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Salt Lake City’s West-East Connections Study (WE Connect) has reached a critical juncture. On the evening of June 22, a combined meeting of WE Connect’s Citizens Advisory Board, comprised of residents of Salt Lake City’s west side, and WE Connect’s Technical Advisory...
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...
Looking south along the proposed corridor for the Point transit project. New UTA light rail vehicles might one day move up and down along the corridor. (Rendering) In a tense exchange during an Oct. 9 Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG) meeting, Utah...
A week ago, I discovered that—on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays—Park City Transit extends its Route 9 Purple from downtown Park City over Empire Pass to serve Bonanza Flat Trailhead and Bloods Lake Trailhead. Since I had been hungry to get in some hiking and leaf...
A proposed development in East Central at the old Office Max corner at 900 East and 400 South is moving forward after winning unanimous city approval on Wednesday evening. The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted 7-0 to approve the design review of the...
South Salt Lake is moving closer toward approving a plan that could lead to a more connected urban core being built in the city’s northern edge. Last week, the South Salt Lake Planning Commission quickly voted to approve the South Salt Lake Downtown Connect plan,...
Over two acres of blank space in a hotspot for Salt Lake City residential units is now on the market. Northmarq, a nationwide, full-service commercial real estate firm, recently listed a 2.5-acre parcel of land in the heart of the Hardware District in Fairpark —...
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...
ROY—The Utah Transportation Commission showed little hesitation before approving roughly $3 billion in roadway expansion projects on Friday, posing virtually no questions to Utah Department of Transportation staff and limiting their comments to effusive praise for the...
A ribbon-cutting last week in South Salt Lake opened an ambitious 180-unit market-rate project after 30 months of construction. One Burton, named after its street address, fronts both Main Street and Burton Avenue (2360 S), while also sitting adjacent to I-80. ...
It’s been over six years since Salt Lake City voters approved the Funding our Future street reconstruction bond and the city council approved a sales tax bump, and city officials are approaching the end of their list of roads to improve — just in the nick of...
Developers want to cater a massive redevelopment in Salt Lake City's East Central neighborhood to college students, hoping that market will occupy an apartment complex consisting of nearly two acres of land along 400 South. In total, the complex could hold 696 beds if...