Downtown

City designates new arts and culture district

City designates new arts and culture district

The arts and culture have long been a staple of downtown Salt Lake and today local leaders solidified that relationship with the official launch of the Cultural Core initiative and the creating of THE BLOCKS, a designed downtown art, cultural and entertainment...

Electric scooters hit downtown SLC to help bridge last-mile gap

Electric scooters hit downtown SLC to help bridge last-mile gap

Last week, Bird, an electric scooter sharing company, began offering its fleet of dockless, electric scooters in downtown Salt Lake City.   The company plans to expand its current downtown fleet as ridership increases and expand its coverage by eventually serving the...

La Barba to open new bar at The Gateway

La Barba to open new bar at The Gateway

The co-founders of the local coffee roaster, La Barba Coffee, Josh Rosenthal and Joe Evens announced this week that they are ready to expand beyond coffee and into the cocktail business.  The duo plans to open the Seabird Bar and Vinyl Room, a proposed bar that will...

Downtown’s booming but demand still outpaces supply

Downtown’s booming but demand still outpaces supply

Like the rest of the state, downtown Salt Lake City is benefitting from the region's healthy economy.  More people live and work downtown than ever before.  But according to local real estate experts and representatives from the Downtown Alliance, despite the boom,...

Alta Gateway becomes state’s first LEED Platinum apartment building

Alta Gateway becomes state’s first LEED Platinum apartment building

Salt Lake City is now home to the state's first LEED Platinum certified multifamily residential building after the Alta Gateway apartments earned its LEED certification plaque this week.  The four-story, 277-unit apartment complex scored 86.5 credits under the LEED...

New cafe and coffee roaster opens downtown

New cafe and coffee roaster opens downtown

The 200 South block of Edison Street has a new tenant that should help better activate the midblock corridor.  Australian based, Campos Coffee, a specialty coffee roaster has opened in second U.S. flagship store in Salt Lake City.  Its first U.S. store is in Park...

Commission approves downtown Paper Box Project

Commission approves downtown Paper Box Project

The next phase of the redevelopment of the area surrounding the intersection of 200 South and 300 West is moving forward.  On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a Conditional Building and Site Design Review and Planned Development request by ...

Downtown Farmers Market returns Saturday June 9

Downtown Farmers Market returns Saturday June 9

One of Salt Lake City's most effective small business incubators returns June 9 to Pioneer Park.   The Downtown Farmers Market is in its 27th year and will run every Saturday through October 20.  The Market not only supports local farmers and provide fresh produce to...

Apartments to replace former Motor Pool site

Apartments to replace former Motor Pool site

Downtown's residential construction boom continues and another vacant parcel is poised for development.  Developers, Cottonwood Residential, plan to build the Broadway Apartments at the former Motor Pool site at the 300 East block of both 200 and 300 South. The...

Apartments set to replace downtown surface parking lot

Apartments set to replace downtown surface parking lot

In the past few years, the area surrounding the intersection of 200 South and 200 East has been booming with new residential development, restaurants and bars bringing vibrancy to a growing node in the city.  Now one of the area's remaining under-utilized parcels is...

City selects artist for Regent Street public art installation

City selects artist for Regent Street public art installation

Most of Regent Street between 100 and 200 South is completed and the street, with the help of some very popular new restaurants, is beginning to attract foot traffic.  Now a long-visioned public art installation is again moving forward.  On Monday May 21, the...

New report shows downtown Salt Lake has a lot infill potential

New report shows downtown Salt Lake has a lot infill potential

Downtown Salt Lake City may be growing at an unprecedented rate, but according to a new report by CommercialCafé, a nationwide commercial real estate listings platform part of Yardi Systems, the city's central business district (CBD) has one of the highest urban...