Two Central Ninth/Granary area projects are moving forward with financial assistance from the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA). On Tuesday, August 21 the Salt Lake City Council, acting as the RDA Board of Directors, approved requested two land discounts...
Developments
Commission relaxes public art requirement for senior housing project
Local nonprofit, Centro Civico returned again to the Salt Lake City Planning Commission for approval of several new design elements of its proposed senior housing development. And for the second time, in less than a year the commission approved with conditions their...
Historic Union Pacific Depot to become luxury hotel
Vestar, the owner of The Gateway, is ready to move forward with the next step in the former mall's evolution to a lifestyle, arts and entertainment center. The Arizona-based company has submitted planning documents for their proposed Union Pacific Hotel, an...
In Pictures: North Temple’s west end housing node continues its expansion
Three large projects with a combined 581 new apartment units have just been completed or are nearing completion in the North Temple west end housing node just west of Redwood Road. Those projects, the North Temple Flats, Meridian and District North (West Station...
Townhome project underway on North Temple
For decades the North Temple corridor directly east of Interstate 215 was dominated by offices for the state of Utah State and several low-cost motels. But since the 1940 W North Temple TRAX Station opened in 2013, a growing residential node has developed in the area...
Commission approves Sugar House development
Sugar House's building boom looks like it will hold steady over the next few years, including in the immediate area surrounding the Fairmont S-Line Station. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved with conditions a Conditional Building and Site...
In Pictures: Housing boom continues in downtown’s westside
The air maybe smokey but construction continues at a rapid pace on several large apartment projects in downtown Salt Lake City's western edge. There are nearly 1,000 residential units are under construction in the area with another 400 actively proposed. The largest...
Construction starts on large redesign of Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park is going to get some long-planned upgrades after outside support has allowed the city to move forward with the park's redesign. On Wednesday, August 1, city and downtown officials announced the construction of the park's new elements that will include...
In Pictures: Sugar House’s expansion continues
Construction has become a constant activity in the Sugar House Business District and surrounding areas, but the variety of projects is increasing. Construction is actively underway on six projects in Sugar House. Of those six, two commercial developments, the...
More residential coming to North Temple corridor
There wasn't much development happening in the area when the Guadalupe North Temple TRAX Station opened next to the North Temple FrontRunner Station in 2013. But just five years later the area is booming with over 800 new residential units and another 640 under...
Commission approves townhome project proposed near Target
A very unique parcel in an area dominated by light industrial and big-box commercial will soon be home to a large, missing middle residential project. Last week, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved with conditions a Planned Development request by...
In Pictures: Apartments rising east of downtown Salt Lake City
Residential growth continues in the Central City and East Central neighborhoods, just east of downtown Salt Lake City. There are five multifamily residential buildings with a combined 742 units that are either recently completed, nearing completion, or well underway...












