When Mike Nikols announced he was closing his family's iconic diner at 1300 S. State St. and began lobbying the city to rezone his family’s nearly 2 acres of land, he kept details about his future plans for the site a secret. A pleasant surprise, if you will. He...
Salt Lakers are set to see the solidification of years of car-centric street design when two notoriously popular fast food chains that attract long drive-thru lines come to town within a block of each other in the coming months. Burger joint In-N-Out and chicken...
When CW Urban announced it would construct a new residential building across from Pioneer Park, one thing in particular stood out. It wasn’t necessarily its design, its unit count, its height or anything about the appearance that made it particularly noteworthy in a...
The section of 1300 South between the Ballpark TRAX station and 300 West would continue its transformation into a dense residential strip under new plans for several acres of land reviewed by Building Salt Lake. Despite its existence as a street that’s hostile to...
It’s been a long time coming, but the campaign working to open a hyper-local, full-service grocery store in the Salt Lake area is finally talking about a location. The Wasatch Cooperative Market board is asking its members to share their thoughts as it negotiates with...
Non-profit housing developers are nearly set to begin construction on a 140-unit, five-story micro-unit apartment project at 228 W 1300 South in Salt Lake City, directly adjacent to the Ballpark (1300 South) Trax station. Called Colony B, the $21 million building will...
Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood continues attracting owner-occupied housing with a new row home style project proposed along Main Street. The Poet’s Row townhomes would bring an East Coast, single-family attached housing style to Ballpark, at 1448 S. Main St....
Development-relevant actions by Salt Lake City government in March brought some welcome changes as well as news that several blossoms won't be seen until next year. Here's our review. March city council actions •Approved (unanimously) the Coachman’s restaurant...
The continued buildout of residential along 300 West in Salt Lake City would continue under the latest proposal in what has become a cluster of broad apartment buildings on the commercial corridor. Developers want to add 242 more apartments to the area that’s zoned...
The urbanization of 1700 South in Ballpark in recent years is set to continue with another project that would replace an industrial warehouse with 237 rental housing units. The five-story building would replace multiple industrial buildings adjacent to the UTA TRAX...
As Salt Lake City looks to add density without losing existing housing units, the city council indicated last night that they are probably willing to sit on the Administration’s RMF-30 infill ordinance for another year. RMF zoning exists mainly on the city’s east...
Builders are still being drawn to the 300 West corridor, continuing an ongoing residential build-out of what has historically been a commercial and car-centric part of Salt Lake City. The latest proposal is a six-story apartment building that would bring 287 units to...