SALT LAKE CITY | Development Thread

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Salt Lake City & MSA/CSA Rundown

Suburban Landscapes - Salt Lake City Metro

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Central Metro/East


Suburban Landscape at the border of the Central and Southern Metro

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Downtown Update - Brinshore Moves Forward With Updated Project

Originally Posted by meman

Heavy equipment is working today at the Brinshore site on State Street between 2nd and 3rd South. It looks like they are preparing for the foundation!!

Originally Posted by Marvland

It's on. And the food and beverage programming will be ground-breaking for the city. They lost their 10ksf food hall tenant to Covid, then resized the indoor space (I think it's like 7k sf now?)
but the interior block indoor/outdoor mix will be amazing for the city. Very excited about the team in play there.

Originally Posted by Blah_Amazing

I noticed that the Deseret News Article that was discussed from last week had an updated rendering of the Brinshore State Street project that is slightly different from the one I have seen in the past.

Founded in 1994, Brinshore has helped develop more than 80 housing projects in 11 states and the District of Columbia, with experience in partnering with city housing authorities and nonprofit groups, along with a focus on
environmental conservation and affordability.

The firm’s portfolio is valued at more than $1 billion, according to its website, and includes more than 6,500 residential dwellings, primarily in the Midwest. Walz said Brinshore’s interest in the State Street and Overnighter Motel
projects reflected a desire by the company to get a foothold in Utah’s thriving real estate markets.

“We are really excited to have this partnership with them,” Walz said Thursday. “Anytime we can partner with someone who’s got the commitment and experience for affordable housing, we see that as a benefit.”

Brinshore’s early plans call for making 89 of the 200 dwellings built there affordable and for putting a 10,000-square-foot day care center on the project’s first floor.

The city will also require construction of midblock walkways connecting Cornell Street, 1460 West and North Temple.


Copy By Luke Garrott @ BuildingSaltLake.com Senior representatives from Chicago-based Brinshore Development, one of the largest affordable housing developers in the country, according to Principal
David Brint, has briefed the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Board these past months...Brinshore’s mixed affordable and market-rate project aims to align with the goals of a 2018 RFQ from the RDA. Among those goals are
providing a significant number of “deeply affordable” units, promoting an active streetscape, establishing a public mid-block walkway, and preserving and activating the historic Cramer House on Floral Street...Instead of proposing a single
building of large scale, Brinshore’s architect, KTGY, has designed two structures. The south building will be eight floors containing 73 units and the north structure will rise to 13 stories with 117 units. 152 of the 190 total units will be
affordable, ranging from 20%-80% of AMI, with 38 units at market rate. The mix will be 122 one-bedroom, 52 two-bedroom, 13 three- and four-bedroom, with three at-grade artist live-work spaces.

On street level, the project will offer 23,000 sq. ft. of commercial space (down from 40,000 in previous plans), some of which will be dedicated to community and education purposes. The developer plans to build one level of below-grade
parking, offering 100 stalls. Eighteen surface parking spaces will be reserved for retail clients...Between the buildings will be a public “paseo.” It will run from Floral Street (an alley at about 125 East that’s accessible only from 200 South)
to State Street and align with Gallivan Avenue on the west side of State.

Pedestrians will be able to pass all the way from Edison Street (145 East) to State thanks to an existing east-west alley and the paseo.

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

Images from the planning commission meeting for the 255 State Street Project.

Newly released renderings Brinshore's State Street Project












January 26th - this KJZZ article:





March 4th

Pic By Atlas

Luke Garrott, BuildingSaltLake.com: ...Construction began last week on 255 South State.

City officials and developers will be delivering on a mixed-use, 80% affordable, two-tower project that incorporates significant public plazas and a midblock “paseo” between State Street and Edison (145 E). It will restore and repurpose a
historic house into a restaurant as part of the development’s 25,000 sf of retail space. The taller of the two towers (eight and 12 stories) will use an innovative construction technique, combining light structural steel with 10 levels of
load-bearing factory-panelized walls called the “Infinity System.”

The project’s 190 units will range from studios to 4-bdrms. 168 of those are federal tax credit units, serving people who make between 20-80% of AMI.

Construction is expected to take 24 months, aiming at a Spring 2023 opening. Here are some current photos of the site:

March 18th







Photos By Luke Garrott @ BuildingSaltLake.com

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Downtown South - Update, The Slate & The Sidney Projects

Originally Posted by Blah_Amazing

https://citizenportal.slcgov.com/Cit...howInspection=

Demo permits have been filed for the abandoned Henries Dry Cleaners located at the corner of 900 South and 200 West.

