Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[Atlas]

ICYMI, a 16-story building was just proposed on Highland in Sugar House:

[Makid]

A trashy stretch of this Utah river is poised for transformation
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2026/02...-larry-miller/


Aerial view rendering of the Utah State Fairpark, the Jordan River and downtown including the new Power District in Salt Lake City. The Larry H. Miller Company

Field Operations, a renowned international landscape architect and urban design firm, has turned derelict waterfront and riverfront properties in major U.S. cities into beautiful and vibrant gathering spaces.

It counts the High Line on Manhattan’s West Side, Domino Park along the East River in Brooklyn, Waterfront Seattle, Presidio Tunnel Tops in San Franscisco and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London among its transformational projects. All were neglected, underutilized areas that had fallen into disrepair. The resurrected sites now attract residents, tourists and business.

Up next? A half-mile stretch of the Jordan River in Salt Lake City.

Aerial view rendering of the Jordan River and North Temple from the southwest in Salt Lake City, near the new Power District. | The Larry H. Miller Company

Baseball stadium design underway
Since the Miller Company announced the Power District project two years ago, much of the work has been underground installing off-site water and storm sewage improvements. Ground was broken on the new 10-story Rocky Mountain Power headquarters last October, the tallest commercial project in Utah right now.

The Miller Company has not marketed the site to other companies but it’s already drawing looks from outside.

“One of the things that maybe has caught us off guard a bit has been just the level of interest that people have reached out to us proactively, including hospitality,” he said, adding a larger hotelier has called.

This area will be great with or without an MLB team based on what they are doing.

I think the first residential building is slated to start construction this summer. With height limits of up to 400', I do really hope that we see some good towers and density in this area.

North Temple and the immediate area north and south of the street have been changing quickly. The Power District is a game changer (no pun intended) for Salt Lake City.

[Ironweed]

"North Temple and the immediate area north and south of the street have been changing quickly. The Power District is a game changer (no pun intended) for Salt Lake City."

I sincerely hope this puts the kibosh on the homeless junkies in the area.

[delts145]

Fairmont Park Senior Housing Project - Sugar House District

Jacob Scholl Reporting For BuildingSaltLake.com - Full Article Found @ https://buildingsaltlake.com/sugar-h...fairmont-park/

An affordable housing development that would cater to seniors over 62 is in the works in Sugar House across the street from Fairmont Park.

The proposal, submitted to Salt Lake City on Thursday, would build 110 affordable housing units for seniors at 2257 S. 1100 E. The development, which is called Fairmont Heights in documents, would be located at the corner of Simpson Avenue and 1100 East on .81 acres of land, which the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City bought earlier this year...

...An office building currently occupies the site, which would be torn down for the seven-story complex. The plans call for 58 enclosed parking stalls on the first two floors and five stories of housing units above.

Plans indicate that 90 of the units would be one bedrooms, with the remaining 20 units slated to be two-beds. The project contains a north and south tower, each with 55 units. There’s also five live-work units on the ground floor included in the project plans.

The plans also say that each unit, “has an open floor plan with a kitchen island as well as their own side by side laundry equipment, there is a trash and recycle room at each level and a mini compactor in the trash termination room.”

A rendering of the proposed Fairmont Heights apartments in Sugar House. Image via Encompass Design

Amenities listed in the project’s narrative include clubhouse rooms, a fitness center, dog wash area, computer room and an elevated outdoor plaza, among other facilities. The project would also have a public courtyard facing Fairmount Park, which is just west of the development.

The entire project would feature affordable housing, as the project description says the project has already been awarded LIHTC through the Utah Housing Corporation. Developers received $20 million in LIHTC, according to previous Building Salt Lake reporting.

All units for the project would range from 20%-80% AMI, though the bulk of the units would be offered for people earning 40%-50% AMI...

A rendering of the proposed Fairmont Heights apartments in Sugar House. Image via Encompass Design

https://buildingsaltlake.com/sugar-h...fairmont-park/

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[wrendog]

Hey look! A 5 over 2!

[Ironweed]

Originally Posted by wrendog

Hey look! A 5 over 2!

Well Wren, a lot of folks wanted that infill. Now we have it.

