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  • U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be moving its offices downtown to occupy a portion of a 100,000 square foot building on 660 South 200 East from their present Murray location.

    USCIS' new office was previously occupied by Mountain America Credit Union. The vacancy was filled when the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) signed a 15-year lease on behalf of the USCIS.

  • The final groundbreaking for downtown's City Creek project was yesterday, July 8, for City Creek's downtwon grocery store, Harmons.

    "It's an exciting day to note that this is the concluding groundbreaking," said H. David Burton, Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is developing the City Creek Project for Salt Lake City.

    The groundbreaking for Harmons' fifteenth store is the beginning of the 50,000 plus square foot construction project that will finish during the fall of 2011.

  • By Ken Holman

    Overland Group, Inc.

     

    Seven Utah-based commercial contractors make Engineering News Record's (ENR) Top 400 Contractors in the United States list.

    The Top 400 List, released May 17, includes Okland Construction at 56, Layton Construction at 63, followed by Big-D, Jacobsen Construction, Clyde Companies, R&O Construction and Wadman Corp. on the list as well.

  • By Ken Holman

    Overland Group, Inc.

     

    Commercial real estate values continue to fall, but the rate of decline decreases.

    Integra Realty Resources' first quarter 2010 Commercial Property Index indicated the office, industrial and retail sectors experienced a two percent drop in value during the last three months, which was well below the seven to 15 percent value declines over the last twelve months.

  • More than 22,000 Utah homeowners facing foreclosure, according to the Salt Lake Tribune's analysis of RealtyTrac data.

    Since July 2008, more than 18,000 families across the state have received default notices, 4,720 of those were filed during 2010.

  • By Ken Holman

    Overland Group

    Panelists met Wednesday, May 25, to discuss the City Creek development project in downtown Salt Lake City.

    "Salt Lake City could be the epicenter for growth [in the west] for years to come. We're talking about sustainable growth. Office space in many western cities is going at fire sales prices," one panelist stated. "You can buy office space at 20 cents per square foot in some cities, but then you have to live there."

  • SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced the State of Utah will receive more than $12.3 million to support community development and produce more affordable housing.  HUD’s annual funding will also help find homes for individuals and families living on the streets and provide permanent housing for individuals living HIV/AIDS.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — With construction crews already working on the North Temple TRAX line, city leaders are looking for ways to promote "desirable" development along the path to the airport.

    A new transit station area zoning district that makes the process "easier and shorter" for developments that meet certain guidelines would be one way to do that, some officials say.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — A hotbed for crime on the city's west side, Pioneer Park for years has been a place most avoid after dark.

    This summer, however, Salt Lake City leaders expect thousands to come for Twilight.

    With its longtime home, the Gallivan Center, undergoing an $8 million makeover this summer, the Twilight Concert Series is moving to Pioneer Park, and city officials say it will be a chance for people to experience the ongoing revitalization of an often disregarded neighborhood.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — A tour through Young Electric Sign Co.'s new facility is a seemingly endless opportunity to look at pictures and models and say, "I know that sign!" or "You made that one?"

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — Sales of single-family homes in Salt Lake County grew in the first quarter but median sales prices continued to fall.

    The Salt Lake Board of Realtors said Tuesday that sales climbed 15.3 percent in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period a year earlier. However, the median price of single-family homes sold during the first quarter in the county dropped 8.8 percent from the 2009 first quarter — from $238,000 to $217,000.

  • (Deseret News) Federal Heights got its name from the Army officers at Fort Douglas who established homesteads in the area in the late 1800s.

    Today, this area of the valley is known for its tree-lined streets, early traffic circles and gracious homes that represent everything from the late Victorian era through Period Revival and Arts and Crafts/Craftsman/Bungalow to a few modern styles.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — The Gallivan Center's $8 million makeover starts now.

    Big-D Construction, the contractor selected for the project, will begin construction at the popular downtown plaza immediately, with completion slated for April 2011, city officials announced Monday.

    The project will include a two-story structure along 200 South, an expanded amphitheater and an at-grade skating rink. The outdoor rink will be completed in time for the annual Lights On celebration in November, officials said.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — A Davis County man involved in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced to less than five years Wednesday — a reduced sentence he was granted for working with the government.

    Lyle Clay Smith, 44, was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay almost $2.5 million in restitution by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — The Turner Kiewit Jacobsen team will have an open house for potential subcontractors for the Camp Williams federal data center project from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at the Karen Gail Miller Conference Center at the Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus, 9750 S. 300 West, Sandy.

    TKJ consists of Turner Construction Co.; Kiewit Building Group, a subsidiary of Kiewit Corp.; and Jacobsen Construction Co.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — Water circulated through the reflecting pools Tuesday, and for the first time in a long time, something was moving on Richards Street.