Image by Taylor Anderson @ BuildingSaltLake.com of the development site:



The Slate - 148 unit mixed-use apartment project adjacent to the Central Ninth TRAX station in Salt Lake City.


The Sydney - 128 unit mixed-use brownfield redevelopment site adjacent to the Central Ninth TRAX station in Salt Lake City.

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Update - The Village At North Station

Originally Posted by Blah_Amazing

https://citizenportal.slcgov.com/Cit...howInspection=

The planned 'The Village at North Station' has filed a lot consolidation.

The consolidation includes 1955 W North Temple, a property smooshed between The Village's planned buildings that was once an old wells fargo building. The site had prior been planned to be a separate 56 unit project called 'North Station Lofts.' That appears to be cancelled.



As you can see, The Village at North Station's approved site plan leaves out the 1955 West property (in blue):



I do not know what their plan is for the additional site. They may be intending to simply add another building to The Village, it could become greenspace, or worst option of all, it could become more surface parking - which plagues this project.

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Update, Sugar Alley Residences

Sugar Alley is a 186-Unit mixed-use development located in Salt Lake City’s prestigious Sugarhouse District. Class A amenities will be accompanied with 17,332 square feet of ground floor retail.

Rendering of the Eastern side of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive. If you look in the upper right corner, you can see their other proposed project, Dixon Place.


Rendering of the Eastern side of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive.


Rendering of the Eastern side of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive and the corner of the soon to be continued Wilmington Ave (will separate Sugarmont Apartments and Sugar Alley).
I like that they included the Sugarmont Apartments in the background of this image.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley 'Residences at Sugar Alley' entry/ lobby interior for the apartments.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley 'Residences at Sugar Alley' entry/ lobby for the apartments. East side as seen from Highland Drive.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley pedestrian walkway and street cafes/ restaurants separating Sugar Alley and 'The Vue at Sugar House Crossing.' Northeast corner of Sugar Alley as seen from Highland Drive.


Rendering of the Sugar Alley pedestrian walkway and street cafes/ restaurants separating Sugar Alley and 'The Vue at Sugar House Crossing.' Northwest corner of Sugar Alley.


This is a map from the Dixon Building project, which is being built across the street from the Sugarmont Project. So replace the 'Dixon Building' with the new Sugar Alley project.
I thought it might help people 'get their bearings,' so to speak. The 'proposed apartment building' in the upper left side is the under-construction Sugarmont Apartment building.


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Note: The 'Sugarmont' under construction in the background, which is also neighboring to the 'Dixon Place' and the 'Sugar Alley'.
A lot of units in various stages of planning and construction will be coming online for the Sugar House District. Among these three projects alone the total is 545 units.





https://www.kier.org/our-work/multi-...-apartments-2/


March 21st


Photo By Atlas

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Update, 27 North 800 West

Originally Posted by Blah_Amazing

https://citizenportal.slcgov.com/Cit...howInspection=

A new project in the North Temple/ Euclid Neighborhood has filed Subdivision and Condominium Consolidation documents with the city.

The project will be located at 27 North and 800 West, stand 7 floors tall, and include 115 residential units.

I looked up the company listed on that document, Galloway, and they seem to have designed, engineered, and/or built quite a few large multifamily projects. However, I couldn't find anything related to the project on their site.

https://gallowayus.com/

Thanks to the application filing, though, I was able to look up the person listed as the contact and found this website for the investment group, Highrise Group. They appear to be the leading organization behind the project, and included the details quoted below:
https://www.highrise.group/

They also included images for the project, shown below:


Project Rendering


Surrounding Conditions


Site


Site Plan


Floor Plan


Current Plot Conditions


Current Plot Conditions


Current Plot Conditions

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Updates - Southern Metro - New City Hall, Provo

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Courtesy Provo City


Courtesy Provo City

August 25th

Originally Posted by Mountain Skyline

Foundation work is underway.

Photo By Mountain Skyline

January 6, 2021

Courtesy Provo City

March 19th

Courtesy Provo City

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Southern Metro - Utah Valley University School of Business - Under Construction

UVU breaks ground on the future home of Woodbury School of Business

A backhoe and an earthmover are ready to turn ground for the new Scott C. Keller Building at Utah Valley University... The $75 million, 180,000-square-foot building will be the new home of the Woodbury School of Business. UVU

The $75 million, 180,000-square-foot building will house 30 classrooms and 205 offices as well as the Bloomberg Lab, Entrepreneurship Institute, Money Management Resource Center, SmartLab and grand auditorium for large lecture
audiences and special events. Construction is estimated to be completed by late fall 2021 or early 2022.

The building will feature a Student Success Center on its second floor, which will combine placement, tutoring, internships and advisement services in one accessible location.

