South Downtown, deadened by vacant buildings and car lots for decades, seems to be at a turning point. Four major construction projects are underway in just a two-block area, with several smaller projects in the works. And that doesn't count the Sears Block proposal,...
As it continues to rise on 400 South adjacent to Library Square and the Public Safety Building, The Exchange Project is many things. The end-cap to Salt Lake City’s civic campus. Food service business incubator. Co-working space. Mixed-use and mixed-income....
Move over Alta Club. Salt Lake City will soon become home to a new social club. But instead of catering to a membership of the wealthy, the Edison House is being marketed as a “home away from home” for younger residents and working professionals that are flocking into...
The Downtown Alliance hosted a webinar panel on outdoor dining during COVID this week, and Salt Lake City presented its first design guidelines for businesses expanding their premises into the public right of way due to the pandemic. Urban designers in the Planning...
East Downtown will soon see new residential construction along the South Temple - 100 South corridor. At 25 South 300 East, Lotus Republic will add 80 market-rate apartments to what may already be the densest residential area in the state. The podium + 5 story...
Building Salt Lake checks in with live construction projects around the city we've been following. All photos by Luke Garrott. In the Depot District, CW Urban's rental project The Beverly (45 S 600 W) and Centro Civico Mexicano's Casa Milagros (145 S 600 W) senior...
Perennially starved of tax revenue by the Utah Legislature, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has had few options to generate income beyond the fare box. UTA’s somewhat-new TOD program is trying to change that. Approved by the Legislature, the strategy is to reap an...
Salt Lake City, prepare for a taller and broader Downtown. The City Council appears to include enough members ready to rethink traditional zoning practices that set up a skyline that tapers out the farther buildings are from the Downtown core. One application for...
New multi-family residential construction has broken ground in south Downtown. PEG Companies' SevenO2, a 239-unit apartment project at 702 South Main in Salt Lake City, is scheduled for completion in January 2022. It is replacing Specialized Sales & Leasing, a...
It may have taken a global pandemic, but people in Salt Lake City will get better access to their streets in response to the spread of COVID-19. People will no longer have to push a button for permission to cross the street at 70 Salt Lake City intersections Downtown...
Market-rate apartment construction in Downtown Salt Lake City will see another start this summer, when PEG Development breaks ground on The Revival, just behind the NE corner of 400 South and 200 West. Simply Sushi and Ibiza nightclub occupy a one-story retail space...
Sapa Investments, a growing presence in the lower downtown State Street area, was recently granted city approval for a Planned Development at the site of Huddart Floral at 156 East 900 South in Salt Lake City. Huddart Floral, center. Arial taken from the north,...