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ICE May Be Overpaying for its New Detention Center Warehouses ICE bought a Salt Lake City warehouse for over $145 million, paying more per square foot than other sites around the country.

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

16-floor mixed-use project pitched for Zions Bank site in downtown Sugar House - Building Salt Lake Developers want to build a 16-floor apartment tower along Highland Drive in Sugar House that would replace a Zions Bank.

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

I was not unfortunately!

SLC Mayor Says Zoning Reform Is Working and Will Continue Salt Lake City has gone full-throttle on reforming its zoning code. Those efforts are driving down rent and will continue, mayor says.

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

Developer Plans to Revise Plan for Sugar House Wells Fargo Site Developers are reworking a proposal to convert a former Wells Fargo bank in Sugar House to a mixed-use building in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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

Free Rent Plus $5K? A Cruise? How SLC Investors Are Competing for Tenants A glut of supply means apartment owners are doing whatever they can to fill newly built buildings in Salt Lake City. That's a win for renters.

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

Makers Line Fallout Spreads Nationwide as Lawsuits Pile Up Makers Line and its connected companies face numerous lawsuits outside of Utah, including in Montana, New York and Michigan.

buildingsaltlake.com/from-montana... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Catalyst Won't Oppose Industry SLC and Garage Receivership The Industry SLC office building in the Granary District appears headed for a foreclosure sale in March after defaulting on a loan.

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 Salt Lake City wants to sell a former community garden near the Gateway to fund the infrastructure needed to build up the Rio Grande District.  The Community Reinvestment Agency of Salt Lake City (CRA...

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

Astra Tower penthouse hits the market with record-shattering price - Building Salt Lake Astra Tower in downtown Salt Lake City recently listed one of its 10 penthouses on Zillow for nearly $30,000 per month in rent.

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

SLC floats new MU-15 zone as part of Ballpark NEXT rezone proposal - Building Salt Lake Salt Lake City is considering creating a new mixed-use zone as part of its Smith's Ballpark NEXT redevelopment plan.

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

SLC Nonprofit Developer Wraps up Profit-Sharing Apartment Tower A former Salt Lake City office building is now the home to apartments and a wealth-building model that could be expanded throughout Utah.

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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 Only Bar Asks to Expand its Capacity by Nearly 400% Rose Park’s Paris Social Bar wants to triple its size with a new conditional use permit thanks to Salt Lake City's new mixed-use zoning.

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

Project approved at old Office Max corner at 4th South and 9th East 696 beds are part of a design review approval where the building’s facade length along 400 South will be 425 feet.

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

City Hall to lose its transportation boss, who oversaw major street redesigns Salt Lake City’s director of transportation Jon Larsen is leaving his post, opting to join the Utah Transit Authority.

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

Millions in subsidies doled out by Utah Housing Corp, including for Palmer Court overhaul - Building Salt Lake The Utah Housing Corp has approved federal and state LIHTC funds to pay for affordable housing projects around Salt Lake City.

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

Utah Housing Corp creates loan program to help build for-sale condos  - Building Salt Lake Utah Housing Corporation created the Condominium Construction Loan Program, which will provide loans to developers to build for sale condos.

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

Giv Group Picks up the Judge Building in Downtown Salt Lake City The historic Judge Building in Downtown Salt Lake City was sold to Chris Parker's Giv Group, which typically develops affordable housing.

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

North Temple apartment project changes owners, pivots to LIHTC Phase 2 of the Fairpark apartment complex won’t start construction until 2026 at the earliest, and will now be affordable housing.

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

SLC's partnership with USA Climbing: latest plans arrive at city The USA Climbing National Training Center (NTC) will have both indoor and outdoor climbing walls, strength and conditioning equipment, locker rooms, equipment rentals, office space for USA Climbing an...

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

Salt Lake City’s design review standards just changed. Developers: take note - Building Salt Lake Salt Lake City Council approved changes to the city’s design review standards regarding facade length, massing and ground floor useage.

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

The LDS Church Plans a New Parking Lot Downtown. It May Not Be Legal Property Reserve wants to demolish a downtown Salt Lake City hotel to make a parking lot for the Salt Lake LDS Temple open house.

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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

Salt Lake City to Land New 6,000-Capacity Music Venue Smith Entertainment Group announced it will build a 6,000 seat indoor music venue in its new entertainment district near the Delta Center.

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

Utah is preparing to sell vacant UDOT land to build for-sale condos - Building Salt Lake Utah will soon begin a new pilot program that sell vacant parcels of state-owned land for the purpose of developing owner-occupied condos.

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

Palmer Court looks to expand its permanent supportive housing into new units The Road Home wants to turn a parking lot along State Street into new deeply affordable housing and eventually redevelop the entire site.

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

Rent is falling in Salt Lake City. It's putting the squeeze on low-income housing developers - Building Salt Lake Developers say the high number of new market-rate units have caused rent prices to fall and compete with affordable housing projects.

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

Sandy reveals preview of proposed housing, office development near City Hall - Building Salt Lake The Sandy City Council got an early look at a proposed development that could add hundreds of housing units and office space to the area.

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

SLC Planning Commission approves 400 South for-sale townhomes, studios near North Temple - Building Salt Lake The Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved two projects that would create over 100 housing units in Fairpark and East Central.

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