LAYTON — The real estate market may be in a slump, but parts of
Davis County are experiencing record numbers when it comes to new
home construction, with the demand for new rental homes
continually increasing.

Developers admit there is still some risk involved in the real estate
market, especially with slow job growth. However, hundreds of
new apartments are being built around the county.

In Farmington, more than 300 apartments are under construction and
about 600 are being built in Layton. The demand in both cities is at
record levels.


Demand for new rental homes are at record
levels in Davis County, especially in Layton and Farmington. Hundreds
of apartments are currently under construction, in Farmington,
Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. (Mike Anderson, Deseret News)

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

A new tower crane is going up over the remains of the Ogden Temple:

Ogden Temple Redesign

ldschurchtemples.com

[IMG]

Pic By Arkhitektor

Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

Ogden river segment reopens with new trail, plants

By Christopher Smart

The Salt Lake Tribune
First published Oct 06 2011 06:32AM
Updated 7 hours ago




More: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52...ntown.html.csp

Originally Posted by s.p.hansen

I went up to see how Ogden's recently cleaned and re-landscaped river is doing.












































Ogden Temple Square

Pics By S.P.Hansen

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A Happy Thanksgiving To All

Wild turkeys forage beneath Metro Salt Lake's mountain beauty

By lee ann @ Flicker.com


Downtown By T-Mac...

Originally Posted by T-Mac

My son and I went for a walk around Temple Square and City Creek
Center taking a few photos together. Here are the one's I took of the City Creek Center. The first shot I got from
talking with the security guard about taking a photo from the sidewalk looking through the open door.



The fountains in Richards Court



Skybridge



Bonus Shot from Temple Square

Pics By T-Mac

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Natural History Museum of Utah: Rio Tinto Center designed with a sense of place


(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) A composite photograph of the new Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday, November 5, 2011.


By Brian Maffly
The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52...igned.html.csp

Like so many other artists over the years, Todd Schliemann had an epiphany while visiting Utah’s deserts. He was touring the state, fishing for ideas to spark his vision for a major museum he had been hired to design...



e-architect, Development by Polshek Partnership


e-architect, Development by Polshek Partnership


e-architect, Development by Polshek Partnership



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Downtown Update - New District Attorney's Office

Originally Posted by Viperlord

The new Salt Lake County District Attorney's office at 616 South State Street. Just south of the Grand America hotel.

The SLC planning division will be having an open house for this project on 11-17-2011 to discuss the site plan, and design.

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Downtown Updates...

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

I was out walking yesterday and noticed a couple new developments just starting on the west side.

One is the new Biomat Building on North Temple between 600 W and 700 W which is going to be built just to the west of the old building. I saw a design drawing of it at a community council meeting a few months back but forgot to take a picture. They have taken out the asphalt and have started prepping for construction.

The other is Rendon Terrace Apartments, which will be a 63 unit senior citizen apartments. They have also started prepping the ground. Below is a picture of the sign at the site--200 N between 500 W and 600 W.

[kpexpress]

Originally Posted by delts145

Downtown Update - New District Attorney's Office

Did LAPD and Caltrans mate? This is their decon baby!

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Downtown - City Creek Updates

Originally Posted by John Martin

This is the part I don't like that I referred to in my 'essay.'

Pics By John Martin

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