Two affordable housing complexes in Salt Lake City are moving forward, as both filed applications this week to get their building permits.
Located in the Ballpark neighborhood near Central 9th, the Washington Yards project at 1050 S. Washington St. would add over 100 units to the area. The complex, which would be a five-over-two podium project, filed for its building permit on Monday, according to Salt Lake City records. The complex would be built on .83 acres on land that’s zoned as MU-11.
Previous plans filed with the city said Washington Yards would total 170 units, with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. However, the building permit filed this week says the project would have 141 units. The first floor would consist of “(a) lobby, resident amenity spaces, 1 residential dwelling unit and resident parking.”
Developers behind the building, the Chicago-based Brinshore Development, sought additional funding from the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency as part of the CRA’s Housing Development Loan Program (HDLP). The project was not selected, but its application said the building would consist entirely of affordable housing units, catering to AMIs ranging from 31%-80%.
Washington Yards would feature larger units that are, “specifically designed to accommodate larger households, including single parents with children, multigenerational families, etc.,” according to the project narrative included in its HDLP application.
That same application said Washington Yards would be eight floors, as opposed to the building permit application filed Monday, which says the building would have seven floors and be 75 feet tall. The total value of the build job is listed as $17 million, and the total square footage on the permit application says the work area would be 203,971.
Washington Yards would also be located near two UTA TRAX stops, one near 900 South in Central 9th, and the other in Ballpark near 1300 South.
An aerial view of the Washington Yards apartments land, highlighted in yellow. Image via Brinshore Development and the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency
Another affordable project seeking permits is The Gregory, a six-floor apartment building located at 738 W. South Temple in the Fairpark and Poplar Grove neighborhoods. The project would be built on .97 acres that’s zoned as MU-8. The building would be located just to the east of the Bodhi Apartments, a mixed income project, and just to the west of Interstate 15.
The building permit application, which was filed on Wednesday, says the project will consist of, “approximately 169 dwelling units, 50 parking spaces and over 1,000 (square feet) of amenities.”
The Gregory, which will be developed by Great Lakes Capital, will consist of one level of slab on grade concrete for parking and five upper floors of wood-framed residential, the permit application says. The work area would total 42,535 square feet, and the six-floor structure would be 75 feet tall. The permit does not include an estimated build cost.
Back in March 2025, The Gregory was awarded $2 million in funds from the CRA as part of the agency’s HDLP. In its 2025 HDLP application, the project was said to consist of 187 units, as opposed to the 169 units listed in the building permit application filed this week.
The 2025 HDLP application also says the building will have a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The same document says the building will cater to people making between 30-80% AMI.
The Gregory would be located just a block south of the North Temple corridor, and the Jackson/Euclid TRAX station, which services the Green Line, is around a quarter mile from the complex.
As of Thursday, both permit applications were still being screened by city staff. Neither building permit application included estimated timelines for construction.
The permit applications come at an interesting time for Salt Lake City’s multifamily market. Despite some buildings like these progressing toward construction, the market is still largely sluggish for new multifamily builds, aside from hot submarkets like Sugar House.
A site map for The Gregory, an affordable housing development that will be built along South Temple. Image via Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency
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