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 leaders have also agreed to pursue a development on some of the property with Russell Platt, who had been the original architect for the towering Proscenium structures. More information about the first buildings will be made public in January. Platt and the city currently have a nondisclosure agreement in place regarding that development.

So far, 40-story buildings are still allowed in the area, but everything could change, said Sandy economic development director Randy Sant. The master plan could be finished by next spring.

"It's a wonderful location," Platt said, "and having Sandy ask me to come in and do a study to create a downtown area would be any architect's dream."

Platt said the plan will call for a mix of uses such as housing and office space. He also wants an anchor, such as the Broadway-style theater, but doesn't yet know what it will be.

Platt and a team of traffic engineers and civic planners have been hired to help with the master plan, Duerkson said. Platt submitted the only response to a city request for qualifications published in early November.

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