Despite the current housing crisis, several hundred affordable units are well underway in and around downtown Salt Lake City. Four projects are under construction that will add 600 affordable units to the city. Those projects, the 600 Lofts, Moda at Granary Place,...
On an uncommonly brisk construction schedule, renovations of the Vivint Smart Home Arena are over halfway complete and are on schedule for completion by September. The $125 million renovation includes a top-to-bottom renovation as the arena's owners, the Larry H....
Like neighborhood that surrounds it, Central Ninth, the 900 South block of Washington Street is experiencing a construction boom that is changing the neighborhood into a missing middle and mid-density corridor just south of downtown Salt Lake. Three projects proposed...
For developer and former Salt Lake City and County mayoral candidate, Dave Robinson, Salt Lake City's large blocks provide a special opportunity for infill development. On Wednesday the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved with conditions a Planned Development...
During a Tuesday work session, the Salt Lake City Council considered a low-interest loan request from the Salt Lake City Housing Trust Fund to Centro Civico, a nonprofit serving the Hispanic community in the Salt Lake Valley through educational, cultural, social and...
The first phase of the Hardware District (formerly referred to as Hardware Village) is nearing the halfway point. The $275 million mixed-use project, by SALT Development, will consist of 466 luxury multifamily units and 260,000 square feet of office space in four...
After months of speculation, Amazon officially announced that the Seattle-based retail company will build a $250-million regional fulfillment center in Salt Lake City’s Northwest Quadrant, bringing with it at least 1,500 full-time well-paying jobs, with the...
Developers can now move forward on the redevelopment of the former Shopko site in Sugar House, but a few restrictions remain. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved with conditions a conditional building and site design review (CBSDR) for the...
A prominent building in the Central Ninth neighborhood is no more. The large green warehouse-style building that for years was the home of Local First, a nonprofit that advocates for local businesses, has been demolished to make way for the Alinéa Lofts, a mixed-use...
Developer Ryan Ritchie, of The Ritchie Group, has big plans for the 200 West block of 200 South. The block, also referred to as Block 67, is well situated next to the Salt Palace Convention Center to the east and the Vivint Smart Home Arena to the west. The Ritchie...
Downtown is experiencing unprecedented residential growth, but the city's current building boom started in the downtown adjacent neighborhoods like Central City. There are two large residential projects underway just outside of the downtown core that are nearly...
Another residential project is coming to downtown Salt Lake. Fences are up on the 300 West block of Pierpont Avenue in preparation for construction of the Pierpont Apartments, an eight-story residential building planned for the southwest corner of the Pierpont and...