The Montaire North student housing complex in Sugar House, looking southwest, in June 2025. Photo by Devin Zander | Building Salt Lake While multi-family residential real estate in Salt Lake City continues to lag, one aspect of the market seems to be going vertical. ...
The future home of Macks Finest Gelato, located at 313 E. 900 South. Image via Google Maps Salt Lake City could soon get a handful of new retail stores in the near future. According to permits recently filed with Salt Lake City, the Post District, Sugar House and...
After years of street construction, sidewalk closures for development projects, and uncertainty about zoning changes, the future of Sugar House’s business district may soon be coming into sharper focus. A formal process started in 2021 by the Sugar House Chamber and...
The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to allow a Zions Bank drive-thru on the first floor of a proposed 16-story tower, but it wasn't so quick to allow developers pitching the tower to reach 185 feet of height without first meeting open space requirements. The...
Salt Lake City planners are recommending the Planning Commission approve a 16-story mixed-use tower on the Zions Bank site in downtown Sugar House this week, siding with the developer on the two most contested pieces of the project. The project, known as GEM Sugar...
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...
After a slight lull in a development period that included multiple new buildings and the reconstruction of its two main roads, developers have teed up another round of multiple major apartment projects slated to break ground around the same time. The Housing Authority...
In the coming months, Salt Lake City is headed to a vote that could make a number of changes to its single family zoning code, which covers around a third of all city land and 77% of the city’s residentially zoned land. Neighborhoods are gearing up to fight the...
The largely pro-development Salt Lake City Council surprised the region with its unanimous vote rejecting a hotel next to Sugar House Park, but the vote itself doesn't necessarily mark a clear shift in the city's approach to development, industry experts say. That...
Over a year after plans for a hotel near Sugar House Park became public, the proposal is likely dead following a surprise vote by the Salt Lake City Council, leaving the future of the parcel in question with few clear answers for what might come next. It was the third...
The saga continues. Members of the Salt Lake City Council unanimously rejected a proposal Tuesday that would’ve set the stage for a seven-floor, 145-room boutique hotel on the edge of Sugar House Park. The vote adds to the already years-long drama surrounding the...
Just weeks after getting final approvals, work on adding more public transit in Salt Lake City is close to getting underway. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency applied for three demolition permits for buildings it owns in Sugar House, with...