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A corner of a nice city park we live by contains a permanently closed Sizzler and an empty parking lot. It’s at a busy intersection, also be a freeway exit, in a desirable area. A developer came in and proposed building an apartment building with a restaurant or café on the ground floor. Seemed like a good idea and a nice use of the corner.

Residents poured in complaints. They wanted the city to buy the corner and turn it into a green patch of grass.

The developer warned that the space was too valuable ($7 mil for .8 acres), the city wouldn’t want to purchase it, and the only other financially viable options would be a drive-thru, bank or a gas station.

Well, the developer pulled out given the community opposition, and the corner of the park was purchased and will now be a Kum & Go gas station.

https://buildingsaltlake.com/sugar-house-residents-fought-ho...