All the hearings are over. No more public presentations, reviews, or comments are required. The Utah Theater property at 144 S. Main, owned by the city’s Redevelopment Agency (RDA), is teed up to be sold […]
This year’s city budget, completed in June, was quite kind to Salt Lake City’s Planning Division. While not exactly “making it rain,” the Mayor and the City Council provided some much-needed relief to a department […]
Development-relevant actions by Salt Lake City government in March brought some welcome changes as well as news that several blossoms won’t be seen until next year. Here’s our review. March city council actions •Approved (unanimously) […]
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall reported on her administration’s first-year progress and highlighted its plan for 2021 in her state of the city speech this week. Housing and development were major components of the […]
The convergence of an earthquake and a pandemic shuttered the gorgeous, historic Salt Lake City & County Building in March, 2020. A handful of broken windows during BLM protests in June contributed to its turn […]
Competition between the west side and Downtown for a full-time, year-round public market heated up last week. The Utah State Fairpark announced that they will run a May-to-August, four-days-a-week, food-centered market in and around their […]
At the Salt Lake City Council’s last meeting of the year, Mayor Erin Mendenhall weighed in on the idea of making the city-owned Fleet Block a city park. She doesn’t like it. Mendenhall warned the […]
The Salt Lake City Council hosted Mendenhall Administration officials Tuesday night in an effort to get a handle on the multiple housing-related proposals currently in process at city hall. The meeting provided a revealing snapshot […]
Development in the Granary is gaining ever more momentum, despite the challenges of outdated zoning and inadequate infrastructure. While the CG General Commercial zone that covers the Granary is flexible, it forces many developments needing […]
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 […]
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