SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s first modular apartment complex is going up Tuesday in downtown Salt Lake City. The groundbreaking project is the latest effort to help homeless people transition into housing or out of addiction.
The Other Side Village Prep Academy is being constructed at 648 E. 100 S. in Salt Lake City. It’s a four-story, 33,860 square foot apartment complex that will house 100 people. Builders said the 48 modules making up the complex have already been assembled in Irontown Modular’s factory in Spanish Fork.
Each module arrives on site with interior work done and appliances inside. Once each module is stacked and construction is complete, the complex will take in people directly off the street, who might be facing medical challenges or issues with mental health and drug addiction…