*This is an updated version of a previous post The Gilgal Sculpture Garden, a small park that features unique sculptures, is about to be less hidden. Demolition is underway at the former Wonder Bread site on the 700 East block of 400 South. For decades the vacant...
As people are returning to the city, it appears that traditionally suburban home builders are following. Garbett Homes, which has long focused its efforts in the suburbs, building energy efficient homes in the south end of Salt Lake County, Cedar Hills and...
Planning Commission meetings don’t alway draw a crowd, but dozens of residents turned out for Wednesday’s commission meeting to voice their opinions over proposed zoning changes to properties directly south of Trolley Square and in Sugar House. The commission meeting...
When the 4th West Apartment development was first announced by Building Salt Lake (then SL City News) many people were surprised that a developer would want to build a large project in that section of the West Capitol Hill neighborhood adjacent to a rail line and...
A new urban node is emerging around the North Temple TRAX and FrontRunner stations. The developers, KBS and Salt Development are proposing to build the Hardware Village, a large mixed-use project directly east of the FrontRunner station and adjacent to the Salt Lake...
Salt Lake City is closer to getting a new tallest skyscraper. Salt Lake County officials announced on Monday that the bid committee for the Salt Lake Convention Center hotel has selected DDRM Cos., a real-estate company headquartered in St. George, Utah. The new...
Salt Lake's downtown car dealership is getting an update. Construction has started on a redesigned Ken Garff dealership on the 500 South block of State Street. The new design will consolidate the different dealerships into one large complex with multiple showrooms....
*This is updated version of a previous post The Ninth and Ninth district continues its eastward expansion. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning approved special exception and planned development requests from developers, RW Holdings LLC, that want to convert a...
The city of South Salt Lake has long viewed the streetcar as a critical component to its downtown rebuild, the 235-acre area bounded by 2100 South and Interstate 80 and State Street and Interstate 15. While the portion of the S-Line that runs through Salt Lake is...
Now that winter is waning, warmer weather will kick off what could be Salt Lake's busiest construction seasons in decades. Kicking off the season is the 616 Lofts. The construction fences are up as site development work has begun on the six-story residential...
There are a lot of stakeholders invested in the Gateway's success. The Gateway has struggled since the City Creek Center opened in 2012. What was once considered Salt Lake's premier shopping center, has become a neglected outdoor mall struggling with needed repairs...
The 200 South corridor in Salt Lake is a street finding its identity. The stretch between the depot district street fluctuates between dead zones, homeless services, mixed-use shopping centers, public plazas, boutique hotels, a growing nightlife scene and urban...