Developments

Affordable housing for American Indians planned for Ballpark area

Affordable housing for American Indians planned for Ballpark area

On Wednesday the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a Conditional Building and Site Design Review (CBSDR) for proposed mixed-income development that will serve the Native American Community.  The development, the Book Cliffs Lodge, is a four-story, 54-unit...

Commission approves Ballpark missing middle development

Commission approves Ballpark missing middle development

A missing middle corridor is developing on 1700 South, west of State Street.  On Wednesday the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a Planned Development request by CW Urban for The Edith, a 23-unit townhome development proposed for the southwest corner of the...

Commission forwards positive recommendation for taller downtown tower

Commission forwards positive recommendation for taller downtown tower

It is now up to the Salt Lake City Council to decide if more height is appropriate for the Convention Center neighborhood in downtown.  On Wednesday the Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation for a zoning text amendment that...

In Pictures:  SLC RDA Projects to watch in 2018

In Pictures: SLC RDA Projects to watch in 2018

On Tuesday, Salt Lake City's Redevelopment Agency held its final Board of Directors meeting for 2017.   The meeting was also the last RDA meeting for council members Stan Penfold and Lisa Adams.  Affordable Housing may have dominated the RDA agenda in 2017, but there...

HLC approves three mid-density projects

HLC approves three mid-density projects

Two missing middle and one mid-density project are moving forward after the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) approved new construction requests for all three projects during December's HLC meeting. The three projects are the 1117 E. South Temple project, 6x6...

HLC approves relocation of two historic Central City homes

HLC approves relocation of two historic Central City homes

Two out of three ain't bad.  That refrain was repeated several times during Thursday's Historic Landmark Commission meeting as commission members unanimously approved the relocation of two contributing historic homes at 658 E. 600 South and 665 E. Ely Place in the...

Developer plans apartments for big-box corridor

Developer plans apartments for big-box corridor

As development picks up in Salt Lake City, developers are beginning to consider building in nontraditional areas, especially along the industrial/big box dominated 300 West corridor.  The ample surface parking and empty lots are attracting development like the...

Commission approves revised details for Shopko site redevelopment

Commission approves revised details for Shopko site redevelopment

Five months after the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved their Planned Development and Conditional Building and Site Design Review, the developers of the Park Avenue development returned to commission on Wednesday for a final review of several conditions the...

Developer plans mixed-use project for former Bicycle Center site

Developer plans mixed-use project for former Bicycle Center site

In the nearly four years since the S-Line began service, most of the development spurred by the streetcar and greenway have been clustered at the east and west ends of the two-mile route in Sugar House and South Salt Lake.   But that is changing as more residential...

In Pictures:  South Salt Lake Booming along the S-Line

In Pictures: South Salt Lake Booming along the S-Line

Things are looking up for downtown South Salt Lake and the city's S-Line corridor.  The area was formally a food desert until a new Winco grocery store opened earlier this month.  Additonally, the area's residential population is booming with three multi-family...