SALT LAKE CITY | Development Thread

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finished USTAR building

Originally Posted by Orlando

Pics by Orlando

[SLC Projects]

Hunstman Cancer Institute addition

Originally Posted by Orlando

This is a very classy, high end building. Very refined and elegant design.

Pics by Orlando

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new Ambulatory Care Complex

Originally Posted by Orlando

Pics by Orlando

[SLC Projects]

A very good photo update today of Surgarhouse from jmonkey

Originally Posted by jmonkey

Sugarhouse Update, January 6, 2013. A very cold, smoggy and disgusting day to take pictures. But I got a new little camera for Christmas, and I am excited to play with it and see what it can do; it is much, much better than the old I have been using. Development in Sugarhouse continues to plow along; the Granite Furniture block is almost ready for business, and the Sugarhole is finally well underway! Streetcar tracks await finishing touches. Once things thaw in the spring, we will see another big burst of building in this neighborhood!

Street scenes:







The Sugarhole. The North end of the hole has some substantial foundation work already done, but it seems like they may still be excavating in the center of the pit.





The Granite Furniture Block. Exterior work is wrapping up it seems, and barricades are coming down. The Granite Furniture sign has been redone. Interior work is well underway on the northwest corner, and The Habit Burger Grill on the southwest corner is almost ready to open. The restaurant is furnished, and was full of new employees, training and putting on the finishing touches. The interior spaces between the two still have a lot of work. Many of the entrances along McClelland Street still walk directly into sub-flooring. This building has been a very complicated renovation. I am a little surprised they didn't just tear it down and start over, but the final result is looking really good!



















The old Granite Furniture parking lot has now been blocked off and left unplowed. This is the site of the Cowboy Partners project, soon to be underway!



That's all for this update. It was just too cold to continue to other spots to take more pictures, and I didn't really want to inhale any more smog either! Hopefully the next set of pics I take will have brilliant blue sky and clean air!

Photos by jmonkey

[delts145]

City Update - Sugarhouse

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

New Rendering of the Liberty Gateway on McClelland.

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[delts145]

City Update - Sugar House

Originally Posted by Orlando

Here is a new multi-family development in Sugarhouse that I took some photos of. It is just directly east of the Irving Junior High apartments.

Pic By Orlando


...Before, Re-furbished Granite Furniture sign

Pic By Jmonkey

Pic By Jmonkey

...After, Re-furbished Granite Furniture sign
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Pic By H4vok


Pic By JMonkey


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[delts145]

Central Metro Updates

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City of Sandy

Originally Posted by Orlando

New apartment complex in Sandy to be built next to light rail station.

http://slenterprise.com/view/full_st...test_news_page

West Valley City

Upscale apartments approved for parcel in 5600 West corridor

Preliminary site plan for Sage Gate at Haynes Landing. Courtesy image

Development » Builder aims to attract “lifestyle renter.”

By Pamela Manson |The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55...units.html.csp

West Valley City • Developers have been given the green light to build nearly 300 high-end apartments and townhouses on a swath of land between a Winco grocery store and the future Mountain View Corridor.

Plans for Sage Gate at Haynes Landing call for units with one to four bedrooms; 9-foot ceilings; granite countertops; garages tucked under buildings so tenants would have direct access to them; a pool; a clubhouse and fitness center; and almost 7 acres of green space.

Monthly rents at the project — 278 units on 13.9 acres at about 5620 West and 2500 South — are expected to range from $1,000 to $1,500. The units are designed for "lifestyle renters," who want the flexibility of renting and a higher-quality property, according to the developers.

The West Valley City Council cast two votes on Dec. 4 that made the development possible. The first, at 5-2, approved a change in the city’s general plan that increased the maximum density allowed on the property from 12 units an acre to 20 units an acre. The second vote, which was unanimous, approved a development agreement for the property with Colony Partners LLC, a Salt Lake City company...



