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Central Metro - Birkhill @ Fireclay TOD

Work begins on additional transit-oriented apartment projects at Birkhill in Murray



Courtesy photo) The $45 million Birkhill development in Murray, pictured here in a rendering, will be constructed in three phases with the project expected to be completed by 2016.

Housing » Complex offers access to TRAX, trails, I-15.

The Salt Lake Tribune

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

Parley’s Partners of Salt Lake City has started construction on a $45 million mixed-use development in Murray that at build-out would feature more than 300 apartments.

The project, to be known as Birkhill on Main, will sit on 6.2 acres and eventually include a three-story office building.

Phase 1 of the project, with projected spending at $17 million, will feature 137apartments, including 41 market-rate dwellings and 96 affordable housing units in a five-story building at 4255 S. Main St.

KTGY Group Inc. of Irvine, Calif., is the architect and designer.

Residents will be living within walking distance of a TRAX station and also will have access to I-15.

Additionally, Parley’s Partners will provide a paved trail on the north side of the project, next to Cottonwood Creek, that will connect with the Jordan River Parkway’s 40-mile network of trails.

"We are linking this community and transit together and creating a truly walkable urban lifestyle that helps people save money and our planet’s resources," KTGY principal Manny Gonzales said in a statement announcing the start of construction...

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