As the calendar turns to August, here's a look at the current state of some of the active project sites in Downtown Salt Lake City. DCIM/100MEDIA/DJI_0633.JPGDCIM/100MEDIA/DJI_0638.JPG Liberty Sky and 95 State. Photos by Luke Garrott 255 S. State - on the block to the...
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East Downtown continues to pop – sound studio on 500 E to be replaced by 149-unit rental project
Do construction cranes equal weather vanes? If so, the breeze continues to grace Downtown Salt Lake City. In east Downtown, along east Broadway and 400 South, the projects keep coming, and it’s starting to look like climate, not just weather. DeWitt Apartments’...
Builders win approval to build next big apartment building in the Hardware District
A 4-acre surface parking lot just steps from light- and heavy-rail transit is set to be transformed into a unique set of living spaces with the next arrival of a high-density residential development in Salt Lake City’s Hardware District. The latest offering, known as...
Appeals Court ruling could slow construction of Kensington Tower, Utah’s future tallest building, now known by a new name
A lawsuit filed by the owner of a neighboring property could slow construction of what should become Utah's tallest building after a state appeals court ruling on Thursday. The neighboring property owner claimed visitors and employees to its buildings used three...
University of Utah and SLC to electrify the Depot District with an ‘innovation district’
Salt Lake City leaders think they’ve found the partnership that will finally break the development deadlock on their properties in the Depot District in west Downtown. An innovation district - owned, leased out, programmed and managed by the University of Utah - is...
New 15-story residential building on Main Street enters the lineup for Downtown Salt Lake City
Last week, we shared news about the high-rise office tower coming to Main Street in Downtown Salt Lake City. We now have specifics about the adjoining residential high-rise that will continue the movement of the city’s urban core southward in the latest proposed...
Why aren’t we seeing more new condos being built in Salt Lake City? It’s complicated.
When CW Urban announced it would construct a new residential building across from Pioneer Park, one thing in particular stood out. It wasn’t necessarily its design, its unit count, its height or anything about the appearance that made it particularly noteworthy in a...
Another office highrise comes to Downtown – 23-story Sundial Tower to make a splash on Main
In the same month their first quarter 2021 commercial real estate report on Salt Lake City cites a bloated Class A office market - with high vacancies, rising subleases, stabilized rents, and increasing concessions to tenants - JLL investors announced their...
Developer pitches new 7-story building to join a flurry of development in the Granary
A developer that cut its teeth in town building mid-density townhomes is proposing to build a new, seven-story apartment building in Salt Lake City’s Granary District. CW Urban is proposing to build 102 new rental apartments at 624 S. 300 W., a parcel of land in the...
SLC says ‘What Covid Recession?’ as Edison House social club breaks ground Downtown
As if you need reminding that Downtown investment and construction is showing no signs of slowing, Edison House social club at 335 South 200 West - around the corner from Valter's Osteria and Squatter’s Brewpub - held a ceremonial groundbreaking this week. The...
Wasatch Cooperative Market in talks with Sears Block developers over space for new local grocery at 800 S. State
It’s been a long time coming, but the campaign working to open a hyper-local, full-service grocery store in the Salt Lake area is finally talking about a location. The Wasatch Cooperative Market board is asking its members to share their thoughts as it negotiates with...
New residential highrise coming to Downtown: 28-story mixed-use tower to stand at West Temple and 400 South
Just as their Exchange Project at Library Square shakes off its construction dust and begins to open, Domain Companies has announced a $230 million mixed-use project for a key corner in Downtown. Say hello to Salt Lake City's newest residential highrise - South...












