Universities have long been a hub for progress. The Lassonde Studios, a student housing and "innovation hub," reflects the progress happening at the University of Utah. While the new housing is unique in its focus on student entrepreneurs, the project also...
The Seasons at Library Square is now framed out to the fifth and final floor. The five-story, 119 residential unit apartment building will include a fitness center, movie theater and a clubhouse.
If only most projects progressed as quickly as the Hope Lodge. Construction for the lodge started in the Spring. The Hope Lodge will provide housing for adult cancer patients receiving cancer treatments and is funded by the American Cancer Society. The three-story...
The stretch of 100 South between the Salt Palace Convention Center and the Gateway has long been a dead zone between two of Salt Lakes more vibrant corridors. That will soon change as two hotels are nearing completion, adding 334 hotel rooms and ground-floor retail...
Over the last four decades, it was hard not to notice the Shilo Inn when passing through downtown Salt Lake. For years the 1970's era hotel was adorned with Vegas-style neon lights, an illuminated exterior elevator and a conspicuously placed neon sign that helped the...
With a crane seemingly forever at half-mast, the fate of The Plaza at State Street, a mixed-use project in downtown Salt Lake, appeared doomed like previous Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake projects that had good plans but couldn't secure financing. In July The SLC...
The Utah Transit Authority broke ground yesterday on its first Transit Orientated Development (TOD) in Sandy near the 10000 South TRAX station. The $46 million first phase of the project, called East Village, includes a 271 unit apartment complex. “The building of...
The evolution of the area surrounding the intersection of North Temple and 600 West has been well documented. Today's In Pictures focuses again on this burgeoning intersection. The expansion of the Bridges at Citifront is over halfway finished. The first of the two...
This week's photo update focuses on Sugar House where Wasatch Brewery has opened a restaurant called Wasatch Brew Pub in the Vue at Sugar House Crossing. The restaurant is located at the north-east corner of the project directly in front of the under-construction...
The S-Line Greenway, a mile-long green space and trail from 500 East to McClelland Street, is officially open. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams each spoke along with representatives from the...
This week's photo updates focuses on various projects in the Central City area of Salt Lake City (the neighborhood just east of downtown) that are progressing very quickly; the Newhouse Apartments are nearly finished, the Seasons at Library Square are almost framed...
Salt Lake City has an abundance of surface parking lots in and near downtown Salt Lake City. But at least along 400 South, surface parking lots are slowly being replaced with development. Demolition crews are removing two small surface parking lots, along with a...