SALT LAKE CITY — Developers behind a proposed mixed-use tower east of downtown say they plan to find ways to mitigate impacts to a neighboring historic church as their project received support from Salt Lake City’s planning commission.
Members of the Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted 7-1 on Wednesday to favorably recommend a request to rezone a large parcel at 265 E. 100 South in the Central City neighborhood from form-based mixed-use 8 (MU-8) to central business district (D-1). While D-1 zoning, the same used within Salt Lake’s downtown core, has no height limits, the board also supported the city’s proposed conditions that cap the project at 225 feet.
A future development agreement, which appears likely for the project, could also include construction mitigation language to protect the historic St. Mark’s Cathedral, following concerns raised by residents and representatives of the neighboring church during the meeting.
A Central City tower?
Silverado Management requested the rezoning on behalf of Raven One, LLC, a part of the Cumming family that owns Snowbird, which owns the three-story commercial complex along 100 South. The complex is only half occupied, and the family determined that it would be better to redevelop the property rather than bring the aging building up to “technological standards” that businesses want in office spaces today, said Dave Hunter, founder of Silverado…