The site plan for the Hardware District. Image courtesy SALT Development.
The Hardware District is a multi-phase, mixed-use market rate project under construction directly north of The Gateway, between 400 West and 500 West and North Temple and 300 North.
Developed by SALT Development, the project is two full blocks long and a block wide that is over 4 football fields long and two football fields wide.
The project includes three large residential buildings with 906 apartments, 42 townhomes and two commercial structures totaling 260,000 square feet of office space. The 4th West Apartments (in red on the site plan) and the dog park are completed. The Hardware West residential building is well underway and the Hardware East residential building is now rising above the ground. Construction timelines for the Hardware Station and Hardware Crossing commercial buildings have not yet been announced.
The west side of the Hardware District project as seen looking northeast towards the State Capitol. In the foreground is a large property owned by UTA on the corner of North Temple and 600 West, one of many additional large parcels that could be developed in the area. Photo by Mike Fife.The southwest corner of the Hardware District development. The historic Salt Lake Hardware building is seen to the right and the under-construction Hardware West building to the left. The parking lot in the foreground is the future site of the Hardware Station 10-story commercial building and connecting plaza. Photo by Mike Fife.The eastern edge of the Hardware District Development as seen from 300 North. The project stretches from 300 North to North Temple. Photo by Mike Fife.The western edge of the Hardware District development with the 4th West Apartments in the foreground and the Hardware West building in the distance as seen looking south from 300 North. Photo by Mike Fife.A new Dog Park just west of the 4th West apartments was constructed as part of the Hardware District project. Photo by Mike Fife.The west side of the 4th West apartments as seen looking north. The Hardware Crossing commercial building is planned to be in the empty lot on the left, west of the apartments. Photo by Mike Fife.The western edge of the under-construction Hardware West residential building. The project is well served by transit as it is adjacent to the Guadalupe TRAX station, the North Temple Frontrunner station and UTA bus stops. Photo by Mike Fife.The north side of the under-construction Hardware West building as seen from 200 North. Photo by Mike Fife.A close up of the north side of the Hardware West building. Both the Hardware West and Hardware East buildings will include apartments as well as townhouses. Photo by Mike Fife.The east side of the Hardware West building with the initial construction for the Hardware East building beginning to emerge from the ground. Photo by Mike Fife.The under-construction Hardware East building. Photo by Mike Fife.The Hardware West building is framed-out while construction is in the early stages for the Hardware East building along 400 West. Photo by Mike Fife.The south side of the Hardware West building as seen looking north across the surface parking lot that is the planned site of the future Hardware Station commercial building and plaza. Photo by Mike Fife.The Hardware District as seen from the North Temple Frontrunner Station. Currently, parking garages dominate the primary view from the FrontRunner Station. The proposed commercial buildings will add new points of interest but will not hide the parking structures from the west. Photo by Mike Fife.The historic Salt Lake Hardware building on the corner of 300 West and North Temple is the namesake as well as an incorporated element of the Hardware District development. Photo by Mike Fife.
Another project designed by Architecture Belgique (see also 4th West and North Sixth apartments in the immediate area) is under construction on North Temple at 300 West. The project, the Skyhouse apartments, is just north of the Triad Center, south of West High School and east of the Hardware District.
While the 240 unit market rate development will not have any ground floor commercial, the ground floor residential units will have back patios along the street. The two floors of parking are currently under construction and four floors of residential units will sit above the parking structure that will also be wrapped with residential units on the elevations facing 300 West and North Temple.
The Skyhouse Apartments as seen looking east along North Temple from 400 West. Photo by Mike Fife.The southwest corner of the Skyhouse apartments on North Temple. Photo by Mike Fife.The Skyhouse Apartments as seen looking west along North Temple from 300 West. The historic Salt Lake Hardware building is in the distance. Photo by Mike Fife.
The construction site of the Skyhouse apartments as seen looking south towards the Triad Center. Photo by Mike Fife.The Salt Lake City Central Business District as seen looking east across the construction site of the Skyhouse apartments. Photo by Mike Fife.Architect’s rendering of the Skyhouse apartments. Image courtesy Architecture Belgique.
Mike Fife grew up in Norman, Oklahoma but fell in love with Salt Lake City upon relocating here in 2001 just prior to the Winter Olympics. Mike's interest in planning and development was turbo charged during two terms on the Salt Lake City Planning Commission. With an Accounting degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from the University of Richmond, Mike had a 30-year career in finance, accounting, and strategic planning with EDS/Hewlett-Packard/Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