Classrooms will be outfitted with lecture-capture technology to help students learn remotely. The building will be constructed on the south end of UVU’s Orem campus...The new building is expected to serve up to 12,000 business students
at a time.

According to Utah State Board of Regents documents, the business school has outgrown its current home, which was one of the four original Utah Technical College buildings built in 1979.

“While the 78,000-square-foot facility has been well-maintained over the years, it cannot accommodate the renovations desired to train future business leaders. The masonry building has a post-tensioned cable floor system that cannot
be penetrated to run cables or make infrastructure upgrades,” the document states...

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August 2020



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March/Today/2021 - Live Cam (Could take a few seconds to load)

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Southern Metro - Utah Valley University - Sorenson Student Center - Under Construction


MARCH 18, 2021 By Erika Sargent | Photos by August Miller
Big-D Construction has updated its completion timeline of renovations and additions to the Sorensen Student Center (SC) for the rest of this year.

- UVU Campus Store to be completed by April 30

- Administration and Student Health Services to be completed by June 15

- Food Court to be completed by August 23

- Commissary Kitchen to be completed by October 8

- Courtyard to be completed by October 12

- Center for Social Impact to be completed by December 1

- Ragan Theater and Center Stage to be completed by December 14


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March 18th

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Southern Metro - Update - Brigham Young University School of Music -

The 170,000-square-foot Music Building will have four levels and feature more mid-sized spaces for practice and recitals, including practice rooms located on the upper floor. The cornerstone of the new building will be a 1000-seat concert hall built in the vineyard style. Vineyard style performance spaces are intended to keep musicians centralized, with audience seating rising above them in tiers — reminiscent of a terraced vineyard.


“While this spatial approach was primarily developed with optimal acoustics and line of sight in mind, BYU’s concert hall will also serve a distinct pedagogical purpose, as it will allow students and patrons alike to have a clear view of performer technique,” Adams said. “The venue will be the first of its kind in the Intermountain West, marking a significant achievement in musical innovation and excellence in the region.”

Construction is expected to be completed by Fall Semester 2022. Big D Construction has been selected as the general contractor for the project, with HKS Architects as the architecture firm.

The College of Fine Arts and Communications has long been an integral part of BYU. The School of Music was one of the original four departments when the university opened doors, and the Harris Fine Arts Center is the most-used academic building on campus, presenting more than 500 performances a year.

Rendering of the interior first level of the new Music Building............................................................Vineyard style concert hall rendering.

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January 2021

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February - March 2021

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Old Provo City Center to be demolished and New Mixed-Use Center to be developed.

Genelle Pugmire for the Daily Herald - https://www.heraldextra.com/news/loc...56c1d106b.html

...Now, with a new city hall under construction, residents will, yet again, see another change on the 300 West and Center Street location.

With the construction of the new Provo City Hall well underway, Mayor Michelle Kaufusi recently announced a developer has been chosen to demolish and redevelop the existing City Hall building.

Pictured, Current City Center to be demolished. To be replaced by a much larger taller structure with an eye toward a Multi-Use design.

“The redevelopment of our existing City Hall block is a forward-thinking, once-in-a-generation opportunity for Provo,” Kaufusi said in announcing the demolition. “It will bring long-term economic vibrancy to downtown Provo while complementing the new Provo City Hall. It will help further our goals of energizing Center Street.”

Last May the city put out a request for proposals on the project. Eight suitable responses were considered, four were asked to provide additional details on their vision for the community.

“One goal of the RFP process was to attract developers from outside of Utah to our state and town. We achieved that with three of the top four being from outside Utah,” Kaufusi said. “Ultimately, McWhinney Development from Denver, Colorado, was selected as the developer to redevelop the footprint of the current Provo City Hall.”

McWhinney is a comprehensive real estate development, investment and management firm that prides itself in creating exceptional places for future generations, according to Kaufusi.

“We are excited that one of those great places will be Provo,” Kaufusi said.

McWhinney was a key partner in the historic redevelopment of Union Station in downtown Denver and is an active mixed-use developer in Colorado, Texas, Massachusetts and Southern California.

“McWhinney is a great example of a company that uses experience-based design. They will add vibrancy in Provo’s downtown,” said Scott Henderson, project manager for the construction of the new Provo City Hall.

McWhinney Development and Provo City will cooperatively develop an Exclusive Right to Negotiate and a Joint Development Agreement as the next steps in the project, according to David Walter, Redevelopment Division director.

Walter said for the next six months or so McWhinney and Provo will go through discussions, public meetings and hold charrettes about how the property should be developed.

