A major affordable housing project on an important corner in the Ballpark neighborhood has big plans for a daycare/early childhood education center at the northeast corner of 1300 S and 300 W–just steps from Wal-mart, the Lowe’s parking lot, and the Ballpark TRAX...
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Coachman’s spared from demolition in latest surprise for storied restaurant
A wrecking crew made quick work of knocking down an aging office building next to the shuttered Coachman's diner on State Street this week. In doing so, they offered the latest surprise for the legendary and mysterious restaurant: They left Coachman's standing....
Salt Lake City shares what it wants to see from Intermountain’s new ‘urban hospital’
Salt Lake City planners want Intermountain Health to increase the amount of active uses on the ground floor of the hospital it wants to build near the middle of the city in exchange for a major upzone. The planners said the healthcare provider should be required to...
Will an interest rate cut be enough to thaw Utah’s development freeze?
Heard faintly over the last few months, it’s not a siren song, but the sound of bubbles of a red herring: at long last, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates. The Fed raised interest rates quickly in 2022 and 2023 in an effort to curb inflation, which...
Has City Hall found the key to unlock affordability in single-family zones?
Seeking to increase the supply of housing in the city’s current footprint, the City Council has recently approved, on single-family-detached R-1 zoning, density bonuses for providing affordable homes or reusing an existing primary structure. In addition, it has...
Ballpark projects get closer to completion – update in pictures
Gabbott's Row - 1448 S Main Street Maryland natives James and Stephen Alfandre of Urban Alfandre developed Gabbott’s Row, the Baltimore-esque rental homes, which are unlike anything typically seen in Salt Lake City. Bonneville Builders is the general contractor...
RDA “unpauses” loan to The Front as USA Climbing closes in on partner for National Training Center
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Salt Lake City is setting the stage to debate changes to its exclusive single-family zoning
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Desperate for Station Center success, Redevelopment Agency continues to bully local climbing gym
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How exclusionary zoning created Salt Lake City (and how policymakers are responding)
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Trends 2024 – what we’ll be watching in the new year
2023 brought the end of the apartment boom, pretty much everywhere. Is the Salt Lake City market going to weather the storm? Are those long-term growth predications still accurate? Keep your clicks here. We’ll be watching these trends and others in 2024. Declining...
The Front climbing gym to expand with $2 million RDA loan
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