In the United States, building green can cost you. Proponents of energy efficient building cite lower long-term energy costs that offset the larger construction price tag in building green. But a new report for renters in Salt Lake City, living in a green building...
Westside residents and their local city and state representatives have long decried the disproportionate amount of low-income and transitional housing in their communities. Research shows that affordable housing best serves residents when that housing is located in...
The next wave of development in underway in the Central Ninth neighborhood. There are currently six developments under construction within two blocks of 900 South TRAX station on 200 West. Because none of these developments include structured parking, construction...
Developers of a project deemed "too large for the neighborhood" by the Salt Lake City Planning Commission, are hoping for a better reception from the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) when they go before the commission sometime early next year with a scaled-down...
When Thomas Vegh of Salt Development started work on the 4th West Apartments, he figured the mixed-use project would be the California-based company's sole project in Salt Lake City. But the opportunity to also develop the adjacent block meant that instead of...
Salt Lake City's current construction wave seems to have been dominated by large multifamily developments, but since 2015 the city is also experiencing a rise in "missing middle" projects that are underway in many of the cities evolving neighborhoods. In the Marmalade...
A new urban node is developing around the 1940 West North Temple TRAX Station. The area is already a large employment sector with several state offices just north of the station, but now hundreds of new residential units are coming to the area potentially adding over...
On any given warm day, the city's second largest park, Liberty Park is filled with life and activity. But while Liberty Park is often buzzing with energy, unless a baseball game is playing, adjacent Herman Franks Park is devoid of activity. Brian Tonetti, the...
Utah is growing older and more diverse. While the state still has the youngest median age in the country, Utah's families are getting smaller, its residents are living longer and are more racially, culturally, economically and religiously diverse. According to local...
Historically in Salt Lake City when a block is poised to drastically change it is due to one large project that will occupy most of it. In Central Ninth, the bulk of the 900 South block of Washington Street is about to be redeveloped with multiple projects in the...
The next phase of residential development on North Temple has begun. Since the Airport TRAX line opened in 2013, two residential clusters have started to emerge on North Temple, the area surrounding the North Temple TRAX station near 500 West and North Temple and the...
Usually, developers going before the Salt Lake City Planning Commission are requesting additional vertical height, but Christopher Clifford, the manager of the development group Emigration Overlook, wants approval to build down, not up. Last week the Planning...