From Deseret News archives:
South Salt Lake getting new look
Residential housing is at heart of Market Station along with retail, transit hubs
"It's going to be exactly what we need to create basically a new city," Councilman Bill Anderson said. "Our city is old and we need to do a lot of redevelopment. I think what we're putting in place here is a model for the kind of redevelopment that is necessary."
The project, Market Station, is unlike the majority of mixed-use projects being built all over the state. The 18-acre development will cost $500 million and will extend from 2100 South to 2300 South and Main to State streets.
While most of its competitors focus on retail development, Market Station will be a place for people. Residential units far outnumber the commercial and office space, with a 27-story condominium tower and townhomes.
Office space will cap out at 400,000 square feet; retail at 40 units.
"This is a community first. You're going to see a project unlike anything Salt Lake has seen," said developer Steve Aste, managing partner of Park City-based Cascade Development Partners. "We want to create a unique environment where people can feel like they're at home."
"That's not a community. It's a retail center with residential thrown in as an afterthought," Aste said.
Market Station will have a grocery store, day care, village center and pocket parks.
On top of that, the development is centered around various transportation hubs. Both Interstate 15 and Interstate 80 feed into the project, as does a light-rail TRAX line. A proposed trolley line could run from the TRAX stop to Sugar House on an existing rail line along 2200 South, a Utah Transit Authority right-of-way. The Parley-Pratt trail will also one day cross the development.
Already, a 76-unit condo complex, Central Pointe, with seven retail stores sits at the head of the project at 2150 S. Main.
"I'm thrilled that these businessmen could see the value of doing this development here. They are taking some significant risks, but they did kind of a test project on Central Pointe, and those were so successful, they immediately launched into this bigger project," Anderson said.
Park City-based IBI Group has been hired as the architects. Project manager Dave Nicholas said they are aiming for LEED-certified commercial spaces, which is the top performance for environmentally green buildings.
Recent comments
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Mark Atwell | Feb. 17, 2008 at 12:50 p.m.
i hope there is open space in the development.
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