From Deseret News archives:
Temple raising home values
Buyers snapping up lots around the site in Draper
"Real estate in Draper is expensive as it is, but this is stratospheric," City Manager Eric Keck said. "I think people are going to want to be able to boast to their friends that they live near the temple."
Though construction on the temple has not started yet, the buzz surrounding the site is in full force.
Benji Nelson, a developer and land owner in the Corner Canyon area, sold all of the lots in his "Cove" subdivision when word of a Draper temple was still a rumor last year. But with a temple guarantee announced in November, the 1/2-acre lots he sold for $150,000 are selling quickly for more than $300,000.
"Once they announced it, it seems like everybody wants to be there," Nelson said. "One thing is the beauty of what the LDS Church creates and the spirit that is potentially around here. It's not something you can get every day."
Since the temple was officially slated for the lot at about 2000 East and 14000 South, four residential subdivisions have seen lots and million-dollar homes selling at double the normal rate, Keck said.
"The church endeavors to be a good neighbor, uses highest quality materials in construction and landscaping and obviously maintains the property," Bills said.
Those qualities produced a similar price jump in Bountiful when the LDS temple there was dedicated in 1995, City Manager Tom Hardy said. The park-like landscaping and "magnificent lighting" around the temple were a magnet for homebuyers in Bountiful, he said. The temple schedule closed on Sundays and Monday nights was also a major draw for residents.
"It's a quiet neighbor. It does not create loud ruckus traffic and it's not a business where everybody leaves at 5 in the afternoon," he said.
The pricey homes surrounding the temple have maintained their value, Hardy said, and are usually gobbled up within just days of being on the market.
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