Taking a look at the design of the new Huxley Apartments in the Depot District
Developers have submitted plans for their single-use residential building in the city’s Depot District on the quickly developing west side of Downtown Salt Lake City. The latest rendition of the Huxley Apartments has been updated since we wrote about the proposal earlier this year. The project would now bring 218 new residences in a 75-foot, […]
East Downtown continues to pop – sound studio on 500 E to be replaced by 149-unit rental project
Do construction cranes equal weather vanes? If so, the breeze continues to grace Downtown Salt Lake City. In east Downtown, along east Broadway and 400 South, the projects keep coming, and it’s starting to look like climate, not just weather. DeWitt Apartments’ market-rate 149 units (studios to 2 bdrm) will replace the one-story Metropolis Integrated […]
Builders win approval to build next big apartment building in the Hardware District
A 4-acre surface parking lot just steps from light- and heavy-rail transit is set to be transformed into a unique set of living spaces with the next arrival of a high-density residential development in Salt Lake City’s Hardware District. The latest offering, known as the Ice House, would include 393 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments […]
West side indoor soccer + event center will include longtime dance club + bar leaving Sugar House
In Utah, the state legislature has written a series of restrictions on where bars and clubs can be located, apparently reflecting a fear that alcohol being sold inside businesses near parks, public facilities, churches, or schools will do harm to children. The only public comment received by the Salt Lake City’s Planning Division on the […]
Appeals Court ruling could slow construction of Kensington Tower, Utah’s future tallest building, now known by a new name
A lawsuit filed by the owner of a neighboring property could slow construction of what should become Utah’s tallest building after a state appeals court ruling on Thursday. The neighboring property owner claimed visitors and employees to its buildings used three separate routes through what used to be a fast-food restaurant’s parking lot to reach […]
Developers planning to build 82 townhomes on Redwood in Rose Park
A developer who has multiple projects on Salt Lake City’s west side is out with new plans to build on more than 2 acres in Rose Park. The housing appears to be for-sale, with 82 new units at 750 N. Redwood Road. The attached single-family units (aka townhomes) would come in 12 wood-frame buildings, many […]
University of Utah and SLC to electrify the Depot District with an ‘innovation district’
Salt Lake City leaders think they’ve found the partnership that will finally break the development deadlock on their properties in the Depot District in west Downtown. An innovation district – owned, leased out, programmed and managed by the University of Utah – is the answer Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s Redevelopment Agency (RDA) has arrived at for […]
New 15-story residential building on Main Street enters the lineup for Downtown Salt Lake City
Last week, we shared news about the high-rise office tower coming to Main Street in Downtown Salt Lake City. We now have specifics about the adjoining residential high-rise that will continue the movement of the city’s urban core southward in the latest proposed infill project of south Downtown. The incoming 15-story, mixed-use apartment building at […]
Summer discussion series by Building Salt Lake and The Shop to debut Wed noon
‘Preserving Historic Salt Lake’ the topic How can we grow our city and preserve its soul? The recent loss of ‘naturally occurring’ affordable housing and legacy retail businesses have heightened Salt Lakers’ sensitivity to the need to preserve historic spaces and places. When a once beautiful 100 year old house that’s been a neglected office […]
Why aren’t we seeing more new condos being built in Salt Lake City? It’s complicated.
When CW Urban announced it would construct a new residential building across from Pioneer Park, one thing in particular stood out. It wasn’t necessarily its design, its unit count, its height or anything about the appearance that made it particularly noteworthy in a sea of similar competing buildings nearby. It was that its 120 units […]