McWhinney will analyze the property and the market. It also will remove any hazardous material from the existing City Hall building and demolish the structure after the city moves into the new City Hall, according to Walter.

“Our long-term goal is to re-energize this portion of Center Street,” Walter said.

Business owners across the street from the new development have been contacted and encouraged to enlarge or spruce up their business in the next few years if possible, according to Walter.

The proposed mixed-use development will have retail, residential, office and entertainment components. McWhinney will make a presentation to the Provo Municipal Council in the next few months.

The new city building should be completed in May of 2022. Offices will then be moved over the next month. After the old building is cleared, demolition is expected to begin, according to Henderson.

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Southern Metro - Brixton Capital seeks zone amendment for potential Provo Towne Centre projects - Looking at the redevelopment of the Provo Towne Center Mall

Genelle Pugmire for the Daily Herald - https://www.heraldextra.com/news/loc...5a3da4fca.html



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Provo residents curious about what might develop at the Provo Towne Centre mall may just have received a brief clue.

Brixton Capital, operating as Brixton Provo Mall, LLC, has applied for an amendment to the zoning map on the northern portion of the Towne Centre which is in a Regional Shopping Center Zone or SC3 zone.

This rendering depicts the 26-acre area at the Provo Towne Centre mall that Brixton Capital LLC is asking to be changed from an SC3 Zone
for regional shopping centers to a TOD Zone that is Transit Oriented Development zone. It includes the old Sears building on the north end of the mall. March 18,2021 - Courtesy Brixton Capital LLC

Brixton is requesting a zone change to a Transit Oriented Development Zone or TOD zone. It is to facilitate the planning and future execution of the prospective developments that may occur, according to Brixton’s application.

Attached to the application are renderings of approximately 26 acres, including the old Sears building, of the 40-plus acres of the mall that would have the zone change.

“Brixton Capital is exploring numerous multi-family developments across the country that are; 1) located in close or immediate proximity to regional or open-air shopping centers; 2) located in immediate proximity to mass transit infrastructure; and 3) adjacent to major arterial roadways...

...“We look forward to the bright future of this property as we lay the groundwork for a re-development this community can take pride in,” Desco said in an email.

Images provided show a variety of other locations in the Brixton portfolio and how they visualize multi-family dwellings. The company appears to be looking at a multi-family layout for the Provo Towne Centre site.

This rendering shows a visual idea of a Brixton Apartment Building in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is a potential idea of what Brixton would like to be implemented on the Towne Center property in Provo.
March 18,2021 - Courtesy Brixton Capital LLC

Other possibilities include:

- Replacement of vacant or underutilized commercial structures.

- Improvement of accessibility to the Provo Towne Centre from Freedom Boulevard and University Avenue.

- Increase critical density in proximity to Bus Rapid Transit infrastructure.

- Redevelopment of the shopping center’s main patron entrance area.

- Possible reduction of the number of unused parking stalls to facilitate tax-generating uses.

Another example of a Brixton apartment development at its Orange County California location. An option example of what Brixton is looking to emulate in its Provo Towne Center Redevelopment.
(Palm Trees excluded of course) - Courtesy Brixton Capital LLC

Brixton points to examples throughout the city that support and are coordinated with the city’s Master Plan. That includes pedestrian-friendly designs that strongly encouraged standards of livability within urban corridors, with special concern for safety aspects of collector streets for pedestrians and bicyclists.

In its application, Brixton notes uses that complement and support the shopping mall and could provide long-term success of the Provo Towne Centre.

The application also discusses major gateway entrances into Provo that move large volumes of traffic and provide significant opportunities for development that is different or more intense than what is currently being used.

“Because these areas experience a daily in and out flow of workers and visitors to the city, the economic development potential for these areas is much greater, and should be a focus of economic development,” the application states. “This may include limited and specific more intense and dense development in and around the Bus Rapid Transit routes and stations.”

The UVX route already services the mall area and is an added bonus for potential multi-family use in a TOD zone, according to the city’s master plan...

Another Rendering option example of the Brixton Property in Rockville, Maryland. March 18, 2021 - Courtesy Brixton Capital LLC



An earlier rendering of Brixton's intent on reinventing the commercial portion of the Towne Center Mall into more of a Lifestyle Center - Courtesy Brixton Capital LLC

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Downtown Provo to get housing for low-income seniors and autistic residents

Genelle Pugmire, for the Daily Herald - March 18,2021 - https://www.heraldextra.com/news/loc...b352a05c3.html

For years, the southwest corner of 100 East and 100 North in Provo has been a vacant lot collecting weeds. That is changing.

