Developers say they intend to start tearing down the Utah Theater in downtown Salt Lake City as early as Tuesday — well ahead of a May 2 court hearing sought by historic preservationists in hopes of halting the demolition.
Group co-organizer Casey McDonough said that Faust has set a hearing for Monday at 1 p.m.
“It appears that the sole reason for developer’s haste in destroying the theater is [to] moot [the] plaintiffs’ lawsuit,” their Salt Lake City-based lawyer, Karthik Nadesan, wrote in the emergency filing. Baird also reaffirmed Hines’ claims, first aired in early March, that Friends of the Utah Pantages Cinematic Theatre lacked legal standing to sue in the matter, had “no likelihood” of succeeding and “have not suffered any harm, let alone an irreparable harm.”
Hines plans to build a 31-story luxury tower dubbed 150 Main Street Apartments at the site, along with an adjacent walkway and pocket park. Its plans with the city also include salvaging and repurposing key features of the building, which the city bought in 2010.sued the city and its Redevelopment Agency in late February
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