Another office highrise comes to Downtown – 23-story Sundial Tower to make a splash on Main

In the same month their first quarter 2021 commercial real estate report on Salt Lake City cites a bloated Class A office market – with high vacancies, rising subleases, stabilized rents, and increasing concessions to tenants – JLL investors announced their partnership with Hines development to build a new office tower in Downtown Salt Lake […]
Builders are looking to add another new housing project near the Ballpark transit station

The section of 1300 South between the Ballpark TRAX station and 300 West would continue its transformation into a dense residential strip under new plans for several acres of land reviewed by Building Salt Lake. Despite its existence as a street that’s hostile to people who aren’t driving cars, developers have chosen to redevelop this […]
Developer pitches new 7-story building to join a flurry of development in the Granary

A developer that cut its teeth in town building mid-density townhomes is proposing to build a new, seven-story apartment building in Salt Lake City’s Granary District. CW Urban is proposing to build 102 new rental apartments at 624 S. 300 W., a parcel of land in the Downtown-adjacent zone but surrounded by vacant land and […]
Two projects in Depot District – Gateway amplify the need for the city to finish its new parking ordinance

Salt Lake City’s new off-street parking ordinance – how much parking developers are required to build given their land use and location – will be getting its final look by the city council later this spring and summer. The reform may have significant implications for the cost of development, rent, and for-sale product; as well […]
SLC says ‘What Covid Recession?’ as Edison House social club breaks ground Downtown

As if you need reminding that Downtown investment and construction is showing no signs of slowing, Edison House social club at 335 South 200 West – around the corner from Valter’s Osteria and Squatter’s Brewpub – held a ceremonial groundbreaking this week. The $24 million, three-story, 30,000 sf members-only clubhouse is slated to open in […]
He wanted to offer rooftop dining in Sugar House. He’ll have to do it the hard way.

A property owner who wanted to provide outdoor dining on the roof of a two-story Sugar House building for a restaurant tenant was told he’d have to amend the entire zone to allow such a use, a lengthy and uncertain process at a time of heightened interest in social distancing. Bill Grodnik pulled a building […]
Builders continue development of Central 9th’s main street with ground-breaking on two new mixed-use projects

Central 9th continues its rapid march toward urbanization with the latest ground-breaking this week that will continue framing out the neighborhood’s main street along 900 South. The demolition this week of the former Henries Dry Cleaners comes after years of delay due to contamination and delays from dealing with the state and may have overshadowed […]
Mass timber coming to SLC – Chicago-area company considering large studio project at the U, Project Open phase 3 announcement later this month

In a city increasingly marked by concrete podium and wood-frame buildings, a new construction technique is coming to town that may help change the landscape. Mass timber is cheaper and less environmentally harmful than concrete and steel. Carbon dioxide emissions from the building industry account for about 40 percent of global CO2 release. Mass timber […]
Wasatch Cooperative Market in talks with Sears Block developers over space for new local grocery at 800 S. State

It’s been a long time coming, but the campaign working to open a hyper-local, full-service grocery store in the Salt Lake area is finally talking about a location. The Wasatch Cooperative Market board is asking its members to share their thoughts as it negotiates with the Colmena Group over space in the Jetty, the large […]
Affordable housing project in Ballpark to test market with parking-free building next to Trax

Non-profit housing developers are nearly set to begin construction on a 140-unit, five-story micro-unit apartment project at 228 W 1300 South in Salt Lake City, directly adjacent to the Ballpark (1300 South) Trax station. Called Colony B, the $21 million building will offer 106 of its units at “deeply affordable” rates, between 25-50% AMI. For […]