At 11 a.m. Thursday, the ground was broken at 85 North for an innovative, affordable new apartment building designed specifically to support the unique sensory needs of individuals on the autism spectrum and low-income housing for senior residents, particularly those who are disabled.

With cooperative efforts of Provo city, the Provo Housing Authority and ScenicView Academy, they are taking a community approach to protect some of Provo’s most vulnerable residents.

“Provo is known and has earned its reputation as a compassionate community,” said Mayor Michelle Kaufusi at the groundbreaking. “This project is an impressive example of how a thriving community takes care of the most vulnerable citizens.”...

Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi speaking at the groundbreaking for the 85 North aparmtnets. The apartment will be specifically designed for autistic residents and provide single-floor living for low-inclome seniors. Courtesy Provo City

...The 44 rental units for senior renters will not have any negative impact on existing market rate apartments projects or existing rent assisted senior projects, according to Utah Regional Housing.

With over 3,700 seniors in the market, of which 1,200 are very low income renters without any housing assistance, the need for additional affordable units for low-income senior renters is clear. Demand for affordable senior units exceeds availability, according to Utah housing statistics.

Affordable, high-quality senior and disabled housing in Utah County is limited. There is a high need for this type of project.

With two large universities in the surrounding communities, affordable housing for single, disabled individuals is very hard to locate. Most studio and one-bedroom apartments are rented to students of the universities, where higher rents can be charged, according to Vernon and the housing authority.

Photo, Courtesy Provo City

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Update, East Bench - University Of Utah Stadium Project

Originally Posted by Atlas

The Rice-Eccles stadium expansion is coming along:

• Video Link


‘We’ve got one shot to get this right and that’s our absolute plan’...Rice-Eccles getting $80 million in enhancements.




By Dirk Facer

https://www.deseret.com/2019/11/30/2...tadium-project

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah broke ground back in November — albeit in ceremonial fashion — on its new Ken Garff Performance Zone. Dignitaries in hard hats used gold shovels to turn some dirt on the $80 million project
that officially began in January...When complete in the summer of 2021, the Ken Garff Performance Zone will bring significant enhancements to the stadium. The existing building and stands in the south end zone will be replaced by a
structure featuring new locker rooms, meeting spaces and premium seating. It’ll enclose the stadium and raise the capacity for Utah football games from 45,807 to 51,444. Funds for the project are being covered by donations and future
revenue streams associated with the new suites, loge boxes, ledge seating, stadium club, field-level club, rooftop terrace, and benches. The zone will also include sports medicine and hospitality areas, as well as spaces for equipment, media,
and a recruiting lounge. Harlan said it will be one of the best facilities in the country when completed.

University members and donating families participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ken Garff Performance Zone before the start of an NCAA football game
between the Utah Utes and Colorado Buffaloes at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. Colter Peterson, Deseret News


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Picture By Jeffrey D. Allred , The Deseret News - The current configuration of the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium is pictured.




Rederings, newly expanded stadium










A few new renderings from this link: https://www.kengarffperformancezone.com/

Olympic Cauldron relocated to make way for Stadium Expansion

By Merritt Jewel for KSL.COM - https://www.ksl.com/article/46717744...dium-expansion

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SALT LAKE CITY — Cranes and construction workers surrounded the Olympic Cauldron Park Thursday afternoon in preparation for the Rice-Eccles stadium expansion, only to face a small hiccup.

...Original plans to move the 72-foot tall 2002 Olympic Cauldron were postponed to Friday when the moving company, Mountain Crane, realized the cauldron was bolted down to 2 feet of cement, making it substantially
more heavy than originally estimated. A crane to handle the now estimated 56,000-pound cauldron was brought in, and Friday morning, crews moved the structure. For about a year, the cauldron will relocate to a secured location
for refurbishments while construction for the Ken Garff Performance Zone is underway.

By football season 2021, the cauldron will be back on the University of Utah campus permanently. Preliminary work for stadium expansion began in January on the south side of the stadium. According to Paul Kirk, the associate athletic
director for communications at the University of Utah, the Performance Zone will replace a majority of the Olympic Cauldron Park creating 5,000 more available seats, which will include premium seating options, bringing
the new seating capacity to a little more than 51,000. Seating on the south end zone will be torn down after the 2020 football season. Reconstruction plans have always encompassed the cauldron, Kirk told KSL.com.

The new cauldron will sit on a 16-18 foot concrete pedestal west of its current location south of the stadium to protect the structure and make it more visible to the general public. The new plaza will also incorporate a water feature
surrounding the cauldron, to commemorate the theme of fire and ice from the 2002 winter Olympics.

