SALT LAKE CITY | Development Thread

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Central Metro Updates

Originally Posted by Bob The Builder

Here is the Coca Cola building in Draper that just completed a huge expansion, all areas with a white roof are additions.

Note: Plot being prepped in upper left hand corner is the site of Ebay's new campus


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Central Metro Updates

Originally Posted by John Martin

Another Hyatt Place is going up. This time it's in Holladay at 6200 S and 3100 E. It will include a ski shop and retail space, and it's being built on a very steep sliver of land (developer claimed it was the most difficult piece of property they'd ever dealt with). It's the second hotel in this ever-expanding business park.



http://www.cottonwoodholladayjournal...s-in-Holladay/

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Central Metro Updates

Originally Posted by Orlando

KGR Fireclay

$80 million apartment community rising in Murray City

The Enterprise

Artist's conception of the new Murray development, which eventually will include 94,000 square feet of office and retail space.
slideshow By Barbara Rattle

The Enterprise

Three buildings in what will become a 25-building apartment complex that eventually will be complemented by 94,000 square feet of mixed-use commercial space are going vertical in Murray as part of an $80 million, 26-acre redevelopment project at 4400 South and 100 West.

Miller Development, Murray, is developing 668 apartments on the site, a mix of market-rate and affordable units financed with the help of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Jay Minnick, CEO of Miller Development, said Lionsgate at Fireclay, the 400-unit market-rate apartments component of the project, broke ground in May and will take 20 months to complete. Lionsgate will consist of 15 four-story buildings and has been funded by HUD. The project’s second phase will consist of the construction of 10 four-story apartment buildings known as Brickgate at Fireclay. Ground for Brickgate is expected to be broken in December and Minnick said Brickgate should take 18 months to complete. Brickgate will contain 268 income-restricted apartment units, and Miller said he has a firm commitment from HUD to fund that aspect of the development as well.

It is expected that the first Lionsgate building, in addition to a clubhouse and offices for Miller affiliate Millwood Companies, which will manage both properties, will be complete by spring. The clubhouse will contain a workout facility, pool and hot tub.

Designed by ASWN Architects, the project is “definitely Miller’s current flagship,” Minnick said. “It’s very urban, very much a streetscape type community. We’re building the entire project and there’s definite demand for it. You have TRAX to the east, the commuter rail to the west. We built a bridge over 4500 South to give access to both Lionsgate and Brickgate. It’s a beautiful urban design. I believe it is an example for Murray City and its RDA, and for the state of Utah, on market rate and affordable projects being built together and working together.”

Strategic Land Development, Centerville, secured and entitled the land for Miller Development. Strategic’s Colin Wright said construction of the mixed-use commercial space within the project is probably about two years away

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Salt Lake City Updates - Sugar House District




Sugar House Park, surrounded by Salt Lake City's spectacular setting

$400M-plus in private investment, hundreds of housing units coming to Sugar House

Passengers unload from a bus on 2100 South near 1100 East in Salt Lake City, Monday, May 14, 2012. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2040...cid=featured-1

By John Daley

SALT LAKE CITY — The Sugar House business district is on the cusp of major changes, thanks to big
development projects either under way or coming soon.

The private investment projected for the next five years is big, too: $400 million.

"There's an enormous amount of development that's about to occur in the heart of the Sugar House business district,"
said D.J. Baxter, executive director of Salt Lake City's redevelopment agency.


For years, a symbol of Sugar House development was an empty lot in the middle of the business district, nicknamed by
some as "the Sugar Hole." It was a proposed project stalled by a variety of factors, including the economic downturn.


By Ravell Call, Deseret News


Now, that's about to change. Baxter said nine major projects are in the works in the area.


A bus and other traffic move through the intersection of 2100 South and 1100 East in Salt Lake City, Monday, May 14, 2012. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)


They will bring about 1,000 new residential units, and nearly 2 million square feet of new residential, retail and office
space.


"Building up is essentially the next frontier for us," said Salt Lake City Councilman Soren Simonsen.


