Rarely does a city have the opportunity to transform hundreds of acres just minutes from its downtown and airport. Especially along an existing light-rail line. Salt Lake City invested significantly – tens of millions - in Utah Transit Authority’s Airport (Green)...
Torn between their compassion for the destitute and complaints from constituents, the Salt Lake City Council is poised to approve the Mayor’s proposal to ban new homeless shelters for another year. During March, while hearing the Administration’s case for an extended...
Over the next month we’ll be bringing you more coverage than usual about the North Temple corridor on Salt Lake City’s west side. Formerly a six-lane highway, in 2010 the city re-envisioned and re-built the street with UTA, creating the Airport Green Line branch...
Fewer “accessory dwelling units” were permitted in 2021 than in 2020 in Salt Lake City, a leader in the state for allowing backyard “granny flats.” Those numbers are sure to disappoint policy makers who are hoping that ADUs can be a major tool in easing the Wasatch...
Two residential projects in “a sea of asphalt” in South Downtown will be bringing some beneficial urban design and density in and around 400 South and 200 West in Salt Lake City. But will they be enough for this part of the city to overcome I-15 to the west and...
Both Downtown and Sugar House – located in City Council Districts 4 and 7 respectively – have seen healthy apartment booms in the last decade. One of these, Downtown’s District 4, led the city’s council districts in population growth from 2010-20, adding 6437 new...
Under a ticking clock of the city’s six-month moratorium on any new homeless shelters, announced by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in October, last week the Planning Commission heard the Administration’s case for the next step in its zoning code revisions pertaining to...
Since officials approved the latest rules allowing accessory dwelling units, homeowners from across Salt Lake City have shown a willingness to add these forms of housing. Dozens of units have been tucked into backyards, above garages and within homes. On Wednesday...
Despite a widely-acknowledged need for more park space Downtown, the city is aiming more money at Pioneer Park, a square 10-acre postage stamp in a long-transitioning neighborhood in southwest Downtown. Pioneer Park has collected over $3M in impact fees and budget...
The Salt Lake City Council elected new leadership at their first meeting of 2022 last week. Dan Dugan (D6), a retired Navy pilot with a strong green streak currently working in manufacturing, was elected Chair in a unanimous vote. Addressing outgoing Chair Amy...
The Central 9th neighborhood started as a carve-out of a much larger district, a hamlet whose urban zoning and transit access gave it a distinct feel within its boundaries. The area closest to the neighborhood center has long since found the attention of developers...
Salt Lake City’s west side has seen nearly 10 years of the North Temple project area. As the transformation of that corridor gains real momentum, the city's Redevelopment Agency has started the wheels turning on its second west side TIF collection zone. The 9-Line...