Commission approves Central City mixed-use project
A mid-density mixed-use project is moving forward after the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved the developer’s Planned Development request. The project, currently referred to…
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Commission approves plans for women’s resource center
One of the two proposed Homeless Resource Centers (HRC) has cleared its final significant administrative hurdle, clearing the way for construction to begin. On Wednesday, March 28,…
More residential planned for the Target block
Many proponents of smart growth were disappointed when Target opened a very suburban-style big box store in 2010. The retailer is known for building very urban-friendly…
City seeks feedback from residents on proposed tax increase
Salt Lake City has ambitious new housing and transit master plans to help the city become more equitable and sustainable while accommodating population growth. But officials…
WFRC awards over $1 million in grants to area communities
Officials from the region’s planning arm, the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), have long touted the need for a region-wide buy-in on the smart growth practices…
Panel suggests new zoning to improve Central City neighborhood
The north portion of Center City, bounded by 400 South to South Temple and 300 East to 700 East, is already one of the neighborhoods…
Downtown group ready to start fundraising for a public market
With a revised feasibility study and potentially new branding, officials from the city, Downtown Alliance and GSBS Architects updated the Salt Lake City Council acting as…
In Pictures: progress made on east downtown apartment projects
There are three apartment projects that will add over 600 residential units are coming along just east of downtown Salt Lake City. Each project is…
Developers moving forward with the downtown PaperBox Lofts
The area surrounding the intersection of 200 South and 300 West is continuing its evolution from a dead zone to a bridge between the downtown…
Commission approves two townhome projects
In Salt Lake, we may need a to coin a new term for the “missing middle” as more mid-density housing moves forward. On Wednesday, the…
Housing gap greatest for extremely low-income renters
Less than one-third extremely low-income Utah residents have access to income-restricted housing. That is according to a National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) March housing report that found that…
Construction set to start on Sugar House hotel
Sugar House’s building boom shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. There are three large projects actively under construction in the neighborhood’s central business…
