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delts145 · #**3041** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 11:00 AM**

Tech growth fueling building plans on Salt Lake City's 'Silicon Slopes'

The Wasatch Front boom continues to accelerate. Below a view of Downtown Salt Lake City and it's stunning setting.

Pic By Countylemonade - http://www.flickr.com/photos/countyl...n/photostream/

The 'Silicon Slopes' as seen from it's northern edge, looking east. This is the border of Salt Lake's
Central and Southern Metro, one of the five fastest growing areas in the nation for much of the past decade.

Pic By Photo Dean - http://www.flickr.com/photos/2120243...n/photostream/

"With the Silicon Slopes area market doing
so well, the need for additional Class A commercial space is
increasing rapidly, he said. There is currently about 800,000 square feet
of commercial development, and “that amount could conceivably double
in the next few years.”... "The Thanksgiving Point area, which had a
vacancy rate of 11.4 percent in first quarter of 2011, but was below
3 percent for the same period in 2012. The national average
commercial vacancy rate is 17 percent."

_ Darin Mellott, senior research analyst for commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis

New Timpanogas Expressway, under construction. Looking West at a portion of the tremendous
buildup in this portion of Salt Lake City's Southern Metro. Upper right corner, Micron/Intel Campus

Deseret News

April 2012 - Pic By Highrise Mike - Looking East from the new Adobe Campus, under construction.

By Jason Lee, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s growing technology industry is prompting major development in the area known as ”Silicon Slopes.”

More than 500,000 square feet of commercial real estate property
is currently under consideration for development along the I-15 corridor
on the border of Salt Lake and Utah counties.

Currently home to high-profile technology firms like Adobe, eBay, IM
Flash and Microsoft, the concentrated technology hub is quickly taking
shape and bringing with it thousands of high-paying jobs and
enhancing Utah’s reputation as a sought-after locale for high
tech.

“This area is being turbo-charged by this growth in the tech sector,”
said Darin Mellott, senior research analyst for commercial real estate firm
CB Richard Ellis. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week ranked Utah
as the fourth fastest growing state for technology jobs, he said.

Read More...http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...on-Slopes.html

April 2012 - Pic By Highrise Mike - Looking Northeast from the new Adobe Campus, under construction.

April, 2012 - Pic By Highrise Mike - Looking Southwest from the new Adobe Campus, under
construction. New NSA Super Center unseen, to the upper right

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delts145 · #**3042** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 11:45 AM**

Updates - Downtown Adj.

Plans unveiled for Salt Lake City’s new Glendale Library

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

The Salt Lake Tribune

Construction of the long-anticipated Glendale Library is set to begin in November with an opening date set for spring 2014.

The Salt Lake City Library System released an artist’s rendering and floor plan Thursday for the 18,000-square-foot structure.

...The library was designed by Architectural Nexus with input from residents, according to Patty Steed, library associate director.

"After dozens of community meetings, presentations and workshops," Steed said in a news release, "we are excited to show the residents of the Glendale neighborhood the results of their feedback."

The city will unveil renderings of the planned Glendale Library on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sorensen Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West...

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delts145 · #**3043** Posted: **Jun 19, 2012, 12:37 PM**

Downtown Updates - North Temple viaduct transfer station

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Pic By Gusam26

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delts145 · #**3044** Posted: **Jun 19, 2012, 12:42 PM**

Downtown Updates - North Temple Continued

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Originally Posted by stayinginformed

The red to orange poles at the Fairpark/Euclid TRAX Station.

Pic By Stayinginformed

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delts145 · #**3045** Posted: **Jun 19, 2012, 10:30 PM**

U.S. Chamber study: Utah economy poised for major growth

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...or-growth.html

By Joey Ferguson, Deseret News

Utah was voted one of the best states for future economic prosperity due to its strong job growth and thriving export market, according to a recent report on enterprising states released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The state was voted one of the top 10 in the nation for long-term and short-term job growth as it experienced a 2.1 percent job growth since April 2011.

The unemployment rate in Utah dropped to 5.8 percent in March, which is more than two percentage points lower than the nation’s 8.1 percent...

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delts145 · #**3046** Posted: **Jun 20, 2012, 2:10 PM**

Central Metro Update

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Originally Posted by marcusb

Looks like Draper is getting a RC Willey's largest store right next to Ikea...

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/5...tores.html.csp

A rendering of the RC Willey store to be built in Draper. The showroom will be a full-service retail location featuring furniture, appliances, electronics, mattresses and flooring.

