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SLCC Breaks Ground on Westpointe Center Expansion

SLCC Breaks Ground on Westpointe Center Expansion

Construction efforts for the SLC International Airport Terminal Redevelopment Program are well underway, but soon there will be another set of cranes in the area.  Last week, Salt Lake Community College and state officials officially broke ground on SLCC's new...

A brewery district is emerging in the Granary

A brewery district is emerging in the Granary

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...

SL County mayor hopes new DA offices boost downtown growth

SL County mayor hopes new DA offices boost downtown growth

Salt Lake County District Attorney's will soon have office space of their own. After decades of renting space in nearby offices, Salt Lake County officials broke ground Thursday morning on a new District Attorney building at 35 E. 500 South, directly west of the Scott...

In Pictures: Liberty Crest brings downtown infill

In Pictures: Liberty Crest brings downtown infill

Up until 2014, the middle of the 100 South block of 200 East was a large surface parking lot.  In its place is a new parking garage and the under-construction Liberty Crest Apartments.  At seven floors, the 177-unit apartment building brings infill and residential to...

In Pictures: An evolving westside with 4th West Apartments

In Pictures: An evolving westside with 4th West Apartments

When the 4th West Apartment development was first announced by Building Salt Lake (then SL City News) many people were surprised that a developer would want to build a large project in that section of the West Capitol Hill neighborhood adjacent to a rail line and...

Ken Garff Dealership getting a facelift

Ken Garff Dealership getting a facelift

Salt Lake's downtown car dealership is getting an update.  Construction has started on a redesigned Ken Garff dealership on the 500 South block of State Street.  The new design will consolidate the different dealerships into one large complex with multiple showrooms....

Large residential project coming to South Salt Lake

Large residential project coming to South Salt Lake

The city of South Salt Lake has long viewed the streetcar as a critical component to its downtown rebuild, the 235-acre area bounded by 2100 South and Interstate 80 and State Street and Interstate 15.  While the portion of the S-Line that runs through Salt Lake is...

Construction beginning on State Street residential project

Construction beginning on State Street residential project

Now that winter is waning, warmer weather will kick off what could be Salt Lake's busiest construction seasons in decades.  Kicking off the season is the 616 Lofts.  The construction fences are up as site development work has begun on the six-story residential...

Demo work begins on old warehouse building

Demo work begins on old warehouse building

Sugar House's evolution continues. Demolition work has begun on the former Leisure Living warehouse, to make way for construction of the Sugarmont Apartments, a proposed mixed-used development a the intersection of McClelland St and Sugarmont Drive. Boulder Ventures...

Top five development stories in 2015

Top five development stories in 2015

Salt Lake City is growing; from Sugar House to Marmalade to Center City, dozens of large multifamily and mixed-use developments are under construction or will be in the new year.  But, based on page visits, salt lake residents seem most interested in the growth...

Construction begins on East Liberty Park mixed-use project

Construction begins on East Liberty Park mixed-use project

A vacant lot in the East Liberty Park neighborhood will soon become a mixed-use development.  Construction began earlier this month on the Kingfisher development near the intersection of 1100 East and 1300 South directly north of Liberty Fresh, a local specialty foods...

Brewery coming to Central Ninth

Brewery coming to Central Ninth

*This post has been updated The immediate area around the 800 South block of Main Street  is dominated by surface lots, car dealerships and a 68 year-old Sears Department Store.  The area borders the growing Central Ninth neighborhood to the west and the increasingly...