Greater Salt Lake

In Pictures:  South Salt Lake Booming along the S-Line

In Pictures: South Salt Lake Booming along the S-Line

Things are looking up for downtown South Salt Lake and the city's S-Line corridor.  The area was formally a food desert until a new Winco grocery store opened earlier this month.  Additonally, the area's residential population is booming with three multi-family...

McAdams a national finalist for homeless initiative

McAdams a national finalist for homeless initiative

A national network of leaders has selected Mayor Ben McAdams’ as a finalist in the 2017 New Ideas Challenge for his creation of the Collective Impact on Homelessness coalition. The group, the NewDeal, describes themselves as a network of pro-growth progressive state...

Experts list Salt Lake City as top real estate market to watch in 2018

Experts list Salt Lake City as top real estate market to watch in 2018

Salt Lake City just added another distinction to it's growing resumé.  Utah's capital city is the smallest real estate market to ever crack the top 10 in an annual list of most desirable U.S. markets for real estate investment and development, based on a poll of 1,600...

Utah metros rank among the best big metros for Millennials

Utah metros rank among the best big metros for Millennials

Utah already has one of the largest shares of Millennials (adults between 18 and 35) in the country but a new report from Apartment List, an online rental marketplace, indicates that two of the state's largest metro areas are also among the best places for much talked...

Despite building boom, rental vacancy at historic low

Despite building boom, rental vacancy at historic low

Despite concerns about overbuilding, the rental vacancy rate in the Salt Lake Metro's multifamily housing market is at historic lows and rents will continue to climb until the housing supply catches up with the demand. According to a new housing report by Cushman...

In Pictures:  Update on three large, transit adjacent townhome projects

In Pictures: Update on three large, transit adjacent townhome projects

Three townhome developments underway will add 143 total units along Salt Lake City's southern border while providing renters with additional Missing Middle housing options.  All three projects are near either a fixed rail line or a high-frequency bus route.  Two of...

Mixed-use project underway in South Salt Lake

Mixed-use project underway in South Salt Lake

A sizable mixed-use residential project is underway in downtown South Salt Lake that will bring both market rate and affordable housing units to an area the city is actively trying to develop.  The project, Hi-Grade Apartments will bring 100 residential units, 76 of...

Salt Lake the most sought out-of-state destination for San Franciscans

Salt Lake the most sought out-of-state destination for San Franciscans

Rising rents and the overall higher costs of living in the heart of the city are pushing people to look elsewhere for housing and employment.  A new report by Apartment List, an online rental marketplace, shows that 64 percent of renters nationally want to move to a...

Mayor chooses transit advocate for UTA board seat

Mayor chooses transit advocate for UTA board seat

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski announced Friday her selection of Alex Gragun to represent Salt Lake City on the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Board of Trustees, subject to the advice and consent of the Salt Lake City Council. Cragun is the mayor's second...

In Salt Lake, poverty remains concentrated in urban areas

In Salt Lake, poverty remains concentrated in urban areas

Across the U.S. the poverty rate is rising, but unlike in previous decades, poverty is moving away from city centers and to the suburbs.  Poverty rates in Utah are also climbing but unlike the national trend, poverty in Salt Lake remains urban-centered. According to...