City of Bluffdale

Committee votes to pursue plans for Utah prison relocation


The Utah State Prison may be relocated in Salt Lake County Wednesday, June 13, 2012. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

By Dennis Romboy, Deseret News
Published: Monday, Dec. 17, 2012

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...elocation.html

SALT LAKE CITY — A committee studying the possibility of relocating the Utah State Prison endorsed moving ahead Monday, citing the prospect of a huge economic return for the state in redeveloping the property.

Income from selling the property, building a commercial development in the state's emerging high-tech corridor and reducing prison labor costs would offset construction costs for a state-of-the-art prison, according to the Prison Relocation Authority Committee...

.."We have been sufficiently convinced it's worth doing if certain benchmarks are met," said Senate Majority Leader Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City, who is designated as the committee spokesman...

...Former state Senate president and real estate broker Al Mansell has been a proponent of moving the prison and along with his business partner urged the committee to move forward earlier this year.

Mansell said the value isn't in selling the land but in attracting national and international companies to bring thousands of new, high-paying jobs, which he said previous studies overlooked.

"Run that into the tax numbers and tell me what the ground's worth. It won't be in the millions, by the way," he said, adding the value would be in the billions of dollars.

Mansell said the state would be "nuts" to simply sell off the property.

"I would be the most upset person in the state. I do not want to see the state hand that off to a developer and see them get all the benefits out of that. The state needs to be involved in the next 20 to 30 years," he said...

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[delts145]

Forbes - The New Places Where America's Tech Future Is Taking Shape - Salt Lake City, #7

Joel Kotkin, Contributor

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotk...-taking-shape/

...From 2001 to 2012, STEM employment actually was essentially flat in the San Francisco and Boston regions and declined 12.6% in San Jose. The country’s three largest mega regions — Chicago, New York and Los Angeles — all lost tech jobs over the past decade. In contrast, double-digit rate expansions of tech employment have occurred in lower-density metro areas such as Austin, Texas; Raleigh, N.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Houston and Salt Lake City...


Forbes ranks Salt Lake City as 10th happiest place to work

“There are not many places where you can put in a 40-hour workweek and a 12-hour ski weekend. We have beautiful parks, open spaces, the Wasatch Mountains, and this puts us in the lead for the best place to work and live.”

By Mary Mellor

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...e-to-work.html

...Using data assembled by CareerBliss.com, Forbes' rankings were based on survey responses from 36,000 employees across the country. Respondents were asked to rate their workplace happiness on a variety of factors, including environment, relationships with bosses and co-workers, compensation, growth opportunities, job resources, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks and control over the work done on a daily basis...


Kiplinger: Provo, (Southern Metro area) ranked No. 2 for home value recovery - Salt Lake City, (Central Metro area) ranked No. 8

Genelle Pugmire - Daily Herald

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loca...45476c5ff.html

PROVO -- A strengthening local economy and fewer homes on the market have made Provo and the surrounding area No. 2 in the nation for increased home prices, according to the Kiplinger Report. Provo's values have risen 21.8 percent in the past year. Salt Lake City ranks eighth out of Kiplinger's top 12 cities.

"It's exciting," Taylor Oldroyd, CEO of the Utah County Association of Realtors, said. "It shows a larger picture and that real estate is doing well. Utah probably is leading in a couple of areas. There's not much inventory so the price goes up."

Oldroyd added that Utah County's November real estate report shows fewer than 2,100 existing homes on the market. He also noted that homes were selling in an average of 50 days as compared to 90 days the year before. He expects to see more homes come on the market as residents gain more confidence...

The top 12 cities where home prices have risen most.

