Depot district to get another big residential project if planning commission lifts parking maximum
The residential explosion in Salt Lake City’s Depot district continues, with a 288-unit market-rate rental project at 100 South and 600 West in the queue for design review at the planning commission. Alta Depot, by Wood Partners and Studio PBA architects, based in Denver, are petitioning for exceptions to city rules on external materials and […]
City Council approves mid-density apartments in largely single-family Liberty Wells
A third-acre property in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood has received a zoning change more typical for urban areas after the City Council approved a moderate-density development this week. The proposal rankled some neighbors, who suggested this portion of the historical neighborhood shouldn’t include more multi-family housing. But the seven-unit rental project shows the […]
Planning Commission denies extra building length at 900 W and 200 S in Euclid-Poplar Grove
In a Salt Lake City neighborhood marked for transition by transit-oriented zoning near the North Temple corridor, the planning commission last week denied a developer who was looking for relief from several design rules. JZW Architects and J Development’s project The Crossing at 9th scored 130 points in the city’s formed-based system, five points clear […]
UTA’s TOD program starts capturing value along transit lines – and cities are getting interested
Perennially starved of tax revenue by the Utah Legislature, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has had few options to generate income beyond the fare box. UTA’s somewhat-new TOD program is trying to change that. Approved by the Legislature, the strategy is to reap an investment return on rail lines the agency has built. Since 2014, UTA […]
Salt Lakers want people-first streets. They’re in luck.
Salt Lakers want their streets designed for people, not cars, and this is not an opinion piece. That’s the takeaway from a survey of about 1,200 respondents who emphatically said they want their streets designed to move all people, rather than primarily vehicles. In fact, SLC respondents ranked movement of vehicles as their lowest priority, […]
Contemporary low-rise residential on 2100 South will contribute to all-electric trend
A Scandinavian-modern, market-rate apartment project by locals High Boy Ventures and ajc architects will boost residential capacity along 2100 South in Salt Lake City between 500 and 600 East. Izzy South, at 542 East 2100 South, will add 71 units in a 3-story structure along 283 ft of street frontage. The site is immediately west […]
Downtown warehouse district continues its transformation with Zephyr Lofts mixed-use project
Clearwater Homes of Utah and Watt Investment Partners of Santa Monica, CA, will start construction in late summer on a 138-unit market-rate apartment project at 360 West 200 South in the heart of Salt Lake City’s warehouse district. The project aspires to be “iconic, remarkable, and aesthetically enduring” – “a source of pride for the […]
