Just weeks after getting final approvals, work on adding more public transit in Salt Lake City is close to getting underway. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency applied for three demolition permits for buildings it owns in Sugar House, with...
Capitol Hill could get a new three-story walkup and additional housing units as part of a newly-proposed project on Hillside Avenue. A new project located at 58 E. Hillside Ave. would take what's currently home to an aging, vacant structure and transform it into a...
A historic Salt Lake City building-turned office space has a new owner who might add new housing units nearby in the future. The Salt Lake Hardware Building, located at 155 N. 400 West just northwest of Downtown, was recently sold to Dart Interests, a Texas-based...
Years of planning for a sweeping redevelopment effort in Draper could make way for vertical construction later this year. Horizontal construction at The Point — the state’s massive redevelopment effort of over 600 acres on the former Utah State Prison site — first...
A rendering of the rooftop bar in the Domain mid-rise hotel, located at 370 S. West Temple. Image via Domain Companies/VUW A new, mid-rise hotel in Downtown Salt Lake City has closed on its financing, paving the way for the luxury hotel to open in the coming years...
The country’s largest online university will soon move to Downtown Salt Lake City after it develops its new headquarters with nearly 1 million square feet of office space. On Thursday, the Millcreek-based Western Governors University released early details of its...
This time last year, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall decried the Utah Legislature’s “punitive” approach toward the capital city, putting specific targets on local roads and public safety. This year was much different. Notably, a mix of bills that gave cities more...
A number of new retail shops and restaurants are headed for Salt Lake City, as local permits tell the story of fresh businesses in the works. Speaking of fresh — a new, fresh cookie bakery is slated to open near the University of Utah. And no, it’s not one the cookie...
Between plans going public for a tower in Sugar House and mid-rise in Central City, along with dirt moving at a key corner Downtown — some in Salt Lake City have wondered if the lull in new apartment construction and sleepy multifamily market is coming to an end. ...
Five years after Domain Companies released its plans for a mixed-use tower and hotel near the heart of Downtown, the company appears to be reactivating the project and preparing to build. Excavation crews were present Tuesday morning at the site near 370 S. West...
It was an important week at Salt Lake City Hall for entitlements and subsidies for USA Climbing’s National Training Center project at 300 South and 500 West in the Rio Grande district. The project’s design team, led by VCBO, was seeking nine exceptions to the zoning...
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Just as its new funding request is being considered by SLC's Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA) Board this week, USA Climbing’s National Training Center project at 300 S and 500 W in the Rio Grande district also reaches the city’s planning commission on Wednesday for...