Liberty Square townhomes, by Cowboy Partners, just north of Trolley Square and south of 400 South, between 600 and 700 East. Trax on the Red Line as it rolls along 400 South. Cowboy Partners' Liberty Boulevard from 500 South, just east of 700 East. Liberty BLVD from...
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Salt Lake City Council having second thoughts on Utah Theater demolition? Regrets and resignation mark recent RDA meeting
Despite a years-long negotiation with the adjacent property owners, not all Salt Lake City Council members are ready to consign the Utah Theater to dust. No current City Council members were on the RDA Board when it decided to buy the theater in December 2009. At a...
‘UDOT made very clear’ it wouldn’t consider removing I-15 ramp at 900 South in Salt Lake City, officials say
Salt Lake City on Tuesday released the results of a study that largely focused on the possible traffic impacts of moving the I-15 ramp at 900 South and ignored the impacts on the city and neighborhoods negatively affected by the ramp. Rather than study the potential...
Salt Lake City prepares to demolish the historic Utah Theater in the middle of its fledgling theater district
The city is ready to drop the final curtain on Main Street’s historic Utah Theater. Redevelopment Agency staff are presenting a memo to the RDA Board today that recommends that the theater property, including three retail spaces at 144 - 158 South Main, be sold...
Salt Lake City’s Depot District: an update
For the last month, UTA’s demolition contractors have been bringing down a major structure behind the transit authority’s headquarters on 200 South and 669 West in west Downtown, Salt Lake City. The former EIMCO mining equipment (previously Ford motor) plant was in...
GUEST OPINION: Backing GREENbike SLC, the underdog in the micromobility race
By David Osokow Whether you’re aware of it or not, Salt Lake City is going through a transportation revolution that seeks to shape the quality of life for residents for decades to come. At a time when society craves the latest and greatest, worships tech giants...
Meet the Kensington Tower, the high-rise that would join Utah’s tallest buildings in Salt Lake City’s skyline
Salt Lake City's skyline is primed to change rapidly in the coming decade, and a Boston-based real estate development group wants to build the tallest building in it. Kensington Tower would add luxury rental apartments at the corner of State Street and 200 South,...
Fleet Block rezoning on its way to extending Salt Lake’s urban core
Salt Lake City planners are putting the finishing touches on what will essentially become the rules for what is set to become an urban extension of Downtown. Long an underutilized and recently vacant site that’s filled with redevelopment potential, the City Council...
Will SLC’s Life Sciences Opportunity Zone Corridor add to Downtown’s office conversion momentum?
Salt Lake City’s Department of Economic Development recently completed a prospectus for a Life Sciences Corridor that may boost demand for office space Downtown. Downtown offerings have always enjoyed an urban advantage, providing amenities, culture, and transit which...
Silicon Slopes vs. Downtown – Who’s winning the battle to attract tech companies?
While the suburbs of Utah and Salt Lake Counties continue to add new office space at a greater rate than Salt Lake City, a new report on technology sector growth contains good news for Downtown enthusiasts. The report, authored by Levi Pace, Senior Research...
Building Salt Lake Mayoral survey: See where candidates stand on smart growth policy issues
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
Salt Lake City is studying the potential effect removing 900 South ramp to I-15 would have in northern Ballpark
For a half-century, an outsized piece of highway infrastructure has divided Salt Lake City’s northern Ballpark neighborhood. The city is now wrapping up a study looking at what would happen if the ramp were removed. The study is expected to focus largely on the...











