Station Park ‘unlike anything else in Utah’
"STATION PARK will feature a 15-screen movie theater, as many as 15 major retailers, and a handful of multi-story office buildings.
Shain Gillet 17.JUL.08 Davis County Clipper
FARMINGTON — Officials in Farmington have finally revealed the planned layout for the $200 million Station Park project. The project is the newest mixed use development to be announced in Davis County. Along with the hefty price tag, the 100-acre shopping, dining, and entertainment facility promises to be one of the next biggest attractions in the area.
“I think people are going to really like what they see,” said Farmington Mayor Scott Harbertson. “It’s going to be a nice addition to the city.”
CenterCal, the California-based company that also owns West Jordan’s Jordan Landing, is the leading developer of the project. Information on major tenants has yet to be announced, although one of the biggest attractions will be the 15-screen theater plus a performance park pavilion and two-acre park.
“The area is under-served in retail and restaurant space,” said Craig Trottier, vice president of CenterCal. “However, this will be unlike any other shopping center in the state.”
Farmington City officials took a field trip down to the park-and-ride lot Tuesday evening in order to get a sneak peek at the model that will represent the facility.
Included in the plans will be a main plaza with restaurants and shops on the main levels of 10 buildings. Office space will fill the levels above. A hotel will be placed somewhere along the outer area of the park.
There will be four other buildings on the north side that will include more office and retail space. So far, Harbertson is liking the planned layout of the facility.
“I love the design,” he said. “I love what’s going to be represented there. It’s going to be a great amenity for Farmington.”
Though there have been a few rumors of which major tenants are going to be there, CenterCal has told Harbertson that they cannot release the names of those companies because it is up to the companies to release the information.
“All the stores are purely speculative,” said Harbertson. “We don’t know who’s going to be here, but we know that this will be a good centerpiece to our city.
“But I can say that because of the plans that we’ve seen, potential buyers will like (the plans) enough to want space here. I can’t say enough about how good this place is going to look.”
Trottier hopes that by placing Station Park at the intersection of I-15, U.S. Highway 89 and the soon-to-be Legacy Parkway, it will attract plenty of consumers to the area. It is also a short walk to the newly developed FrontRunner rail stop.
“We average about 6,000 riders on a typical weekday that go through the Farmington stop,” said Carrie Bohnsack-Ware, spokesperson for Utah Transit Authority at the unveiling event. “The number of potential shoppers that we’ll bring to the area will serve the community of Farmington well.”
There is a double-wide trailer already at the site that will serve as Station Park’s leasing office. A groundbreaking ceremony is set for Aug. 13.
According to the developer, the completion date for the park is set for sometime around spring 2010."
Here is a link to the CenterCal website that contains PDF's of the site plan and where the retailers will be that have already signed on. Still way too much parking lot for a TOD in my opinion. Oh well, maybe they can develop that in the future.
http://centercal.com/stationpark.html