by Taylor Anderson | Jan 27, 2022 | Ballpark, Glendale, Granary District, New and Proposed Development, Salt Lake City
The Planning Commission approved the second in a pair of buildings coming to the southern end of the Sugar House urban core. The commission approved the Alta Terra building, which will continue the buildout of what is known formally as the neighborhood’s business...
by Luke Garrott | Jan 21, 2022 | Policy, Salt Lake City
Both Downtown and Sugar House – located in City Council Districts 4 and 7 respectively – have seen healthy apartment booms in the last decade. One of these, Downtown’s District 4, led the city’s council districts in population growth from 2010-20, adding 6437 new...
by Luke Garrott | Jan 17, 2022 | Ballpark, Policy, Salt Lake City
Under a ticking clock of the city’s six-month moratorium on any new homeless shelters, announced by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in October, last week the Planning Commission heard the Administration’s case for the next step in its zoning code revisions pertaining to...
by Luke Garrott | Jan 10, 2022 | Downtown, Policy, Salt Lake City
Despite a widely-acknowledged need for more park space Downtown, the city is aiming more money at Pioneer Park, a square 10-acre postage stamp in a long-transitioning neighborhood in southwest Downtown. Pioneer Park has collected over $3M in impact fees and budget...
by Taylor Anderson | Dec 29, 2021 | Ballpark, Central Ninth, Policy, Salt Lake City
The Central 9th neighborhood started as a carve-out of a much larger district, a hamlet whose urban zoning and transit access gave it a distinct feel within its boundaries. The area closest to the neighborhood center has long since found the attention of developers...
