Developments

North Temple continues to bloom

North Temple continues to bloom

The corner of 600 West and North Temple is about to experience a population boom.  Construction of the next phase of the Bridges at Citifront apartments at 650 West South Temple is well underway.  The 91 residential unit expansion, includes two new buildings on 600...

The Outdoor Retailer Market is a gift that keeps on giving

The Outdoor Retailer Market is a gift that keeps on giving

Thousands of merchants and buyers will descend in Utah tomorrow at the official start of the Outdoor Retailers Summer Market held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Salt Lake and the Outdoor Retailer Market's eighteen year relationship...

In pictures: Salt Lake City project updates

In pictures: Salt Lake City project updates

Salt Lake's addiction to beige and other yellowish colors dominate while several projects are nearing completion in this week's projects updates. Newhouse Apartments:     Seasons at Library Square:   Hyatt House:   North Sixth Apartments:  ...

Progress in Salt Lake’s Marmalade.

Progress in Salt Lake’s Marmalade.

Nearly two months since the groundbreaking ceremony, work is now underway on the Marmalade Branch of the Salt Lake City public library system.  The library will be built on the corner of 500 North and 300 West and is part of Salt Lake Redevelopment Authority's plan to...

Salt Lake area embracing Solar Energy

Salt Lake area embracing Solar Energy

It has been a good week for solar energy enthusiasts in Utah.  In just one week four significant solar projects were either announced or completed: The I.J. & Jeanné Jewish Community Center, in Salt Lake, celebrated its new $100,000 solar panel installation.   The...

Stalled Cottonwood Mall project lands anchor

Stalled Cottonwood Mall project lands anchor

The site of the former Cotttonwood Mall in the city of Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City, which has been one of the regions' last visual reminders of the Great Recession finally appears poised for a full recovery.   Howard Hughes Corp, the owners of the site on...

Change is coming to Brickyard

Change is coming to Brickyard

The neighborhood around Brickyard road, the southernmost corner of Salt Lake City, is an area long dominated by strip malls and surface parking lots.  The Ritchie Group plans to change that with the Element31 Apartments, a surprisingly dense mixed-use development that...

A missed opportunity for Seasons at Library Square

A missed opportunity for Seasons at Library Square

Framing has begun for the Seasons at Library Square apartments at the corner of 500 South and 300 East.  The two-level parking garage has been built with the first residential floor being framed.  The five-story apartment build will consist of 119 residential units, a...

Sugar House still rising

Sugar House still rising

The Sugar House renaissance continues.  Two projects by the Woodbury Corporation are poised to completely transform Wilmington Ave. in Sugar House.   The projects at 1201 Wilmington Ave and 1202 Wilmington Ave are both mixed-use and will make Wilmington Ave one of the...

Neighbors worry about added parking woes from proposed development

Neighbors worry about added parking woes from proposed development

Salt Lake City leaders should be prepared to face resistance from neighbors as more projects are developed under the new guidelines for the Transit Station Area Zoning District.   For many Salt Lake residents, denser developments in residential neighborhoods equal...

Sugar House proves its resiliency

Sugar House proves its resiliency

There was a time when the future of the Sugar House neighborhood in Salt Lake looked grim.  Like many cities Salt Lake experienced a development boom in 2007 with signature projects like 222 South Main and the City Creek Center under construction.   During that time...

New hotels will bring more density to Downtown.

New hotels will bring more density to Downtown.

By this time next year there will be 334 more hotel rooms in Downtown Salt Lake City.   Construction is underway for two adjacent hotels at 100 South and 300 West, directly across from the Energy Solutions Arena.  The hotels will be a Hyatt House and a Courtyard by...