A full refurbishing process will include removing all 738 individual glass panes from the cauldron, replacing them with new glass and LED lights. Due to weather and time, the cauldron’s current glass panes are deteriorating.
Plans for the new glass will include similar bright colors from the 2002 cauldron.

The cauldron's infrastructure will also change from its original fire winding up the feature and water cooling system.“We're not using natural gas that’s contributing to pollution,” said Shawn Wood, community liaison and communications
specialist for the University of Utah. “It's gonna be a lot more energy-efficient.” Wood told KSL.com that they want to make it last another 18 years, and even longer.

Once back in place, the cauldron will continue to only be lit for special occasions.

“It’s one of those things that we want to keep special,” Wood said. “We just want to continue on with that legacy. The 2002 Olympics was one of the most successful Olympics,
and we just want to continue to make the culture last as long as it can.”

Crews move the 2002 Winter Olympic cauldron at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. The cauldron will be moved to a temporary location where
it will be refurbished while work is completed on the stadium’s expansion project, after which it will be returned to a new pedestal at the stadium. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News



Architectural renderings of what the new cauldron plaza will look like once complete. (Photo courtesy University of Utah)

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September 3rd, 2020

Originally Posted by Atlas

The old south endzone complex at Rice-Eccles has been demolished

Photo By Atlas



September 20th

Originally Posted by Atlas

Some nice drone shots of the construction at Rice-Eccles on Utehub today:

Originally Posted by ThePusherMan

An update on Rice Eccles Stadium another huge project that I forgot was happening. So much to keep track of. https://utahutes.com/news/2020/10/23...-vertical.aspx

October 23rd

Ken Garff Performance Zone at Rice-Eccles Stadium Beginning To Go Vertical. Steel work has begun on stadium expansion to be completed in Summer of 2021

January 30th

SALT LAKE CITY — Construction crews use a crane to reinstall the 2002 Olympic cauldron outside of the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium on Friday.
The cauldron was removed in February 2020 to make way for an $80 million expansion of the stadium. The cauldron was transported to an off-site location where all 738 glass panes were removed and the structure was sandblasted
and refinished. On Friday, the cauldron was lowered onto a newly constructed 17-foot-tall pedestal just north of the stadium ticket office. Earlier this week, construction on the Ken Garff Performance Zone marked a significant milestone
when the last beam was hoisted into place. The expansion and renovation project will enclose the south end zone, add premium seating and increase stadium capacity by nearly 5,000.

Olympic cauldron reinstalled outside of U.’s Rice-Eccles Stadium


Kristen Murphy, Deseret News


The Salt Lake Tribune

March 14th

A look at what Rice-Eccles Stadium looks like 172 days before 2021 season begins - https://kutv.com/sports/college/phot...-season-begins
All 21 Photos: https://kutv.com/sports/college/gall...begins#photo-1

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Rice-Eccles Stadium renovations as seen on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Photo: Robin Pendergrast)




Photos By Robin Pendergrast

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https://citizenportal.slcgov.com/Cit...howInspection=

Address: 1448 S Main Street

0.66 acres

Mint Architecture.

Project Description:

Poets Row is a 32 unit (attached unit) single family residential housing development. 14 units facing Main Street and 18 facing West separated by a drive aisle. The site plan shows the building pushed up to the property line so that 1) we can engage the public street and 2) maximizing the number of units on site and have the proper drive access. This area is missing middle housing with a unique stacked-unit design geared to affordability and diversify housing.

This project brings a different single family unit type to the area, along with an Architecture design to enhance the community along this stretch of Main Street.

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^^^
As always Blah, your posts are among the local's favorite. Without your continued coverage of the Wasatch Front boom, the local Mountain West forum site would be a lot less interesting.

So far I really like this project, especially for that particular area. As presented it looks to be designed sufficiently with the correct elements to not appear as a cheap copy of classic row housing. This will really continue to set a much higher bar for that area from its harsh pass-through commercial vibe of the past few decades.

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Update East Bench, University Of Utah

Originally Posted by Atlas

This project at the U was given $59.3 million by the legislature recently. I haven't been able to find any other renderings.

EDIT: according to the slide show that the above slide came from, the university plans on demolishing the east wing of the James Fletcher building too. Those labs and offices will move to the new building.