[wrendog]

Originally Posted by Ironweed

Well Wren, a lot of folks wanted that infill. Now we have it.

I'm cool with it. It's time for variety! The proposed 10+ story at the granary and the 16 story in sugarhouse are a good start

[Comrade]

I run a 'Growing Up in SugarHouse' Facebook group and the amount of people who have lost their shit over the 16 story building going up ... lmao I post these stories just to rage-bait everyone because not one person ever supports it or likes it. They just want SugarHouse to look like it did when they were kids.

[DZH22]

Found a couple pics worth sharing here. There's some other good recent SLC shots if you click into his photostream.

Salt Lake City by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr

Downtown Salt Lake City - State Street by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr

[Paniolo Man]

Originally Posted by Comrade

I run a 'Growing Up in SugarHouse' Facebook group and the amount of people who have lost their shit over the 16 story building going up ... lmao I post these stories just to rage-bait everyone because not one person ever supports it or likes it. They just want SugarHouse to look like it did when they were kids.

Reminds me of the anti-urbanist postcard I got in the mail a couple years back:

[delts145]

Mixed-use building with 8 restaurants pitched for Central City

by Jacob Scholl | Mar 5, 2026 @ https://buildingsaltlake.com/mixed-u...-central-city/

A unique new mixed-use complex is being pitched for the Central City neighborhood, complete with a handful of affordable apartments, numerous restaurant spaces and ground floor retail units.

The 11-floor Denver North project, located at 343 S. Denver Street, would add 240 housing units to the neighborhood and front 300 South, according to plans submitted to Salt Lake City earlier this week. The development would be built on several parcels totaling 1.14 acres of land, and the area is zoned as MU-8.

The north streetscape of the Denver North building, a proposed mixed-use complex fronting 300 South. Image via Axis Architects.

https://buildingsaltlake.com/mixed-u...-central-city/

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[rockies]

That looks amazing especially if there is a second phase as the plans suggest. I love Denver st and this would be like a little mall connecting 300/400S

If anything I think it is odd that this height is not allowed by right/without restrictions in this area

no pay wall article



From the city docs and I thought it was easier to interpret than the elevations from the article

[MountainSkyline]

Sorry for the low quality. I know that some of these towers maybe dead or delayed.... but thought I would share

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Salt Lake City by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr

[Atlas]

Nice. It's fun to see what things could look like someday. A few comments:

• Red Lion proposals are definitely dead since McWhinney pulled out of SLC.
• The Theatre & Regent Street towers could definitely still happen.
• Sundial is probably dead too, but it's hard to say for sure.
• A Zions Bank tower has always been just a forum dream.
• All of the others are realistic possibilities.

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by atlas

nice. It's fun to see what things could look like someday. A few comments:

• red lion proposals are definitely dead since mcwhinney pulled out of slc.
• the theatre & regent street towers could definitely still happen.
• sundial is probably dead too, but it's hard to say for sure.
• a zions bank tower has always been just a forum dream.
• all of the others are realistic possibilities.

but i waaaaaant a zions bank tower

[Paniolo Man]

Work on the structure on 700E next to the Trader Joe's seems to be paused, though they added a cell tower on top recently.

[delts145]

^^^
I remember reading on their last updates that they had to first complete the cell tower before resuming construction on the apartments. They estimated that would take approximately 9 months. That should be coming to completion right about now.

I like the skyline views from this perspective. The new Soren Tower on W. Temple is going to make for a great addition to the skyline from this angle. I wonder how filled in that hole between the Wells Fargo and Grand America will be ten years from now?

Also, if Smith's Tower rises to 600 plus feet, it will poke up nicely in the background from this angle.

February

Photos By https://www.kier.org/our-work/multi-...ibrary-square/



Also, great to see this project in Sugar House moving forward! https://sugarhousecouncil.org/construction-projects/

10th & Elm Apartments
Location: 10 th & Elm.
Start date: February 2026.
Est. completion: Spring 2028.
Project description: 238 unit residential.
Update: The project is just barely underway with excavation beginning less than one week ago.

https://buildingsaltlake.com/another...se-urban-core/

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[Makid]

From some reports, the Soren isn't happening in the near term, only the 10-story hotel component is coming soon. There isn't a timeline for when the residential tower (Soren) will be built.