It's been almost two years since the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a Conditional Building and Site Design Review (CBSDR) for a controversial mixed-use project proposed for the 9th and 9th neighborhood. But after nearly two years and legal fights with...
On any given warm day, the city's second largest park, Liberty Park is filled with life and activity. But while Liberty Park is often buzzing with energy, unless a baseball game is playing, adjacent Herman Franks Park is devoid of activity. Brian Tonetti, the...
*This is updated version of a previous post The Ninth and Ninth district continues its eastward expansion. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning approved special exception and planned development requests from developers, RW Holdings LLC, that want to convert a...
A vacant lot in the East Liberty Park neighborhood will soon become a mixed-use development. Construction began earlier this month on the Kingfisher development near the intersection of 1100 East and 1300 South directly north of Liberty Fresh, a local specialty foods...
Parking concerns are not a valid reason to deny a project under the Conditional Building and Site Design Review process. That was the decision of Salt Lake City Appeals Officer, Mary J. Woodhead, who sent a denied project back to the Salt Lake City Planning...
The Planning Commission rejected zoning variances for what would be the first mixed-used residential development in the 9th and 9th business district, tentatively called the 9th and 9th Mixed Use Development. Dozens of angry residents turned out to Wednesday's...
The neighborhood bar is a staple in most cities in America. But in Salt Lake City, neighborhood bars are mostly nonexistent.
The immediate vicinity surrounding the 80-acre Liberty Park is long overdue for some new development. Salt Lake City's second largest park is two city blocks wide and four city blocks long, providing multiple pedestrian access points into the park, yet most...
The "9th and 9th" and "15th and 15th" districts are about to get some competition. The Salt Lake Planning Commission has approved variances for a new mix-used building in the East Liberty Park neighborhood. The development is planned for the parcel adjacent to...