Sugar House businesses to be replaced by new apartments
A developer has submitted for a demolition permit for a pair of vintage stores, art gallery and studio, which would be replaced by a new apartment building in Sugar House. The Lotus Zeppelin apartments would be built at the site currently home to the Copperhive Vintage and Haight & Ashbury Home clothing and furniture stores […]
10-story building approved in Sugar House, rentals on Redwood, a food hall in Granary
The Planning Commission approved the second in a pair of buildings coming to the southern end of the Sugar House urban core. The commission approved the Alta Terra building, which will continue the buildout of what is known formally as the neighborhood’s business district, but which should be recognized as the area with the densest […]
Design review a good requirement? Two Downtown projects on a long-forlorn block ask the city.
Two residential projects in “a sea of asphalt” in South Downtown will be bringing some beneficial urban design and density in and around 400 South and 200 West in Salt Lake City. But will they be enough for this part of the city to overcome I-15 to the west and UDOT running city streets like […]
Census data for SLC: Downtown booming / Latinos leaving the west side / New apartment dwellers disproportionally white
Both Downtown and Sugar House – located in City Council Districts 4 and 7 respectively – have seen healthy apartment booms in the last decade. One of these, Downtown’s District 4, led the city’s council districts in population growth from 2010-20, adding 6437 new residents. Which doesn’t surprise, given the number of apartment homes that […]
Property owner pitches a new gas station for northwest corner of Sugar House Park
The owner of a commercial property on the northwest corner of Sugar House Park has a surprising idea for the parcel once home to a Sizzler restaurant: turn it into a gas station. In a conditional use application filed with the city on Friday, the owner of the 0.8-acre property at 2111 S. 1300 E. […]
Mayor’s proposal to nix new homeless shelters lands at the Planning Commission, which says ‘not without a plan’
Under a ticking clock of the city’s six-month moratorium on any new homeless shelters, announced by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in October, last week the Planning Commission heard the Administration’s case for the next step in its zoning code revisions pertaining to Homeless Shelters and Homeless Resource Centers. Things did not go well for the Mayor’s […]
ADUs are being added in basements, behind homes, above garages
Since officials approved the latest rules allowing accessory dwelling units, homeowners from across Salt Lake City have shown a willingness to add these forms of housing. Dozens of units have been tucked into backyards, above garages and within homes. On Wednesday night, the Planning Commission approved three more ADUs. Which should be no surprise: The […]
Pioneer Park set to get more city funds. Didn’t they just do that?
Despite a widely-acknowledged need for more park space Downtown, the city is aiming more money at Pioneer Park, a square 10-acre postage stamp in a long-transitioning neighborhood in southwest Downtown. Pioneer Park has collected over $3M in impact fees and budget sweeteners in the last several years, and is looking for another $2M in Mayor […]
Mayor’s bond for $58M in capital projects shrinking and getting sticky, new city council leadership elected
The Salt Lake City Council elected new leadership at their first meeting of 2022 last week. Dan Dugan (D6), a retired Navy pilot with a strong green streak currently working in manufacturing, was elected Chair in a unanimous vote. Addressing outgoing Chair Amy Fowler (D7), Dugan said “I appreciate the tone and the trajectory you […]
Builders are at work adding over 1,400 new homes in Sugar House
It would take an area roughly the size of the Downtown core to fit the number of homes that are being added to one block in Sugar House.
