The neighborhood around Brickyard road, the southernmost corner of Salt Lake City, is an area long dominated by strip malls and surface parking lots. The Ritchie Group plans to change that with the Element31 Apartments, a surprisingly dense mixed-use development that...
Framing has begun for the Seasons at Library Square apartments at the corner of 500 South and 300 East. The two-level parking garage has been built with the first residential floor being framed. The five-story apartment build will consist of 119 residential units, a...
The Sugar House renaissance continues. Two projects by the Woodbury Corporation are poised to completely transform Wilmington Ave. in Sugar House. The projects at 1201 Wilmington Ave and 1202 Wilmington Ave are both mixed-use and will make Wilmington Ave one of the...
Salt Lake City leaders should be prepared to face resistance from neighbors as more projects are developed under the new guidelines for the Transit Station Area Zoning District. For many Salt Lake residents, denser developments in residential neighborhoods equal...
There was a time when the future of the Sugar House neighborhood in Salt Lake looked grim. Like many cities Salt Lake experienced a development boom in 2007 with signature projects like 222 South Main and the City Creek Center under construction. During that time...
According to a new study from planners at the University of Utah, light rail along the 400 and 500 South corridor in Salt Lake City has resulted in less daily car trips, reducing congestion and car emissions. The study, a collaborative effort between the...
By this time next year there will be 334 more hotel rooms in Downtown Salt Lake City. Construction is underway for two adjacent hotels at 100 South and 300 West, directly across from the Energy Solutions Arena. The hotels will be a Hyatt House and a Courtyard by...
The intersection at North Temple and 600 West used to be a neglected corridor you passed through to go to Red Iguana or to donate plasma. The North Sixth development, at 55 North and 600 West, continues the trend of denser housing built along the North Temple...
*Update: for the past few months construction has once again halted on the La Porte project. A representative for La Porte insisted that the project is still moving forward but had no information on when construction will resume. If good things truly come to those...
We mentioned last week the ongoing demolition at the corner of 400 South and 500 East to make way for the proposed Encore Apartments. Demo is nearly finished and the former Executive building has been completely demolished below is some video of the demo process....
Construction of the $33.4 million, 4-story Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Center – the future home to Ballet West and the Ballet West Academy at the Capital Theater has progressed quickly since the groundbreaking last Fall. The Capitol Theater, at 200 South just east of...
Demolition has begun to make way for construction of the Encore Apartments, a proposed 189 unit residential building. The project is still in the planning stages with tentative renderings showing a 7 story building with 5 floors of residential above 2 floors of...