Builders are putting the finishing touches onto a mixed-income apartment building that replaces a former crime-ridden motel on State Street. Capitol Homes will bring 93 new residences — two-thirds of them rent-restricted — to the Liberty Wells neighborhood. The...
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Builders continue development of Central 9th’s main street with ground-breaking on two new mixed-use projects
Central 9th continues its rapid march toward urbanization with the latest ground-breaking this week that will continue framing out the neighborhood’s main street along 900 South. The demolition this week of the former Henries Dry Cleaners comes after years of delay...
Ballpark attracts more ‘missing middle’ owner-occupied housing with new row homes
Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood continues attracting owner-occupied housing with a new row home style project proposed along Main Street. The Poet’s Row townhomes would bring an East Coast, single-family attached housing style to Ballpark, at 1448 S. Main St....
In pictures: Salt Lake City’s Downtown is quickly moving south
Three buildings and a handful more proposals promise to dramatically shift the city’s urban footprint south, across several car-centric state roads and out of the Central Business District.
Quickly and quietly, Salt Lake suburbs add thousands of new mid-density units west of State Street
Developers have found a welcome area along the UTA transit line in recent years, flooding an underutilized area with dozens of urban infill developments that have added an impressive amount of density to Salt Lake City’s immediate neighbors to the south. At least 28...
Following the Road Home’s departure, Salt Lake City’s Depot District is taking off
Salt Lake City’s Depot District continues to attract residential developments in a rapid housing shift west of Downtown in the years after the state intervened, dispersing a market for street drugs and evicting the city's main homeless shelter from the neighborhood....
Residential project to anchor south Downtown corner
New multi-family residential construction has broken ground in south Downtown. PEG Companies' SevenO2, a 239-unit apartment project at 702 South Main in Salt Lake City, is scheduled for completion in January 2022. It is replacing Specialized Sales & Leasing, a...
In Pictures: Ongoing Downtown SLC projects showing construction muscle
Despite wild uncertainty in most sectors of building and real estate, construction projects in Salt Lake City carry on. Here are Building Salt Lake's latest photos of some of those in progress. Harvest at Marmalade by ClearWater Homes, a 264-unit rental mixed-use...
How will the coronavirus impact Salt Lake’s building boom? It’s ‘wildly unpredictable’
If the coronavirus tearing through the nation is what it takes to slow down the building boom in Salt Lake County, developers aren’t sure of it yet. That may be because, as Salt Lake City’s planning chief says, the situation is “wildly unpredictable” at this point....
In pictures: Development underway and on its way in Central 9th
A lot of development is current and coming to Salt Lake City's Central 9th neighborhood. Home to the 900 South TRAX station, numerous food + beverage options, and instant access to Downtown, Central 9th's advantages are many. Those assets - and the city's form-based...
Rent hikes slow down in 2019 – will increased supply reinforce that trend in 2020?
After a raucous 2018 for rent hikes in Utah cities, 2019 brought stabilization and less pain for renters in most locales. While cost-of-living increase for 2019 was 2.8%, rent ticked up less than that in most (60%) of Utah cities included in our data set. Is this a...
Under blanket commercial zoning, developers stack up housing projects in Ballpark
Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood, an often neglected area immediately south of Downtown, is seeing rapid redevelopment as developers take advantage of few restrictions in the area. Despite a lack of investment by the city, the recent building boom is quietly...












