Zoning reform is hot once again at Salt Lake City Hall. On Tuesday, members of the Salt Lake City Council heard a briefing on the Expanding Housing Options effort, which would allow for smaller homes to be built on smaller lots throughout the city’s single-family...
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Ogden City considering new mixed-use zone near Harrison, 25th Street
Ogden took a step toward creating a new mixed-use zone and neighborhood center in the city’s East Central and Taylor neighborhoods. During an Ogden Planning Commission meeting last week, commissioners gave an initial thumbs up toward creating a new zone, Mixed-use...
A music festival in Draper? It’s under consideration at The Point
The Wasatch Front could have a new music festival venue in the near future if a local committee agrees to create it. In early July, members of the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority (POMSLA) voted unanimously to approve a conceptual campus application for a...
Data centers won’t be allowed on Northpoint land under rezone pitch
The highlighted land subject to a rezone proposal in Salt Lake City's Northpoint area. Image via Salt Lake City Data centers continue to be a flashpoint in Utah politics, and the Salt Lake City Council made it clear they don’t want one to be built on land subject to a...
Liberty Wells for-sale townhome pitch gets warm reception from SLC Council
Liberty Wells could have a new townhome development in the near future, as a proposal to add for-sale units to the neighborhood was heard by the Salt Lake City Council this week. During a work session meeting Tuesday, council members heard a proposal regarding the...
Affordable housing project in Fairpark, Poplar Grove seeks demolition permit
Another affordable housing development in Salt Lake City is seeking a demolition permit and moving closer toward building. Last Wednesday, developers filed for a demolition permit for The Gregory, which will be a six-story affordable apartment building located at 738...
Mike Maughan speaks about SEG’s high-level plans for the area near the Delta Center
Many in Salt Lake City and the greater Wasatch Front are eagerly awaiting what Downtown could look like in the coming years. Between the Salt Palace Convention Center overhaul and plans to build an entertainment plaza, the Smith Entertainment Group is at the heart of...
Salt Lake City’s Whiskey Street rebuild to include a second floor and rooftop bar
A cluster of popular bars on Downtown Salt Lake City’s main street continues to make moves toward rebuilding following a catastrophic fire last August. The owners of the Whiskey Street building, which was one of several businesses destroyed in a fire just over one...
Labor costs have gotten better, but multifamily developers still face headwinds in Utah
To build or not to build — that is the question. As Salt Lake City’s multifamily market continues to see essentially flat rent growth and concessions to renters that will likely continue into the coming months, developers face the tough call of deciding whether now's...
Intermountain unveils new details for new SLC hospital at Sears site
Nearly two years after Salt Lake City agreed to rezone the site that is set to become the next Intermountain hospital, the healthcare provider has released new details and the first renderings that provide the clearest picture of the layout of the incoming hospital...
Sugar House 16-story tower plan hits snag before SLC Planning Commission
The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to allow a Zions Bank drive-thru on the first floor of a proposed 16-story tower, but it wasn't so quick to allow developers pitching the tower to reach 185 feet of height without first meeting open space requirements. The...
Sandy voters to decide whether city should buy shuttered school site for $30M
Members of the Sandy City Council voted Tuesday to hold a special bond election in November regarding whether the city should buy the former Crescent View Middle School, located at 11150 Vista Way, from Canyons School District. The property totals 17 acres. If voters...












