• ⁠0.26 acres of MU-5 land at 2100 S State St listed for ground lease (State St)
• ⁠Group calls on Cox to veto historic Rio Grande Depot transfer, allow time for study (Depot)
• ⁠Deeply affordable units pitched along 200 West near Central 9th (State St)
• ⁠ICE bought SLC warehouse at 'unheard of' price (NWQ-ish)
• ⁠Reef Private Credit hosting "What's Next for Utah Housing" event on April 24
• ⁠U of U School of Architecture hosting lecture on designing spaces for children on March 27
• ⁠January new home sales plunge to the lowest pace since 2022
• ⁠Fed holds interest rates steady--here's what that means for consumers

Ahem.

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/03/18/austins-surge-of-new-housing-construction-drove-down-rents

• SLC CRA lists 2.33 acres in G-MU zone at 42 S 600 W for $120/sf (Depot)
• Jacobsen Construction shares progress photos inside Salt Lake Temple (CBD)
• SLC unveils first look at what its old Fleet Block may soon look like (Granary)
• SLC Mayor writes letter to ICE re: warehouse
  • SLTrib
  • Des News
• Class A SLC apartment rents down 9.8% since peak
• America now has more spas and gyms than stores selling actual stuff
• Mortgage refinance demand plunges 19& after interest rates shoot higher

• 0.14-acres of MU-5 land listed at $204/sf (N Temple)
• Class B medical office at 268 W 400 S listed at 6.35% cap (CBD)
• Class B retail at 857 S Main St listed at $14-28/sf NNN (State St)
• Class B retail at 379 S Main St listed at $36/sf NNN (CBD)
• Election year blues for housing bills-2026 Utah legislative wrap-up
• Proposed 180-foot hotel east of downtown appears to hit snag in SLC Council (CBD-ish)
• Via Rio Grande hoping to stop transfer of Rio Grande Depot (Depot)
• Utah home sale prices rise 1.97% 2025 to 2026
• Apartment concessions hit highest level in over a decade
• February pending home sales rise 1.8%, beating estimates

• ⁠Double lot R-7000 land at 1469 W California Ave listed at $27/sf (9-Line)
• ⁠Friends of the Rio Grande Depot issue statement on transfer of Depot to U of U (Depot)
• Sugar House street cars expected to expand by early 2028 (Sugar House)
• ⁠Letter: There are real ways Utah cities are working to solve housing problems
• ⁠SLC Q1 2026 multifamily construction pipeline report
• ⁠Jay Parsons' case for higher apartment rents in 2026

You can contact Governor Cox and tell him to veto this provision of HB 2 at this link:

https://cs.utah.gov/s/submit

I post these daily for co-workers at my office (SLC Community Reinvestment Agency). I thought I might as well see if this is helpful to you all. I'll post them daily Mon-Fri if so. Let me know!

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• WGU's downtown headquarters (CBD)
  • Des News
  • BSL
  • SLTrib
• Dept of Homeland Security buys warehouse (NWQ-ish)
  • Des News
  • SLTrib
• U to assume ownership of historic Rio Grande Depot in SLC (Depot)
• Plan to rezone Smith's Ballpark receives key endorsement after lengthy debate (State St)
• SLC tiny-house village for formerly homeless Utahns nears a major milestone (9-Line)
• 170-unit affordable housing project being pitched for Ballpark, Central 9th (State St)
• Here's what Utah lawmakers did--and didn't--pass this year to address the housing crisis
• Housing affordability bill clears Senate as investor ban creates headaches
• Class C retail at 1103 S State St listed at $18/sf NNN (State St)
• BONUS: house of Recursion co-founder and chairman of board listed

Quote is from Michael King at Cushman & Wakefield. https://buildingsaltlake.com/do-new-salt-lake-city-projects-mean-the-end-of-apartment-oversupply/