Development Projects
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What Would Brigham Young Do?
Like the days of the Silver Rush in the 1860s, there is a land rush today, and nearly everyone is looking to cash in, especially members of the LDS Community.…
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Foothill: Residents Outraged Over a Proposed Lamplighter Square Project of Five-Story, 135-Unit Apartment Complex
East-bench neighborhood worries state and developer will bypass city zoning with liquor store development. The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories.…
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Ticket to Ride: “Political Pressure” Comes to Bear on Little Cottonwood Canyon Transportation Plans
While cog rail in Little Cottonwood Canyon is an exciting prospect, it may also be a lucrative one for C.W. Management, a development company owned by influential former Utah State…
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Sugar Town: Snelgrove Development Will Change What’s Left of Sugar House
The 323-unit apartment and retail project ― to be named Sugar Town ― will undoubtedly change the look and feel of Sugar House neighborhood.
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Cash or Crops? Is Clark Burgess Selling His Orchards this Year?
With the land fetching around $1 million per acre or more, Burgess and his children are realizing that the enormous difficulty of maintaining operations compared to the enormous ease of…
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Sugar House Restaurant Site for Sale at 5.5 Million Dollars
The question of what will take Sizzler’s place in Sugar House is bringing out strong emotions in the community. It’s the only privately-owned site in Sugar House Park, and with…
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Ogden’s Historic Buildings Stand The Test Of Time
Vacant, demolished or neglected old buildings with boarded-up windows will quickly crumble. And nobody wants blight in their city. Thankfully, some key developers with a passion for honoring the city’s…
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Destruction of Great Salt Lake in the Name of Progress
We are destroying the Great Salt Lake. We are turning this once mighty Great Lake into a cesspool. If “progress” wins, the lake will indeed die. The inland port, which…
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Will Utah Have Enough Water to Sustain Its Booming Population?
Utah’s dry climate is all the more reason water managers need to carefully consider an ‘all of the above’ approach to ensure there’s enough water to meet Utah’s ever-growing population…
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Sugar House to Become More Congested in 2021: Two New Sugar House Apartment Complexes Bring 400 Additional Apartments
Despite COVID, two Sugar House residential development projects are nearing completion, bringing 400 new apartments to the neighborhood in the new year.
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Bulldozing Utah Farms For Vacation Condos: Is this what progress looks like?
Why now are so many of Utah’s political leaders so ready to rezone agricultural areas into residential and vacation properties? According to the ranchers Utah Stories spoke to, it is…
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Construction of Northern Corridor Highway Threatens to Decimate Iconic Mojave Desert Tortoises
Construction of Northern Corridor Highway Threatens to Decimate Iconic Mojave Desert Tortoises. Where do we take a stand, and when? Or will we?
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Ogden Valley Today: Is the booming real estate squashing out the local community?
Ogden Valley became attractive to outsiders so the price of real estate and property taxes have immensiley increased, forcing locals to leave the area.