The Salt Lake City Council is considering making changes to city land uses and expanding the types of industrial uses that wouldn’t be allowed near housing. On Tuesday, the council received a short briefing regarding the changes, which were first initiated by...
In the 1850s, the Avenues became Salt Lake City’s first platted neighborhood. With relatively small blocks and narrow streets, its urban design encouraged the neighborliness and community that was hindered in the rest of the city by the spatial separation of 10-acre...
This story has been made free for all readers. If you would like to help support BSL's independent journalism, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. The bill that took away Salt Lake City’s ability to control many of its own streets stemmed from shadowy...
Three buildings near the Utah Governor’s Mansion in the Lower Avenues will be torn down in the coming weeks as part of a larger effort to rebuild the block, known as Block 407, and beef up security in the complex, Building Salt Lake has learned. The Utah...
Two influential members of the Salt Lake City Planning Commission told city staffers a proposal to merge two multifamily zones wasn’t ready for primetime this week, fearing the concept as written would lead to collateral damage and new buildings that are out of scale...
The state of Utah spent $7.2 million to acquire three residential buildings next to the Governor's Mansion in the Lower Avenues and is moving ahead with plans that likely involve knocking them down. The work is part of a years-long and opaque effort to make changes at...
The Salt Lake City Planning Commission gave a thumbs up on a proposed rezoning that could lead to three for-rent housing units being built behind a historically significant fourplex in the Lower Avenues. The Planning Commission voted unanimously last week to...
No one is quite sure what happened in 1995. That’s when Salt Lake City officials created two new zones that, on paper, intended to allow for the construction of relatively small-scale and mid-density housing in neighborhoods across the city. In reality, the final vote...
A new development proposal aims to bring additional housing to the Lower Avenues by adding five residential units behind a historic 1950’s fourplex, according to a rezoning request from local developer Will & Alex LLC. The property, located near the...
Heard faintly over the last few months, it’s not a siren song, but the sound of bubbles of a red herring: at long last, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates. The Fed raised interest rates quickly in 2022 and 2023 in an effort to curb inflation, which...
Seeking to increase the supply of housing in the city’s current footprint, the City Council has recently approved, on single-family-detached R-1 zoning, density bonuses for providing affordable homes or reusing an existing primary structure. In addition, it has...
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