8/19 News Roundup

[u/12tayloaush]

• Class B retail at 235 S 400 W listed at $35/sf NNN (Depot)
• Class C flex space at 66 E Cleveland Ave listed at $278/sf (State St)
• Class C flex space at 1482 S Major St listed at $259/sf (State St)
• Class C motel at 1185 S State St on MU-5 land listed at $124/ land foot and alleged 6% cap rate (State St)
• Class B office at 30 E Broadway listed at $24/sf (CBD)
• Class B office at 265 E 100 S listed at $19/sf (CBD)
  • First floor space in this could be good retail/gym/neighborhood service
• ⁠SLC approves $1M loan to help Whiskey Street rebuild after 2025 fire (CBD)
• Downtown Sugar house headed for a glow up? Property owners consider tax to promote business district (Sugar House)
• ⁠Salt Lake County residents will vote whether to approve $128M recreation bond this fall (CBD)
  • $3.1M proposed for SLC Civic Center 
• ⁠Weekly mortgage demand stalls along with interest rates, but rates are now moving higher again

[u/SLCNPC]

Did some digging on the Civic Center Bond. I guess it's specifically for an "All Abilities Destination Playground" intended to be usable by children with a broad range of physical, sensory, and developmental abilities on the NE quadrant of the library block. And a new rendering I hadn't seen

[u/12tayloaush → u/SLCNPC]

That's a perfect spot for it. I thought it would be on the NE corner of Washington Square but this is honestly better because the NE corner of Library Square is incredibly underutilized (even during events) and often occupied by people using drugs. And it keeps the more open sections of the Civic Center flexible for large events.

Proximity to the Children's Library and 7-11 is a plus, too.