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John Hollenhorst reportingThere's been a lot of talk about development in downtown Salt Lake City, especially plans by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
But Church officials have been holding those plans pretty close to their vest. Until this afternoon.

The LDS Church has been under pressure from city leaders to be more open about their long-range plans for development of certain areas of downtown Salt Lake. Tuesday afternoon, a portion of those plans were revealed.
The main announcement concerned the block containing the Triad Center and the Deveraux House. The LDS Church will purchase the Triad center in a deal that should be closed on Wednesday. They will be purchasing it from a partnership in California.
The Deveraux House and some adjacent property will remain property of the State of Utah, with the lease for that property turned over to the LDS Church.

It was also announced that the Triad Center will house a new educational complex. Both LDS Business College and the BYU Salt Lake Center will be housed in the Triad Center. It will take a couple of years of remodeling to accommodate the change. Around 4000 students are expected to be taking classes in the remodeled complex, beginning in the fall of 2006.
The LDS Church has evidentially made the decision that it would be cheaper to remodel the existing Triad Center, than build a new facility on the adjacent block.
