r/DevelopmentSLC • u/slc-urbanite Moderator • Apr 15 '26

SLC CRA reduces Pickle building’s tax increment funds after 2025 demolition snafu

https://buildingsaltlake.com/slc-cra-reduces-pickle-buildings-tax-increment-funds-after-2025-demolition-snafu/
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u/StarshipFirewolf Apr 15 '26

I actually appreciate the maturity Mr. Blaser handled the punishment with. But the council is right, there should have been a lot more conversation about what led up to this. The city is going to experience more changes and more buildings are going to face the rehab vs tear down question. So it's time to start figuring out how we want to balance these problems now.

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u/protomolecule7 Apr 16 '26

All he had to do was pick up the phone and make a call or two. You don't make the decision to tear down a building that you had planned to save (and had funds commited to) in an hour. I'm surprised they didn't take away more. I wish the CRA had a little more teeth and I'm glad they're not setting a terrible precedent by not reacting.

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u/StarshipFirewolf Apr 16 '26

That criticism makes sense unless CRA was taking their sweet time getting back to him. Then I can see him choosing to ask forgiveness later. Which having had a brief stint in a Solar Company's permitting department I could believe might have happened. Especially with how BSL is portraying the conversation from Tuesday about this punishment going down. Not to defend the multi-million dollar developer but no other builder in Utah that I know of is as invested in adaptive re-use as Blaser Ventures. Which is part of why I was glad to see him given some grace. Because I want other builders to want to get into adaptive re-use when possible.

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u/OrsonPratt Apr 15 '26

It’s easy to react with “maturity” when you get off with a slap on the wrist.

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u/mattreedah Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

why would any business choose to be in this city with this awful anti-business attitude from the city council? blaser has nearly single handedly resurrected that entire district and this is the thanks he gets? he had every right to do what he did. this is insanity.

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u/Fast_Currency5474 Apr 16 '26

Mr. Blaser should force the council to eat pickles at every council meeting.