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new from me — ICE paid much more for its Salt Lake City warehouse per square foot compared to other warehouse purchases around the country, and a local broker called the purchase price "unheard of" in the SLC industrial market buildingsaltlake.com/ice-bought-s... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — a 16-floor mixed-use tower is being proposed in Sugar House's downtown core along Highland Drive. building would have a Zions Bank + bank drive-thru on 1st floor, 196 apartments + a rooftop restaurant more here — buildingsaltlake.com/16-floor-mix... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

“Releasing the Epstein files would compromise the public’s trust in government” Ok yeah they have a point bc how the hell would someone be dumb enough to put this in writing

Don't worry @slcmayor.bsky.social — we thing zoning reform is cool. Salt Lake City's zoning code overhaul is working and will continue into 2026, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said last night during her State of the City address. buildingsaltlake.com/mendenhall-s... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Good bye, Sugar House tower. Plans to develop old Wells Fargo bank are being revised buildingsaltlake.com/good-bye-sug... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

ICYMI — apartment complexes across SLC are trying to lure in tenants with a crazy amount of freebies, including free rent, gift cards + more it's a respite from SLC's ever-rising rent prices — for now buildingsaltlake.com/heres-how-ap... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

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new from me — Industry SLC, an office building in the Granary District, appears to be headed to a foreclosure sale buildingsaltlake.com/industry-slc... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Salt Lake City to sell over 2 acres near the Rio Grande District buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-ci... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

Salt Lake City’s apartment rental market has a new top-dollar unit — and it’s not particularly close to its competitors. buildingsaltlake.com/astra-tower-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — as part of its planned overhaul of the former Smith’s Ballpark site, SLC is considering adding a brand new zone onto its recently overhauled mixed-use zoning code more zoning reform could be on the horizon, too buildingsaltlake.com/slc-floats-n... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — On the unfinished 14th floor of an old office building in Central City, developers and state leaders spoke about a new, unique program that allows renters to begin building equity in hopes of financial stability buildingsaltlake.com/nonprofit-de... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Rose Park’s lone bar wants to triple its square footage — and it’s exactly what Salt Lake City Planning Commissioners worried could happen when they first granted the bar a conditional use permit back in December. buildingsaltlake.com/rose-parks-o... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

ICYMI - A proposed development at the old Office Max building site along 4th South is moving forward after winning unanimous city approval on Wednesday evening Developers want to turn the lot into housing for college students buildingsaltlake.com/massive-apar... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me this afternoon — Salt Lake City’s top transportation official is leaving his post, opting to join a state agency buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-ci... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me -- a handful of affordable housing projects in SLC were recently awarded millions in state and federal subsidies, including a project by Fairmont Park and another project to replace Palmer Court buildingsaltlake.com/millions-in-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me -- Utah Housing Corporation’s board of trustees approved the creation of a loan program for developers to try and spur the building of for-sale condos around the state buildingsaltlake.com/utah-housing... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — the Judge Building in Downtown SLC was recently purchased by Giv Group, according to records obtained by BSL. Giv is a local development company known for building affordable housing. buildingsaltlake.com/giv-group-bu... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Proposed North Temple apartment building given extension after LIHTC pivot buildingsaltlake.com/proposed-nor... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

new — USA Climbing has submitted new plans for its National Training Center in SLC's Rio Grande District. USAC still plans on running the building as a commercial climbing gym, which has been scrutinized by locals in the past. buildingsaltlake.com/new-usa-clim... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me - the SLC Council recently approved an ordinance making a number of changes to the city’s design review standards that aim at stopping variances from zoning rules that are frequently used by developers. buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-ci... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — a plan to raze a Downtown Salt Lake City hotel and turn it into a parking lot for the Salt Lake Temple's reopening likely violates city zoning rules buildingsaltlake.com/lds-church-p... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

SEG/Live Nation will build a 6k seat concert venue in the Delta Center/Salt Palace entertainment district, tho details are pretty light on where the venue would be built or even what the district would look like buildingsaltlake.com/seg-to-build... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — the Utah government will soon begin a new pilot program that involves selling select parcels of state-owned land for the purpose of developing owner-occupied condominiums, according to a top state housing official buildingsaltlake.com/utah-is-prep... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

