As the woes of the office market continue to populate CRE headlines nationwide, cut-rate building sales and 25% availability rates are raising fewer eyebrows these days. When we last reported on the Salt Lake City metro market’s performance a year ago, vacancy rates...
East Central
Historic church building near Trolley Square on the market…and the demo list
Owners of .49 acres parcel on a prominent corner in Central City have applied for a demolition permit for two buildings, the Palace Meat Co. at 705 E 500 S and the former Phillips Congregational Church at 479 S 700 E, built in 1907 and long ago converted to an office...
Two of Salt Lake City’s missing middle zones aren’t working. The city is working on a fix
No one is quite sure what happened in 1995. That’s when Salt Lake City officials created two new zones that, on paper, intended to allow for the construction of relatively small-scale and mid-density housing in neighborhoods across the city. In reality, the final vote...
Broadway hotel proposal for upzone gets rejected by Planning Commission
A project to transform a 40-year hole in the urban fabric along East 300 South fell short of approval at the Planning Commission this month, one of several recent applications seeking to upzone property to D-1, the city’s most intense category. At 256 E 300 S, owners...
Will an interest rate cut be enough to thaw Utah’s development freeze?
Heard faintly over the last few months, it’s not a siren song, but the sound of bubbles of a red herring: at long last, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates. The Fed raised interest rates quickly in 2022 and 2023 in an effort to curb inflation, which...
Has City Hall found the key to unlock affordability in single-family zones?
Seeking to increase the supply of housing in the city’s current footprint, the City Council has recently approved, on single-family-detached R-1 zoning, density bonuses for providing affordable homes or reusing an existing primary structure. In addition, it has...
Contractor working with Alta Terra in Sugar House faces over $1M in unpaid bills
A lumber supplier has filed a lawsuit against the investor and general contractor behind a slate of new projects in Salt Lake City, alleging the projects are behind on payment. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Third District Court in Salt Lake County, alleges Built...
Utah Clean Energy’s new Climate Innovation Center: In Pictures
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East Central property in transit zone hits market for $5.7M
Sign up to get free Building Salt Lake emails in your inbox. Need more? Building Salt Lake Pro and Premium Members can search for any building permit in Salt Lake City. Stay in the know in the market by becoming a Member today. The owner of a cluster of properties in...
Salt Lake City is setting the stage to debate changes to its exclusive single-family zoning
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How exclusionary zoning created Salt Lake City (and how policymakers are responding)
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McGillis School shares plans to expand onto vacated LDS Douglas Ward on 1200 East
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