As a part of a $195 million project to widen State Road 37 and build an interchange at I-15 and 1800 N in Clinton, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has acquired nearly all the property it needs to widen the road and add a 12-foot multi-use path - over 100...
Overshadowed by Monday's presidential inauguration was the release of the final report of the Federal Railroad Administration's Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. The FRA is evaluating the potential restoration of daily long-distance intercity passenger rail...
Salt Lake City wants to clean up areas of the Jordan River as part of its Emerald Ribbon Action Plan — a multistep project that aims to restore the wetlands around the river and increase river access and recreation. Salt Lake City Council members saw the first...
A neighboring property sued Swig in District Court on Wednesday after the owners said Swig’s car-bound customers have been spilling over onto their property, blocking access for customers and violating a long-running easement agreement. The issue has been bubbling...
Salt Lake City plans to increase its police presence downtown and in other neighborhoods while trying to quickly build up its emergency shelter capacity, according to new plans released by city officials. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced Thursday...
Some Salt Lakers are looking to multiply their starter homes. Professional developers are looking to add additional stories that would otherwise exceed height limits for projects in multifamily zones. Duplexes are being split into fourplexes. Single-family homes are...
A small local architecture firm that has had an outsized impact on redeveloping one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods has called it a day. Atlas Architects, founded in 2008 and based in the Central 9th neighborhood they helped build, has been acquired by GSBS, a...
It should go without saying, but housing is among Salt Lake City’s highest priorities heading into the 2025 Utah Legislative Session, according to city staff. Angela Price, Salt Lake City’s legislative affairs director, told the city council Tuesday what kind of...
With borrowing costs remaining high, a Trump Administration threatening new tariffs, and state leaders keen on shaking up housing and homeless policy, development in Salt Lake will see significant impacts in the new year. While we don’t have a crystal ball or a seer’s...
If one thing stayed the same along the Wasatch Front this year, it was the public’s apparent concern for the way things are changing. That’s a clear takeaway from Building Salt Lake’s review of our most popular articles of 2024, as ranked by total readership. We saw...
Cottonwood Heights is trying to disincentivize illegal short-term rentals by jacking up fines for those not in compliance. On Dec. 17, the Cottonwood Heights City Council unanimously approved a measure that increases fines for short-term rentals found not to be in...
Claiming it costs $15, 551 a year to monitor and provide emergency services to a single boarded building, city leaders recently raised fees dramatically for boarded buildings while creating a civil fine process for building code violators. Aimed at deterring rogue...