As Salt Lake Design Week 2020 (Oct 5-9) capped off its first all-virtual edition, a panel of non-designers hosted by Lloyd Architects reflected on how design is built into their businesses and the communities they serve - and how they've adjusted to constantly...
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 side. New multi-family developments that are either partially or entirely affordable to people earning less than the...
Development in the Granary is gaining ever more momentum, despite the challenges of outdated zoning and inadequate infrastructure. While the CG General Commercial zone that covers the Granary is flexible, it forces many developments needing height increases and yard...
The Granary, just southwest of Downtown Salt Lake City, is seeing unprecedented investment on the private side, with big new construction recently completed and just underway. In her recent state of the city speech, Mayor Erin Mendenhall touted the upcoming...
Q Factor co-founder Ellen Winkler remembers finding the building that could change the Granary District. Heading east off Interstate 15 on 600 South, Winkler remembers seeing something that most people would likely miss. Just south of 600 South at 500 West, as...
Salt Lake City’s Department of Economic Development recently completed a prospectus for a Life Sciences Corridor that may boost demand for office space Downtown. Downtown offerings have always enjoyed an urban advantage, providing amenities, culture, and transit which...
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
After expansion under the Obama Administration and previous regimes at UTA, new passenger rail projects along the Wasatch Front seem all but dead. A UTA Board claiming it has no money for capital projects, slim inclusion in regional plans, a reoriented redevelopment...
Significant changes are coming to the Granary District, in addition to a neighborhood-wide mural project set underway, the neighborhood is becoming a destination for microbreweries and creative coworking. On Wednesday, city officials announced the neighborhood's...
Two Central Ninth/Granary area projects are moving forward with financial assistance from the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA). On Tuesday, August 21 the Salt Lake City Council, acting as the RDA Board of Directors, approved requested two land discounts...
After three months of reviewing proposals, the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) and Salt Lake City Arts Council announced the names of 15 artists commissioned for the Granary District Mural Grant Program. The artists were chosen through the city’s Call for...
A very unique parcel in an area dominated by light industrial and big-box commercial will soon be home to a large, missing middle residential project. Last week, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved with conditions a Planned Development request by...