The Town Center Creek is a mixed-use development with upmarket open-air shopping centers, offices and residential buildings, fountains and river simulations near Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. This is an attempt by Property Reserve, Inc. (commercial real estate division Corporation of The President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Taubman Center, Inc. This center combines elements of shopping and housing, with padded sidewalks and streams covering three blocks in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City Center Creek is open to the public on March 22, 2012. This shopping, office and residential center covers nearly 20 acres (8.1 ha) from downtown Salt Lake City, City Creek Center is part of about $ 5 billion sustainable design project to revitalize downtown Salt Lake City, the City Creek Center project itself has been estimated to cost around $ 1.5 billion.
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History
The development of City Creek Center began in 2003, when a non-profit corporation owned by the LDS Church bought Crossroads Plaza Mall, a shopping center on the west side of Main Street from ZCMI Center Mall. Both malls (unofficially known as "Main Street Malls") were built in the 1970s. In 2001, Boyer Company completed its new mall called Gateway, four blocks west of Crossroads and ZCMI, attracting more businesses from Main Street. Soon after, Nordstrom's store at Crossroads announced its intention to leave the mall and open a new store at Gateway. The LDS church bought a mall in 2003 and rebuilt the area. Churches seek help from Taubman Center, Inc. to help redesign the mall into a project and recruit retailers to fill it. In October 2006, the City Creek Center design concept was announced. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on March 22, 2012.
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Design and Transport Overall
City Creek Center features a 700,000 foot (210,000 m) area of ​​mixed use housing, offices and retail space with the main mall itself featuring an open design, similar to The Gateway mall that competes. City Creek Center also won the award for a roof that can be opened. The mall is intended to serve pedestrian traffic. The multi-level sidewalks feature six hectares of green fields, fountains and rivers. The pedestrian skyway connects two city blocks on Main Street. The site is serviced by TRAX City's light tramtown Center station, and a large underground car park capable of accommodating 5,600 vehicles.
Skybridge
The Skybridge connects the top 2 floors of a shopping center on Main Street and serves as a pedestrian connector. The structure itself weighs 320,000 pounds and includes a revolving roof panel, glass wall and interior bench. The Skybridge itself is located just above the TRAX light city center train station. The structure itself is built by Jacobsen construction.
Landscape Architecture
SWA, which provides landscape architecture and urban design services, organizes sites along the city-road network to keep City Creek Center integrated with urban fabric and take inspiration from the city's original City Creek to create a 1.2 km waterway across the property as space green-oriented pedestrian. Other elements of landscape design support the concept of urban life as a whole, with pocket gardens, roof gardens, and landscape connections throughout the project.
Renters
Retail
City Creek Center is anchored by two national department stores: Nordstrom and Macy's. Nordstrom has a two-storey, 124,000 square foot (11,500 m 2 ) store located on West Temple Street, opposite the Calvin L Convention Center. The Rampton Salt Palace and Macy's occupy a three storey store of 150,000 sqÃ, ft (14,000 m 2 ), located on the east block of Main Street. In the initial plan, the third anchor, Dillard's, is also planned for the mall. After a public outcry about the alignment of the restored historic Regent Street area in the project, and the related restructuring, it left insufficient space for the proposed 150,000 square foot (14,000 m 2 ) store, plans for Dillard at the Center canceled. More space for specialty retailers and additional condo towers put in a plan in place. There are about 300,000 square feet (28,000 m 2 ) additional retail space for specialty stores. The Harmon grocery store is located in the easternmost block (3), at the corner of 100 South roads and 200 East Roads. The northeast area containing the adjacent Key Bank Tower and Eagle Gate Tower was completed in June 2009. It contains a Food Court with views to the west. Several restaurants are located, including McCafe (McDonald's), Chang Chung, Sbarro, Red Iguana, and Bocata. This mall has underground parking valet parking located under the Key Bank Tower. The Deseret Book's flagship store opened in March 2010 at the northeast corner of Richards Street, in the east building of Richards Court, just across Temple Square. Other first tenants in the mall include The Disney Store, Porsche Design, and the Cheesecake Factory plus another 100.
Office
Several office buildings in the area maintain their position in the construction of City Creek Center. The Key Bank Tower, however, was destroyed, and the tenants moved to the nearby Profitable Financial Group Tower, renamed the Lock Bank Tower. The main tenant of the building moved to Gateway Tower West, which was renamed as the New Financial Group Tower. Residents and the media challenged the initial decision to destroy the old First Security Bank Building. The challenge was upheld and the building was renovated.
