![]() ![]() There has also been no mention so far of coordinating the utility’s proposed refresh to that segment of the Jordan River when it builds the headquarters with a new blueprint for the river recently released by the Jordan River Commission, said its executive director, Søren Simonsen. Others noted that the zoning Rocky Mountain Power is seeking does not specifically require housing to be built, though FFKR planners said the designs include plenty of residential construction. The energy company plans to build a new corporate headquarters, in “an inaugural development” in its strategy to redevelop 100 acres it owns there to create what’s being called the Power District Campus. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Property that Rocky Mountain Power is seeking a rezone along North Temple and west of the Jordan River, pictured on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. “So I really wish that there was some type of plan that showed how that would be restored to this area.” “You lose the street grid, and it basically kills walkability,” Christensen said. He noted that other city plans acknowledge how several primary east-west streets such as South Temple seem to disappear in that neighborhood. “I just have a difficult time really understanding the overall context without seeing the whole master plan,” planning commission member Mike Christensen said. ![]() But, after nearly 20 months of work, Rocky Mountain Power officials acknowledged Wednesday they haven’t finished a larger master vision on the rest of the land that they can share. The plan for this first phase, according to Susan Petheram, a senior planner with FFKR Architects, is to locate the new office complex well south of the North Temple frontage to make room for future transit-oriented housing and other construction closer to the street. ![]() (Rocky Mountain Power, via Salt Lake City) A site map for Rocky Mountain Power's proposed new office and operations center to be built at about 1275 W. So company wants the initial rezone to get started, and is asking the city to convert those 5.5 acres from light manufacturing to special transit-oriented uses, mostly to allow for more height and density in the office complex and adjoining buildings and to generate more green space along the Jordan River. “For grid resilience and operability of the system as a whole,” said Mario Costanzo, senior project manager for Rocky Mountain Power, “that building needs to come in.” The district also would take a decade or more to build and the company said it is under immediate pressure now from utility regulators to get the new operations center underway. Some of the land might be sold over time, she added, “but ultimately you have a steward here that is going to be working for a very long time.” “They’re looking to build a high-performance building and ensuring that as other development happens on the site, they will do that,” Jensen said. Melissa Jensen, with the Giv Group, a Salt Lake City firm representing the utility, said it sees itself as “a catalytic player in the commercial, retail and pedestrian space” and wants to “create an area that is pedestrian-focused and honors the Jordan River.” (Rocky Mountain Power, via Salt Lake City) An initial aerial rendering of Rocky Mountain Power's proposed new office and operations center to be built at about 1275 W. The planning commission recommended the City Council approve Rocky Mountain Power’s rezone request but not without a grilling from members on how the bigger development is expected to unfold. Plans also also are shaping up for a major mixed-use overhaul at the Utah State Fairpark, across the street from this site. The plan is to add to the offices in phases, Rocky Mountain Power said, bringing lots of walkable housing and commercial development to that rapidly growing west-side stretch and catering to its access to two TRAX stations.ĭetails on the new district emerge as the North Temple corridor is exploding with new housing construction, much of it accelerated by federal tax breaks. The Power Station District, as it will be called, is envisioned as a mini-city of sorts, judging from initial designs unveiled Wednesday. (Rocky Mountain Power, via Salt Lake City) An early rendering of Rocky Mountain Power's proposed new office and operations center (right) to be built at about 1275 W. ![]()
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