Developers want to build new apartments on Rose Park site of former problem motel
Charges against two men accused of running a prostitution ring out of a Rose Park motel appear to have opened the door to new housing, as a developer converted the property into apartments and now wants to add a new building on the site’s north end. The new owner intends to build Ville 9, a […]
North Temple TRAX corridor continues to attract developers – Kozo House ready for planning commission
The North Temple Bridge-Guadalupe community is about to get a sizable new member. At 200 North and 600 West, Modal Living is proposing a 356-unit, mixed-use, all-studio, podium-plus-five building called Kozo House. The dorm-style development’s units are all 378 sf studios, in addition to 28 ADA studios at 448 sf. The building will include both co-working […]
LDS Church shares plans to erect new 8-story apartment building on South Temple
If it can get approvals to demolish a contributing home in a historic district and approval for additional height, the LDS Church plans to rehab several existing structures and build a new eight-story residential building among its long stretch of properties Downtown. The new residential building would replace a parking lot on the north side […]
Fleet Block rezone getting complicated – city council hearing community calls for a park and keeping BLM murals
The Salt Lake City Council will have its second public hearing tonight for the Fleet Block rezoning, a proposal long in development in the planning department. The council could close its hearing and vote on the item – a combined ordinance establishing a new form-based code (FB-UN-3) and applying it to the 10-acre block – […]
Developers would build a five-story apartment building to replace Snelgrove Ice Cream if rezone is approved
The city should extend the footprint of Sugar House’s Downtown zoning to include the 4-acre parcel that’s been home to a Nestlé plant, developers said in documents that reveal plans for the huge site in the western gateway to the neighborhood’s commercial core. The zoning change would allow developers to add another 15 feet of […]
Telegraph Lofts upzone in 9th+9th approved by city council despite significant opposition from neighborhood
Salt Lake City council members unanimously approved a deal this week that allows Clearwater Homes to build 17 townhomes in four new low-rise structures plus 6 units within the rehabilitated Telegraph Exchange building at 847 South 800 East. Both the planning commission and the city council had indicated that their support of the upzone was […]
City moves to create a plaza-like feel in Station Center, aiming to make a splash in the Depot District
Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency presented plans this week for what will be one of its biggest moves in the Depot District since the project area was created in 1998. With only three years left before tax increment ceases to flow with the expiration of the area, the city may be closer than ever to […]
City Council moving closer to final decision on big expansion of shared housing
Salt Lake City could see a return of dorm-style housing with shared living space among renters from different families in more neighborhoods around the city under a change that’s up for final comment this week. The updated ordinance would effectively rebrand what has been known as single-room occupancy housing. Units with certain shared amenities would […]
Project in Euclid-Popular Grove shows potential for densification on former single-family lot
A 45-unit, 5-story studio apartment project has been proposed for a .20 acre lot on the corner of Jeremy Street and 100 South in one of Salt Lake City’s mostly quickly transitioning neighborhoods, just south of the North Temple transit corridor. Axis Architects and TAG SLC have submitted to the city plans for an all-studio […]
As COVID rages on, a proposed hotel and social club ask for more time to work things out
Two proposed projects that seek to bring people together Downtown and received early approval have been delayed for up to a year because it’s a tough time to cozy up. The Union Pacific Hotel, a controversial design immediately west of the Union Pacific Railroad Station, is still working out financing during the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
