South Salt Lake’s City Council has approved a development agreement for a new mixed-use, transit-oriented development, the Market Center. The project is a key part of a larger downtown revitalization project in South Salt Lake which included the recent opening of One Burton, a high-end, mixed-use development located at the southwest corner of Burton Avenue and Main Street. 

Market Center will include four buildings organized around a north-south plaza, and will be constructed in four phases, the timing of which will depend on the market response. The buildings will be located at 2263 South Main Street, 54 East Central Pointe Place, 2280 South State Street and 53 East Haven Avenue.

The project, which has been under review by city staff for about a year, will include construction of 478 affordable apartments totaling 32,000+ square feet, which will be offered to the public at 60 percent of Area Median Income for 50 years. 

The first building will have 255 units with a mix of studio, one bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units. A “co-working space” on the ground floor will include at a minimum a conference room, workstations and booths. Building two, which will be constructed no more than three years later will have 138 units and at least 6,500 square feet of commercial/retail space. Building three which will be constructed no more than four years after the first building. Building four will be a retail/commercial structure which will include parking for the other building.

Development amenities will include 80,581 square feet of open space including a rooftop event space on the first building, which will be made available to the city on a reservation basis for a minimum of four days per month or 48 days per year. There will also be a dog park, playground, and enhanced pedestrian areas, along with 648 square feet of bicycle storage. Market Center will also include 470 structured parking stalls, 200 of which will be open to the public daily. EV chargers and EV charger ready infrastructure will be included.

To facilitate this development, the council approved a change from Downtown District Zoning to Housing and Transit Overlay for the area. Under the overall conditions, the development must provide a minimum of 50 units/acre with an average building height greater than 50 feet, have setbacks as approved by the city and the developer had to enter into a development agreement with the city.

 “One of the requirements of the new housing and transit overlay district is that in order for a rezone application to be approved, they do need to go through and have a development agreement completed, Senior Planner Spencer Cawley told the council at their Aug. 14 meeting. 

“This will just ensure that the project as it has been proposed is what we will be seeing, what is developed,” he said. 

Councilmembers expressed strong support for the project.

“It's a big moment for us, just want to stop and recognize this, just to appreciate the significance of the moment,” Councilmember Paul Sanchez said. “I know a lot of work has gone into it. So it's pretty exciting.”

Councilmember LeAnne Huff echoed Sanchez’ enthusiasm.

“It's the best project I think I've ever voted on,” she said.

SSL Market Center QOZB, LLC is the developer of the 5.52-acre site which is located within the city’s Downtown District, adjacent to Central Pointe Place, the Parley’s Trail, and the S-Line.