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  • Meridian project promises big changes to former Proscenium site

    (Sandy Journal) Sandy may soon have a new mixed use development that could include office space, apartment-style living and the Living Planet Aquarium. This new idea is called the Meridian project and will replace plans for the Proscenium project, which would have included a Broadway-style theater. The project was renamed Meridian one of the developers associated with the Proscenium dropped out because of financial problems.

  • Historic Sandy named as the This Old House neighborhood in Utah

    (Sandy Journal) This Old House is a nationally recognized television program and magazine dedicated to preserving and restoring historic dwellings. This year its publishers named Historic Sandy as their pick for Utah's historic neighborhood. This is the third year that the contest has been going. It is Sandy's first mention on the list.

  • Utah Home Sellers to Welcome Thousands of Buyers for Day of Open Houses

    SANDY, Utah (Utah Association of Realtors) — To help last-minute home shoppers take advantage of the soon-to-expire federal home buyer tax credit, Realtors in Utah and across the country are hosting thousands of open houses on April 10.

    The Utah Statewide Open House is the first time Realtors in Utah will host a coordinated day of open houses to offer buyers the convenience of touring dozens of homes for sale in a single weekend.

  • New subdivision to be developed in Sandy

    The Cove at Riverwood, a 36-single family-lot subdivision, will be under construction soon. The development is located just off of State and Street and 112th South, near Home Depot. The homes will be featured in this year's August Home Show. Doug Young of Sandstone Development is the developer.

  • Sandy public utilities department upgrades to a new building

     (Sandy Journal) For years, the Sandy City Public Utilities Department was run out of a small 12,000-square-foot dilapidated building that wasn't large enough to house supplies, let alone equipment. That all changed in December when the department was moved from its location south of the Sandy Amphitheater to a new building at 9150 South 150 East, just north of Jordan Commons.

  • Architect shares aquarium vision

    Sandy (Salt Lake Tribune) » City officials here caught their first glimpse Tuesday of a new vision for 11 acres just southwest of Sandy City Hall. The Proscenium -- which was pitched as a home for Utah's first mega Broadway theater -- has been scrapped for The Meridian, a possible new home for the Living Planet Aquarium.

    Sandy spent $5.2 million to buy 8 of the 11 acres at the site, near 10200 South and east of Interstate 15, after the property went into foreclosure and the Proscenium's lead developer dropped out.

  • Sandy to annex Snowbird Ski Resort?

    (Salt Lake Tribune) Sandy could take Snowbird under its wing.

    Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, has introduced a bill that would allow the Little Cottonwood Canyon ski resort to bolt from unincorporated Salt Lake County and become part of Sandy.

    Although Snowbird is miles away from Sandy and doesn't touch a common boundary, SB244 would allow the resort to annex into its not-so-near neighbor since their borders are separated only by federal lands.

  • Sandy mayor pushes for aquarium

    SANDY (Deseret News) — This south valley city has admitted defeat in the great Broadway-style theater race and refocused its efforts on expanding The Living Planet Aquarium.

    Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan announced the new direction to the local Chamber of Commerce during a formal address Thursday evening.

    "It replaces the theater, but it also brings more people to the area than a theater," he said later. "We see it as a real asset to our community. The aquarium itself is a great family-oriented activity."

  • New pizza restaurant opens, another to follow

    (The Enterprise) Arella Pizza opened earlier in December in Bountiful in close to 3,000 square feet. The location was leased through Garret Blomquist, Brett Palmer and Cody Felts of NAI Utah Commercial Real Estate. Another pizza restaurant, Pizzeria Toscano also plans to open in December in a 3,600-square-feet location in Sandy, near the new 11400 South freeway interchange.

  • Sandy making new plans for Sandy Proscenium land

    SANDY (Deseret News) — With plans for the Proscenium Broadway-style theater scrapped and developer Scott McQuarrie withdrawing from the project, Sandy officials have gone back to the drawing board over what should be built on about 10 vacant acres just south of City Hall.

  • Sandy studying economic impact of stadium

    SANDY (Deseret News)  — The Sandy City Council voted unanimously during its Dec. 1 meeting to study the economic impact of Rio Tinto Stadium.

    The study, which is expected to be finished in a few months, is a follow-up from benefits studies performed before the stadium was built.

    Almost half of the cost of the $110 million structure was financed by hotel room taxes and a redevelopment bond.

    This summer, the stadium celebrated its first anniversary.

  • Alta View Hospital expands emergency department

    (Sandy Journal) A major expansion of the Alta View Hospital’s emergency department has been completed. The

    department now has five additional patient care rooms (for a total of 25 patient rooms) and two new triage rooms. The expanded department now offers increased privacy for its patients. All of the patient bays that used to be open are now enclosed and larger than they used to be. More care processes are electronic — including patient tracking, nurse charting and ordering of labs and imaging.

  • Sandy annexes properties near Dimple Dell Park

    SANDY (Deseret News) — The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to annex 28 properties near Dimple Dell Park into Sandy, despite protests from Salt Lake County.

    The homes had been part of the proposed Granite Township, which is up for popular vote in November 2010.

    The homes along Bell Canyon Road will now receive Sandy fire, water, police and garbage service. They will also pay Sandy property taxes.

