Residents in the Salt Lake region wanting a car-free lifestyle in a walkable neighborhood have limited options. The region's expanded rail network has yet to produce significant, walkable urban neighborhoods that aren't still car reliant. Salt Lake City, through its...
Central Park, Bryant Park, Rittenhouse Square, urban parks can often be as iconic as the cities they reside in. Pioneer Park, Salt Lake's downtown park has long struggled to find its place and identity in an area of the city where tensions from poverty, crime...
The Salt Lake City Planning Commission unanimously approved two petitions requested by the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) for the development of the four-story Beehive Brick building at 244 South 500 West. The project will be developed by Artspace and...
Opposing styles, the modern versus the conventional, near the intersection of North Temple and 600 West demonstrate the internal struggle facing Salt Lake City as the city experiences a residential building boom led by tepid developers reluctant to offer unique or...
The 175 room, Courtyard by Marriott is framed out to its fifth and final floor. The street presence of the new hotel can be felt as it takes up almost the entire south side of the block on 100 South between 300 and 400 West. The Courtyard by Marriott is adjacent to...
It has been almost a year since the Salt Lake planning commission approved plans for the Alta Gateway apartments. But construction crews should being to emerge in the area just west of the Gateway as the developers, Wood Partners, have applied for building permits...
There will soon be 334 hotel rooms added to the downtown Salt Lake market. Construction of the Hyatt House is nearly completed, while construction of the adjacent Courtyard by Marriott is framed up to the fifth floor. Both hotels will be six-stories tall and will...
While developments are now emerging west of Interstate 15, most recent development along North Temple has been focused around the 600 West intersection. The North Temple/600 West corner is adjacent to a TRAX station and FrontRunner commuter rail station, making it...
The evolution of the area surrounding the intersection of North Temple and 600 West has been well documented. Today's In Pictures focuses again on this burgeoning intersection. The expansion of the Bridges at Citifront is over halfway finished. The first of the two...
In this weeks update the focus is on developments near the Gateway shopping center. Construction of the new Hyatt House near Energy Solutions Arena on the corner of 100 South and 300 West appears to be nearly completed. Construction crews appear to be focusing on...
The corner of 600 West and North Temple is about to experience a population boom. Construction of the next phase of the Bridges at Citifront apartments at 650 West South Temple is well underway. The 91 residential unit expansion, includes two new buildings on 600...
The Depot District in downtown Salt Lake City (formerly known as the Gateway District) is no stranger to common urban problems such as petty crime, homelessness and drug use. The district makes up what was previously an industrial rail corridor on the west...