2018 Multifamily Housing Report
Salt Lake City is booming. The city had 56 residential and mixed-use projects under construction in 2018 with another 42 projects in the permitting and…
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Salt Lake and BSL need an urban advocate
In June of 2014, I launched Building Salt Lake (originally SL City News) with the purpose of promoting smart growth, complete streets and community engagement. …
Commission rejects large project
Developer’s, Cottonwood Residential, plans to build to a large, block-long residential development in the Central City neighborhood failed to impress the Salt Lake City Planning…
Council delays transit vote to next year
With a newly-adopted Transit Master Plan and an extra $25 million in revenue for next year, the Salt Lake City Council is almost ready to move forward…
Commission approves large Westside project
Another large residential project is coming to the growing residential cluster near North Temple and Redwood after the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved with conditions…
With commission approval both phases of The Exchange move forward
Local developers, Giv Group have cleared the remaining administrative hurdles needed to build The Exchange, a large mixed-use, mixed-income development at the 300 East block…
Depot district to get its first grocery store
It’s been 17 years since The Gateway opened as a mixed-use retail center in Downtown’s western edge. Since then both the former retail center and…
Developers look to expand Central Ninth’s residential offerings
The Central Ninth neighborhood has become one of the city’s biggest success stories in neighborhood revitalization. The neighborhood is attracting both public and private investment…
The Gateway’s evolving into an 18-hour district
Vestar, the Arizona-based owners of The Gateway, have spent over two years strategically rebranding the former retail center into an 18-hour, mixed-use arts and entertainment…
Commission approves shorter downtown building
Usually, when a developer goes before the Salt Lake City Planning Commission for a height variance, they are requesting additional height. But developers, CW Urban…
Proposed hotel clears another administrative hurdle
A proposed hotel at the site of the historic Union Pacific Depot is now significantly closer to being realized after the Salt Lake City Planning Commission…
City considering vacant city-owned land to add more affordable housing
Salt Lake City officials eye developing surplus city land as one strategy to help curb the city’s affordable housing crisis and increase the city’s housing stock. …
