A local developer has adjusted its approach to building 17 for-sale townhomes on a key corner in the Central 9th neighborhood.
The project, named The Whitney, is located at 892 S. West Temple. Cole West, a Building Salt Lake advertiser that recently rebranded from C.W. Urban, originally planned to build the whole project at once, however, that plan has shifted.
Walker Wood, vice president of Cole West, said Wednesday that the plan is still to build all 17 townhomes, but the development will now take a phased approach.
The project will start with 12 townhomes that are all street-facing, Wood said. The developer will then move on to the remaining five units, which are not street-facing and will require planned development approval from the city.
Because the proposed townhomes align with city zoning code, the street-facing units won’t need Salt Lake City Planning Commission approval and can go straight to the permitting process. But because the remaining five units don’t face the street, those units would need planning commission approval.
The land is zoned as form-based urban neighborhood (FB-UN2), which allows for townhomes to be up to four stories. The Whitney townhomes appear to be three stories tall, according to plans submitted to the city.
The development is located on the corner of West Temple and 900 South, and it would be built on a long vacant lot that was once a gas station. The Whitney townhomes would be a short walk away from the 900 South 200 West TRAX stop, which services the Blue, Red and Green lines.
The Whitney would be less than a five minute walk away from a number of amenities along 900 South, like bars, restaurants and coffee shops. Those nearby places include Blue Copper Coffee, Water Witch and The Pearl, to name a few.
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