Residential
There are about 300 housing units, consisting of condos and apartments, at City Creek Center. They are located in five residential towers, one of which is 99 West. This residential skyscraper has replaced the destroyed Inn at Temple Square in the northwest corner of the western block, South Temple, and West Temple Street. Richard Court is located on South Temple Street, just opposite Temple Square, in early February 2009 with over 45 percent sold. Construction completed for the 23-floor Regent building in 2011, located on the south side of the east block (100 South Street). The Bupati is one of the last buildings to be completed at City Creek Center. The other apartments are mostly built along 100 South Street, with some built along South Temple Street as well. The foundation, and the first three floors of the Cascade condominium building on the 19th floor were built as part of the original construction. Plans call for tower completion when most of the other housing units in the City Creek complex are sold, and market conditions are correct.
Hotel
The Marriott Downtown at City Creek Hotel is the only hotel located at City Creek Center. Before the development of Creek City it was named Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown. The original hotel opened on 15 October 1981 by Marriott International and underwent renovation when the block was rebuilt.
Parking
City Creek Center has 5,600 vehicle spaces located in two underground blocks of City Creek Center. Parking is a mixed use, serving monthly, daily and residential use. Parking is managed by Utah Property Management Associates, LLC., A twin company of City Creek Reserve Inc.
Demolition and construction
Most of Town Center Creek finished in late 2011 and opened in early 2012, covering nearly 20 acres (81,000 m 2 ) in three blocks in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City as a revitalization effort to restore downtown into a vibrant economic and cultural center.
The demolition of the old structure of this site began in November 2006. In February 2007, the Inn at Temple Square had been completely destroyed and work was being done to demolish the old parking structure for Crossroads Plaza Mall. Destruction takes place across the entire region from west to east, with some businesses staying open until a short time before scheduled dismantling. Macy's and Nordstrom were closed in early February 2007. On August 18, 2007, the two-story Key Bank Tower exploded and was one of the final steps for demolition. The demolition was completed at the end of 2007, and followed by six months of excavation and site preparation. As of July 2008, most of the structures beneath the Crossroads block surface located southeast of the main road and the intersection of South Temple Street have been completed. The parking structure under the future Nordstrom site is completed in the southwest corner of the block. The central core of the thirty-two condo towers, as well as the workbases for three additional residential buildings located along the northern edge of the block, has begun construction early in mid 2008.
The Building Envelope Consultant, Morrison Hershfield provides services on issues from schematic through the construction phase of the City Creek Center project. These include two underground parking garages, five residential/office buildings, several retail stores, one rehabilitation building, and the area around and below the man-made stream and fountain area. The design of the air barrier system is developed based on the continuous air barrier of the membrane for all areas of the opaque wall tied with glass and roof/waterproofing systems.
Rebar was set up just south of the newly relocated Key Bank Tower located on the eastern edge of the ZCMI block east of the Crossroads block at the end of July 2008. The remainder of the ZCMI block has just completed preparation of the initial site at this time with the dismantling of the remaining part of ZCMI Mall completed in January 2009.
The food court section, located between the Key Bank and Eagle Gate towers opened on June 10, 2009 after a 2 day delay.
The first condo, Richard's Court, was completed during the spring of 2010. The first tenant, the Deseret Book bookstore, opened on the first floor of the Richard Court in April 2010.
Public sentiment
A number of critics opposed the sky bridge, which was built to channel buyers through development. The critics include many late South merchants who expressed concern that the sky bridge will divert traffic from stores at street level adjacent to development. They claim similar results occurred thirty years ago after the construction of two malls replaced by City Creek, where old merchants such as Auerbachs, Paris Company, Wolfs, and Broadway Music all closed stores and moved or left the business.
Some observers feel City Creek Center is an inappropriate project for the LDS Church. They argue that high investment in consumerism and promoting conspicuous consumption ignore religious principles, and instead suggest that funds will be better spent on community resources, welfare services, or humanitarian outreach. Others disagree, saying the Center brings jobs and beauty to the city center, and the LDS Church has an obligation to upgrade property near Temple Square and invest its personal commercial income. The LDS Church has stated that no tithing money is used for complex construction, with projects funded through the arm of the church's commercial real estate, Property Reserve, Inc.
In 2008, the Sierra Club praised the church for being a "good waitress" from the neighborhood in the Town Center Creek development.
See also
- City Creek (Utah)
- Town Creek condominium tower
- Regent (City Creek)
- Richard Court (building)
References
External links
- Official website
- Living Creek City
- Nordstrom Saltlake City
Further reading
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/city-creek-mormon-mall_n_1372695.html
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