The Road Home wants to turn Palmer Court's parking lot along State Street into new, deeply affordable housing units, but they need the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency’s help to make that happen buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-ci... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me— developers told BSL the rush of new supply in SLC has driven down market rate rents low enough to make it difficult to lease out units that were built for low-income renters, which is a problem for LIHTC developers buildingsaltlake.com/rent-is-fall... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Members of the Sandy City Council got an early look at what could be built on a lot just south of its chambers in City Hall — hundreds of housing units and a large amount of office space buildingsaltlake.com/sandy-reveal... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

In a busy meeting this week, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved two projects that would create over 100 housing units around the city. buildingsaltlake.com/slc-planning... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

A plan to turn private land on SLC’s east bench into dedicated trails and open space near H-Rock — plus a handful of single family home plots — is moving forward after it hit a snag just over a year ago. buildingsaltlake.com/slc-planning... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

SLC Planning Commission approves plan for open land and home plots near H-Rock buildingsaltlake.com/slc-planning... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

An affordable housing development that would cater to seniors is in the works in Sugar House across the street from Fairmont Park buildingsaltlake.com/sugar-house-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Developers are pitching a new slate of family-sized townhomes in Poplar Grove that would turn an old retail warehouse into six for-sale townhomes. buildingsaltlake.com/slate-of-fam... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

just weeks after signing a lease for a new headquarters in Central City, the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City is already making moves in the hopes of developing its home in Ballpark into hundreds of housing units buildingsaltlake.com/housing-auth... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

SLC has approved its long-discussed plan to consolidate its mixed-use zoning code — but the vote came after a last-minute complication that some council members said could derail a large redevelopment in Central City. buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-ci... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Designers and developers: Salt Lake City’s design review standards could change in the near future, and super-long facades may be on the way out here are the changes that SLC is considering - buildingsaltlake.com/slc-looks-to... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Salt Lake City has finally unveiled its plans to overhaul Smith’s Ballpark and redevelop the site to include housing, a hotel, green space + other areas for the Ballpark neighborhood’s benefit more from me here buildingsaltlake.com/new-city-pla... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — just weeks after Northpoint was annexed into Salt Lake City, developers have on the cusp of turning farmland into industrial parks, as plots have already hit the market buildingsaltlake.com/weeks-after-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — over 160 family-sized, for sale townhomes could soon be built on the Westside next to the Glendale Golf Course and along the Jordan River buildingsaltlake.com/huge-family-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — residents of Liberty Wells moved closer toward getting a new bar, as the SLC Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a bar in the Milk Block along 9th South buildingsaltlake.com/liberty-well... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me with SB 195 in effect, is Salt Lake City’s Green Loop — which would create green space downtown and improve biking and pedestrian mobility citywide — dead? here's what city/state officials told us buildingsaltlake.com/after-sb195-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — a beloved Sugar House restaurant will move north with the help of a loan from the Salt Lake City government buildingsaltlake.com/hruskas-kola... @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

my latest — Bike commuters may have to wait for more off-street space on 300 West as part of the continued fallout from SB195, which requires UDOT’s approval on projects that could slow down cars or limit car lanes buildingsaltlake.com/300-west-bik... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — Emigration Brewing could soon have a second location, as members of the Holladay Planning Commission approved a plan for the new restaurant (and 8 townhome units) earlier this month buildingsaltlake.com/holladay-pla... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

It’s been over six years since Salt Lake voters approved the Funding our Future street reconstruction bond, and city officials are approaching the end of their list of roads to improve — just in the nick of time buildingsaltlake.com/slc-street-i... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Salt Lake City won't renew its popular e-bike voucher program, as the proposed budget from Mayor Mendenhall doesn’t include funding for the program in Fiscal Year 2026. buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-ci... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — developers want to build a 250~ unit apartment complex at the old office max site along 400 South, and it'd be for college student housing buildingsaltlake.com/developers-p... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

new from me — the SLC CRA is the market to buy two plots of land in the 9 Line Community Reinvestment Area, and city council members voted Tuesday to set aside over $1 million in hopes of buying the two properties buildingsaltlake.com/slc-council-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Mendenhall wants millions for deeply affordable housing in 2026 Salt Lake City budget buildingsaltlake.com/mendenhall-w... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

As part of her proposed budget for FY26, @slcmayor.bsky.social Erin Mendenhall wants to set aside millions for deeply affordable housing, something that's in currently short supply in the city buildingsaltlake.com/mendenhall-w... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social