Developers have found a welcome area along the UTA transit line in recent years, flooding an underutilized area with dozens of urban infill developments that have added an impressive amount of density to Salt Lake City’s immediate neighbors to the south. At least 28...
A four-story 244-unit residential project by locals W3 Partners aims to add to the 2100 South and 200-300 West area, also known as TRAX Central Pointe and the Home Depot corner. The Nest @ 21st will offer 180 studio, 66 1-bdrm, and 70 2-bdrm units - 244 total....
The Utah Legislature took aim at one of the great barriers to building more affordable housing –NIMBYism—during last year’s session. As the 2020 session opens, there is significant momentum to address, in a limited way, the capital shortage problem. State officials...
The rush of new residents moving into South Salt Lake will soon have another option to get a drink. Beehive Bar, a full-service bar built by Beehive Distilling, is set to open next week. The bar has already begun serving customers while it trains up staff ahead of a...
The Salt Lake County Council may decide tomorrow (Tuesday 9/10) whether to cede 399 acres of farmland north of the Salt Lake City airport to North Salt Lake. The Davis County municipality, currently dominated by industrial uses (including the refineries north of...
Long known for its tidy single-family neighborhoods and lively commercial corridors of Highland Drive and 3300 South, the city of Millcreek is ready to take significant steps towards place-making. The city recently master-planned for a new city center. A new...
South Salt Lake proves the adage that transportation and land use are two sides of the same coin. The implementation of its master plan to build a “downtown” around a giant parking lot and along two auto-centric thoroughfares seems doomed to fall well short of...
UTA and one of the country’s highest-rated commuter apps, Transit, recently announced a 5-year “cooperative agreement” to share data and enhance rider support. Mobility Lab named Transit its best app for public transit commuters in 2018. The iMore website called it...
It’s now a perennial headline for most of the Wasatch Front, so here it is again: despite a flurry of development, rent has gone up again in most cities in the Salt Lake City metro area. And while rent climbed by 4.6% in Ogden, that city remains the cheapest place to...
UTA data from a pair of free fare days last February 28-March 1 show the commuting public may be willing to change its behavior if the price is right. A new pilot program should tell whether that's really the case. The Utah Legislature agreed to spend more money in an...
You may have noticed that, after a short hibernation, Building Salt Lake has reported a bunch of fresh stories in the past month. Building Salt Lake is pleased to announce that two active Salt Lakers, Luke Garrott and Taylor Anderson, will be picking up the site where...
Top 10 Office Markets by Overall Net Absorption Growth MARKET OVERALL MARKET NET ABSORPTION GROWTH Q3 2016-Q2 2018 Salt Lake City 11.4% Raleigh-Durham 7.9% Silicon Valley 7.8% Vancouver 7.1% Charlotte 5.8% Austin 5.7% Phoenix 5.7% Seattle 5.2% Nashville 4.7% San...