Mountain States

Digging Deeper | Residential

Salt Lake’s Astra Tower Reaches New Heights

First SLC luxury high-rise breaks record as state’s tallest building and aims to serve as a mini air filter for the city

Nancy Kristof

March 27, 2023

The team delivering Salt Lake City’s newest luxury apartment tower didn’t anticipate that they’d be building Utah's tallest structure, but crews are now halfway to reaching that milestone.

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Utah State Has Broad Construction Reach

The northern Utah-based school is moving forward with multiple projects and a focus on sustainability

Brian Fryer

March 27, 2023

While record snows have covered the campus of Utah State University this winter, planners at Utah’s fourth-largest university have been anything but hibernating.

The William Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center

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Colorado Springs Invests In Itself to Spur Growth

From downtown to the summit of Pikes Peak, the city is capitalizing on its strengths

Eric Peterson

March 27, 2023

Densification is in full swing in Colorado Springs: As of early 2023, about 25% of the 5,000 multifamily units now under construction in the city are downtown.

2022 Mountain States Top Starts: Population Growth Spurs Regional Construction Activity

Jennifer Seward

March 27, 2023

Construction firms in the mountain states are plenty busy. A surge of people moving to the region—especially Colorado, Utah and Idaho—has created a “solid funnel of multifamily housing projects,” says Jeff Palmer, executive vice president at Layton Construction.