It is still early in the year, but a theme is beginning to emerge in Salt Lake City. Several projects have proven that an initial rejection by the Planning Commission and Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) is not a death knell for development. Garbett Homes went...
Artists are historically drawn to emerging neighborhoods that offer lower rents and ample workspace. For this reason, Artspace, a nonprofit organization that provides affordable live and work space for artists, has focused on projects in the formerly industrial...
The Felt Electric building, on the 100 South block of Regent Street, has had many lives. The building has served as a brothel, cigar store, home of the Felt Electric Company and attorney's offices. Now the building is poised to be part of a mixed-use boutique hotel...
The recently opened Proper Brewing is about to get some neighbors. Fisher Brewing Company, a revival of Salt Lake City’s oldest and longest-running brewery, and Kiitos Brewing, a brewery boasting the only high-efficiency brewing system in Utah, both plan on beginning...
Basic economics teaches that in a healthy economy the supply goes where the demand is. Ivory Homes, Utah's most prolific builder of single-family homes, is associated with the sprawl that defined most of the residential growth since 1990 when Ivory Homes emerged as...
A long-vacant lot on one of Salt Lake's most historic streets is one step closer to be developed. After three failed attempts, representatives from Garbett Homes finally got the approvals needed to build the Hardison Apartments, a multifamily mixed-use project at the...
Residents of the Central City Neighborhood Council (CCNC) got their chance Wednesday to speak directly to developer Khosrow Semnani, during the council's monthly meeting. In front of a sizeable crowd, Semnani presented his plans to develop a large portion of the...
A long vacant lot on South Temple is one step closer to being developed. The Salt Lake City Planning Commission sent a favorable recommendation to City Council for master plan and zoning map amendments for a property on the 1100 East block of South Temple. The...
*This is an updated version of a previous post The Gilgal Sculpture Garden, a small park that features unique sculptures, is about to be less hidden. Demolition is underway at the former Wonder Bread site on the 700 East block of 400 South. For decades the vacant...
As people are returning to the city, it appears that traditionally suburban home builders are following. Garbett Homes, which has long focused its efforts in the suburbs, building energy efficient homes in the south end of Salt Lake County, Cedar Hills and...
Planning Commission meetings don’t alway draw a crowd, but dozens of residents turned out for Wednesday’s commission meeting to voice their opinions over proposed zoning changes to properties directly south of Trolley Square and in Sugar House. The commission meeting...
A new urban node is emerging around the North Temple TRAX and FrontRunner stations. The developers, KBS and Salt Development are proposing to build the Hardware Village, a large mixed-use project directly east of the FrontRunner station and adjacent to the Salt Lake...