In one of the few commercial nodes in Glendale, a neighborhood identified as “food desert” by the city, a for-rent townhome project is looking for approval to replace a 1960s-era 20,000 sf locally-owned grocery store and its large surface parking lot at 1179 S Navajo...
The Planning Commission approved the second in a pair of buildings coming to the southern end of the Sugar House urban core. The commission approved the Alta Terra building, which will continue the buildout of what is known formally as the neighborhood’s business...
Salt Lake City’s west side has seen nearly 10 years of the North Temple project area. As the transformation of that corridor gains real momentum, the city's Redevelopment Agency has started the wheels turning on its second west side TIF collection zone. The 9-Line...
The Other Side Academy unveiled its ambitious goal to build 400-500 small residential homes for the region’s chronically homeless population on a former landfill on Salt Lake City’s far-west side if the city agrees to rezone the large property. Plans for a tiny home...
This year’s city budget, completed in June, was quite kind to Salt Lake City’s Planning Division. While not exactly “making it rain,” the Mayor and the City Council provided some much-needed relief to a department that’s been parched for resources and beset by...
In Utah, the state legislature has written a series of restrictions on where bars and clubs can be located, apparently reflecting a fear that alcohol being sold inside businesses near parks, public facilities, churches, or schools will do harm to children. The only...
Developers plan 58 townhomes on a 2.37-acre commercially-zoned parcel in Salt Lake City’s Glendale neighborhood. The property - long known as Glendale Plaza - is zoned CB Community Business and currently hosts a grocery store (20,000 sf) and a large surface parking...
At the Salt Lake City Council's last meeting of the year, Mayor Erin Mendenhall weighed in on the idea of making the city-owned Fleet Block a city park. She doesn’t like it. Mendenhall warned the city council Tuesday night against decisive action on the city-owned...
Salt Lake City could see a return of dorm-style housing with shared living space among renters from different families in more neighborhoods around the city under a change that's up for final comment this week. The updated ordinance would effectively rebrand what has...
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 Salt Lake City RDA Board agreed this month to be the primary lender in an adaptive reuse project for two small warehouse buildings in one of the city’s most distressed neighborhoods. From the south/southwest. 900 S., bottom. Image courtesy SLC RDA. The developer...
Salt Lake City’s Department of Economic Development recently completed a prospectus for a Life Sciences Corridor that may boost demand for office space Downtown. Downtown offerings have always enjoyed an urban advantage, providing amenities, culture, and transit which...