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...
The southwestern corner of the Post District project, at 600 S and 400 W. Notice the awkwardly placed billboard...not the only one in and around the neighborhood. Photo by Luke Garrott. We take a look at ongoing projects in the Granary District along 700 South, as...
Just west and south of the Gateway Mall, housing projects are coming to fruition that look to transform this part of the city. In a neighborhood long dominated by railroads, the Interstate, and many people's comings and goings (it's called the Gateway for a reason), a...
We decided to slow roll several afternoons along the North Temple corridor, to see what construction was going on. We found townhome projects great and small, as well as multifamily projects in various stages of build. Shall we start in the air, and to the west? The...
As the calendar turns to August, here's a look at the current state of some of the active project sites in Downtown Salt Lake City. DCIM/100MEDIA/DJI_0633.JPGDCIM/100MEDIA/DJI_0638.JPG Liberty Sky and 95 State. Photos by Luke Garrott 255 S. State - on the block to the...
Residential construction continues to transform Salt Lake City's Central 9th neighborhood, just southwest of Downtown. This burgeoning area, sandwiched by UDOT roads that challenge walkability, is a test case for the city's form-based zoning reforms and its...
Three buildings and a handful more proposals promise to dramatically shift the city’s urban footprint south, across several car-centric state roads and out of the Central Business District.
No one would say that energy levels are high in Downtown Salt Lake City these days. But there's an unmistakable hum and a tap-tap-tap in the air, as construction projects large and small continue apace. We counted 1873 units under construction Downtown between 500...
The transformation of downtown Sugar House marches forward. It wasn't that long ago that the stalled Sugarmont Apartments in the heart of the business district was in contractor dispute, its degraded wrap flapping in the wind. Now its exterior finishes are being...
South Downtown, deadened by vacant buildings and car lots for decades, seems to be at a turning point. Four major construction projects are underway in just a two-block area, with several smaller projects in the works. And that doesn't count the Sears Block proposal,...
The North Temple transit corridor continues to see transformative development. Here are three projects that are contributing to a changing west side in Salt Lake City. Rx Cribs, the old Biomat plasma center, at NW corner of 600 West and North Temple looking west....
A lot of development is current and coming to Salt Lake City's Central 9th neighborhood. Home to the 900 South TRAX station, numerous food + beverage options, and instant access to Downtown, Central 9th's advantages are many. Those assets - and the city's form-based...