Developments

In Pictures: New downtown Hyatt House is ready for visitors

In Pictures: New downtown Hyatt House is ready for visitors

The 159-room Hyatt House hotel on the southwest corner of 300 West and 100 South is officially open. The adjacent 175 room, Courtyard by Marriott on 100 South is framed out and should be completed sometime this spring.  The both hotels have zero-setback from the...

In pictures: Encore apartments adding height to 400 South

In pictures: Encore apartments adding height to 400 South

The stairwells are built out for the 189-unit, Encore Apartment building along 400 South between Denver Street and 500 East.  The stairwells give a sense of the project’s height compared to nearby buildings along the 400 South corridor.  The project consists of two...

Planning Commission approves Beehive Brick development

Planning Commission approves Beehive Brick development

The Salt Lake City Planning Commission unanimously approved two petitions requested by the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) for the development of the four-story Beehive Brick building at 244 South 500 West. The project will be developed by Artspace and...

In pictures: More of the same beige at Seasons at Library Square

In pictures: More of the same beige at Seasons at Library Square

The construction wrap is coming off the Seasons at Library Square development revealing copious amounts of beige stucco.  The five-story 119 residential unit development, is nearing completion at the intersection of 500 South and 100 South, across from the Public...

In Pictures: Hope Lodge is nearly finished

In Pictures: Hope Lodge is nearly finished

The exterior of Hope Lodge is almost finished.  The development has little setback from the street level and brings good infill to a block made up of mostly mid-rise buildings.  But the project lacks active uses and has only one pedestrian access point from the...

Scaled down building likely for new DA offices

Scaled down building likely for new DA offices

The immediate need for new offices for Salt Lake County District Attorneys may effectively kill plans for a significant public-private development on the northeast corner of the intersection at 500 South and Main Street.  The Salt Lake County Council voted yesterday...

In Pictures: West Station Apartments misses the mark

In Pictures: West Station Apartments misses the mark

West North Temple's first Transit Station Area (TSA) development, the West Station Apartments, will be a car-friendly, gated community according to the project's website.  The West Station development is currently under construction near the 1940 West North Temple...

Ambitious tower proposed for downtown Salt Lake

Ambitious tower proposed for downtown Salt Lake

West Temple could soon rival Main Street as the street with Salt Lake's tallest buildings.  The first is the proposed convention center hotel.  The hotel must be built within 1000 feet from the Salt Palace Convention Center, which means the new hotel will most likely...

City Council to decide if taller is better in Central 9th

City Council to decide if taller is better in Central 9th

The Central 9th neighborhood has the right ingredients to be one of Salt Lake's best neighborhoods.  The neighborhood is close to downtown, has easy freeway access and a TRAX station.  The Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City has heavily invested in the area with...

In Pictures: Busy time of year at Brickyard Plaza

In Pictures: Busy time of year at Brickyard Plaza

Construction workers at Brickyard Plaza have kept nearly as busy as the shopping center's frantic shoppers.  Framing for Element31, a 208-unit apartment development at 1245 Brickyard Road, is over half-way complete.  The apartments on the north and east sides are...