Simonsen, himself an architect, said the new 2-mile Sugar House streetcar line, which had a groundbreaking last week,
is driving the growth, in part.

Sugar House Street Car Line, now under construction





So are a variety of urban amenities from bike trails to restaurants to entertainment. Plus, a major factor is a strong
demand for housing, particularly apartments.


"What we're hearing from the development community is there's a huge demand for housing. But we can't finance condos
and homeowners can't buy condos because of the credit market," Simonsen said. "Right now, there's huge pent up
demand for other housing — apartments — and that's what's relatively easy to finance today."


Development is slated for each of the seven stops along the new streetcar line.


"I think these projects are all very solid and I seem them each moving forward pretty quickly," Baxter said.


The Sugar House streetcar line is expected to be finished by late 2013.


Following, two of the many projects now readying construction in Sugar House

The Sugar Hole





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Originally Posted by delts145

Downtown Updates

More:

Originally Posted by Old&New

State Street housing project to rise from dilapidated hotels
Redevelopment » $34 million project, which should be done in 18 months, tapped federal, state and local funding sources.
The Salt Lake Tribune





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

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Central Metro Updates

Originally Posted by Orlando

$9 million soccer facility finally under way in Draper

An artist's elevation depicts the Soccer City building, which should be ready for players in September.
slideshow By Brice Wallace

The Enterprise

An indoor soccer project that’s been kicked around for a few years is becoming reality, with developers hoping to score in a community steeped with strong interest in the sport.

Construction on the $9 million Soccer City, 757 W. 11400 S., Draper, began in mid-March and the four-field facility is set to open Sept. 1.

“We’re just getting ready to start concrete work on the building,” Soccer City owner Rick Olsen said. “We’re done with excavation. The walls will be standing in about two months, then we’ll put the steel inside. From here on out, it will move rather quickly.”

Olsen Associates & Construction, the contractor/owner, announced the project in late 2009, but a variety of obstacles delayed construction.

“It was several things,” Olsen said. “It took longer than we thought to get some of the zoning and some of the approvals we needed to get. We actually tried to move the location of the building down to a different area on the same site, which was not successful. And we were working with UDOT [Utah Department of Transportation] and having to get a permit for an access road off of 114th South. Every government entity you have to work with, we had to work with and they don’t exactly move at a rapid pace.”

When Soccer City’s doors open, visitors will find two large fields and two fields for Futsal, which is a five-per-side version of the game.

“We’ve got four fields all under one roof. We’ve done something that’s never really been done in Utah and it’s not been done a whole lot even outside of the state, that we’re aware of. People tend to focus on one or the other [types of fields] and don’t have the whole package. We’re going to be able to offer both. There’s only one other one in Utah that houses more than one field and it’s only got two. We really kind of broke the mold when we sat down and decided to do something really first-class.”

The 78,000 square foot building sits on 6.4 acres that previously was a home and farm. In addition to the fields, Soccer City will feature a lounge, room for a pro shop, a concession area and a 1,300 square foot multipurpose room that can be used for birthday parties, classes and other events. Soccer City will have only a few employees, although game referees are subcontractors.

Olsen expects Soccer City to be a hit for players from age six on up. He believes several thousand people will come in. Some will be casual players, but he knows some diehards who play on four different teams and thus play four nights a week.

“For the most part, it’s been hard to make one of these things pencil out at the end, mainly for the price of land. But we’ve owned this land for seven years now and we’re also a builder, so we were able to build it for more of a wholesale price than a retail having someone else come in and build it. It’s kind of one of those things where all the pieces of the puzzle had to fall into place, and they did for us,” Olsen said.

“The need is tremendous. Soccer is big. I don’t know if it will ever be as big as it is overseas or in South or Central America and such, but there’s definitely a huge market out there and it’s just getting bigger. Real Salt Lake helped spur that but it was already here and coming.”

Ultimately, Soccer City could expand to other cities. But until then, Olsen expects Draper to embrace its facility.

