One of Salt Lake City’s less dense neighborhoods would see an eight-plex replaced by a 32-unit apartment building just southwest of Liberty Park under a new proposal filed last week. The 500 Parkview Apartments would be built on a 0.36-acre lot that’s currently home...
Liberty Wells
Kozo House and Izzy South approved over neighborhood concerns about parking
Vocal neighbors largely concerned about fears over lack of parking didn’t sway a Planning Commission that on Wednesday approved two projects to add density to the Guadalupe and western Sugar House neighborhoods. The commission approved the Izzy South and Kozo House...
Council approves rezone for Southeast Market building. So what’s next for the popular business?
The City Council has approved a zoning change to a parcel on the 900 South corridor that could make way for a development and an uncertain fate of a popular Asian market in the existing building. The change itself is wonky: The land the market sat on had two separate...
Where affordable housing is and isn’t being built in Salt Lake City
Developers are adding thousands of badly needed affordable housing units to Salt Lake City, but not in every neighborhood, and not only on the west side. New multi-family developments that are either partially or entirely affordable to people earning less than the...
More ‘missing middle’ zoning coming to SLC? City council debates densification with anxiety about displacement and demolition
In a proposal important to developers of small multi-family urban infill, planners from Salt Lake City proposed revisions to the RMF-30 zone to the city council this week. It’s the city’s most recent go at a new residential infill ordinance since pioneering...
City Council approves mid-density apartments in largely single-family Liberty Wells
A third-acre property in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood has received a zoning change more typical for urban areas after the City Council approved a moderate-density development this week. The proposal rankled some neighbors, who suggested this portion of...
Salt Lake City gives pedestrians the “green light” Downtown, looks at opening street space to pedestrians and cyclists amid COVID-19
It may have taken a global pandemic, but people in Salt Lake City will get better access to their streets in response to the spread of COVID-19. People will no longer have to push a button for permission to cross the street at 70 Salt Lake City intersections Downtown...
Form-based zoning coming to more SLC neighborhoods? The case of Cleveland Court in Liberty Wells
A proposed townhome project on the corner of 400 East and 1430 South (Cleveland Ct.) in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood is seeking to change both the zoning and master plan - usually a heavy lift for any developer. The .32 acre site was approved for a...
Former Salt Lake County mayor moves to build mid-density rental units in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells
Former Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon’s real estate group is looking to create a mid-density rental project in the heart of Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood. Corroon, who became president of Sentry Financial in 2017, is looking to build seven units on...
Building Salt Lake Mayoral survey: See where candidates stand on smart growth policy issues
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
Council formally adopts plans to reinvest in State Street and 9-Line communities
After four years of planning, Salt Lake City officially has two new Community Reinvestment Areas that could reshape their respective neighborhoods. On Tuesday, October 2 the Salt Lake City Council unanimously adopted the State Street and 9 Line Community Reinvestment...
Housing Authority seeks approval for redevelopment of Capitol Motel
For the past year, the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City (HASLC) has provided transitional housing at the former Capitol Motel at the 1700 South block of State Street. But now the local nonprofit is ready to provide more long-term affordable housing by redeveloping...











