In pictures: Salt Lake City residential construction continues to pop
Building Salt Lake checks in with live construction projects around the city we’ve been following. All photos by Luke Garrott.
2100 South industrial and big-box corridor continues to attract residential projects
A four-story 244-unit residential project by locals W3 Partners aims to add to the 2100 South and 200-300 West area, also known as TRAX Central Pointe and the Home Depot corner. The Nest @ 21st will offer 180 studio, 66 1-bdrm, and 70 2-bdrm units – 244 total. Its podium plus three construction will provide […]
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Will form-based code come to the upper Avenues in Salt Lake City?
Local developers Ivory Homes have applied for a FB-UN-1 zoning change on a long-undeveloped 3.2 acre parcel at F St and 13th Avenue in Salt Lake City’s historic Avenues neighborhood. The open space at 673 North F Street – amply zoned for single-family residential at FR-3-12,000 – sits just two blocks above 11th Ave, a […]
Salt Lake City wants its streets to evolve – “Street Typologies Guide” is the proposal
The Salt Lake City Transportation Division is vetting with the public its new guidelines for city streets. If adopted by the city council, the “Street Typologies Guide” would have significant consequences for the city’s transportation and land-use design. What transportation director Jon Larsen playfully calls “our completer streets book” and project manager Tom Millar terms […]
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s agenda and its potential impact on urban design and development
Besides responding to COVID, earthquakes, and anti-police protests in her first six months in office, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is also launching several pilot innovations in public space that have the potential to transform the city. The city’s “Stay safe, stay active” open streets program, where 10 neighborhood streets have been closed to […]
South Downtown vibe drives vision for 11-story mixed-use building as first phase of Sears block redevelopment
A major hurdle keeping Salt Lake City’s Downtown from moving south may finally be removed in 2021. The Sears block developers have revealed plans for a $60-80 million, 11-story residential mixed-use building as their opening act at 800 South and State Street. The owners, locals the Colmena Group and the Kimball Investment Company, plan to […]
ADU numbers in Salt Lake City have limped along for over a year after full legalization. Is anything wrong?
With housing affordability and supply at low-enough levels to merit a “crisis,” policy-makers in many American cities are opening their zoning code to accessory dwelling units (ADUs). In Salt Lake City the code has loosened, yet low numbers show that significant barriers still exist preventing ADUs from helping alleviate current conditions. At the beginning of […]
Developers continue to show interest in Salt Lake City’s North Temple corridor
Salt Lake City’s North Temple corridor remains a hot-spot among developers looking to bring transit-oriented developments to the west side. The latest example is the Villa Nueva, which would bring a five-story, 35 micro-apartment development to 909 West 200 North in Fairpark, within a quarter-mile of the Jackson/Euclid TRAX station and half-mile of the North […]
Key corner in Central 9th to see mixed-use condo project replace gas station
A long-dead corner at the eastern gateway to the Central 9th District in Salt Lake City will soon gain a whole new profile. Locals JZW Architects presented their plans to the city’s planning commission recently for Granary on 9th, a three-story, mixed-use, for-sale condominium project at 110 West 900 South. The former gas station sits […]
