Members of the Sandy City Council voted Tuesday to hold a special bond election in November regarding whether the city should buy the former Crescent View Middle School, located at 11150 Vista Way, from Canyons School District. The property totals 17 acres. If voters...
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South Salt Lake planned a new downtown. Can these projects breathe life into it?
Developers are underway with the addition of hundreds of new housing units near South Salt Lake’s urban core, as the suburb continues to attract attention from investors who want to capitalize on the area’s development-friendly zoning. Blaser Ventures is well underway...
New apartment project gets city approval near Millcreek Common
Chalk up another multifamily project in the works in Millcreek. Earlier this week, the Millcreek City Council unanimously approved a rezone and a development agreement after a pair of votes to allow a seven-story, mixed-use project along 3300 South. The project,...
Utah buys former FranklinCovey campus in WVC for new DHHS headquarters
The Franklin Campus in West Valley City, which is the former headquarters of FranklinCovey. Image via Colliers One of the largest commercial real estate deals in Utah this year has closed. Colliers Salt Lake City announced earlier this month it brokered the sale of...
Here’s how Millcreek put together its new downtown
Mike Winder has two posters in his Millcreek City office. One map is rolled up and stored away. The other is tacked up on his wall, with additional photos dotting the poster’s outer edges. The poster in storage depicts what the Millcreek Common area used to look like...
Developer pitches new affordable housing at Millcreek car shop
An auto body shop on a sliver of State Street in Millcreek would give way to an eight-story, 115-unit affordable housing building under a rezone making its way through the suburb’s Planning Commission. Applicant Tyler Brady is seeking to rezone two parcels at 4244 S....
Developers wanted: Draper’s The Point seeks proposals to build variety of for-sale housing units
As it prepares to go vertical later this year, Draper’s The Point is now turning its sights to a new aspect of the roughly 600-acre redevelopment. The Point announced earlier this week it was issuing a Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ) for its River...
Urbanism, walkability touted as tenets of Draper’s The Point during groundbreaking
Ask any urbanist around the Wasatch Front, and they’ll say that car-centric design and infrastructure are the norm outside Salt Lake City. Portions of the Jordan River Trail and pockets around the county are known for providing more options for travel. Outside that,...
Sandy Planning Commission approves pitch for townhomes along 7800 South
New townhomes could be on the horizon in Sandy, as a vote earlier this month teed up a new development along 7800 South. On June 4, the Sandy Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a preliminary subdivision, site plan, and special exception review to...
The VA wants to build a new outpatient clinic on State Street in South Salt Lake
Instead of more car dealerships dotting State Street, a recent proposal looks to install a large medical facility along the car-centric corridor. South Salt Lake could be the new site of an outpatient clinic for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that would...
South Salt Lake approves tax increment funds for 2 multifamily projects along West Temple
A pair of upcoming multifamily projects in South Salt Lake will receive tax increment funds in exchange for adding affordable housing units to the city. Last week, the South Salt Lake City Council, acting as the city’s Redevelopment Agency, unanimously approved tax...
Millcreek City Council approves 23-unit condo project near Millcreek Common
New condominiums are on the way in Millcreek, as the city council recently voted to pave the way for additional for-sale units to be built near the city’s downtown core. In a pair of votes last Tuesday, the Millcreek City Council approved a rezone and conditionally...












