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...
It’s been a busy year for the Salt Lake City Council. Not only were four of the seven council seats up for election, but the council’s 2025 also consisted of overhauling multiple aspects of the city’s zoning code — and those efforts will seemingly continue into 2026....
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...
Aspiring to be the “best transit-oriented development in Utah,” Salt Lake City’s Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA) presented to the planning commission last week with the intention of updating the city’s Downtown Plan and upzoning 35 city- and University of...
Southwest of Downtown Salt Lake City, former industrial blocks are transforming into places people can live, work, and play. Despite major challenges like 10-acre blocks, hostile streets, and lack of infrastructure, formerly scattered developments are starting to knit...
This story has been made free for all readers. If you would like to help support BSL's independent journalism, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. The bill that took away Salt Lake City’s ability to control many of its own streets stemmed from shadowy...
Seeking to catalyze a long-languishing redevelopment area in west Downtown, Salt Lake City’s Community Reinvestment Agency (formerly RDA) has officially started the zoning change process to dramatically increase the allowable height on the two blocks directly west of...
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...
Prompted by state legislation creating a new type of tax increment financing (TIF) district around transit stops, Salt Lake City’s Redevelopment Agency (RDA) is getting ready to submit their second proposal to Capitol Hill for a Housing Transit Reinvestment Zone...
Updating their previous vision for a restored Rio Grande Depot, buried rail lines, and removed Interstate viaducts, the citizen authors of the Rio Grande Plan released this week new renderings that hint at how dramatically transformative the plan would be for west...
On Tuesday the RDA Board paved the way for the USA Climbing, the non-profit which oversees competitive climbing in the country, to build a new HQ and national training center in the Rio Grande District at 310 S. 500 West. The Redevelopment Agency has long tried to...
Building Salt Lake is the leading source of commercial real estate news in Utah. Sign up to get our free emails in your inbox. Get access to the site’s paid features by becoming a Member today. The Mendenhall Administration presented to the City Council last night the...