The hotel "is projected to attract more economic development around the hotel, acting as a catalyst for future growth," developers wrote. "For large conventions at the Salt Palace, it is anticipated that many event visitors will stay at the proposed hotel" and use Salt Palace parking, designers wrote in planning documents. ![]() The Salt Palace currently has about 1,000 parking spaces, but the hotel will only add about 64 new parking stalls below the hotel, according to preliminary plans. The hotel will "anchor the southeast corner of the Salt Palace block to become a true urban complement of the downtown and a center of activity for the neighborhood surrounding the Salt Palace Convention Center," developers John Portman and Associates wrote in preliminary plans now under review in the city's planning department. The 725-room hotel with about 896,000 square feet of floor area, 62,000 square feet of meeting space, a nearly 26,000-square-foot ballroom, along with a restaurant, lobby bar and lounge, fitness and pool deck and an event terrace, will feature electronic displays and a glass and aluminum exterior, according to planning documents filed with Salt Lake City.Ĭonstruction is expected to begin later this year and slated to finish in 2022. John Portman and Associates, Salt Lake City Planning Department Here are some major projects coming soon to Salt Lake City's skyline:Īfter years of struggling to get the project up and running, city and county leaders are finally moving forward with what's slated to be a 28-story, 335-foot hotel on the southeast corner of the Salt Palace Convention Center, near 200 South and West Temple. "That's why we're starting to see this big boom," he said. Norris said it's thanks to Utah's steady economy and long-range planning that has set up Utah's capital to set its sights sky-high. "It's exciting to have a more cosmopolitan city," Valdemoros said, recalling how different Salt Lake City looked 19 years ago when she first came to Utah. To Salt Lake City Councilwoman Ana Valdemoros, who was recently selected to fill former Councilman Derek Kitchen's seat on the council representing downtown, the flux of new skyscrapers means an "exciting" time for Salt Lake City. One of the impacts of that is it does reduce the growth pressure in other parts of the city and, frankly, the region." "Downtown has the infrastructure and amenities in place that support it growing and getting bigger. In 2016, Salt Lake City leaders updated the downtown master plan after "extensive" public engagement to decide how downtown should grow, Norris said, and more skyscrapers are certainly a part of that plan. "It's been said that change isn't stressful, resistance to change is stressful." "There are always voices with concerns about that change, but if you look at the growth that is projected for Utah, inherent in that growth are changes in how we live and work," he said. "It's what makes great cities great cities."Īs the fight against density riles neighborhoods across the Wasatch Front, there's no place better suited than downtown Salt Lake City for high-rise offices, hotels and rentals, Brewer said. "Downtown is an appropriate place for that kind of densification," he said. "In the next 10 years, the skyline of Salt Lake City will continue to change as the downtown area densifies and as more people live downtown," he said.Īs the face of an organization dedicated to downtown vibrancy, Brewer said skyscrapers are a welcome addition to Salt Lake City's bustling business district. "This time next year, we'll have four or five cranes" operating in the heart of the city, said Dee Brewer, executive director of the Downtown Alliance.īrewer also hinted at some "preliminary conversations" with developers who have "other ambitious plans" for the area, though he also said it was too soon to give more details than that. ![]() That means that very soon, Salt Lake visitors and residents can expect a flurry of construction in the heart of Utah's capital to make way for the new skyscrapers. A 28-story high-rise of pure office space at 95 S.A 24-story tower that will become the city's first ever residential rental skyscraper at 151 S.A long-envisioned Salt Palace convention hotel on the northwest corner of 200 South and West Temple.Though it's not yet clear what will eventually become Salt Lake City's tallest skyscraper, there are several sky-high projects that have won a stamp of approval and are headed toward construction, including: ![]() There isn't a maximum building height in downtown's Central Business District, though there are certain heights that trigger design review requirements. It's an "urban legend" that buildings can't be taller than the church's office building, Norris said. Salt Lake City's current tallest building - the Wells Fargo Center - stands at 422 feet, just 2 feet taller than the Church Office Building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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