Want to own a Utah ski resort? You can now. Cherry Peak Ski Resort, a 174-acre destination located to the east of Richmond in Cache County, is listed for sale for $22.5 million, according to online real estate listings. The listing says buyers have the potential to...
Wasatch Front
Trends 2026 – what we expect to see in the new year
2025 was a wait-and-see kind of year for CRE, and multifamily residential in particular. While investors see green in the medium- and long-term in Mountain West markets, the economic uncertainty vibes are likely to again dominate in 2026. Those two forces–steady...
JLL lists 180 acres of TIF-eligible industrial land in Box Elder County
A 180-acre parcel of Box Elder County farmland looks to be converted into industrial buildings, and it has available tax incentives to boot. Last month, the soon-to-be-built White Rock Business Park in Willard was approved to be part of the Utah Inland Port...
OPINION: Utah Needs More Transit to Trailheads
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...
Housing numbers continue to look bleak nationwide
As nationwide data on multi-family residential continues to roll in, there’s no mistaking it - we’re in a slump. While the Salt Lake market continues to hold its own nationally for new multi-family permits issued over the last year, architects’ business...
Shadow lobbying, an AI paper and a willing Senator. The story behind the bill that took SLC’s streets away
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...
Rimrock Construction beset by subcontractors claiming they haven’t been paid
Over the last 12 months a well-known general contractor along the Wasatch Front has been experiencing a bevy of lawsuits from subcontractors who are claiming they haven’t been paid for work completed. Rimrock Construction, a Draper-based firm enjoying its third decade...
Kairoi Residential opens up about its expansion into Salt Lake City
A Texas-based luxury property management company recently began making headways in the Salt Lake City market. Kairoi Residential, based in San Antonio, recently took over the property management duties for a handful of Utah developments, including the Worthington...
Bees set to make baseball an anchor of ‘Downtown Daybreak’
Thousands of baseball fans will file into a brand new stadium in South Jordan today, eager to see the first glimpses of a new era of the Salt Lake Bees — one without Salt Lake City. Those same fans will be walking past active construction sites on the way into...
Utah avoids major housing reform as legislative session winds down
The 2025 Utah Legislative session ends at midnight on Friday, and the efforts around housing policy have left several policy makers disappointed. As the state’s housing bills move closer to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk, it’s clear the Legislature has opted for making...
Opinion: Governor Cox’s housing plan is fueled by nostalgia for the suburban “starter home,” not reality
In November 2023, a housing policy legislative audit prepared for the Utah State Legislature delivered a sobering reality: Utah must build nearly 28,000 homes annually just to meet current demand. Worse yet, the audit warned that if the state’s housing policy...
REGISTER NOW: BSL Events to host Missing Middle Housing discussion and tour
Fresh off a successful kickoff event, Building Salt Lake is preparing to host an informational session and tour that's focused on a bygone and misunderstood type of housing known as Missing Middle Housing. Our Missing Middle Housing Discussion and Tour will focus on...












