Even as they continue to author pro-growth legislation, both the Mendenhall Administration and the City Council have expressed unease about the rise in rents that has pushed across Salt Lake City from east to west. As what used to be ‘Downtown rates’ spread to central...
Pro-development changes in the draft master plan for the Northpoint area, containing large segments of Salt Lake City’s last agricultural land, have riled elements of the public and caused the city’s planning commissioners to hit pause. Staff from the city’s...
While the city-owned Fleet Block continues in limbo, Salt Lake City government was able to celebrate a victory with the community yesterday in the east Granary. A groundbreaking event on a .26 acre parcel at 901 S Gale St brought together a sizable crowd. They...
In an avalanche of votes last night the City Council cemented the direction of its land-use regulations concerning density and infill growth. After more than two years of discussion and deliberation at the council, a sizable slab of regulatory reform was allowed to...
Redevelopment Agency (RDA) staff presented to the city council this week the sketches of a bold, equity-driven program to grow the number of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on the city’s historically browner and poorer west side. Since it costs $100,000-$250,000 to...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) came up a winner in President Biden’s 2022-23 budget and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - though not as big as highways, of course. Part of the new funding package is for the FRA’s Federal State Partnership for Intercity...
Signaling new momentum to urbanists seeking regulatory reforms at Salt Lake City hall, city council leadership has scheduled action on a small group of ordinance changes aiming to produce more infill housing in the city. Reducing off-street parking requirements in...
Interested in seeing where developers are proposing and building new apartments in Salt Lake, or just want to support a local source of news on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Subscribe to Building Salt Lake. A proposal to dramatically alter the design of...
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The work was facilitated by Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s chief of staff, marking the first cooperation between billboard companies and the office of the mayor in recent years.
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