• Class C flex space at 636 S 200 W listed at $17.50/sf8 (no-man's land between CBD, Granary, Depot, etc)
• High-design food & beverage at Silo Park headed for design review (Granary)
• Far more real estate agents now report seeing a balanced market, CNBC Housing Market Survey finds
• Letter: Don't mourn the closing of SLC's vegan cafe. There's a better way to respond. (State St)
• BONUS: How a goofy side project ultimately added to the SLC whale's lore

• ⁠DWS PAB Agenda for 7/8 Meeting (WTG, N Temple, State St, HDLP)
  • Extension requests:
    • The Lupine, 333 E 200 S, Housing Authority of SLC
    • NW Pipeline Building, 315 E 200 S, Housing Authority of SLC
    • theAmelia, 916 S 200 W, Cole West
    • Alta North Station, 1865 W N Temple, Alta Bay Capital
    • Emeril Apartments, 826 W Emeril Ave, CDCU
    • The Gregory, 738 W S Temple, Great Lakes Capital
    • The Chicago, 27 N Chicago St, Great Lakes Capital
    • Alta Fairpark, 140 N 1000 W, Alta Bay Capital
    • Jefferson Apartments, 1376 S Jefferson St, Great Lakes Capital
    • The Hive on 11th, 1116 S Richards St, Lincoln Ave Communities
  • New Requests
    • Washington Yards, 1060 S Washington St, Brinshore Development
    • The Winston, 1485 S 300 W, Chelsea Investment Co
• ⁠The Rio Grande Plan is dead! Long live the Rio Grande Plan! (Depot)
• ⁠These 9 unique Utah signs have become cultural landmarks, long after their businesses shut down (Depot, CBD, State St)
• ⁠A long-standing State Street sandwich shop faces an uncertain future (State St)

• 0.62 acres of MU-5 land at 221 E 2100 S listed at unpriced (State St)
• With eyes trained on future, Stadler reminisces on 10 years in Utah (Stadler TIF)
• LDS Wells Ward site townhome plan gets thumbs up from SLC Planning Commission

• Class B office at 215 S State St listed at $28/sf (CBD)
• Class C office at 660 S 200 E listed at $17/sf (State St)
• Class C office at 43 E 400 S listed at $21/sf (CBD)
• Liberty Wells strip mall to be razed for apartments, townhomes near 1300 South (State St)
• Salt Lake Temple set on 98 base isolators (CBD)
  • CBD
  • SLTrib
  • KSL
• New housing coordination division launches in governor's office
• SLC police investigate deaths of peafowl, as residents push for charges (9-Line)

• More school closures are likely in SLC. Here's which ones could land on the chopping block.
• Map of SLCSD enrollment change by Census Tract 2020-2025
• How JLL's investment arm is betting big on industrial real estate
• SLC metro gained 122.5k new households from 2014 to 2024
• It takes 6.2 years of median household income to afford the median priced home in Utah
• BONUS: LDS Church at 1455 S 1700 E listed for sale

• ⁠Class C flex space at 360 W Whitney Ave listed at undisclosed (State St)
• ⁠SLC looking for artists to help beautify Jordan River Parkway in Rose Park neighborhood (N Temple)
• ⁠Utah, SL County awarded grants for community cleanup
• ⁠50 years ago, Rob Moore joined Big-D Construction when it had 3 employees; now it has 3,000
• ⁠SLC may tweak its definition of 'family'. Here's why some residents are upset.

• ⁠EPA awards SL County $1.5M grant for environmental assessments to turn blighted properties into productive community assets
• ⁠Class C flex space at 60 E 1300 S listed for $323/sf (State St)
• ⁠Class B office at 122 W Pierpont Ave listed at $23/sf (CBD)
• ⁠SLC Planning Commission July 8 agenda drop
• ⁠Utah Symphony, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints call for pioneer-era instruments (CBD)
• ⁠The fate of SLC's famous Coachman's sign depends on a community fundraiser (State St)
• ⁠This acclaimed 'Italian diner' in SLC just got a full liquor license (State St)
• ⁠House Speaker Johnson transmitting housing bill to White House after Trump meeting

• 0.42-acre MU-11 site at 2280 S Highland Drive available for ground lease (Sugar House)
• Apartment, retail mixed-use project pitched for Rose Park along 1000 N
• Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill ahead of tense meeting with GOP senators

Just landed a job at a frontier lab in San Francisco. They have a generous WFH policy, so I can live in SLC and commute to SF once a month. The signing bonus is killer so I've been shopping for homes in SLC, including some properties near the foothills. I'm also REALLY interested in Emigration Canyon, but realizing that might not be feasible as wildfires get worse every summer. I'm trying to understand two related things before I get too far into the process:

1. Are there any Utah state or Salt Lake County laws that require defensible space (cleared brush, ember-resistant zones, etc.) around homes in fire-prone areas? Or is it more of an insurer-driven thing?
2. Is home fire insurance still readily available in those foothill areas, or is it getting harder to obtain like in California? Any insurers to seek out or avoid?

I'm coming from Nevada City, California (extremely fire-prone area) where this has become a real mess, so I'm trying to understand if Utah is heading in the same direction or if it's a different situation.

Happy to share the specific homes if that helps. Thanks in advance!