    The historic thoroughfare between Main and West Temple has been closed since the 1970s, a casualty of the now-demolished Crossroads Mall. But as construction continues at the LDS Church's City Creek Center, a trio of old streets — Richards, Regent and Social Hall Avenue — will make a comeback downtown as pedestrian pathways.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — Shortly after business and community leaders pleaded with the public Tuesday to continue to patronize North Temple businesses, construction crews began demolition of the street's iconic traffic bridge, limiting access to the city's west side for the next roughly 18 months.

    For the next two months, crews will demolish the bridge, which took vehicles over railroad tracks along North Temple from 350 West to 600 West.

    During the remaining time, crews will rebuild the bridge with some changes:

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — Opponents of a planned soccer complex along the Jordan River say a city planning commissioner failed to declare a conflict of interest and recuse himself during a vote to rezone the property last week.

    Michael Gallegos, director of Salt Lake County's community resources and development department, voted to approve the rezone petition last week, clearing the way for the $22.7 million complex to be built near 2200 North, despite ongoing negotiations between the city and the county to operate the 13-field complex.

  •  (Salt Lake Tribune) The 10 million annual visitors won't come for two years, but City Creek Center will open the first doors of its 700 new downtown Salt Lake City households by month's end.

    And, in two weeks, a restaurant will open at those nearly complete Richards Court condos, across the street from the LDS temple.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — Zions Bancorp on Monday reported its sixth straight quarterly loss, but it was a loss well below that predicted by a group of analysts and less than half the loss in the previous quarter.

    According to its first-quarter 2010 financial report, Zions had a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $86.5 million, or 57 cents per diluted share. The consensus Wall Street expectation was for Zions to lose 95 cents per share in the quarter.

  •  (Salt Lake Tribune) Rick Howa's five-year saga to buy and then develop an empty strip of the 300 West Marmalade district is over.

    The developer failed to submit a retooled design before a recent Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency deadline, asking instead for more time. That request, which follows a stalemate over adding housing on the block between 500 North and 600 North, was denied.

  • SALT LAKE CITY--(Utah Pulse)--Prudential Utah Real Estat announced today that Ross Anthony has been named senior vice president and Salt Lake City area general manager.

    Anthony’s responsibilities include overseeing management of seven Prudential Utah Real Estate offices throughout the greater Salt Lake City area. He is also responsible for companywide administration, human resources and relocation services.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — A recent real estate market report by RealtyTrac listed Utah as having the fifth-highest rate of foreclosure filings in the nation. With that in mind, some nonprofit organizations are banding together to help property owners who may on the verge of losing their homes.

    The Utah Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce11 to receive a free foreclosure prevention workbook and a comprehensive list of credible, nonprofit counseling agencies involved with the Utah Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — The cost of transforming North Temple into a grand entrance to the capital city will have to fall, in part, on property owners on that street.

    But after hearing complaints that a proposed taxing district might break the bank for businesses along the strip, city officials are easing up a bit.

    Mayor Ralph Becker's administration is looking to reduce the burden that will be placed on property owners, as city officials try to pay for the lights, trees and art installations that will run along the future TRAX line to the airport.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — Utah retained the top economic outlook ranking in a new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

    The third edition of "Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index" had Utah top-ranked a year ago, based on 15 state public policy variables. Utah was ranked 18th in economic performance, based on three variables "highly influenced by state policy."

    The report's authors analyzed how economic competitiveness drives income, population and job growth.

  • (Salt Lake Tribune) Bordered by a sweeping concrete wall and dotted with young trees, the southwest corner of Reservoir Park was peaceful on a recent morning. Only a line of footprints disturbed the surface of a newly fallen layer of springtime snow.

    A year ago, the scene at 1300 East and 100 South in Salt Lake City would have been very different. Instead of a wide-open green space, the approximately football-field-sized area was covered by a decrepit set of tennis courts.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — After waiting more than two years and gathering $130,000, volunteers are being allowed to build portions of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail between Parleys Canyon and Sandy.

    "It's a well-used trail where it has been constructed," said Forest Service Ranger Cathy Kahlow. "We're just real excited about being able to provide a good, healthy recreation opportunity."

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — As the LDS Conference Center embarks on its second decade, some may talk of what it might have been — a massive domed arena — or of its lesser-known amenities, like the collection of wood, welding and machine shops and the adjoining 900-seat theater.

  • SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — It's a symbol of church headquarters, and to church leaders it's even a miracle maker.

    The mountainous, 28-story Church Office Building soars above North Temple Street, where it has been the nerve center for the tremendous growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the nearly 35 years since its dedication.

  • SALT LAKE CITY(Deseret News) — Over the years, the members of the Utah National Guard's 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion have been bounced from Ogden to Draper to Camp Williams, moving out to make way for more equipment-intensive units that require the extra space.

    That nomadic existence came to a close with the recent opening of the $12 million Salt Lake Readiness Center, which will be home to that unit as well as members of the 118th Sapper (Engineer) Company and the 85th Civil Support Team.

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