Smart growth and development news for the Salt Lake City region
In a hotly-contested process opposed by a convergence of affordable housing advocates, neighborhood preservationists, and anti-gentrification activists, the City Council had little problem on Tuesday…
More affordable housing is coming to east Downtown. At 144 South 500 East, a six-story, all-electric, 110-unit building on .62 acre is set to provide…
The prospective developers of a prime 1.55 acre site between Downtown and the University of Utah at 129 S 700 East got Planning Commission sign-off…
Days after a neighborhood Facebook group reposted a real estate listing for 411 and 419 East 100 South as “Tear down dwellings that are necessary…
“These are Tear down dwellings that are necessary to build future apartment or condo buildings,” says the property listing for 419 East 100 South in…
Do construction cranes equal weather vanes? If so, the breeze continues to grace Downtown Salt Lake City. In east Downtown, along east Broadway and 400…
In a city increasingly marked by concrete podium and wood-frame buildings, a new construction technique is coming to town that may help change the landscape.…
Development-relevant actions by Salt Lake City government in March brought some welcome changes as well as news that several blossoms won’t be seen until next…
As Salt Lake City looks to add density without losing existing housing units, the city council indicated last night that they are probably willing to…
In one of the city’s most in-demand neighborhoods – less than a mile from the University of Utah – local developers have applied to build…
Last night the Salt Lake City Council deferred action on two land-use items we’ve been following. The first, a zoning petition from a developer to…
Developers are adding thousands of badly needed affordable housing units to Salt Lake City, but not in every neighborhood, and not only on the west…
