UDOT’s choice for rail expansion at Point of the Mountain wilts under analysis [Opinion]

by Jesse Mayo | Jan 30, 2026 | Draper, Greater Salt Lake, Policy, Salt Lake County, UDOT, Utah County

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has released the final study update on the Point of the Mountain transit project. It marks the end of a seven-year effort to determine better transit connectivity between the Draper and Lehi geographic chokepoint, known...

Thanksgiving Station sold as broker hypes Utah County as top office market

by Jacob Scholl | Dec 9, 2025 | Office, Utah County

Demand for office space in the Silicon Slopes area remains strong, and a recent deal emphasized that the future of Class A office space in that area could remain that way into the future.  In October, the Utah-based X Development acquired a five-building, 34-acre...

UDOT and Silicon Slopes spar over past promises of TRAX to Utah County

by Jesse Mayo | Oct 27, 2025 | Policy, Salt Lake County, UDOT, UDOT, UTA, Utah County

Looking south along the proposed corridor for the Point transit project. New UTA light rail vehicles might one day move up and down along the corridor. (Rendering) In a tense exchange during an Oct. 9 Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG) meeting, Utah...

Even with demand strong for top-shelf office space, construction still on hold

by Luke Garrott | Jul 21, 2025 | Downtown, Greater Salt Lake, Office, Rent, Salt Lake City, University of Utah

Despite positive absorption and dipping vacancy rates, there’s still an eerie quiet among office developers in the Salt Lake City region. Not so long ago, three developers Downtown had luxury office towers in their site plans. Two of those projects are dead, while the...

Office numbers for Q1 are in–and Downtown Class A space continues to lead the market

by Luke Garrott | Apr 11, 2025 | Downtown, Greater Salt Lake, Office, Utah County

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