Downtown

Protected intersection is set for fall debut

Protected intersection is set for fall debut

Salt Lake City will have to settle with second place.  The City was poised to be the first city in the U.S. to build a protected intersection, but that recognition will go to Davis, California.   The California college town boasts a 20 percent bike commuter rate and...

Planning Commission votes in support of new downtown plan

Planning Commission votes in support of new downtown plan

*This article has been updated The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation to City Council on an updated version of the Downtown Community Plan.  This is the second time in a year that the Commission has voted in favor of the...

Salt Lake County walks away from deal with Omni

Salt Lake County walks away from deal with Omni

After months without any new information, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams announced today that the County is walking away from a proposed contract with Dallas based, Omni Hotels & Resorts, to develop a convention center hotel adjacent to the Salt Palace...

More market-rate apartments coming to the Depot District

More market-rate apartments coming to the Depot District

After a few months of quiet at the southwest corner of 100 South and 500 West intersection, Wood Partners, a national real estate company, has officially broken ground on the Alta Gateway.  The project is the company's first in Salt Lake City and construction is now...

Billboard controversy part of an onging battle with local officials

Billboard controversy part of an onging battle with local officials

Reagan Outdoor Advertising (ROA), Utah's largest outdoor advertiser, and local officials have been engaged in a power struggle over conflicting interests for several years.  The power struggle resurfaced last week after Reagan was found to have created a political...

In pictures: Theater and 111 tower are halfway complete

In pictures: Theater and 111 tower are halfway complete

Salt Lake City and County officials marked the halfway point of construction of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater, on the 100 South block of Main Street.  The City/County project is framed out and the exterior glass has been installed on the second and...

Salt Lake on the Street: Residential growth in Downtown

Salt Lake on the Street: Residential growth in Downtown

SL City News presents its newest program, Salt Lake on the Street, a weekly podcast featuring discussions with community stakeholders about Salt Lake urban and community development.   The podcast is made possible through a podcast partnership with 90.9 FM KRCL.  New...

Urban expert: downtown needs more residential growth

Urban expert: downtown needs more residential growth

Downtown Salt Lake's recent growth is just the tip of the iceberg according to Dr. Arthur C. Nelson, a professor of Urban Planning and Real Estate Development at the University of Arizona and former professor of City & Metropolitan Planning at the University of...

Former car dealership to find new life as an office building

Former car dealership to find new life as an office building

A former car dealership on the northeast corner of the 700 S. West Temple will soon become a new office building.  Renovations are underway on the former Mark Miller car sales and repair building that will become the new headquarters of the School Improvement Network,...

In Pictures: Steady progress at Liberty Crest

In Pictures: Steady progress at Liberty Crest

Construction is well underway on the Liberty Crest Apartments-a seven-story, 177 unit residential project at 150 South 200 East in Downtown Salt Lake.  The 234-stall parking structure has surpassed ground level, indicating that framing for the residential units should...

Farmers Market continues to evolve in its 24th year

Farmers Market continues to evolve in its 24th year

When John Borski of Borski Organic Farms began selling his produce at the Downtown Farmers Market, the market consisted of just a handful of farmers selling produce on the north sidewalk at Pioneer Park. That was twenty years ago, the Downtown Farmers Market, which...

Boutique Hotel to replace notoriously blighted Eat-A-Burger site

Boutique Hotel to replace notoriously blighted Eat-A-Burger site

One of downtown Salt Lake's quintessential examples of urban blight is poised to be developed.  The Salt Lake City Council acting as the Board of Directors for the Redevelopment Agency approved in a Tuesday RDA meeting an Option to Purchase Agreement for three RDA...