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...
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...
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...
A developer who has multiple projects on Salt Lake City’s west side is out with new plans to build on more than 2 acres in Rose Park. The housing appears to be for-sale, with 82 new units at 750 N. Redwood Road. The attached single-family units (aka townhomes) would...
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...
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...
Charges against two men accused of running a prostitution ring out of a Rose Park motel appear to have opened the door to new housing, as a developer converted the property into apartments and now wants to add a new building on the site’s north end. The new owner...
Developers are adding thousands of badly needed affordable housing units to Salt Lake City, but not in every neighborhood, and not only on the west side. New multi-family developments that are either partially or entirely affordable to people earning less than the...
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
For the second year in a year, Salt Lake City residents have the opportunity to help restore a historic local building with just the click of the button. A historic church at the northwest corner of the 1100 West and 400 North intersection in Rose Park is one of 20...
A recently released study reaffirms the consequences of local sprawl and the importance of residential development in the region's urban centers. A team of scientists at the University of Utah found that since 2001, suburban development has contributed to rising...
For many Salt Lake residents, the city's infamously large city blocks and wide streets are impediments to making Salt Lake City into a more walkable, pedestrian-oriented city. For the city's westside residents this situation is exacerbated by train tracks and two...