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Salt Lake City construction update in pictures, Spring 2025
We take a tour through Downtown, east and west, and south into the Granary to show you construction progress on projects that are helping reshape the city. Have a look. Astra Tower - 89 East 200 South New mural on the west parking structure face by Miles Toland and...
Millcreek for-sale townhomes near completion – here’s a look in pictures
Garbett Homes' latest project, Axis, is bringing for-sale townhomes to Millcreek. Similar to their townhomes in Salt Lake City's Marmalade district, this project is classified as Zero-Energy-Ready, a Department of Energy classification that requires meeting standards...
Ballpark projects get closer to completion – update in pictures
Gabbott's Row - 1448 S Main Street Maryland natives James and Stephen Alfandre of Urban Alfandre developed Gabbott’s Row, the Baltimore-esque rental homes, which are unlike anything typically seen in Salt Lake City. Bonneville Builders is the general contractor...
Utah Clean Energy’s new Climate Innovation Center: In Pictures
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21st & 21st Update: In Photos
The northeast side of the intersection of 2100 South and 2100 East was the longtime home of the beloved Blue Plate Diner. We first reported in 2019 that plans were submitted to Salt Lake City for a mixed-use development on the site. The intersection currently houses a...
S-Line buildout continues in Sugar House: In Pictures
The buildout of the S-Line continues in Sugar House, with two new market-rate apartment buildings nearing completion and accepting applications for tenants. Streetcar Flats and Lotus Gallacher will add ~200 new residents to S-Line Streetcar corridor. Both properties...
Millcreek town center update: In Pictures
Millcreek’s transformation into more than a bedroom community for Salt Lake City is starting to emerge. In 2019 we first reported on the newly-incorporated city’s plans to create a town center out of, well, nowhere in particular. Since then, updated designs and plans...
In pictures: Rendering vs reality, Sugar House 1
Photos by Devin Zander Have you wondered if those pretty pictures presented during a project's entitlement process at the city ever delivered on their aesthetic design promises? We're starting a new series called rendering vs reality: to see how closely...
In Pictures – North Temple transit corridor construction update
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In Pictures – Rio Grande, Depot District filling in around Gateway
Do you need to look up projects that this story mentions? Join at our bargain Basic membership (monthly or yearly) and get access to our Advanced Search, Projects Map, and Projects Database. See membership options here. In west Downtown Salt Lake City, a super-bloom...
In pictures – Central 9th construction progress
The rebuild of 900 South - Central 9th's new "main street" - is almost complete with new pedestrian space, parking, and landscaping. Business life continues to bubble along. And new housing projects at various stages of development are reshaping the neighborhood's...












