Salt Lake City’s new off-street parking ordinance - how much parking developers are required to build given their land use and location - will be getting its final look by the city council later this spring and summer. The reform may have significant...
The 2021 Utah legislative session concluded last week, with legislators passing several pieces of legislation relating to housing and transportation policy. Four major bills allocated millions for affordable housing and billions to upgrade the state’s transportation...
The Depot District north of 200 South continues its residential explosion with The Huxley, a 258-unit market-rate project to be built at the NW corner of 100 South and 600 West. In an area known for its warehouses, railyards, nightlife, and transient population,...
In recent years, the Wasatch Front has enjoyed the addition of commuter rail, light rail, and a streetcar. However, options are still limited for those wishing to travel beyond the Wasatch Front without a car. For the past decade, I’ve been researching how Utah...
Competition between the west side and Downtown for a full-time, year-round public market heated up last week. The Utah State Fairpark announced that they will run a May-to-August, four-days-a-week, food-centered market in and around their historic livestock...
The North Temple Bridge-Guadalupe community is about to get a sizable new member. At 200 North and 600 West, Modal Living is proposing a 356-unit, mixed-use, all-studio, podium-plus-five building called Kozo House. The dorm-style development’s units are all 378...
Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency presented plans this week for what will be one of its biggest moves in the Depot District since the project area was created in 1998. With only three years left before tax increment ceases to flow with the expiration of the area,...
The North Temple transit corridor continues to see transformative development. Here are three projects that are contributing to a changing west side in Salt Lake City. Rx Cribs, the old Biomat plasma center, at NW corner of 600 West and North Temple looking west....
Perennially starved of tax revenue by the Utah Legislature, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has had few options to generate income beyond the fare box. UTA’s somewhat-new TOD program is trying to change that. Approved by the Legislature, the strategy is to reap an...
The Salt Lake City Planning Division is attempting to prepare downtown Sugar House for a future with more sidewalk vitality and less space for cars. Its recent proposal to the city council for updating the business district’s design standards is getting some flak -...
A lot of development is current and coming to Salt Lake City's Central 9th neighborhood. Home to the 900 South TRAX station, numerous food + beverage options, and instant access to Downtown, Central 9th's advantages are many. Those assets - and the city's form-based...
Salt Lake City could have landed it: One of the elusive technology company headquarters that are congregating in the sprawl of Lehi’s Silicon Slopes. All the developer needed was permission to build high enough to suit the company’s desires, and a tech company would...