1. Phoenix, Ariz.

2. Provo Area

3. Cape Coral-Ft. Meyers, Fla.

4. Minneapolis, Minn.

5. Akron, Ohio

6. Youngstown, Ohio

7. Seattle, Wash.

8. Salt Lake City

9. Boise, Idaho

10. San Jose, Calif.

11. Washington, D.C.

12. Tucson, Ariz.

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[delts145]

Update - Northern Metro

Downtown Ogden - LDS Temple Project @... http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/ogden/construction/



Ogden LDS Temple


Ogden LDS Temple


Photograph taken December 18, courtesy of the webcam

Following Photographs taken December 2012, courtesy of Lane Montgomery














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[delts145]

Update - Southern Metro

Provo City Center LDS Temple @...http://<br /> http://www.ldschurcht.../construction/



Photograph taken December 24, 2012, courtesy of Julie C. Markham


Photograph taken January 2, 2013, courtesy of Julie C. Markham


Photograph taken January 7, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 7, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 7, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 8, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 9, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 9, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 9, 2013, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 9, 2013, courtesy of David Bennion


Photograph taken January 10, 2013, courtesy of Jerry Bishop


Photograph taken January 10, 2013, courtesy of Jerry Bishop


Photograph taken January 10, 2013, courtesy of Jerry Bishop


Photograph taken January 10, 2013, courtesy of Mark Troxel

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[delts145]

Update - Southern Metro

Payson LDS Temple @...http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/payson/construction/




Photograph taken December 6, 2012, courtesy of Don Helvey


Photograph taken December 11, 2012, courtesy of Alan Jensen


Photograph taken December 11, 2012, courtesy of Alan Jensen


Photograph taken December 11, 2012, courtesy of Alan Jensen


Photograph taken December 11, 2012, courtesy of Alan Jensen


Photograph taken December 14, 2012, courtesy of Bruce Fallon


Photograph taken December 14, 2012, courtesy of Bruce Fallon


Photograph taken December 20, 2012, courtesy of Natalie Eldredge


Photograph taken January 16, 2013, courtesy of Alan Jensen


Photograph taken January 16, 2013, courtesy of Alan Jensen

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[delts145]

Updates, Southern Metro - Provo - Nu Skin Project


http://www.nuskin.com

Originally Posted by Orlando

Pics By Orlando

Misc. Updates, Southern Metro

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Provo-Orem is fastest-growing in nation, report says
By Randall Jeppesen KSL.com


PROVO — [B]A new report says one of the fastest growing metro areas nationwide is found right here in Utah.

The software company Pitney Bowes studied 384 metro markets, and then named the Provo-Orem areas as the fastest growing in the country.

The company's Metro Magnets Index shows over the next five years, Provo and Orem will grow by 7.4 percent, adding around 11,000 households. They say that will outpace the other fast-growing areas such as Austin and Fort Hood, Texas.

more...
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=231...s_cid=queue-12


Top Major* Metro Areas for Projected Percentage Growth

*More than 100,000 households

Provo-Orem, UT 7.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 7.4%
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 7.2%
Raleigh-Cary, NC 7.2%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 7.1%
Ocala, FL 6.9%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 6.7%
Jacksonville, FL 6.6%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 6.6%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 6.6%

I think that's awesome for Provo and Orem. Out of those 11,000 new households I want to see alot of those added downtown.

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[delts145]

Photo Bump


Salt Lake City MetroScape

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scottstwistedtravels.blogspot.com


http://www.100besteverything.com/bes...203223937.html

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[delts145]

City Creek Center In Salt Lake City Wins "Best Retail Development of the Americas"
In Prestigious International Property Award


2013 /PRNewswire/ -- City Creek Center has been named "Best Retail Development, USA" in the prestigious
International Property Awards for 2012, in association with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and Yamaha.
City Creek Center, owned and managed by Michigan-based Taubman and co-developed with City Creek Reserve, Inc.
won for the Americas region, which includes the U.S. and Canada, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

The center also placed in the top three for the global, or "World's Best Retail Development" category. More than
2,000 entries from 89 countries competed in the categories of retail, residential, office and mixed-use properties,
among others...read more...http://www.ibtimes.com/press-release...evelopment-usa


Pic By John Martin


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www.greenroofs.com


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Richards Street Plaza @ City Creek

www.sur-realphotography.com

Regent Street @ City Creek

Pic By John Martin
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[delts145]

Downtown @ City Creek Continued...

