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In Pictures: Enclave Apartments will provide needed affordable housing

In Pictures: Enclave Apartments will provide needed affordable housing

With 50 percent of renters spending over 30 percent of their income on housing costs and an estimated affordable housing gap of 8,200 units, there is a significant need for affordable housing in Salt Lake City. The dearth of affordable housing in the city led to a new...

In Pictures: New homes offer more options in urban living

In Pictures: New homes offer more options in urban living

*The original version of this article incorrectly described the landscaping as "zero landscaping." The finishing touches are being added to the Gin and Tonic House project.  The two homes that make up the development are designed for residents looking for more options...

In Pictures: Performing Arts Center on track for early 2016 debut

In Pictures: Performing Arts Center on track for early 2016 debut

Construction of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater appears to be very much on schedule.   The theater is expected to be completed in a year from now and open to the public by spring 2016.  The theater will include a 2,500 seat Main Hall and smaller black...

Bike-orientated restaurants coming to downtown

Bike-orientated restaurants coming to downtown

It can be difficult to dissuade people in the Salt Lake Valley from driving into the capital city.  Even with air quality concerns, expanded bike lanes, a popular bike sharing program and mass transit options, most people still prefer to drive. Real estate developer...

In Pictures: New downtown Hyatt House is ready for visitors

In Pictures: New downtown Hyatt House is ready for visitors

The 159-room Hyatt House hotel on the southwest corner of 300 West and 100 South is officially open. The adjacent 175 room, Courtyard by Marriott on 100 South is framed out and should be completed sometime this spring.  The both hotels have zero-setback from the...

In pictures: Encore apartments adding height to 400 South

In pictures: Encore apartments adding height to 400 South

The stairwells are built out for the 189-unit, Encore Apartment building along 400 South between Denver Street and 500 East.  The stairwells give a sense of the project’s height compared to nearby buildings along the 400 South corridor.  The project consists of two...

In pictures: More of the same beige at Seasons at Library Square

In pictures: More of the same beige at Seasons at Library Square

The construction wrap is coming off the Seasons at Library Square development revealing copious amounts of beige stucco.  The five-story 119 residential unit development, is nearing completion at the intersection of 500 South and 100 South, across from the Public...

In Pictures: Hope Lodge is nearly finished

In Pictures: Hope Lodge is nearly finished

The exterior of Hope Lodge is almost finished.  The development has little setback from the street level and brings good infill to a block made up of mostly mid-rise buildings.  But the project lacks active uses and has only one pedestrian access point from the...

In Pictures: West Station Apartments misses the mark

In Pictures: West Station Apartments misses the mark

West North Temple's first Transit Station Area (TSA) development, the West Station Apartments, will be a car-friendly, gated community according to the project's website.  The West Station development is currently under construction near the 1940 West North Temple...

In Pictures: Busy time of year at Brickyard Plaza

In Pictures: Busy time of year at Brickyard Plaza

Construction workers at Brickyard Plaza have kept nearly as busy as the shopping center's frantic shoppers.  Framing for Element31, a 208-unit apartment development at 1245 Brickyard Road, is over half-way complete.  The apartments on the north and east sides are...