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Downtown Update - The Patrinely - 650 Main, Project - Including updated and additional renderings

Tony Semarad for the Salt Lake Tribune - July 15th - https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/07/...on-starts-new/ - Developers broke ground Tuesday on a 10-story office and retail project in downtown Salt Lake City, called 650 Main. The Phase I glass-clad tower at the southwest corner of Main Street and 600 South will add 332,100 square feet of high-end offices — with large floor plans, 10-foot-high ceilings and copious views — to Utah’s downtown business core, with its first phases set to be completed in early 2022. The project’s backers have a second round of construction upcoming, with an office building of similar size envisioned on adjacent land at 645 W. Temple. The Utah Transit Authority announced in April it will add a new TRAX station nearby, paid for by Salt Lake City, its redevelopment agency and the developers. The new tower has been designed by HOK, a worldwide firm headquartered in St. Louis, and its builders will reportedly aim for what’s known as LEED Gold, a high standard of energy efficiency. In addition to a spacious lobby with seating areas and about 4,600 square feet of space for retail outlets, the new tower will offer tenants an indoor fitness center with locker rooms, bike storage, a private courtyard, conference facilities and both indoor and outdoor restaurant dining. The tower is one of a half-dozen new high-rise projects proposed or under construction in Utah’s downtown core. Work on 650 Main, which has been under discussion for several years, is getting underway in spite of the pandemic after its primary backers — Houston-based developer Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate, with home offices in San Antonio — announced in March they’d landed a major tenant for the new building.

(Rendering courtesy of Patrinely Group) Developers broke ground Tuesday on Phase I of 650 Main, a 10-story office and retail development located at the corner of Main Street and 600 South in downtown Salt Lake City.

June 9, 2020

Originally Posted by UTPlanner

The Patrinely Group should have a permit in the next two weeks for Phase 1 of their 650 Main project. They already have significant tenants ready to occupy the space as well.

March 11, 2020 - Enerbank Inks First Deal With 650 South Main

EnerBank USA is the first tenant to sign for space at 650 Main, a planned 10-story, 326,000-square-foot, Class A office building in downtown Salt Lake City. The bank will occupy 88,900 square feet on the top three floors, starting in early 2022.

Patrinely Group’s Dennis Tarro, along with Aaron Jones, Todd McLachlan and Roman Bernardoof with NKF represented the landlord, a partnership between Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate. “This location will provide employees more convenient access to public transportation, while offering them excellent amenities and a productive working environment to give our customers the best service possible,” said EnerBank’s Charlie Knadler.

Construction on 650 Main will begin in spring. The property will be designed for LEED Gold certification, with floor plate sizes ranging from 40,000 square feet on the lower floors, to 29,500 square feet on the upper floors. HOK is the designer.

650 South Main

For companies focused on being truly competitive in today’s economy, workspaces have evolved to meet the demands of how the best and brightest collaborate in the workplace. 650 Main, a 10-story, 320,000-square-foot class A office building, is designed to meet these needs, providing dynamic workspaces that can benefit employee recruitment, foster innovation, and support healthy lifestyles. Building features start with oversized light-filled floorplates, tall ceiling heights, comprehensive onsite amenities, and outdoor tenant spaces. But they go on to include uniquely convenient accessibility, ample parking, onsite restaurants, and a location steps away from TRAX Salt Lake City’s light rail system. All this in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, a city consistently recognized as one of the best in the nation for healthy lifestyles and quality of life. The result is a modern workplace that is connected to it all. 650 Main – a modern office building designed for how the next generation will work.

650 Main offers a desirable downtown location, with numerous hotels, dining, and entertainment spots nearby. Accessibility need not be sacrificed, with a three-minute drive to/from Interstate 80, a 10-minute drive to the airport, and direct accessibility to the TRAX light rail system right outside the front door. Whether it is the morning commute, a business lunch, or an evening workout, 650 Main’s location provides a world of convenient options for employees and visitors.

Rendering of the Patrinely Group Office Project looking from 600 South and Main Street. Image courtesy Salt Lake City planning documents.






September 10th

This used to be a parking lot. 650 S Main site. Photo by Luke Garrott.


650 S Main site, center. 6th and Main, right center. Photo by Luke Garrott.


650 S Main and 6th and Main, bottom, Downtown, center. Photo by Luke Garrott.

Photos By Luke Garrott Of - https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/in-...uction-update/




January 19, 2021
Construction site on the left, The 650 Main Project

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune)



February 22nd

Photo By Atlas



February 24th

Photo By Taylor Anderson of BuildingSaltLake.com

Updated & Additional Renderings

Originally Posted by Blah_Amazing

I can't remember if someone posted these updated renderings of the project or not, but they were new to me at least.

The updated images can be found on both the Patrinely Group website as well as the official 650 Main website.

Night View from the Northeast at the intersection of 600 South and Main Street



Aerial View of both phases of the project.



