South Temple has sure changed over the last couple of years. I think that it looks great with all of the new additions that have been built. This picture is from last night and is of the new office building at the City Creek Center. I really like that it is all brick and has that old-time classical look to it. This building has great character to it. For those of you who don't know, this is where the South Temple entrance to the ZCMI food court was.
June 1, 2011
222 S Main is Salt Lake's premier office space. A brand new high-rise in downtown Salt Lake City. It is located right on Main Street. Right next ot a TRAX stop and the Gallivan Center. Downtown continues to get more and more exciting with everything happening. The great thing is that this building is almost full and the need is coming for another tower downtown. I can't wait as I know that Hamilton Partners has plans for another one on the corner of 100 South and Main. Hamilton Partners did such a great job with 222 S Main that it makes me very excited to see what they do with the one a block up. Maybe it could be called 111 S Main????
Well, I'm back to blogging about Salt Lake. I don't know why I stopped for a year. Anyway, a lot is happening with the new Courthouse, the many apartments, condos, office, etc going in downtown, most who have not been around for a while would have a tough time recognizing the place. That brings me to this photo I took on Main Street a few months back. In the photo, everything from the Montgomery Ward and to the south (right) of it are slated for demolition. This would also take out the Prudential Building which people either really like or really hate. The Prudential is the one with the spires on top of it. The Montgomery Ward building is the red brick one. Future plans call for a 20-25 story office tower where the Montgomery Ward building is and then from the Prudential building and the little one's next to it a "Broadway Style" theater that would seat about 2,400. The theater is sorely needed in this city as Capitol Theater just can't support the shows or the numbers of people that want to see the shows anymore. I imagine that in the next couple of years this block should look drastically different.
Downtown Salt Lake City now has a skybridge. I went downtown Saturday evening at about 11:30PM and set-up the camera. I set-up at the head of Main Street on South Temple. Not a lot of people there. I guess most everyone else was on 100 South looking at it from the other direction. They started raising the bridge around 12:15AM and I finally left at around 1:40AM. It was really cool to see those big cranes lift this bridge and then swing it into place. The top and sides will be in glass with a concrete base.
Great news today for downtown Salt Lake City as Goldman Sachs made the announcement that they are moving into the newly completed 222 S Main highrise on Main Street. They currently have 700 employees in their Salt Lake City office and plan on growing it to 1,150 employees in downtown. They have signed a lease to take floors 7-14. This is awesome because that means 222 S Main is now about half full with the attorney's on the upper floors and CBRE Richard Ellis moving in as well. At this rate, it is time to get another skyscraper going downtown. Now if only, downtown can start getting some of the companies out in the burbs to come downtown where the real action is.
Also, if you are a company that is looking to move to Salt Lake City or need more office space, you have got to check out this building. It is absolutely beautiful. Right in the heart of everything. TRAX trains at your front door. City Creek Center is only a block away and in a couple of years you will be able to TRAX straight from here to the airport. It doesn't get much better than this.
Well, downtown Salt Lake City is not only rising, but like a phoenix is coming back from the ashes. As we watched the old ZCMI and Crossroads Malls slowly deteriorate into a not so welcome place to go, we now have City Creek Center getting closer to completion. Granted, there are still 2 years until completely finished but with parts of it coming online, I think people are getting more excited about this project. The difference that this has with the old malls is the integration of people living downtown.
Also, a huge concern with people is that it would trap people inside the development. That the skybridge would also detract people from going down to Main Street. However, I think that with the interaction that all of these buildings have with the street, that will not be an issue. There are also many access points into this development from all directions.
Check out all of the housing that will be in this development. The first picture shows the apartments that will be above retail on the west side of Main Street.
I was downtown taking photos of the City Creek Center and when I went past the Richards Court towers on South Temple, I saw the large sign in the window saying that it will be the flagship store for Deseret Book and that it will be opening conference weekend on April 2nd and 3rd. Very exciting to see parts of this project coming on line. Below you will see where the new Deseret Book will be located along with the courtyard area between the two towers. This location used to be the old entrance to Crossroads Mall. What a change that has taken place?
