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SALT LAKE CITY-The 1-kilometer long City Creek at City Creek Center project here, a new mixed-use downtown development which is development of City Creek Reserve Inc. and Taubman Centers Inc. has opened. SWA Group is the landscape architect for the project, ZGF Architects is the designer of the residential towers, and Callison Architects in partnership with Hobbs and Black designed the retail center.
The man-made stream is the largest flowing watercourse of its kind built on-structure in the US, according to a prepared statement. From its inception, the 23-acre mixed-use 700,000-square-foot City Creek Center was aimed to feature the creek to enliven the shops and promenades and provide a respite for the thousands of people expected to live, work and shop there annually, says the release.
Nordstrom and Macy's anchor the center. Of the 100 stores and restaurants, one-third are unique to the Salt Lake City market or the state, including Tiffany & Co., Michael Kors, Coach, Tumi and Brooks Brothers/Brooks Brothers Women. "Of the 100 stores and restaurants, we are pleased to open with 92 retailers today, with three more opening later this year," says Robert S. Taubman, chairman, president and CEO of Taubman Centers. "The commitment of these retailers is a confirmation of their belief in the rebirth of downtown Salt Lake City.”
The LEED-certified shopping center integrates sustainable design with both historic structures and new buildings. City Creek was built on the site of two former shopping malls, and more than 70% of the material from the structures, formerly on its site, have been recycled or reused as part of an aggressive sustainability program.
“City Creek is one of the most technical and dynamic projects undertaken by SWA in our 50-year history, and will make City Creek Center and downtown Salt Lake City a destination-community unlike any other in the US,” says Rene Bihan, principal of SWA. “Residents, retailers and office tenants who are already populating City Creek Center have sought out proximity and access to this unique amenity, whether as a store-front overlooking the creek or to walk along the trickling waterway.”
While the developers are zip-lipped about the price tag of the entire development, the real story, according to Bihan, is on the street. “The urban design challenge was in converting the supersize, vehicular Salt Lake City grid to a comfortable dimension for residents, office workers, shoppers and passersby.” By giving boundaries to the city’s 22-foot-wide sidewalks and punctuating them with moments of garden nodes and places to sit, we were able to infill empty space with urban space, adds Bihan. “The new proportion not only has to relate to the surrounding architecture and infrastructure, but it is the cornerstone to creating an urban atmosphere that connects the meaning of the site and the project itself to the character of the city.”
City Creek Center is one of the largest private-sector development projects in the US, according to McGraw-Hill Construction data, and is the only regional shopping center to open this year. The development comprises two superblocks that straddle Main Street, flanked by South Temple and 100 South streets. It includes 1.7 million square feet of office space, some 535 residential units, and 5,000 underground parking spaces in addition to the retail space.
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