Curtain goes up on Sandy project

Summary:

Proscenium details:

• a 12-acre mixed-use development
• located just east of I-15 and southwest of the Sandy City Hall
• cost: $500 million
• first phase complete by 2011
• anchored by a 2,400-seat theater for performing arts with traveling Broadway shows as its primary attraction
• three office towers
• 800,000 square feet of office space
• 1.5 million square feet of retail, commercial and residential space
• an ice rink
• children's theater
• performing arts school
• art walk
• BTS Investments Inc. purchased the land in early 2007, planning began a few months later
• Curtis Wolthius is one the three partners in BTS Investments
• information and architectural drawings were presented to the Sandy City Council and planning commission on Tuesday
• developers say a Broadway theater will be built faster in Sandy and will be built with private money
• the proscenium was an innovation in Greek theater to better frame performances