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Downtown Adj. - TOD

All aboard! University Station would house 464 students

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55...ation.html.csp

Brian Maffly - The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake City’s 900 East TRAX station, now facing an often-vacant parking lot, could soon be serving a massive
student-focused apartment complex, the first of its kind near the University of Utah, under a proposal crafted by a
team of business students.

The group is seeking financing and approvals for its proposed five-floor University Station, housing up to 464 residents in
140 units on a 2.24-acre lot currently occupied by a sleepy Office Max store at the southwest corner of 900 East and
400 South.

Student apartment complex proposed for the southwest corner of 900 East and 400 South, next to the TRAX station.
The 177,000-square-foot, five-story building would have rooms for up to 464 students in 140 units. The backers are
three recent University of Utah business school graduates whose proposal, which addresses the dearth of student-
focused housing near campus, won the Utah Real Estate Challenge.

"The reason [students] aren’t moving close to campus is there’s no product. They don’t want a two-bedroom, one-
bath apartment. Four-bedroom apartments don’t exist," partner Justin Earl said. Housing is "catering to the general
market, not students." ...


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Main Floor Plan
The mainfloor provides 25 units: sixteen 4-bedroom, two 3-bed-room, and seven 2-bedroom units. The leasing office
is centrallylocated across from the elevators. There are 2 lobby areas, one of which could potentially become an
exercise room or laundry facil-ity. As mentioned earlier, there are two locations to enter the site as dem-onstrated
below. There are 117 parking stalls on the upper level, and272 stalls on the lower level. The majority of the parking
is covered.Main Floor Plan

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The second floor provides 28 units: sixteen 4-bedroom, four 3-bed-room, and eight 2-bedroom units. Levels 3 through
5 are laid outthe same except they provide one additional 4-bedroom unit abovethe secondfloor common space. The
location above the of fice onthe mainfloor could have multiple uses, as either a common area,exercise room, or
laundry facility.As shown, the elevated platform is accessible from the second level.It provides plenty of seating and
green space, making it an excellentspace for socializing.

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Lower Level Parking

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Elevation

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Typical 4 bedroom unit

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...Note: Student apartment complex proposed for the southwest corner of 900 East and 400 South, next to
the TRAX station. The 177,000-square-foot, five-story building would have rooms for up to 464 students in 140
units. The backers are three recent University of Utah business school graduates whose proposal, which addresses
the dearth of student-focused housing near campus, won the Utah Real Estate Challenge.


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