[meman]

Just wanted to take a few minutes to rant .

Why is it that Salt Lake city is so far behind the 8-ball when it comes to high-rise development downtown compared to similar size or slightly larger cities such as Austin and Nashville.

As someone stated earlier Toronto has 500 development projects going on now.
I would be eccstatically happy if Salt Lake had one-tenth the development that Toronto has.

I know comparing Toronto to Salt Lake is comparing apples to oranges since Toronto is a MUCH bigger city than salt lake but still (even with all the development going on now) why is Salt Lake so far behind.

Does anyone out there now why this is?

Is it because Utah is such a conservative place?
Is it there is not enough money for major highrise development?
This seems hard to believe since utah currently has one of the best economies in the us.
Is it because developers here dont have the ambition to build iconic highrises here? Why?

Also why are prime corner lots such as 2nd south and 2nd east wasted with squatty low-rise crap apartment buildings? This is happening all over downtown. Many many underutilized prime lots are found downtown.
Why arent high rise towers being built on these prime corner lots?

Speaking of high-rises does anyone know when the official groundbreaking for Kensington tower (or Astra Tower ) wiil be?