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Murray City outlines major downtown redevelopment, museum and theater reopenings
Summary
Murray City planners described several downtown redevelopment projects, a ‘Love Murray’ cultural campaign and station-area housing tied to transit, and gave dates for museum and theater openings.
Murray City planners on the Regional Growth Technical Advisory Committee meeting described ongoing downtown redevelopment projects, a cultural campaign called “Love Murray,” and station-area housing near transit nodes.
Planners said the city has entitled about 3,100 new housing units in the last five years concentrated around transit stations, highlighted institutional employers such as Intermountain Medical Center and Fashion Place Mall, and previewed three public projects — the Murray Museum, Murray Armory event center and Murray Theater — that will be promoted under the Love Murray campaign.
The presentation said the Murray Museum (the Cahoon Mansion restoration) will be showcased with a block party on May 2, and the armory and theater openings will follow later in the year. The Murray Tower project will replace the old city hall with medical office buildings, for-sale townhomes and stacked flats adjacent to Murray Park; speakers said the project is in entitlement and expected to proceed to construction "fairly soon."
Planners also summarized work at transit station areas: Fireclay (Murray North Station) remains a redevelopment focus with a public safety element in the station-area plan; Murray Central was described as a uniquely significant multimodal station (FrontRunner, future BRT and multiple bus lines) and is the subject of an ongoing concept study; and Fashion Place West will be updated as a station-area plan intended to encourage maker-space and local retail uses complementary to Fashion Place East.
Speakers emphasized historic preservation efforts, noting an estimated tens of millions of dollars spent on the Murray Theater rehabilitation and restoration work at the Cahoon Mansion. The presentation noted that some underground utilities and historic conditions revealed unexpected repair needs during construction work.
The presentation closed with an offer to answer questions and an invitation to TAC members to follow up.
Murray City’s update served as a community highlight during the meeting; no formal action or vote was taken on the projects during the TAC meeting.