“This is a community asset. It fits more in a community setting. It’s there for the community. It will be a place where people will want to come and hang out. At some existing facilities, you kind of show up five minutes before your game, you play and then you hurry to get back out of there. There’s not a lot of roaming room or social aspect to it.”

ASWN is the project architect. Site and floor plans can be viewed at www.soccercityutah.com.

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Updates - Salt Lake City & Resorts

Downtown

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

While this is not news to us forumers it is nice that the Tribune published this article. I think it will help bring more people downtown, and encourage those reading it to explore Main St, next time the visit City Creek Center.


Four new businesses spring up on Salt Lake City’s Main


(Kim Raff | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk by storefront of the Twisted Roots store on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 17, 2012.


Downtown » ‘Renaissance’ spreads farther south.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54...s-rda.html.csp

Updates, Salt Lake City Resorts

Park City - Sundance Film Festival an $80 million impact, report says


Busy Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City on January 28, 2010. (Laura Seitz, File, Deseret News)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...port-says.html

By Jason Lee

SALT LAKE CITY — The big stars and "star gazers" that come to the Sundance Film Festival spend big bucks.
The Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah reported Wednesday that the 2012 Sundance Film Festival generated an overall economic impact of $80 million for the state...


Snowbird - New location for Snowbird mountain coaster gets preliminary approval

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...-approval.html


This computer enhanced image shows a previously proposed roller coaster location. A new proposal calls for the mountain coaster to be located within Snowbird's existing developed resort footprint on private property with loading and unloading at the base of the Peruvian Express chairlift.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Planning Commission has given preliminary approval to a new location for the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort mountain coaster, the resort announced Wednesday.

Snowbird initially proposed building a mountain coaster on the lower face of Mount Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon, which at one point would have crossed the canyon road on a bridge over state Route 210. That plan was scrapped amid controversy over building in the environmentally sensitive canyon.

The new proposal calls for the mountain coaster to be located within Snowbird's existing developed resort footprint on private property with loading and unloading at the base of the Peruvian Express chairlift.

"We are excited to provide another form of summer recreation for our guests and Utah's growing population," Snowbird President Bob Bonar said in a prepared statement. "We feel today's approval is a result of listening to various stakeholders, community groups and neighbors as well as working with Salt Lake County and City to create a workable solution for all parties."

Detailed site plans and other governmental criteria will be required before the planning commission gives final approval to the proposal. Snowbird expects to begin the installation process this fall or in the spring of 2013.

Snowbird will open its existing summer activities Friday, June 8.

— Benjamin Wood.


Snowbird voted best overall resort by OnTheSnow.com readers


Skiers at Snowbird enjoy the sunny view towards the Heber Valley while on Hidden Peak Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.\r\n (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

By Patrick Crawford, OnTheSnow.com

The Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, which can stay open up until May 13 and consequently touts the longest ski and snowboard season in Utah, has been voted the Best Overall Resort in North America by readers of OnTheSnow.com.

"Snowbird resort pulls an upset of sorts, to win this year's best overall resort award," a video on OnTheSnow.com says. "But, should we really be surprised?"The Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, which can stay open up until May 13 and consequently touts the longest ski and snowboard season in Utah, has been voted the Best Overall Resort in North America by readers of OnTheSnow.com.

"Snowbird resort pulls an upset of sorts, to win this year's best overall resort award," a video on OnTheSnow.com says. "But, should we really be surprised?"

OnTheSnow.com, the most visited snowsports website in the world, recently announced Snowbird's placement as part of its Visitors' Choice Awards. Snowbird also won the Best Terrain in the Rockies award. Resorts are ranked in five categories: family, park and pipe, all mountain terrain, nightlife and overall excellence..

"Snowbird pulled out the top honors this year because the resort delivers everything its visitors expect, both in terms of terrain and overall experience," OnTheSnow's Patrick Crawford said. "The fact that it also won for Best Terrain in the Rockies just underlines the strength of this resort — great skiing in one of North America's most iconic ski regions."