RC Willey to build new Draper store

The Salt Lake Tribune

RC Willey, the well known Utah-based home furnishings chain owed by billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., plans to build a new retail store in Draper.

The store will be located on an 8.5-acre parcel of land adjacent to the IKEA store.

At 160,000 square feet, the new location will be the largest RC Willey store in the company. It will employ about 130 Utahns.

Groundbreaking will be held this fall, with the grand opening expected in fall 2013.

Scott Hymas, CEO, said the company is excited to bring a new store to its home market. "We are very confident that Utah will continue to grow and prosper over the coming years, and we look forward to serving customers in the quickly growing areas of the Wasatch Front."

RC Willey operates six retail stores thoughout Utah and also has stores in Boise, Idaho, Sacramento, Calif., and Reno, Nev. It also has two stores in the Las Vegas area..

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delts145 · #**3047** Posted: **Jun 21, 2012, 2:28 AM**

Salt Lake City Updates - University of Utah

Football Center - These renderings courtesy University of Utah, shows the University of Utah's new Football Facility

This rendering shows the Hall of Fame at the University of Utah's new Football Facility.

This rendering shows the dining hall and pation at the University of Utah's new Football Facility

Dirk Facer - Deseret News, March 29th, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's impending move to the Pac-12 will be accompanied by plenty of changes.

None, however, will be as visible on campus as the construction of a new $16 million football facility on Guardsman Way. The 57,640-square-foot complex will replace the Dee Glen Smith Center, which was refurbished in 1991.

Construction is expected to begin in December and take 12-16 months to complete.

"It's huge. We are in dire need of a new football center," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. "We have some excellent facilities here at Utah. The football center is not one of them and that's something that needs to be updated, upgraded, redone, and we're going to do that starting in December."

The new football facility, which will be attached to the Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Room, is going to house state-of-the-art sports medicine and athletic training space, a multipurpose dining hall, a team locker room, offices for the coaches and support staff, equipment storage, a player lounge, a Hall of Fame, a team auditorium with space for 150 athletes and coaches, plus meeting rooms for each position group with enhanced video capabilities.

"Going into the Pac-12, it's an all-out arms race," Whittingham said. "Everybody is building the bigger and better buildings, and we've got to keep up with everybody."

The new facility, he added, was the selling point in recruiting this year. Football recruits are shown a building model and drawings of what is expected to be in place well before the 2012 season.

Kyle Whittingham is all smiles after beginning the tear down of the Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center to usher in construction of a new multi-million dollar football facility at the University of Utah Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)

Bystanders watch as Kyle Whittingham uses a bulldozer to begin the tear down of the Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center to usher in construction of a new multi-million dollar football facility at the University of Utah Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)

KSL.com

Construction Site - May 2012

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delts145 · #**3048** Posted: **Jun 21, 2012, 12:59 PM**

University of Utah Updates Contd...

Phase One of the Eccles School of Business Newly Completed

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Originally Posted by s.p.hansen

The University of Utah Unveils Phase I of New Business School

By Jason Lee - ksl.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The southeast view from the newest academic
building on the University of Utah campus overlooks the grandeur of
the Wasatch Mountains and the panorama of the Salt Lake Valley —
scenery that should provide inspiration for students "to reach for the
top."...

..."Students care a lot about the environment that they are educated
in," Randall told the Deseret News. "(This building) will give us perhaps
the best facility in the United States to (teach them)."

Upon completion, the project will total 188,623 square feet on nine
levels. Built in two phases, the first phase will open for use in January
2012, while Phase II is scheduled for completion in 2013...

(Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

The Spencer F. Eccles Business Building auditorium
at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
(Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Views from the David Eccles School of Business'
new facility, the Spencer F. Eccles Business Building, at the University
of Utah in Salt Lake City. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

(Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

One of the classrooms from the David Eccles
School of Business' new facility, the Spencer F. Eccles Business Building,
at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred,
Deseret News)

unews.utah.edu

Phase II, Under Construction

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Originally Posted by stayinginformed

Phase 2 of the New Business Building has almost topped out.

Pic By Stayinginformed

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delts145 · #**3049** Posted: **Jun 24, 2012, 10:26 PM**

Salt Lake City Updates - Sugar House

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Originally Posted by UTPlanner

Cowboy Partners' project in Sugar House is on the Planning Commission Agenda next week. There are a few
elevations in the planning staff report at this link: http://www.slcclassic.com/boards/pla...2012-00243.pdf They start at page 40 if somebody would like to post them here that would be nice.

