The Salt Lake City-based owner of the Trolley Square mall shared his intention last week to replace a surface parking lot and five single-family homes with a new apartment development south of the popular mall.
Khosrow Semnani renewed the process of obtaining city approval for a project that could include 350 units on 3.75 acres near 652 E. 600 S.
Semnani’s Trolley Square Ventures previously received a certificate to demolish the buildings on the parcel he’s looking to develop in 2017. Work has had been underway on the development since at least 2015 before being shelved during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It appears Semnani is ready to refresh past plans that called for a collection of low-rise residential buildings that pay homage to the architectural style of Trolley Square across 600 South.
Semnani needs a certificate of appropriateness from the city to obtain approval to demolish the buildings within the Central City historic district. The buildings are considered contributing structures, meaning they have previously been studied and considered to contribute to the historic character of the neighborhood.
Semnani is making the same case he did in 2017, which is that the homes are dilapidated and have been unused for decades.
Semnani will have to make his case before the Historic Landmarks Commission.
It’s not clear whether Semnani has changed his plans in the nearly eight years since previously moving forward with the project, though the zoning is the relatively low-scale FB-UN2 that was created for the Central 9th neighborhood.
It’s possible the developer focuses on obtaining approval to demolish the homes before moving to pull permits and moving toward construction.
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