It seems that a certain grocery store chain has more up its sleeve for the Wasatch Front. A recent state meeting hinted at a new Trader Joe’s location that could be opened in Holladay in the near future. Though the company has not confirmed that’s the case, it’s...
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Holladay Planning Commission gives thumbs up to new Emigration Brewing location
A Salt Lake City gastropub could soon have its second location, as members of the Holladay Planning Commission voted earlier this month to move forward with plans for a mixed-use development along Highland Drive. On May 6, the city’s Planning Commission approved a...
How exclusionary zoning created Salt Lake City (and how policymakers are responding)
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Cottonwood Heights buys strip mall in latest suburban quest for urban center
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REGISTER NOW: BSL Events to host Missing Middle Housing discussion and tour
Fresh off a successful kickoff event, Building Salt Lake is preparing to host an informational session and tour that's focused on a bygone and misunderstood type of housing known as Missing Middle Housing. Our Missing Middle Housing Discussion and Tour will focus on...
Expert makes the case for changing how cities provide parking
Jordan Landing, the large sprawling mixed-used development in West Jordan, has dozens of acres of surface parking. Parking, that even during the busy holiday season is never at capacity. The 500-acre development includes 1.8 million-square-feet of retail space, a...
County transportation sales tax to move forward
Thanks to the Sandy and Draper city councils, Salt Lake City will soon have even more revenue to fund transit expansion and road repairs. On Tuesday both councils joined councils representing Salt Lake City, Midvale, Millcreek, Murray, South Jordan, South Salt Lake...
Salt Lake City leads state in population growth
For decades Utah's suburban communities have led the state's population growth but new population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show a shift toward urban living as Salt Lake City led the state in most new residents last year. According to estimates released...
Holladay residents storm city hall to decry Cottonwood Mall site proposal
Several hundred Holladay residents flooded their city hall to voice their opposition to a proposed amendment to the Site Development Master Plan for the 57-acre site of the former Cottonwood Mall at the 4800 South block of Highland Drive. On Tuesday, Holladay's City...
Salt Lake City’s growth rate increasing
The Salt Lake suburbs continue to grow at a faster rate than the capital city, but according to new census data, the gap is narrowing as last year the city's population grew at nearly twice the rate than in previous years. On Thursday the U.S. Census Bureau released...
The movies are coming to Cottonwood Square Development
The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting today that Cottonwood Square, the 57-acre mixed use project being developed at the former Cottonwood Mall site in Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City has secured yet another tenant. The Howard Hughes Corp and Larry H. Miller...
Stalled Cottonwood Mall project lands anchor
The site of the former Cotttonwood Mall in the city of Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City, which has been one of the regions' last visual reminders of the Great Recession finally appears poised for a full recovery. Howard Hughes Corp, the owners of the site on...












