Top 10 Office Markets by Overall Net Absorption Growth MARKET OVERALL MARKET NET ABSORPTION GROWTH Q3 2016-Q2 2018 Salt Lake City 11.4% Raleigh-Durham 7.9% Silicon Valley 7.8% Vancouver 7.1% Charlotte 5.8% Austin 5.7% Phoenix 5.7% Seattle 5.2% Nashville 4.7% San...
Isaac Riddle
Convention Center Hotel moving forward
There may not be a final rendering available but for the first time, the proposed site and height of the long-sought-after Convention Center Hotel has been announced. On Tuesday, state, county and local officials approved the final details for $75 million in tax...
HLC gives initial approval for proposed Union Pacific Hotel
The owners of The Gateway, a mixed-use entertainment district in downtown Salt Lake, are one step closer to converting the historic Union Pacific Depot into a hotel. On Thursday, November 1, the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) approved with conditions a new...
Meet downtown Salt Lake’s next office tower
Property Reserve Inc, the private real-estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has submitted more detailed plans to Salt Lake City's Planning Division for a proposed office downtown tower. The project, currently referred to as Tower 8, will...
Commission approves extension for large downtown project
Developers, the Ritchie Group have ambitious plans to convert the 100 South block of 300 West into one of the city's most vibrant downtown blocks but have hit some bumps that have delayed construction. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved an...
GREENbike to be free for Hivepass holders
It just got a bit easier for Salt Lake City residents to get around the city. This week Salt Lake City officials and GREENbike, Salt Lake City’s non-profit bike share system, announced a new partnership offering free annual GREENbike passes to current and future Hive...
Affordable units under construction in the city’s west side
Construction is actively underway on a large mixed-income development near the city's North Temple Corridor. The project, the Cornell Street Apartments, is built up to the podium level and will add 146 units, 131 of which will be income restricted, at the 200 North...
Plans for new downtown office tower moving forward
Property Reserve Inc, the private real-estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving forward with plans to build Tower 8, a proposed commercial office tower at the northeast corner of the intersection of 100 South and State Street. The...
UTA breaks ground on new clean fuel center
After nearly a decade of planning, on Monday, October 22 Utah Transit Agency (UTA) officials officially broke ground on the Depot District Clean Fuels Technology Center. The new center will be directly west of the Intermodal Hub and will be home to over 150 new clean...
Council warms to added height in Central Ninth
Despite a negative recommendation from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission, the Salt Lake City Council appears poised to approve a zoning text amendment to allow for an additional floor in building height for a proposed mixed-use residential development in the...
Salt Lake City now has a city-wide ADU ordinance
After nearly a decade in the works, Salt Lake City has a new Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance (ADU). On Tuesday, October 16, in a 5 to 1 vote the Salt Lake City Council adopted the ADU ordinance that will allow local residents to build smaller accessory residential...
Preliminary construction work begins for the Quattro
Another underutilized corner of Salt Lake City's 400 South Corridor is about to drastically change. Crews have demolished the one-story former Rent-a-Center and Papa Johns buildings to make way for the Quattro, a proposed seven-story, 95-unit mixed-use development at...