  • Goodbye Granite? Sandy may annex neighborhood

    (Salt Lake Tribune) It soon could be goodbye Granite and hello Sandy for an eastside neighborhood that has found itself at the epicenter of a debate over the long-term preservation and protection of its unincorporated community.

    The Sandy City Council leaned Tuesday toward annexing a 13-acre neighborhood along Bell Canyon Road, despite arguments that the move would nearly split Granite in two before voters can decide whether the community should be able to protect its borders in perpetuity as an unincorporated township.

  • White City makes room for a few more residents

    (Sandy Journal) Development in White City began during the 1950s. These days the community is considered an established area, and yet some spot development has emerged recently. A duplex at 913 East 9400 South is the newest building in the community.

    “I've bought property before and fixed it up,” said property owner Nate Hedman. “This is my first time having property developed.”

  • County, Sandy heat up annexation fight

    (Deseret News) Rhetoric is heating up between Salt Lake County and Sandy over an annexation procedure under way while Granite community residents are working to secure township status.

    At issue is whether a clause that allows fast-track municipal annexations of connected "peninsulas or islands" undermines the intent of a bill passed by the state Legislature last year that halts annexations while a township petition is under way.

  • Granite township debate heating up

    (Deseret News) Rhetoric is heating up between Salt Lake County and Sandy city over an annexation procedure under way while Granite community residents are working to secure township status.

    At issue is whether a clause that allows fast-track municipal annexations of connected "peninsulas or islands" undermines the intent of a bill passed by the state Legislature last year that halts annexations while a township petition is under way.

  • Sandy hopes RSL stadium will spur development

    Sandy (Salt Lake Tribune) » In just one year, Real Salt Lake's stadium has staged 19 big-league soccer matches, a nationally televised all-star game, an internationally viewed World Cup qualifier, mega-concerts by Kenny Chesney and the Eagles, even a revved-up monster-truck rally.

    So, what's next for three Sandy kids who have watched it all, parking patrons' cars at a family compound a block away?

    They're going to Disneyland.

  • Sandy to buy land that was planned for Proscenium

    SANDY (Deseret News) — The Sandy City Council is slated to approve a $5 million purchase of the land that was once planned for a Broadway-style theater.

    Plans for the 40-story, 600-foot Proscenium towers have been scrapped for now due to the developer's funding drying up, said Sandy spokeswoman Trina Duerkson. But a theater, apartments, condominiums or commercial development could still be on the horizon.

  • New program aims to stimulate Sandy's economy through real estate

    (Sandy Journal) Buying a new home in Sandy City just got a little easier with the “Own in Sandy Program” which helps home buyers with a $5,000 zero-interest loan. The program is designed to try to stimulate the economy in Sandy and create jobs in the process.

  • Census call center brings 1,200 new jobs to Sandy

    (Sandy Journal) Sandy City will play a major role in the 23rd Decennial Census which will be conducted in 2010. Vangent, Inc. has plans to occupy the old Discover Card building at 8475 South Sandy Parkway starting in October and will begin hiring 1,200 part-time and full-time employees in January to assist citizens as they complete the mandatory census.

  • UTA proposes high-density development in Sandy

    SANDY (Deseret News) — The Utah Transit Authority is promoting a mixed-use housing development near 10000 South that could double or even triple the current allowed density.

    And with the development, UTA is expanding its role from bus- and train-service provider to developer.

    The 35 acres at what is now the south end of the TRAX line is owned by UTA, and potential plans include two hotels and two restaurants, in addition to multi-family housing, according to a Tuesday presentation to the City Council.

  • Mayor outlines four new plans to make Sandy shine

    (Sandy Journal) Mayor Tom Dolan has announced a new development plan that he hopes will make Sandy a more desirable place to live and work.

    The entire project is broken down into four smaller projects in different areas of the city that he hopes will bring new businesses into Sandy and offer some competition with other shopping and entertainment centers along the Wasatch Front. Over the next four to five years, the mayor said he hopes that these new plans will be the defining projects for Sandy.

  • Dolan's success attributed to maturation of suburban city

    SANDY(Deseret News) — When Mayor Tom Dolan first took the helm of this south valley suburb in 1994, the municipality was in the throes of labor pain.

    Its booming population growth was served by just a spattering of commercial businesses, taxes were high and development conflicts were at a climax.

  • Retailer of children's clothes to open three Utah stores

    Three new Crazy 8 retail stores will be opening along the Wasatch Front. The children’s clothing store will be located at The South Towne Centre in Sandy, University Mall in Orem and Layton Hills Mall in Layton. Gymboree Corp. is the parent company of Crazy 8 and has a dozen other retail stores throughout Utah. The Enterprise, June 15-21, 2009

  • Sandy expo offers consumers financial savvy

     

  • Voonami to open new facility

    Voonami Inc. will open a 100,000-square-foot data center in Sandy, with the first phase being 25,000 square feet, according to The Enteprise. Construction is pending negotiations with Rocky Mountain Power and will take between nine and 18 months. The Enterprise, April 6-12, 2009.

  • Martinizing Dry Cleaning to locate in Utah

    Scott Ray will open four Martinizing Dry Cleaning operations in Utah by the end of September, with hopes to open another 11 throughout the state in the next five years, according to The Enterprise. The first two facilities to open will be in Sandy. The Enterprise, April 6-12, 2009.

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