The 2025 Utah legislative session levied punitive laws against Salt Lake City at a level not previously seen, according to Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. On Friday, the mayor decried the state Legislature’s aggression toward the capital city, saying the state...
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Lehi development would add over 300 apartment units along a planned TRAX line
A new housing development in Lehi would add a number of apartment units along a transit route in growing Utah County. The development, called Alta Visa and located at 5222 N. Mountain Point Blvd., started construction earlier this month, according to a news release...
Want to build an ADU on the West Side? This program will offer low-interest loans
Salt Lake City Council members will allocate millions of dollars in city funds for West Side homeowners as part of a program to promote building accessory dwelling units — a first in the city’s history. The city’s Community Reinvestment Agency adopted a...
City doles out over $5 million for affordable housing, including to former police building project
Four affordable housing developments will receive millions in Salt Lake City funds, and that includes a project that would convert the former Public Safety Building into apartments. The city denied one west side proposal that it said didn't meet its criteria for...
Latest mixed-use building in the Granary gets Planning Commission approval
Progress on the Post District would continue to move west (or the Granary would progress north), as the latest step in The Silos development won a favorable recommendation from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission on Wednesday. The latest step in the project would...
Here’s the housing, infrastructure bills that passed late (or didn’t) during the Utah legislative session
Utah’s latest 45-day legislative session is over, with state lawmakers making slight changes to housing policy and focusing more on larger developments and funding existing projects. A number of the Legislature’s housing policy bills were passed in the final hours of...
New bar proposed in Liberty Wells’ Milk Block development
Liberty Wells residents could have a new neighborhood bar if Salt Lake City officials approve a recently submitted conditional use proposal. The proposed watering hole, which is being called the Neighbors Bar, would be located in a new building next to the Wasatch...
Utah avoids major housing reform as legislative session winds down
The 2025 Utah Legislative session ends at midnight on Friday, and the efforts around housing policy have left several policy makers disappointed. As the state’s housing bills move closer to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk, it’s clear the Legislature has opted for making...
Boutique hotel, rooftop bar and restaurant in the works at old Sugar House Sizzler site
It’s been nearly a year since the old Sizzler location next to Sugar House Park was torn down, and it’s been even longer since Salt Lake City residents denounced plans to turn the site into a gas station. Now, the redevelopment of that site is coming into...
Salt Lake City considers expanding paid parking outside Downtown
Changes may be coming to Salt Lake City’s paid parking policies. City leaders agreed that parking should cost more, and additional neighborhoods should be subject to paid parking. Council members made it clear Tuesday that they might overhaul city parking policies...
Ballpark’s Christian School art building to be torn down
A piece of Salt Lake City’s arts scene will soon be torn down by a local developer after structural and safety issues and without a clear plan to build something new. Colmena Group has requested a permit to raze the Christian School, located at 1324 S. State Street,...
For-sale, family-sized townhomes approved by Millcreek Planning Commission
A recently approved proposal for 20 new townhome units in Millcreek checked all the boxes. Plans to build for-sale, family-sized townhome units will move forward after the Millcreek Planning Commission approved a subdivision request and a conditional use permit. The...