Snowbird opened in December 1971 and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011. Since its creation, the resort has claimed numerous awards. In 2008, Snowbird and Alta were named the No. 1 ski resort in North America by Outside Magazine, while SkiNet.com named it the 19th overall resort in North America in 2010.

Snowbird President Bob Bonar was pleased with this latest award, saying, "This is fantastic recognition of the effort the entire Snowbird team put toward guest service this season."


DEER VALLEY RESORT RANKED THE #1 SKI AREA IN NORTH AMERICA FOR AN ASTONISHING FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW!


Deer Valley's famous corduroy - SkiUtah.com

DEER VALLEY, PARK CITY, UTAH – Deer Valley Resort has been named the #1 ski resort in North America by the readers of SKI Magazine for an astonishing fifth year in a row. No other ski resort has earned this prestigious ranking more than three times in a row in the past. Remarkably, in the past eleven years, Deer Valley’s rating hasn’t dipped lower than third, with a #2 ranking in 2001/2002; a #1 ranking in 2002/2003; a #3 rating in 2003/2004; a #2 rating in 2004/2005; another #1 ranking in 2005/2006, a #2 rating in 2006/2007, and #1 rankings in the 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and now 2011/2012 seasons.

“No other ski resort has accomplished anything close to this,” says Bob Wheaton, Deer Valley Resort president and general manager. “And I think the reason is that no other ski resort comes close to matching Deer Valley’s amazing vacation experience. It’s all because of our staff. The culture here is to put the guest first at all times, and our employees not only accomplish this every day, but enjoy it, whether working our chairlifts, in our Children’s Center, our Ski School, our Deer Valley Resort Lodging and Reservations department, in our restaurants, offices, maintenance facilities, anywhere in our organization. My hat is off to our incredibly dedicated crew. This honor goes to them and I thank and congratulate the entire Deer Valley Resort team.”

Aside from being named the #1 Resort overall out of 60 North American resorts, Deer Valley ranked winningly in many individual categories. Highlights included the Resort being given #1 rankings for grooming, service, weather, on-mountain food, lodging and dining. The Resort also received #2 rankings for lifts and access, and #3 rankings for digital presence and overall satisfaction.

More than 20,000 SKI readers are surveyed for its “Top 60 Resort Guide” by an independent research firm. SKI readers ski an average of 23 days a year. The ski resort survey is the most comprehensive and longest-running in the winter sports industry. Some of the individual comments that were made by skiers about Deer Valley this year were, “Service is top notch, grooming impeccable, food outstanding”; “Excellent customer service for the same prices as other resorts with no customer service”; They do everything right!”; “On-mountain food is insane! Service is exceptional”; and “These guys get what it means to manage the details. Consistent first-class experience.”

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Greatest Snow on Earth!

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Ditto to that!

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Southern Metro Updates

Utah Valley Convention Center - Provo






























Convention Center Images By Mark Johnston

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Downtown Updates


Salt Palace Convention Center

Originally Posted by Wasatch_One

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2055...&s_cid=queue-6



Salt Palace flips switch on 6,006 solar panels

SALT LAKE CITY — Effective Thursday, thousands of solar panels are reducing the Salt Palace electric bill by about 20 percent in the culmination of a project that started over four years ago.

"It's the largest rooftop solar project in Utah, and one of the largest in the United States," said Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon.

It produces 1.65 megawatts of power from the Sun. That amount of electricity can meet the needs of 250 homes every year.

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Updates, Centeral Metro - Park City


images.nationalgeographic.com (Historic Main Street - Park City, Utah)

Raleigh Studios: the envelope, please - As vote approaches, City Hall staffers issue report in support of studio project



Raleigh Studios, Hollywood, Ca.


Jay Hamburger, The Park Record

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_2068343...ce=most_viewed

City Hall staffers on Monday issued a report recommending that the Quinn's Junction land where a developer wants to build a movie studio be annexed into the Park City limits, arguing that it is best that the project be developed in the city rather than an unincorporated area of Summit County...

