With rising rents and a low rental vacancy rate, many people wanting to relocate to the city are having difficulty finding quality housing options within their budget. Developer Steve Ruf, of Ruf Associates, sees micro apartments as one solution to the City's housing...
Salt Lake City has begun construction of the University to Downtown Bikeway, an extension of the 300 South protected bike lane/cycle track to the University of Utah. Unlike the downtown stretch of 300 South, the extension will not include protected lanes. The 300...
A new urban node is emerging in the immediate vicinity of the North Temple TRAX and FrontRunner Stations. Construction is winding down on the 4th West Apartments on the 200 North block of 400 West and construction is underway on the first phase of the adjacent...
Downtown Salt Lake City has lost many of its historic buildings in the past several decades. As the city embraced the car, buildings were razed to provide more parking downtown. New development in the city has often been at the expense of historic buildings. Not...
Foothill Drive can often feel more suburban than urban. The car-friendly corridor serves as Salt Lake City's first eastside main entrance off of Interstates 80 and 215 and connects residents living on the east end of the Salt Lake Valley to the University of Utah....
In Salt Lake City affordable rental units have become increasingly scarce. Salt Lake rents are increasing at one of the fastest rates in the nation. The city's rental vacancy rate is hovering around 3 percent, indicating that the current housing supply is not...
Building height in Sugar House has been a contentious issue. As residents worked with the developers of the Sugarmont Apartments to reduce the project's original proposed height of 10-stories, just a block construction was already underway on the neighborhood's first...
The Rio Grande neighborhood's struggle with overwhelmed homeless services and quality of life issues for both temporary and full-time residents have been well documented. City, business and community leaders are anxious to see the neighborhood continue to develop,...
Although it has taken a few years to get started, the Almond Street Townhomes, a proposed development at the 200 North block of Almond Street, is quickly moving forward. Construction has started on the first two phases, consisting of nine units, of the proposed...
The greater downtown South Salt Lake area is continuing its transition from manufacturing and light industrial to new residential development. Construction has begun on the S-Line Townhomes, directly south of the S-Line streetcar on 400 East. The developers, JF...
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...
A missing middle project is coming to an angular 1.39 acre lot in the West Capitol Hill neighborhood. Underground prep work has begun on the Almond Street Townhomes, a proposed 18-unit, for-sale townhome project on the 200 North block of Almond Street. The...