Smith's Ballpark north parking lot. Photo by Devin Zander | Building Salt Lake Just weeks after a rezone vote set the stage for redeveloping the former Smith’s Ballpark and surrounding land, the city is already discussing paths forward for the first phase of its...
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SLC Council approves rezone of Smith’s Ballpark site, teeing up redevelopment
A rendering for the adaptive reuse for part of Smith's Ballpark. Image via Perkins & Will Residents of Ballpark saw a major step Tuesday toward seeing sweeping changes to its namesake structure. The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously on a proposal to rezone...
Salt Lake City approves $7 million in loans for housing, retail in Ballpark, Liberty Wells
A rendering of the proposed mixed-use project at 1345 S. Jefferson St. in Ballpark. Image via Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency and Abstract Development Group New developments are in the pipeline across Salt Lake City, and the city’s Community Reinvestment...
Intermountain seeks skybridge over Main Street for hospital garage
Intermountain Health wants to build a seven-level parking garage on the west side of Main Street and connect it to its planned Sears Block hospital with an enclosed skybridge over the street. The health system filed an application for a zoning amendment and...
Gardner, Alfandre pair up to launch new for-sale development firm
Two well-known local development companies announced on Tuesday that they had partnered on a new venture that seeks to build more for-sale options across all housing types. Kensington Home Company will target infill urban locations throughout the population centers...
Salt Lake City’s Palmer Court is coming down. Here’s the first phase to replace it
Plans to create over 180 new deeply affordable housing units near Downtown Salt Lake City are moving forward. Late last week, architects submitted an application for Affordable Housing Incentives on the Gardens at Palmer project, located at 999 S. Main St. in the...
Affordable housing projects move forward with demo permits in Fairpark, Ballpark
More buildings around Salt Lake City could be coming down soon to make way for new apartments. A pair of demolition permits filed late last month would set the stage for an apartment building in Fairpark and another in Ballpark. Combined, the two complexes would add...
Ballpark commercial buildings to be razed for new affordable housing project
Three commercial buildings in Ballpark will likely come down in the coming weeks to make way for a new affordable housing development, as developers filed a demolition permit last week for three buildings near 1116 S. Richards St. in Salt Lake City. According to the...
This federal tax law spurred development across Utah. The boundaries are about to change.
A federal tax law first passed in 2017 that helped spark a wave of new development was renewed last year, and cities across Utah are in the process of updating the boundaries that could hint at where the next wave of development could occur. During a meeting Tuesday,...
SLC Council approves rezone of HASLC land in Ballpark, paving way for new units
In a quick vote last week, the Salt Lake City Council approved a rezone ordinance that will clear the way for additional affordable housing units to be built in the Ballpark neighborhood. The council voted unanimously to rezone three parcels of land owned by the...
Affordable, family-sized apartment complex in Ballpark seeks building permit
New family-sized affordable housing units are headed to the Ballpark neighborhood. Developers have applied for a building permit for The Winston, a 154-unit complex that would be built at 1485 S. 300 West on land that’s zoned as MU-11, according to the permit filed...
SLC Council hears rezone proposal for HASLC development in Ballpark
A plan to rezone and ultimately develop land in Ballpark is progressing. A proposal to rezone nearly three acres to make way for a new development, dubbed Mansell Manor, appeared to receive a warm welcome from the Salt Lake City Council during a brief hearing...










