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Another parking-heavy residential building in store for the Hardware District
Builders continue to fill the Hardware District with single-use buildings and copious parking in what continues to be a case study of a master planned area that just doesn’t quite feel like a neighborhood.
Here are the big changes proposed for all new buildings in the greater Downtown area
The proposed changes aren’t all about making taller buildings. The city aims to accommodate growth in the Downtown area and create more safe, livable public spaces at the same time.
Downtown Salt Lake City is undergoing a hotel boom
Salt Lake City, prepare to play host. It’s not just residents who will be spending more time on the streets Downtown, a series of hotels are adding space for thousands more people to visit Utah’s capital city. To put it into perspective, the space being added by five...
Builders submit new plans for high-rise rental tower at 500 S. Main
Ten months after submitting their original plans for a high-rise residential building near Downtown Salt Lake City, developers are asking for approval for a slightly revised design. The biggest change in the latest proposal involves adding a new curb cut onto Main...
Bids for new Downtown liquor store and 10-story parking garage come back double the budget
Construction of a 10-story parking garage and new state-run liquor store in the center of Downtown Salt Lake City has been delayed after bids for the work came back twice as high as the state expected to spend on the project. The price shock was due to a combination...
Developer plans to add 150 new apartments near Downtown
APRIL 7, 2022, UPDATE: There are questions over the ownership of the building and whether this project will move forward. Check back for updates next week about this development. A developer is looking to add 150 units in a seven-story building just outside Downtown...
Hit by massive drill collapse, Astra Tower will be delayed. But for how long?
The operator of a massive drill rig that collapsed on the site of Utah’s future tallest skyscraper is recovering, and a team is investigating both the cause and the potential delay that Tuesday night’s accident will have on the construction of Astra Tower. The...
Tension over lack of open space stalls a new mixed-use development in the Granary District
A group of community members asked city officials to block a mixed-use development in the Granary District on Wednesday, saying its lack of setbacks wouldn’t help fix an already dire lack of greenspace in Salt Lake City’s center. The developer said they were adding...
Here’s the newest building on the way to the blossoming ‘West Quarter’
The new building would continue the ongoing development of the West Quarter by the Ritchie Group and others, and will continue the addition of buildings that promise to add round-the-clock activity on 200 South.
Salt Lake City’s apartment boom hasn’t led to higher vacancy rates. But it might soon.
Despite having about 18% of the population in the county, Salt Lake City accounts for almost half of the permitted apartment projects. And while it seems impossible all those new buildings in the general Downtown area would be full, the vacancy rate in the thousands...
Pioneer Park set to get more city funds. Didn’t they just do that?
Despite a widely-acknowledged need for more park space Downtown, the city is aiming more money at Pioneer Park, a square 10-acre postage stamp in a long-transitioning neighborhood in southwest Downtown. Pioneer Park has collected over $3M in impact fees and budget...











