The rebuild of 900 South - Central 9th's new "main street" - is almost complete with new pedestrian space, parking, and landscaping. Business life continues to bubble along. And new housing projects at various stages of development are reshaping the neighborhood's...
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REGISTER NOW: BSL Events to host Missing Middle Housing discussion and tour
Fresh off a successful kickoff event, Building Salt Lake is preparing to host an informational session and tour that's focused on a bygone and misunderstood type of housing known as Missing Middle Housing. Our Missing Middle Housing Discussion and Tour will focus on...
Pier 1 Imports-turned post office to be replaced by new mixed-use building
Building Salt Lake Pro and Premium Members saw this story first using the BSL Permitting Search function. Become a member today. A former retail outlet turned U.S. post office would be turned into a seven-story mixed-use building with space for office and retail near...
Dormant dry-cleaners on coveted corner in Central 9th finally to see development
It looks like a key corner in Central 9th long eyed by developers and the city’s Redevelopment Agency but tied up by environmental contamination will see a project at last. The site, at the southwest corner of 900 South and 200 West (906 S 200 W) was purchased last...
Pioneering spirit alive in south Downtown with 50-unit project on West Temple
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Salt Lake City’s apartment boom hasn’t led to higher vacancy rates. But it might soon.
Despite having about 18% of the population in the county, Salt Lake City accounts for almost half of the permitted apartment projects. And while it seems impossible all those new buildings in the general Downtown area would be full, the vacancy rate in the thousands...
Neighborhood Spotlight: Central 9th popularity evident with new construction boom
The Central 9th neighborhood started as a carve-out of a much larger district, a hamlet whose urban zoning and transit access gave it a distinct feel within its boundaries. The area closest to the neighborhood center has long since found the attention of developers...
Mayor moves to temporarily ban new homeless shelters from all zones in Salt Lake City
Amid a push by state officials to locate another homeless shelter in Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood, Mayor Erin Mendenhall moved late last night to temporarily ban new shelters in all zones across the capital. If finalized, pending ordinance notice would last...
Builders buy more land, plan for a bigger new housing development in the Granary District
After picking up another piece of property to build on, a developer has resubmitted plans for a new apartment building in the Granary District that would now include more studio units. The SoHi Apartments would include 153 units — up from 104 when it was originally...
Builders plan for new rowhomes in Central 9th’s residential-scale zone
The urban enclave known as Central 9th would get four new single-family homes under a proposal that would continue the quick and ongoing build-out of the transit-rich area southwest of Downtown. Three of the new homes in Jefferson Court would be attached, built in a...
Builders continue development of Central 9th’s main street with ground-breaking on two new mixed-use projects
Central 9th continues its rapid march toward urbanization with the latest ground-breaking this week that will continue framing out the neighborhood’s main street along 900 South. The demolition this week of the former Henries Dry Cleaners comes after years of delay...
In Pictures: Central 9th bringing more multi-family and this summer, street construction
Residential construction continues to transform Salt Lake City's Central 9th neighborhood, just southwest of Downtown. This burgeoning area, sandwiched by UDOT roads that challenge walkability, is a test case for the city's form-based zoning reforms and its...












