Permits for new businesses are popping up around Salt Lake City, with new retail spots coming soon to Trolley Square and Sugar House, among other areas. Earlier this year, permits started flowing for new projects along 400 South and other parts of Central City. A new...
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with new information that reflect the project’s current plans, which were revised from the previous building plans submitted to Salt Lake City earlier this year. More AHI units are being pitched in Salt Lake City, this time...
Salt Lake City Council Member and former congressional candidate Eva Lopez Chavez — recently accused of sexual misconduct and moving outside of her district — will be diminished in her role on the council pending an investigation. In a vote late Tuesday night,...
A new retail space is open for lease in Salt Lake City’s popular 9th & 9th business district, and several more changes are on the way. Less than four years after the city rejected an attempt to turn a retail space into a wine bar, a boutique at 1058 E. 900 S. hit...
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I was recently in Durham, North Carolina. Along with my family, we ate outside three times – without trying. We simply walked to a restaurant and asked to sit outside. By contrast, when we got home to Salt Lake City, eating outside required Googling which restaurants...
They bring you the olds, we bring you the news. And this year, we had all kinds of scoops about the trends and developments that are shaping the future of the region, specifically in Salt Lake City. Building Salt Lake readers again showed a strong interest in the...
After clearing out the queue of other changes to zoning districts throughout the city, planners have teed up the next housing topic for discussion and debate: single-family zoning reform. The city recently unveiled its proposal to change the rules for its three...
The Salt Lake Film Society has unveiled its plans to revitalize, expand and reopen the Tower Theatre in 9th & 9th, more than five years after the nonprofit group shuttered the cinema during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new application and design documents submitted to...
This story has been made free for all readers. If you would like to help support BSL's independent journalism, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. The bill that took away Salt Lake City’s ability to control many of its own streets stemmed from shadowy...
A neighboring property sued Swig in District Court on Wednesday after the owners said Swig’s car-bound customers have been spilling over onto their property, blocking access for customers and violating a long-running easement agreement. The issue has been bubbling...
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...
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...