...The movie studio, to be run by Raleigh Studios, would anchor a 374,000-square-foot complex. A hotel, offices, retail space and other sorts of buildings like an amphitheater would also be put on the site. The project would be situated on a little less than 30 acres on the southwest corner of the U.S. 40-S.R. 248 interchange...

...The City Council and the developer have since set a Friday deadline for a vote on the matter. It is almost certain that the vote will be cast on Thursday (24th - yesterday). The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers at the Marsac Building...


Aerial - Park City, Utah

Quinn's Junction Partnership - Annexation

http://www.parkcity.org/index.aspx?page=850

Quinn's Junction Partnership is proposing 374,000 gross square feet of regional
commercial vested zoning, as per the settlement agreement with Summit County dated
January 17, 2012 and an agreement with Park City effective January 19, 2012.

The parcel has been designed as a film and media campus consisting of film studio stages,
offices, support retail aod lodging, food services, recreation, entertainment aod festivals.
There will be a strong focus on the public realm as expressed in active, walk -able plazas,
and buildings oriented toward the more public spaces.


www.parkcity.org

Pictured, Construction on the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's (USSA) new national training and education center, the Center of Excellence, at Quinn's Junction in Park City, Utah. (Construction Completed)


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Central Metro Updates - Park City

Hooray for Hollywood: Park City approves movie studio in narrow vote

City Council majority agrees to allow the disputed project at Quinn's Junction

By Jay Hamburger, The Park Record

http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_2071294...ce=most_viewed

...The vote was in favor of a firm called Quinn's Junction Partnership, the landowner. The City Council approved both the annexation of a little more than 29 acres into the Park City limits and development plans at the site totaling 374,000 square feet. The acreage is situated at the southwest corner of the U.S. 40-S.R. 248 interchange east of Prospector.

Raleigh Studios, a Hollywood studio, will anchor the project...

...The development team told the elected officials during the meeting the project would be built much differently if the land remained outside the city limits. They said the buildings would take up more space because they would not be as tall, there would be more parking spots and the architecture of the project would not be as tightly regulated...

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Downtown Updates - Three Of The Latest Openings

Salt Lake City's Booming Downtown - http://3.bp.blogspot.com

1. Apple

Originally Posted by Reachforthesky

Looks like its gonna happen! The Apple Store is coming to City Creek Center!

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top...NYgzNM6JA.cspx

Originally Posted by ajiuO

Apple store is moving to the large open lot on the ground floor of the crosroads side. The black baracade with ccc advertisment has been taken down and the gray construction baracade is up... Shouldn't be long

www.deseretnews.com/images/article/contentimage


2. West Elm

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

A new store, West Elm, is coming to City Creek. I think it's a housewares/furniture store.

Originally Posted by Stenar

Cool! West Elm is a great addition.

Note: West Elm also has a location at Cherry Creek in Denver, which is a Taubman Center. Reviews are excellent...this should be another outstanding addition to City Creek...

Sample Review - This is a welcome addition the the William Sonoma family. I have watched this little sibling of theirs sprout, grow and flourish over the years.

Denver is blessed that they have a retail store here in CC. It's visible!

The store welcomes you with some seriously gorgeous doors - I love them. They set a tone of what to expect inside - modern, fun, young and affordable!

The store is fabulously decorated - the colours are seasonal, always vibrant and just fun!

From Eco-friendly options to hip young designers, they have it all. Any and everything one needs to dress their home - furniture, accessories, rugs, plates, glasses, curtains, throws, décor, bedding, lighting...

The staff are welcoming, helpful and always pleasant!

While my house doesn't boast a whole lot of stuff from here, what we have, we like very much.

Amongst the three big chains that cater to similar stuff; Ikea, Crate and Barrel, CB2, West Elm sticks out, in a good way. - http://www.yelp.com/biz/west-elm-denver



3. Farr's Fresh

Originally Posted by goldcntry

Farr's Fresh is almost ready to open in the base of the Kirton/McConkie Building (on the South Temple Side)... they were moving in furniture today when I walked by.

