Developments

In Pictures:  Sugar House Business District still booming

In Pictures: Sugar House Business District still booming

Development continues unabated in the Sugar House Business District, with a mix of commercial and residential projects underway.   On the residential end, the 126 unit 21 by Urbana apartment building on 2100 south is now complete.  Just a block to the east of 21 by...

Affordable units under construction in the city’s west side

Affordable units under construction in the city’s west side

Construction is actively underway on a large mixed-income development near the city's North Temple Corridor.  The project, the Cornell Street Apartments, is built up to the podium level and will add 146 units, 131 of which will be income restricted, at the 200 North...

Plans for new downtown office tower moving forward

Plans for new downtown office tower moving forward

Property Reserve Inc, the private real-estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving forward with plans to build Tower 8, a proposed commercial office tower at the northeast corner of the intersection of 100 South and State Street. The...

UTA breaks ground on new clean fuel center

UTA breaks ground on new clean fuel center

After nearly a decade of planning, on Monday, October 22 Utah Transit Agency (UTA) officials officially broke ground on the Depot District Clean Fuels Technology Center.  The new center will be directly west of the Intermodal Hub and will be home to over 150 new clean...

Council warms to added height in Central Ninth

Council warms to added height in Central Ninth

Despite a negative recommendation from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission, the Salt Lake City Council appears poised to approve a zoning text amendment to allow for an additional floor in building height for a proposed mixed-use residential development in the...

Preliminary construction work begins for the Quattro

Preliminary construction work begins for the Quattro

Another underutilized corner of Salt Lake City's 400 South Corridor is about to drastically change.  Crews have demolished the one-story former Rent-a-Center and Papa Johns buildings to make way for the Quattro, a proposed seven-story, 95-unit mixed-use development at...

Commission indicates support for proposed Union Pacific Depot Hotel

Commission indicates support for proposed Union Pacific Depot Hotel

Vestar, The Gateway's owners since 2015, will need to clear several administration hurdles before they can start construction on a new hotel adjacent to the historic Union Pacific Depot.  The developers will need approvals from both the city's Planning and Historic...

Commission approves proposed 400 South Corridor 9-story building

Commission approves proposed 400 South Corridor 9-story building

The Salt Lake City has approved, with conditions, a Planned Development and Conditional Building and Site Design Review for the first phase of The Exchange, a proposed mixed-use development at the 300 East block of 400 South. The first phase building will consist of a...

City approves funding for four affordable housing projects

City approves funding for four affordable housing projects

Armed with $10 million reserved for affordable housing projects, on Tuesday, October 10 the Salt Lake City Council acting as the Board of Directors for the city's Redevelopment Agency RDA Board approved a total of $8.5 million in housing loans to create 570 total new...

Housing Authority seeks approval for redevelopment of Capitol Motel

Housing Authority seeks approval for redevelopment of Capitol Motel

For the past year, the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City (HASLC) has provided transitional housing at the former Capitol Motel at the 1700 South block of State Street.  But now the local nonprofit is ready to provide more long-term affordable housing by redeveloping...

Giv Group moving forward with Project Open’s second phase

Giv Group moving forward with Project Open’s second phase

Just a few years ago the area directly north of the Guadalupe/North Temple TRAX and FrontRunner Stations was dominated by surface parking, vacant lots and light industry.  While some of those characteristics remain, since 2015 the neighborhood has been experiencing a...