South Salt Lake City's vision for a new downtown is starting to gain traction. Several residential projects are underway with more to come in the next few years. The city calls the creation of a downtown area "one of the most significant actions in South Salt Lake's...
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In Pictures: Sugar House’s building boom continues
Construction continues unabated in the Sugar House Business District with four projects actively underway, bringing new jobs, residents, hotel guests and a small amount of additional retail to the area. Although 21 by Urbana does replace some local businesses, the...
Demolition underway for new mixed-use development
Demolition is nearly complete of two former commercial structures at the southwest corner of the 500 East and 1300 South intersection. Jolley & Jube Investments, have demolished the two buildings to make way for construction of the proposed Wells Mixed-use...
Large townhome project underway in the Ballpark Neighborhood
Kensington Avenue between Main and State Streets already has a diverse amount of amenities, including a costume shop, microbrewery, two Asian food markets and a restaurant. Later this year the block will also be home to new residential units. Construction is well...
In Pictures: Downtown’s westside is rising
The construction of several apartment buildings and a hotel is making progress in downtown Salt Lake City's westside. These projects are all within a block of 200 West and 200 South and will bring an additional 269 apartments, 262 hotel rooms, and a small amount of...
A third brewery is headed to the Granary
The Granary District is about to get its third brewery. Last month city officials approved a conditional use request for a small brewery and social club for the proposed TF Brewery. The brewery will be an adaptive reuse project, replacing a former auto repair shop...
In Pictures: progress made on east downtown apartment projects
There are three apartment projects that will add over 600 residential units are coming along just east of downtown Salt Lake City. Each project is in a different stage of construction. Of the three, the closest to completion is the Liberty BLVD which is now leasing....
Housing gap greatest for extremely low-income renters
Less than one-third extremely low-income Utah residents have access to income-restricted housing. That is according to a National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) March housing report that found that Utah has 31 affordable housing units for every 100 extremely...
Construction set to start on Sugar House hotel
Sugar House's building boom shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. There are three large projects actively under construction in the neighborhood's central business district with a fourth project about to be underway. Preliminary construction has started on the...
Construction started on S-Line townhome project
Preliminary construction has started on Liberty Crossing, the first residential phase in The Crossing development in South Salt Lake City. The project is one of two proposed residential developments by Cowboy Properties for the 235-acre mixed-use planned development...
Affordable housing to replace the Royal Garden Inn
The site of an aging motel will soon be the home of downtown Salt Lake's next affordable housing development. Demolition work has started on the Royal Garden Inn at the 100 West block of 600 South to make way for construction of the Garden Lofts Apartments, a...
Missing Middle projects in the Marmalade nearing completion
Despite the wintry look in the images, the generally mild winter has been a boon to construction throughout the Wasatch Front and significant progress has been made on three missing middle projects in the Marmalade neighborhood. The three projects will add a combined...












