by Jacob Scholl | May 29, 2026 | Avenues, Developments, Proposed, Salt Lake City
A pitch to rezone two parcels in the Avenues for a nonconforming business and allow for a single-family home to become a coffee house and retail space got a conflicted reception from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission earlier this week. The proposal, voted on by...
by Jacob Scholl | Apr 17, 2026 | Avenues, Developments, Policy, Proposed, Salt Lake City
Salt Lakers living in the Avenues could see changes in the coming years, including more mixed-use projects and a redevelopment of the LDS Hospital site. The Avenues is the latest neighborhood in town to undergo a refresh of its master plan, which would act as a guide...
by Jacob Scholl | Feb 6, 2026 | Avenues, Developments, Proposed, Salt Lake City
You don’t see this very much these days — an apartment complex in the Lower Avenues is in the process of converting a portion of its units into condominiums, according to applications filed with Salt Lake City. The Hillcrest apartments complex is in the process of...
by Jacob Scholl | Oct 10, 2025 | Avenues, Developments, New and Proposed Development, Proposed, Salt Lake City
A candidate trying to unseat a Salt Lake City Council incumbent is pitching a plan to voters to create more housing in the Avenues neighborhood. Here’s the idea: if Intermountain Health were to close the LDS Hospital — opting to move its services to the...
by Luke Garrott | Aug 29, 2025 | Avenues, Policy, Salt Lake City
In the 1850s, the Avenues became Salt Lake City’s first platted neighborhood. With relatively small blocks and narrow streets, its urban design encouraged the neighborliness and community that was hindered in the rest of the city by the spatial separation of 10-acre...