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Originally Posted by stayinginformed

Here are the cowboy partners elevations:

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delts145 · #**3050** Posted: **Jun 25, 2012, 12:05 PM**

Downtown Updates - No. Temple Viaduct Transfer Station

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Originally Posted by gusam26

Pic By Gusam26

Quote:

Originally Posted by H4vok

Looks like they got the canopy up.

Pics By H4vok

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Nexis4Jersey · #**3051** Posted: **Jun 25, 2012, 3:21 PM**

Will the LRT platforms have any canopies?

Makid · #**3052** Posted: **Jun 25, 2012, 3:58 PM**

Yes, there will be canopies over the platforms.

delts145 · #**3053** Posted: **Jun 25, 2012, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Buffalo

How is the city creek center doing?

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Originally Posted by StevenF

I have been back in Utah for 2 weeks now and I have traveled into Salt Lake 3 times via TRAX. I have been to City Creek and Gateway and both locations seem to be packed with people. When I move between the 2 shopping locations I also walk. I have been amazed by how many people are walking around outside of City Creek down main. I haven't taken the time to walk through Temple Square but Saturday I looked down between Richards Court and saw that the place was packed. Just imagine what Salt Lake will be like once a couple thousand more apartments and condo's are built and filled in the downtown area.

The Streets of Salt Lake City by John Martin

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delts145 · #**3054** Posted: **Jun 26, 2012, 1:08 PM**

Downtown Updates - Crandall Building

UtahUrbanForum.com

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Originally Posted by ajiuO

Looks like some work is taking place on the foundation restoration
project. A lot of sections of block have been cut out. I'm guessing that
they are going to replicate some replacement pieces. They are also
working on the windows areas.

One thing I would personally like to see is the main street entrance
restored to it original look with the steps leading up to a main entrance
in the arch... Also I wonder if they are going to do the same thing to
the west of the 100 south entrance. There is a small part of the
original foundation exposed on the south west corner of the
building (probably a car hit it). It would look nice if they restored the
whole thing.

Pics By AjiuO

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delts145 · #**3055** Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 10:34 AM**

Downtown Updates - Federal Courthouse

Deseret News

archleague.org

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Originally Posted by ajiuO

Pics By AjiuO

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delts145 · #**3056** Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 12:07 PM**

Downtown Updates - Public Safety Building

Following: Renderings of the future Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City. The building
will be net zero, producing as much energy as it uses.

"The goal is for the building to produce as much energy as it uses," said lead designer David Brems of GSBS
Architects. If that goal is achieved it would be Utah's first "net zero" building, a designation claimed by only a
handful of structures across the country.

The building will be headquarters for Salt Lake City's police and fire departments. It will also house the city's
Emergency Operations Center and 911 dispatch center...

"There's enough solar power on the building to run that emergency operations center if everything
else is disrupted," Brems said.

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Originally Posted by ajiuO

Pics By AjiuO

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delts145 · #**3057** Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 10:35 AM**

Downtown Updates

Salt Lake City Ronald McDonald House plans expansion

By Brennan Smith - The Salt Lake Tribune

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

...The facility addition, expected to cost around $11 million to build, will increase capacity from 25 to 71 rooms, 115 to 323 beds and 19,645 to 57,608 square feet.

The location at 935 E. South Temple served 4,078 people in 2011, but the charity said space limitations forced it to turn away 522 families.

Carrie Romano, executive director for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain area, said the extension will help serve 500 more families per year...

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune)
An artist's rendering of the new Ronald McDonald House to be built next to the existing facility at South Temple and 900 East. Construction begins this summer.

Ronald McDonald House expansion

Cost » $11 million

Square footage » From 19,645 to 57,608

Rooms » From 25 to 71

Beds » From 115 to 323

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Old&New · #**3058** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 6:31 PM**

The fancy part of the building on the left, is centered on the view corridor up 900 East. This should make a lovely visual terminus to that street!

delts145 · #**3059** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 11:01 PM**

That's good to know Old & New. So, when traveling north on 900 East, this will be a very attractive site line. I'm alway's in favor of beautiful site lines. That 's one of the formost things that makes Paris so beautiful.

delts145 · #**3060** Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 2:44 PM**

Downtown Updates - Broadway Apartments

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Originally Posted by ajiuO

Broadway Apartments A.K.A Emigration Court phase 2 (opens summer 2012)

Pics By AjiuO

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