Two new residential projects have joined the growing train of proposed and active construction along the North Temple transit corridor in Salt Lake City. It was only a year ago that we reported the disappointment expressed by policymakers and mayoral...
A massive change is coming to Salt Lake City's west side. Rocky Mountain Power recently moved to offer its sprawling, 100-acre campus in Poplar Grove up for redevelopment, creating a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring life to an area that’s been looking for...
Developers are adding thousands of badly needed affordable housing units to Salt Lake City, but not in every neighborhood, and not only on the west side. New multi-family developments that are either partially or entirely affordable to people earning less than the...
The North Temple transit corridor continues to see transformative development. Here are three projects that are contributing to a changing west side in Salt Lake City. Rx Cribs, the old Biomat plasma center, at NW corner of 600 West and North Temple looking west....
Building Salt Lake checks in with live construction projects around the city we've been following. All photos by Luke Garrott. In the Depot District, CW Urban's rental project The Beverly (45 S 600 W) and Centro Civico Mexicano's Casa Milagros (145 S 600 W) senior...
Salt Lake City’s North Temple corridor remains a hot-spot among developers looking to bring transit-oriented developments to the west side. The latest example is the Villa Nueva, which would bring a five-story, 35 micro-apartment development to 909 West 200 North in...
The reason more affordable housing isn’t being built is due to scarcity of investment capital, not scarcity of demand or return, say some of Salt Lake’s premier affordable housing developers. Without more affordable housing we are creating a future where only the...
After over 12 years of plans, studies, and now political challenges, a 7-day-a-week, year-round Downtown public market may be getting traction among key players in the state. The 501(c)(3) Downtown Alliance, which has been running the Downtown Farmers Market in...
Salt Lake City’s RDA continued to self-analyze this month about the performance of its North Temple Project Area. “Redevelopment has occurred at a slower rate than what was anticipated when the project area was created,” wrote Cara Lindsley, project manager for...
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
Salt Lake City planners are proposing a new ordinance they hope will lead to the creation of new micro-apartments with shared amenities that could help provide needed housing to people who can’t afford longer-term rentals. Single-room occupancy (SRO) apartments have...
Just a few years ago the area directly north of the Guadalupe/North Temple TRAX and FrontRunner Stations was dominated by surface parking, vacant lots and light industry. While some of those characteristics remain, since 2015 the neighborhood has been experiencing a...