Historic Main St., Dividing The Eastern & Western Sectors of City Creek
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Pic By T-Mac

Restored Crandall Building @ City Creek

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Interior Retail At The Crandall, The Chalk Garden Co-op
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IMG_0088 by M.S.Budge, on Flickr[/IMG]

City Creek's New Regent Tower & The Cheesecake Factory @ Regent St. and 1st. So.

Pic By T-Mac

Sunset view of South Temple,at the Northwestern perimeter of City Creek. South Temple has
been deemed one of 'America's 10 Great Streets' by the American Planning Assoc., and makes for an elegant
streetscape for The City Creek Center.

Pic By T-Mac

West Temple, Western perimeter of City Creek

Pic By John Martin


Pic By John Martin

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[delts145]

Downtown, The City Creek Center Continued...

At the Eastern perimeter of City Creek sits a diversity of old
and new design...Photo's, Courtesy of the Utah Heritage Foundation.

- Instore magazine deemed O.C. Tanner in downtown Salt Lake City as North America’s “coolest” jewelry store.

The magazine, a trade publication based in New York City, picked the restored Tanner location on State Street over 109
other stores that entered to vie for the recognition.


Courtesy of The Utah Heritage Foundation | O.C. Tanner The restoration of the old Salt Lake
City library cost $25 million. The building serves as headquarters for retail jeweler O.C. Tanner Co.

Like the many bejeweled Faberge Eggs, which it houses, every square inch of this edifice is a masterpiece.
First serving as the city library, then as a planetarium, O.C. Tanner's newly christened retail flagship was greeted with
no small amount of appreciation from the community, at the finish of it's magnificient restoration.




























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[delts145]

Update, Northern Metro - Station Park - TOD Project

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

Now mix in some residential and I'll love it.

Originally Posted by millhouse

Its coming... its apart of the master plan. Along with alot of office space. There are about
400 apartments coming online soon right across the street. The apartment developer is looking at developing large
scale townhome communities to the north of the apartments also.

The Standard Examinar

Summer Shots

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

Speaking of which, here is some new building going up just west of
the theater:


These bus-stop looking shelters make me wonder if they'll eventually
have some kind of shuttle from the pedestrian mall area to the
FrontRunner station:


Gas lamps:


The restaurants have outdoor seating, I really liked the biparting
doors which, when opened as they are here, open the inside of
the restaurant to the outside:


Couches for outdoor seating:


I rode the train, so I can report a little on the proximity of the station
itself to the theater area. The distance felt about the same as
walking down two Salt Lake City blocks. It was inconvenient only
because the area in-between is the part that is currently still
under construction. Once it's all filled in, getting off the train, walking
down the plaza and back won't be any worse than walking from one end
of Gateway to the other and back.

Pics By Arkhitektor


September Pics

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

H&M coming to Farmington as retail center continues to grow
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...ow.html?pg=all

Latest Pics, January 2013

Originally Posted by gusam26

Pics By Gusam26

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[delts145]

Update, Southern Metro

Originally Posted by poodledoodledude

In case you havent seen the awesome photo of the tabernacle on STILTS going around on facebook, i suggest you hunt for it. its on the new provo development page for those that want to take a look. they are digging 38 feet to make a basement underneath the building and then putting the tabernacle on top of it. its pretty cool looking, and another construction MARVEL of what humans can do to renovate and re-BUILD a building. The inner part of the SHELL of the building is all ready to go. its a SOLID behemoth!

.....cant wait to see how the landscaping is going to turn out, and how its going to coordinate with nuskin's development.
Should be interesting!

poodledoodledude

Provo City Center LDS Temple @...
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/prov.../construction/



Photograph taken January 16, 2012, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 16, 2012, courtesy of Julie C Markham


Photograph taken January 16, 2012, courtesy of Matthew Taylor

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[SL,UT]

I Live by Hillcrest High School. It was built in 1962. I kind of like the architecture. Looks like they adding to it.

[delts145]

Update, Southern Metro - NuSkin Expansion Project


http://www.nuskin.com

Originally Posted by Orlando

Pics By Orlando

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