The cost of non-residential construction in Salt Lake City is up 7.87 percent from a year ago, the steepest increase among the eight metropolitan markets tracked by Mortenson, the national general contractor whose quarterly cost index is one of the few public measures...
Two well-known local development companies announced on Tuesday that they had partnered on a new venture that seeks to build more for-sale options across all housing types. Kensington Home Company will target infill urban locations throughout the population centers...
A pitch to rezone two parcels in the Avenues for a nonconforming business and allow for a single-family home to become a coffee house and retail space got a conflicted reception from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission earlier this week. The proposal, voted on by...
A screenshot of the listing as it appeared on Zillow on Monday afternoon. Tan France, Salt Lake City’s adopted son and star of the TV series Queer Eye, listed his sprawling North Cove mansion for sale on Monday. The $7.5 million listing on just over 3 acres includes...
In the coming months, Salt Lake City is headed to a vote that could make a number of changes to its single family zoning code, which covers around a third of all city land and 77% of the city’s residentially zoned land. Neighborhoods are gearing up to fight the...
Salt Lakers living in the Avenues could see changes in the coming years, including more mixed-use projects and a redevelopment of the LDS Hospital site. The Avenues is the latest neighborhood in town to undergo a refresh of its master plan, which would act as a guide...
You don’t see this very much these days — an apartment complex in the Lower Avenues is in the process of converting a portion of its units into condominiums, according to applications filed with Salt Lake City. The Hillcrest apartments complex is in the process of...
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I was recently in Durham, North Carolina. Along with my family, we ate outside three times – without trying. We simply walked to a restaurant and asked to sit outside. By contrast, when we got home to Salt Lake City, eating outside required Googling which restaurants...
They bring you the olds, we bring you the news. And this year, we had all kinds of scoops about the trends and developments that are shaping the future of the region, specifically in Salt Lake City. Building Salt Lake readers again showed a strong interest in the...
After clearing out the queue of other changes to zoning districts throughout the city, planners have teed up the next housing topic for discussion and debate: single-family zoning reform. The city recently unveiled its proposal to change the rules for its three...
In some of Salt Lake City’s oldest neighborhoods, candidates are targeting an incumbent on the future of real estate development, the condition of parks and policies that might make the city more friendly to families. Incumbent Council Member Chris Wharton is seeking...
A candidate trying to unseat a Salt Lake City Council incumbent is pitching a plan to voters to create more housing in the Avenues neighborhood. Here’s the idea: if Intermountain Health were to close the LDS Hospital — opting to move its services to the...