Developments

RDA is moving forward with year-round market

RDA is moving forward with year-round market

Salt Lake City is a step closer to having a year-round public market.  On Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council acting as the Board of Directors for the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) approved allocating $175,000 for a market feasibility and fit study for...

Commission deems project height inappropiate for South Temple

Commission deems project height inappropiate for South Temple

On Wednesday the Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to favor a negative recommendation for a master plan and zoning amendment for four parcels at 35-39 S. 900 East that are the site of a proposed five-story multifamily project in the South Temple Local Historic...

Flashback Friday: The Newhouse Tower that almost was

Flashback Friday: The Newhouse Tower that almost was

When construction of the 24-story office tower, 111 Main, finishes later this year, Salt Lake will have one of its new tallest skyscrapers.  But, Salt Lake's skyline would have had another building amongst its tallest had a proposed tower by Samuel Newhouse, the man...

Council sets height limit for proposed convention center hotel

Council sets height limit for proposed convention center hotel

Salt Lake's next tallest skyscraper won't be west of the Main Street corridor anytime soon.  On Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously voted to restrict the height of a proposed convention center hotel to a maximum height of 375 feet.  The height restriction...

SLCC Breaks Ground on Westpointe Center Expansion

SLCC Breaks Ground on Westpointe Center Expansion

Construction efforts for the SLC International Airport Terminal Redevelopment Program are well underway, but soon there will be another set of cranes in the area.  Last week, Salt Lake Community College and state officials officially broke ground on SLCC's new...

Cowboy seeks input from HLC on proposed project

Cowboy seeks input from HLC on proposed project

Developers are discovering that meeting the expectations of the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) is not guaranteed.  Garbett Homes went before the HLC four consecutive times before the Commission approved the design and new construction for the Hardison Apartments...

Commission approves Central 9 Lofts development

Commission approves Central 9 Lofts development

On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved zoning modifications for the Central 9 Lofts, a proposed mixed-use development in the Central Ninth neighborhood. The three-story development, located at the northeast corner of the 900 South and 200 West...

More High-Density Apartments Planned for Sugar House

More High-Density Apartments Planned for Sugar House

The apartment building boom in Sugar House continues.  Developers, Gardiner Properties, plan to build an residential development at 974 East 2100 South.  On Monday the 16, the developers and architects presented their plans Monday night to the Sugar House Community...

Revived project giving more of the same on 400 South

Revived project giving more of the same on 400 South

It has been over a year since there has been activity at the site of the former Sizzler at the intersection of 400 South and 400 East.  In February of 2015, Building Salt Lake reported that developers, Carmon Black Management planned to build the Steve Black...

For-sale projects moving forward in Central Ninth

For-sale projects moving forward in Central Ninth

The current construction boom in Salt Lake City is being driven by multifamily rental developments. The demand for multifamily housing and continued trauma caused by the Great Recession has made financial lenders reluctant to finance for-sale residential projects.  In...

Stanza opens up the restaurant to the city

Stanza opens up the restaurant to the city

Joel LaSalle, of Main Course Management, has been most recently known for converting historic renovations into modern, vibrant spaces.  But for LaSalle's most recent project, the Stanza Italian Bistro and Wine Bar, the restaurateur decided to completely rebuild....

More affordable housing coming just west of downtown

More affordable housing coming just west of downtown

The Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake is partnering with Missouri developers, the Vecino Group, to build the Bodhi, a mixed-income affordable housing project directly west of Interstate 15 on the 700 West block of South Temple. Representatives from the...