Redevelopment

Despite missing the playoffs, the Utah Hockey Club gained a strong foothold in the state just one year after the team relocated from Arizona.

There are no firm designs nor a location, but Ute Athletics Director Mark Harlan called the idea “a fantastic opportunity for this athletic department to modernize.”

Salt Lake City is planning to tear down the Fleet Block so it can redevelop the site. For families who have a loved one painted on the east building walls, it's a sacred memorial.

Billed as “Utah’s Innovation Community,” The Point in Draper aims to be a mixed-use development that combines housing with amenities, transit and economic growth.

The Salt Lake City Council gave its final approval to move forward with Ryan Smith’s proposed downtown revitalization around Delta Center, which the public will foot part of the bill for.

The fate of Abravanel Hall remains an open question, with the committee only committing to a “recommendation for preservation.”

As the Salt Lake City Council mulls allowing 600-foot-high buildings around the Delta Center, public comments are mixed on the project as a whole.

Although a deal has been reached between the city and the owner of the Utah Jazz and Utah Hockey Club, the work to develop the project is just beginning.

Ricky Hatch and Tina Cannon are the two candidates in the Republican primary to become the next Utah State Auditor.

Salt Lake City’s historic Japantown was once home to dozens of businesses and a thriving Japanese American community. As downtown Salt Lake City revitalization is on the horizon, community advocates see an opportunity six decades after Japantown was almost completely destroyed.

The community-backed plan to turn the Rio Grande Depot back into a train station isn’t mentioned in newly released plans to redevelop the surrounding area.

Tucked inside Carbon County lies Helper, Utah – a place with a vibrant LGBTQ+ community. KUER's State Street podcast stopped in to check it out.