Besides the Ballpark itself, is there a “there” there? This was the conundrum facing planning consultants brought together by Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), Salt Lake City, and UTA, looking at the half-mile around the 1300 South Trax station, just south of...
More affordable housing is coming to east Downtown. At 144 South 500 East, a six-story, all-electric, 110-unit building on .62 acre is set to provide all of its 53 studios and 57 1-bdrms at 60% of AMI – which is $38,760 for one person and $44,280 for a two-person...
As the state’s deficit of affordable housing units keeps growing - it’s currently around 50,000 - innovations are also on the rise. They’re coming in various forms - from cities liberalizing their urban zoning and the state of Utah offering carrots for suburban...
Amid a push by state officials to locate another homeless shelter in Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood, Mayor Erin Mendenhall moved late last night to temporarily ban new shelters in all zones across the capital. If finalized, pending ordinance notice would last...
A plan designed by citizen-professionals that would reinvigorate train transport, remove barriers between Downtown and the city’s west side, and free up hundreds of acres to redevelopment has been making its way to some “important stakeholders” since we last reported....
Millcreek’s first steps in place-making a new downtown are well under construction at 3300 South between Highland Drive and 1300 East. Riding the momentum of the city’s incorporation in 2016, leaders have shepherded a TIF area, a master plan, a zoning overlay,...
The Salt Lake City Council last week passed its ordinance for next year’s capital spending, and for development watchers, a number of projects stand out in the CIP (Capital Improvement Program) budget. Several bold pedestrian- and bike-friendly investments were...
Once home to an 1892 Victorian brick Sears Mansion that was destroyed during the March 2020 earthquake, a third-acre lot in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood would make way for four-story townhomes under preliminary plans filed with the city. In order for...
The days of inexpensive rent and housing may be forever gone from Utah’s capital, and even working through a backlog of policies may never bring it back. The balance between urban infill, historic preservation and housing affordability may be out of whack, and recent...
Growth. Affordability. Preservation. Cultural capital. Density. The Salt Lake City region is struggling to manage its success over the last two decades, since hosting the Olympic Winter Games in 2002, in attracting new residents and investment. Growth has...
“These are Tear down dwellings that are necessary to build future apartment or condo buildings,” says the property listing for 419 East 100 South in Salt Lake City’s East Central neighborhood, just steps from Downtown. The announcement highlights 419 E 100 S, known as...
It didn’t have to be this way. In fact, for a few weeks near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t. That’s when the Salt Lake City Art Design Board, empowered with making recommendations on substantial pieces of public art, debated what look and feel residents...