Kirton/McConkie Building, site of new Farr's Fresh location

xmission.com/kirton/images

Farr's exclusive recipe premium Fresh Serve ice cream has the flavor of high end ice cream, but it's never been frozen or out of a carton. Its flavor bursts even as you 'draw' your choices from our state-of-the-art café machines. It's a taste you'll find no where else, as we created it! - http://www.farrsfresh.com/iceCream.html

utahsweetsavings.com

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The West Elm is actually pretty huge. Its like a younger more urban Pottery Barn. San Francisco doesn't even have one--gotta go across the bay to Emeryville

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Southern Metro Updates

Originally Posted by Wasatch_One

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loca...e9655a66f.html

Provo - LDS Church: [9 Story] MTC addition is happening


Deseret News

"After a comprehensive three-year study and the completion of neighborhood discussions, the church has opted to add a new state-of-the-art language training facility to its Provo MTC campus," church spokesman Scott Trotter said in a statement. "Dozens of options were considered for this project and the current option was determined to best meet short-term and long-term needs. This building plan meets all current building codes and zoning requirements."...

...The proposed nine-story building will house 16 classrooms, one or two large workshop rooms, seven to nine small practice teaching rooms, two computer labs and quiet spaces for reflection on each floor. There also will be a basement...

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Southern Metro Updates - Provo

Originally Posted by Wasatch_One

And here is a quick photo update on some projects that haven't been covered here, thus far:


BYU Life Sciences Building


Const. Photo from today:



New Downtown Provo Recreation Center
Rendering:


Link to more info: http://www.provo.org/userfiles/downl...april_2012.pdf

Construction photos::








Utah Valley Convention Center looking
north from Center St. 200 W (Freedom Blvd.) intersection:



Nu Skin's new addition is starting to get
its façade. Here are a couple of pictures of the glass/skin that will be
on it.:

Pics By Wasatch One

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Downtown Adj. Updates - University of Utah

Beverly Taylor Sorenson Education Complex
...The estimated $24 million complex will serve as a premier academic
hub of evidence-based, K-12 arts integration research, training, practice
and advocacy. It will be located at the southern entrance of the campus, adjacent to Milton Bennion Hall and east of the
David Eccles School of Business.

BTSAEC Rendering


Deseret News

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

They have started site work for the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts
& Education Complex--which will now go to the East of MBH where
there used to be a soccer field instead of between MBH and the
new Business building.

In the past couple of days they have taken out all of the mature trees
that were to the east and west of the old soccer field. They sent an
email about this to faculty and staff stating that though they are taking
out mature trees they are going to plant 1.5 trees for every tree that
was taken out, and they are going to plant 5-10 year old trees rather
than saplings.

Pic By Stayinginformed

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Originally Posted by Future Mayor

SLC Library’s architect won’t be designing Broadway theater

Development » Three city firms picked as finalists for Main Street project.

Moshe Safdie, who put his stamp on downtown Salt Lake City with the design of the showcase Main Library, won’t get the chance to do so again — at least with the proposed Broadway-style theater.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54...itect.html.csp

Salt Lake City's Downtown Library, designed by Moshe Safdie

markusallenweb.com

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Following - archlandscapes.com





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Central Metro Update

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Maybe a photo update will get this forum going.

Birkhill Apartment @ Fireclay Update
For those who don't know Birkhill Apartment is a five-story mixed-use apartment building going up right now in Murray on Main street just North of 4500 south. Developers have topped out at five stories, but the building looks more like six stories with the roof area. I've become a big fan of this overall Fireclay redevelopment in Murray. This will be a very cool area once the phases are all finish. Even main street now looks so much more dense as you will see in one of my photos that shows main street with the new buildings.

Link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1174710...ireclayMay2012

Enjoy.

Pics By SLCProjects

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