 Ogden High-Tech Center |
 Ogden City Market |
 River Project |
 Union Square |
Once the agreement is in place,
the American Can building will be
sold to the developer(s) who will
form an LLC to build the High
Tech Center and school. The city
will build a three-level parking
structure to serve center employees
and students.
The center is expected to be
open for business and classes
beginning fall semester 2004.
Project Recap: The High-Tech
Center is a planned facility for
research, education and training.
This unique project will be housed
in the historic American Can
Facility located at 20th Street and
Lincoln Avenue. Educational facilities
are expected to support up to
1,000 students, while the center’s
research park should employ
about 1,700 instructors,
researchers, office and support
staff.
Ogden City has been awarded
$900,000 by the state’s Industrial
Fund, and a $2 million grant from
the Department of Commerce for
this project.
Once the agreement is in place,
the developer will begin marketing
to potential tenants. Construction
is expected to begin next spring.
The Treehouse Children’s
Museum will have a space in the
new City Market plaza.
Project Recap: Design Workshop
prepared a master plan for the
entire two-block City Market site.
The architecture will be an interpretation
of Ogden architectural
styles, with a central entertainment
plaza for community activities
that will include a zero-depth
pop jet fountain in the summer
and temporary ice skating or curling
in the winter. This new mixeduse
facility will include a combination
of entertainment, recreation,
restaurant, housing, retail and
office uses. Although the plan
describes the types of uses envisioned,
the developer (or developers)
selected by the
Redevelopment Agency to undertake
the project will significantly
impact the actual tenants.
Construction is expected to begin
about a year after the
Cottonwood’s development plan
is approved. The entire project is
expected to take seven years to
complete.
Project Recap: The River Project
is the redevelopment of a 48-acre
area that includes part of the
Ogden River. Washington and
Wall Avenues bind the area
between 20th and 18th Streets,
just north of the American Can
Factory. The Redevelopment
Agency envisions a mixed-use
community that preserves Ogden
history while creating a new public
space for culture, entertainment,
urban housing, business,
government and transportation.
pThe second phase is expected to
begin construction in early spring
2004. Union Square must be finished
by the end of the year.
Project Recap: This is the first of
the mixed-use facilities to be
started and completed by the
Ogden Redevelopment Agency.
Located on the 100 block of
Historic 25th Street, Union Square
will be a combination of 60 luxury
townhomes, landscaped courtyards
and 14 retail outlets on
ground level.
Proterra Companies, Inc. is the
primary development firm responsible
for the project. Floor plans,
prices, and contact information
are available on the Internet at
www.proterrainc.com/unionsquare.
Units will be held open daily for
viewing. For more information
call Kristi Kluge at 548-3028.
Ogden High-Tech Center
Status: Ogden’s Business
Development Office is continuing
its negotiations with two development
firms to construct the center.
They hope to have an agreement
by the end of February.
Ogden City Market
Status: Ogden is continuing
negotiating a development agreement
with Citiventure out of
Denver, Colo.
River Project
Status: The Ogden
Redevelopment Agency approved
a new development agreement
with Cottonwood Partners
Management LTD of Salt Lake
City. Cottonwood Partners has a
120-day due diligence period to
conduct market and feasibility
studies, and plan their development.
After the due diligence
period, the developer will identify
a parcel of land for the city to
acquire. Once the developer
identifies the parcel, Ogden City
will provide relocation assistance
for residents and businesses so
that construction can begin.
Union Square
Status: Phase I of Union Square
is complete including landscaping.
Some units do not have carpeting.
Buy them now to choose
your carpet! Of the 30 units composing
this phase, six retail units
and five condominiums have
been sold. Most available units
have two bedrooms and two
baths, with a loft area that could
be converted to a third bedroom.
There are only three $135,500
units left!
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