Night View from the southeastern corner of the building on Main Street



Day View from the southeastern corner of the building on Main Street



Active Courtyard



Social Courtyard



Courtyard Layout



Indoor/Outdoor Fitness Center



Lobby - Sitting Area



Lobby - Front Desk



High-Tech Conference Center



Ground Level Floor Plan



Building Section

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March 22nd

Originally Posted by Atlas

...Here's a shot of the first pieces of glass on 650 Main. Source is u/dozensoffish from the subreddit:

Photo By Source is u/dozensoffish from the subreddit:

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Southern Metro Update, Door-busting deal brings abandoned Shopko down as The Mix moves forward

Genelle Pugmire Reports for the Daily Herald @ - https://www.heraldextra.com/news/loc...baa487b84.html

The Mix will be a 28-acre mixed-use project including a mixture of retail and office along the front with stacked flats and state-of-the-art condos lining the back. The goal is to use a great location
to create a gathering node along University Parkway, drawing in businesses and tenants to create a vibrant mixed use community, according to Brighton Development, new owners of The Mix.

Mayor Michelle Kaufusi put on her hard hat and jumped into backhoe Tuesday, March 23rd,2021 and added the first few swipes to demolish the old Shopko store to prepare for The Mixx at River's Edge development.
Photo By Craig Conover, Daily Herald

It has been over five years since customers visited Shopko, watched a dollar movie and then had some popular Carousel Ice Cream concoction at the Plum Tree Shopping Center...

...Issues with infrastructure, too much open Class A business space and construction costs kept The Mix at River’s Edge from coming to fruition — until now.

On Tuesday, Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi helped take a swing as construction crews demolished the old Shopko store.

It has only been days since the new owners of the property applied for demolition permits and took down the Movies 8 dollar theaters at the end of last week...

...It is also the gateway to Brigham Young University as you enter Provo from Orem on the University Parkway. For some residents, it has been a blight on the community.

“This redevelopment project has been anticipated for many years with our citizens anxious for progress to replace the retail blight,” said Keith Morey, Provo Economic Development director. “Watching the property lay dormant has been difficult, but the reality of its reawakening and transformation is truly exciting.”

Just like the newness of spring and the feelings of renewal after a long year of COVID-19, this development is just what Provo needs, according to Kaufusi.

“Successful development is always about timing,” Kaufusi said. “We now have the right timing and the right team to finally bring this development back to its thriving glory days and create a gathering place where a whole new generation can make memories.”

The Mix at River’s Edge mixed-use development, on the northeast corner of University Parkway and 2230 North, has been through numerous plans over the last five years, but it now has new ownership. The project will be commencing construction this week...

...Even the new developers have sentimental feelings about this project.

“I’ve been eating or shopping at the Plum Tree Shopping Center for over 30 years, since I was a student at BYU in 1988,” said Nate Pugsley, CEO of Brighton Development. “The location is one of the best in Utah County for development opportunities and long-term value, given its proximity to two universities and University Parkway.

“As a company we couldn’t be more excited to invest a little bit of time, money and resources to improve this part of Provo.

“We’re grateful for our financial partners, Provo City and our internal team at Brighton Development for all their hard work,” Pugsley said. “As a company, we are grateful for the opportunity to be able to work and hire great talent in this vibrant part of the state.”

Morey sees interest in Provo increasing and momentum building on exciting development projects in process.

“The redevelopment at The Mix at River’s Edge is a reflection of the broader strength of the Provo market right now,” said Morey. “Milken’s recent study identifying Provo as the ‘Best Performing Large City’ in the country is a reflection of what we have all known for a long time.

“The Mix at River’s Edge is in addition to the many projects underway in Provo right now, like the new Provo City Hall, the redevelopment of the existing City Hall block, the new class A office space being built in downtown Provo by PEG, as well as commercial and residential development in almost every part of our community,” Morey said.

The Mix is uniquely positioned to capture the attention of shoppers from Provo and Orem as they travel along University Parkway.

With the new ownership, the designs have changed slightly, but the new development will have some retail, housing and hotel options.

Hundreds of new housing units coming to Provo as major development finally gets underway

PROVO, Utah (KUTV) — Dirt is finally moving on a more than $100 million Provo development project, five years after it was supposed to begin...

Daniel Woodruff, KUTV - https://kutv.com/news/local/hundreds...-gets-underway

The front approach to new condos being built at The Mix at Rivers Edge is shown in renderings. March 23, 2021. Courtesy Brighton Development




Renderings are shown of apartments to be built at The Mix development. March 24, 2021. Courtesy Brighton Development

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Red Butte Gardens and Arboretum, Salt Lake City Proper, East Mountain Bench - https://a.travel-assets.com/findyour...Arboreteum.jpg


Red Butte Gardens and Arboretum, Salt Lake City Proper, East Mountain Bench - https://a.travel-assets.com/findyour...Arboreteum.jpg

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