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It’s blowin’ up, Part 1 – North Temple transit corridor latest
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...
West side sees the city’s early spending priorities in the RDA’s new 9-Line project area
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...
In pictures: North Temple construction sprouting townhomes and multi-family projects
We decided to slow roll several afternoons along the North Temple corridor, to see what construction was going on. We found townhome projects great and small, as well as multifamily projects in various stages of build. Shall we start in the air, and to the west? The...
Massive tiny home community for the chronically homeless to be built on Salt Lake City’s far-west side if approved
The Other Side Academy unveiled its ambitious goal to build 400-500 small residential homes for the region’s chronically homeless population on a former landfill on Salt Lake City’s far-west side if the city agrees to rezone the large property. Plans for a tiny home...
“Not just high density housing”: Pacificorp teases details on development of massive Rocky Mountain Power property on North Temple
Pacificorp has chosen a development team to master plan their 100-acre property on the North Temple corridor in Salt Lake City. Announcements are on hold until contract terms can be agreed upon for the Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) campus at 1407 W. North Temple....
With more staff in the planning department, are more zoning changes coming to the west side?
This year’s city budget, completed in June, was quite kind to Salt Lake City’s Planning Division. While not exactly “making it rain,” the Mayor and the City Council provided some much-needed relief to a department that’s been parched for resources and beset by...
West side indoor soccer + event center will include longtime dance club + bar leaving Sugar House
In Utah, the state legislature has written a series of restrictions on where bars and clubs can be located, apparently reflecting a fear that alcohol being sold inside businesses near parks, public facilities, churches, or schools will do harm to children. The only...
North Temple buildout pipeline grows with latest proposal for apartments
The pipeline of projects that promise to quickly densify Salt Lake City’s North Temple corridor has a few more projects on the way. The latest would be a six-story housing proposal that would see a small warehouse building, two rental homes and a trailer replaced with...
Affordable housing to be built on properties owned by former councilman who resisted it on the west side
Add these units, if approved, to the nearly 2,300 that were proposed in 2020, a year in which builders started capitalizing on high-density transit area zoning and easier financing through the area’s status as an opportunity zone.
Fairpark public market will open this spring. Does it signal a dawn to development along a long-dead section of North Temple?
Competition between the west side and Downtown for a full-time, year-round public market heated up last week. The Utah State Fairpark announced that they will run a May-to-August, four-days-a-week, food-centered market in and around their historic livestock...
City Council moving closer to final decision on big expansion of shared housing
Salt Lake City could see a return of dorm-style housing with shared living space among renters from different families in more neighborhoods around the city under a change that's up for final comment this week. The updated ordinance would effectively rebrand what has...












