Woodbury Corporation and PEG Development are building the Palos Verdes Student Housing Project in Orem. Many Orem residents and those in the Utah Valley University community are excited for the new living options for students. Others are not.
As a developer, I have learned you can’t always please everyone, and I respect people’s right to choose to oppose development and growth once they are informed with both sides of the story.
On Feb. 13, the Orem City Council voted 5-2 to approve the project after more than a year of working on the project. In that time, the proposed project was studied, revamped, adjusted and revised with feedback from residents and the city.