A developer submitted plans to Salt Lake City on Tuesday for The Hank, a 21-unit for-sale condominium project proposed at 662 S. West Temple in the Central 9th neighborhood. The four-story building would stand just over 51 feet tall on a tight 0.19-acre lot, replacing a small multifamily property with condos aimed at buyers rather than renters.
According to Building Salt Lake, the project is designed by architect Jarod Hall of di’velept design, and would sit southeast of the Lattice Apartments and the former Red Lion Hotel site, along a stretch of West Temple that has become one of the busiest infill corridors in the city.
A Rare For-Sale Play in a Rental-Heavy Corridor
The Hank’s 21 homes would break down into 12 one-bedroom units and nine two-bedroom units, spread across seven apartments per floor on levels two through four, per the filing. Four south-facing units on the second floor would get private patio space, while units on the upper floors would go without outdoor patios. Residents would also share a rooftop deck, according to the plans submitted to the city.
Hall wrote in the design review application that homeownership offers residents security and financial benefits that the rental-dominated Central 9th market generally doesn’t provide. The push toward owner-occupied “missing middle” housing has become a growing focus for di’velept design, as Salt Lake City’s urban core has leaned heavily on rental apartments in recent years. Hall is also behind the redesigned Van Buren project on 300 West, which Hoodline reported turned into a slimmed-down redesign with 199 affordable, family-sized units earlier this year.
Ground-Floor Rules Pose the Project’s Biggest Hurdle
The parcel is zoned D-2, Salt Lake City’s Downtown Support District, which has required 80 percent active ground-floor frontage since a July 2023 update meant to stop developers from filling street-facing windows with private lobbies, gyms, or mailrooms, according to the Salt Lake City Council Office. The Hank is seeking a single design-review modification to that standard, since its ground floor would be dominated by the building lobby, an elevator, and two sets of stairs rather than retail space…