Salt Lake City is closer to getting a new tallest skyscraper. Salt Lake County officials announced on Monday that the bid committee for the Salt Lake Convention Center hotel has selected DDRM Cos., a real-estate company headquartered in St. George, Utah. The new...
Salt Lake's downtown car dealership is getting an update. Construction has started on a redesigned Ken Garff dealership on the 500 South block of State Street. The new design will consolidate the different dealerships into one large complex with multiple showrooms....
Now that winter is waning, warmer weather will kick off what could be Salt Lake's busiest construction seasons in decades. Kicking off the season is the 616 Lofts. The construction fences are up as site development work has begun on the six-story residential...
There are a lot of stakeholders invested in the Gateway's success. The Gateway has struggled since the City Creek Center opened in 2012. What was once considered Salt Lake's premier shopping center, has become a neglected outdoor mall struggling with needed repairs...
Walkability can be an elusive concept for Utah residents. Utah's uniquely large square blocks and urban growth built around the car have produced few pedestrian-oriented areas for residents to use as a reference. In the past “we've had a hard time measuring...
In a rare move, the Salt Lake City Council acting as the Redevelopment Agency's board of directors, reopened discussion on a previously approved resolution while reevaluating the RDA's role in building affordable housing. The action was at the request of Salt Lake...
The Gateway Mall is getting another chance. Yesterday, Arizona real estate company Vestar announced that it had finalized a deal to purchase the Gateway. The company purchased the Gateway with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. According to a released...
The construction boom at the 100 South block of 300 West looks to continue. In the past year, two newly -constructed hotels opened at the block's north end across from the Vivint Smart Home Arena. On the south end of the block, Clearwater Homes is converting...
Salt Lake City is growing; from Sugar House to Marmalade to Center City, dozens of large multifamily and mixed-use developments are under construction or will be in the new year. But, based on page visits, salt lake residents seem most interested in the growth...
Even though downtown Salt Lake is covered in snow, for historic building preservationists, it may not feel much like Christmas. After two weeks of demolition, the 107-year-old Arrow Press building, on the 100 South block of West Temple is no more. Demolition work...
On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation to City Council on a height amendment that would allow for taller building heights in the D-4 zoning district, a seven block area downtown just west of Main Street. The...
It didn't take long for the Salt Lake City Council acting as the board of the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) to unanimously adopt a resolution to enter into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with the LaSalle Group for development of the Utah Theater property on the 100...