A long-vacant corner parcel in the Capitol Hill neighborhood will soon find a new use. On Thursday, the Historic Landmark Commission approved a special exception and new construction request for the 2nd and 2nd Apartments, a mixed-used project proposed for the...
The VOID Corporate Center will join the original plans for the Triad Center and the Newhouse Hotel tower as ambitious downtown projects that would never be. After multiple renditions, the VOID Corporate Center (formerly referred to as the Air Center) appears to dead....
The Sugar House Central Business District has nearly all of the amenities found in a strong urban center: a mix of higher density residential, retail, dining, nightlife and office space. One component of a strong CBD that the Sugar House neighborhood currently lacks...
A missing middle development is coming to a growing section of the Ballpark neighborhood. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a Planned Development and Conditional Building and Site Design Review for the Richards Street Condos, a 32-unit...
In an attempt to assuage the affordable housing crisis in Salt Lake City, the City Council acting as the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) is leveraging its agency's role in development to ensure that affordable housing is included...
Four years ago, Ed Blake, the Executive Director of Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity began to feel dissatisfied with types of homes that Habitat Humanity was building. "I knew we could do better," said Blake. Blake felt the floor plans of the homes weren't best...
The retail and residential developments have dominated the recent growth in the Sugar House Central Business District. Nearly six hundred residential units and retail square footage in the thousands have been added in a one-block radius of the Sugar House Monument...
In a rapid-paced formal meeting on Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council approved three resolutions related to zoning changes and street closures that will allow three distinctly different projects to move forward. In each of the three situations, the vote...
After the several years of back and forth between residents and City leaders over building height along the S-Line in Sugar House, a new project shows that increasing the height limits doesn't always translate to taller development. On Wednesday the Salt Lake City...
Boulder Ventures is hoping that the “third time’s the charm.” On Thursday developers presented the third rendition for their proposed Sugarmont Apartments to the Sugar House Community Council. The original design, proposed for the northeast corner of the intersection...
Building density has become controversial in historic neighborhoods like East Central that include a mix of mid-rise condo towers and low density residential. In June the Planning Commission deemed a proposed 104-unit, five story residential development inappropriate...
After years of uncertainty, the Utah State Fairpark appears to be staying put in it's west Salt Lake location. The Legislature approved an additional $10 million needed to fund construction of a $17 million, 10,000 seat arena at the Fairpark on North Temple and 1000...