Life In the Valley

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Life Salt Lake City office space by Zions Securities, Property reserve, Inc., Taubman Centers, and Cowboy Partners, began with demolition in late 2006. While full completion is scheduled for 2012, many portions of development will be finished by the end of 2010. Last to be finished will be

City Creek

the retail stores and the landscaping.

Center... at

$1.5 billion

• Nearly 6 acres of gardens and landscaped

Elements of City Creek include: open space.

the largest

• Water features that recreate the historic Photo: Steve Greenwood

downtown redevelopment in the country.

south fork of City Creek. • Some 5,000 parking spaces, all under­ ground, to support residential, retail, and office spaces. • An open-air mall anchored by Nordstrom, Macy’s and Harmon’s Grocery Store.

renowned architects Skidmore, Owings and

City Creek Center construction is proceeding on plan and on time for a 2012 opening

Merrill, the building encompasses 460,592 SF,

• New office space and a fully-remodeled Deseret Building, which dates from 1918.

sits on the main TRAX line and offers columnfree flour plans and floor-to-ceiling windows.

• Approximately 700 residential units. Mainly in tower condos, but also some rental properties.

Tenants already include Goldman Sachs CB Richard Ellis, and law firm Holland & Hart.

• The first full-service grocery store in the downtown core in a quarter of a century.

Construction began in 2009 on an airport

extension of the popular TRAX light rail. The

All told, a 10-block area of downtown Salt

line runs six miles down North Temple to Salt

Lake City will receive an astonishing $2 billion

Lake International Airport and features six

in investment through 2012! Photo: Adam Barker, Courtesy S.L. Convention & Visitors Bureau

stops. Daily ridership is projected to reach 14,000 by 2030. Construction should be complete by 2012.

City Creek Center… at $1.5 billion the

largest downtown redevelopment in the country… is proceeding on plan and on time for a 2012 opening. The mammoth redevel­ opment is transforming parts of three city blocks into a mixed-use retail, housing and 16

9th & 9th Shopping District is popular with the locals


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