Sioux Falls | Development

[sodak]

If I were a betting man, I would bet that the blank space between the SuperTarget and Kohl's is a bookstore (Barnes and Noble or Borders).

[sodak]

Here's some more good news.

By Sioux Falls Business Journal
Thursday, 15 November 2007

For the fourth consecutive month, passenger boardings at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport reached a record high.

Boardings on commercial flights totaled 35,680 in October, eclipsing by about 1,000 a record for the month that had stood since 2000. Through the first 10 months of 2007, boardings are up 5.8 percent from the same period a year ago.

New flight service has helped boost boardings. In the past 16 months, service in Sioux Falls has been expanded to Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Phoenix.

[SmileyBoy]

Looks like you folks may finally be able to move Best Buy out of that small location at Western Mall. Looks like an awesome development. We got a similar thing planned in South Fargo, but it's something like three seperate smaller developments, rather than one big one. Also good to know SF will finally get another Target. You guys really need one.

Keep up the developments!

[sodak]

Originally Posted by SmileyBoy

Looks like you folks may finally be able to move Best Buy out of that small location at Western Mall. Looks like an awesome development. We got a similar thing planned in South Fargo, but it's something like three seperate smaller developments, rather than one big one. Also good to know SF will finally get another Target. You guys really need one.

Keep up the developments!

The Best Buy is a second location. They aren't going to close the one in the Western Mall. In fact, the Kohl's is also going to be a second location.

[Wolfmanfromsufu]

Cant wait for the Dawley Farm project to get started. I remember reading somewhere a couple years back when the east side Walmart opened that residents in the Split Rock Heights development didn't like the idea of so much development near them.
Here's some info about road projects in Sioux Falls
hwy 100 (east side cooridor
i29/i229/i90 upgrades

[Wolfmanfromsufu]

Here some pictures of downtown projects

Cherappa Place looks like it's about done



Renovation of the Security Building


Minnesota Centre, I thought it was going to be 5 floors?


Court house expansion

[NewDetroit1]

How tall is the Court house expansion going to be?

Also i was wondering if the Uptown at the falls project has started any construction?


One last thing, are there any new project going on or soon to be going on downtown???

[Wolfmanfromsufu]

i think they're adding 2 floors to make the court house 7 floors
From what I understand, new construction on the Uptown project wont start until spring. Renovation of a couple buildings along Main ave. are nearing completion I think the project website is www.uptownatfallspark.com
I think my earlier post listed all of the major projects going on downtown

[NanoBison]

I'm quite jealous of SF's Cherappa Place... it's a damn nice looking building. Keep up the good work SF!

[cyberden]

As you know, the aforementioned Cherapa Place is a urban catalyst for Sioux Falls’ East Bank. No mention of its green ambitions though. Sustainable buildings are the future. It will be the first in SF to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The $25 to $30 million project is shooting for Silver or Gold LEED Certification (TBD). The Visual Materials Museum and Courthouse Annex are also in certification process. After a recent tour, here now are some of the project‘s ‘green’ details:

SITE
Brownfield parcel in CBD
On-site remediation

TRANSPORTATION
Preferred parking for hybrid vehicles
Access to mass transit (bus)
Locker/shower rooms for bicyclists
Underground parking
Linked by sidewalks and bike trail

MATERIALS
Used certified sustainable forest wood
60% total use of regional building materials (500 mile radius)
Sioux Quartzite

ENERGY
25% more efficient than conventional building
Mechanical heating and cooling commissioning
Day lighting throughout floors (translucent Herman Miller office wall partitions and cubicles)
Interior building sealing- two part foam insulation
White membrane roofs

WATER
Dual low flow toilets
Future native grasses lessens need for irrigation
Sedum Green roofs

RECYCLING
Recycled Zip Mill concrete for base layer of parking lot
80% project waste recycled
Inside recycling receptacles

AIR & POLLUTANTS
Indoor air and dust control
Raise floors for in floor ventilation and air flow to individual occupants
Indoor trees in lobby
Low volatile organic compounds in finishes/paints
Use of natural ‘green cleaning’ solvents


Would like to share some inside photos but can't figure out how to attach them...

P.S. The building is named for the buffalo sculpture that stands in front.

[Justin_144]

Thanks for the info. I would like to see some photos of the inside, all you need to do is upload them to http://www.imageshack.us/ and use link they give you and paste it into the insert image tool in the reply to thread box.

[sodak]

Here is an interesting link showing the annexations completed or in progress during 2007. It's pretty rapid, and the city is eating up a lot of undeveloped land on the edges. I suppose that is a good sign for future growth, given the problems nationally for the housing sector.

What's really interesting is you can see the shift toward the eastside especially as you go back through previous years. I know the city has estimated that the east side alone will account for another 80,000 people over the next couple of decades.

http://www.siouxfalls.org/Planning/l...nexations.aspx

[cyberden]

Green Roofs (freshly installed)
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Daylighting
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Adjustable air flow for each occupant in cubicle (looks like a drain cover)
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Views
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[cyberden]

PS, thanks Justin 144 for the help!

[Ex-Ithacan]

^^ Nice tour, and I like that last shot. Good angle. Thanks.

[sodak]

Here is a link to an article in today's paper about suburban districts building schools in Sioux Falls.

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...NEWS/712150328

This brings interesting discussion on funding once the SF School District becomes landlocked and doesn't have the luxury of new development for funding new schools. In Lincoln, Nebraska, the school district there has the ability to annex land out of neighboring school districts so the district boundaries can match the city limits. My worry is the SF School District could, at some point, become an urban district with a stagnant tax base, and all the problems that come with that.

[sodak]

Below are some images I created for a project I'm working on. They are a little rudimentary, using just Google Earth, but I think it's interesting. The image of 2005 is just a basic outline of developed areas as they existed two years ago. The image of 2025 is based off comprehensive plans adopted by the communities and current growth trends, and the image of 2040 is fairly speculative, but I believe realistic nonetheless. Metropolitan population projections are from the City of Sioux Falls

Current (2005) Conditions (Pop: 207,918)


2025 Conditions (Pop: 320,650)


2040 Potential Conditions (Pop: 406,550)


This is the first time I posted images, so hopefully it works.

[Wolfmanfromsufu]

Nice, hopefully it comes true

[Justin_144]

Very nice images. Only the future will tell how well these are predicted. Who knows what the future will bring, good or bad. Lets hope in our case alot of good!

[sodak]

The latest Census estimates for South Dakota show 796,214 people. This is an increase of 7,747 over 2006 and 41,370 over 2000.

This is a re-calibrated estimate over what had been estimated at this time last year showing about 781,000 people. Since county and municipal estimates are based off the total for the state, I expect to see more accurate figures for Sioux Falls and surrounding towns when those are released next summer.

In other news, the airport posted record boardings for November and is up around 9% year to date over 2006 (record year).