Developer earns tax credits after preserving 64-year-old building in new housing project

  • Woodbury Corporation received $3.2 million in tax credits for preserving the IBM Building.
  • The Source on South Temple includes 180 residential units, including some in the 64-year-old building.
  • State historians praise the project for blending historic preservation with modern housing needs.

SALT LAKE CITY — A new mixed-use housing development east of downtown Salt Lake City has now received tax credits for preserving a historic building within its design.

Woodbury Corporation officially received both federal and state tax credits for preserving the historic IBM Building near 348 S. Temple in Central City, Utah State Historic Preservation Office officials noted on Thursday.

The Source on South Temple, which opened earlier this year, features over 180 residential units, including 20 that are in the IBM Building, which first opened in 1962. A coffee shop and amenities, ranging from a bowling alley to a golf simulator, are also in the building, while a seven-story addition behind the building was constructed over the past few years to fill out the complex…

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