Proposed

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...

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...