Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 24, 2019
South Salt Lake’s housing boom driven by its transit lines
(Rendering courtesy of Newmark Knight Frank) South Salt Lake officials broke ground in October on South City, to be located on the site of the former Granite Mill warehouse 2200 South and Main Street. The project is part of a housing boom in the city could give Salt Lake City's neighbor to the south its first downtown area. South Salt Lake • Railways helped turn South Salt Lake’s open fields of mid-20th century into “A City of Industry,” which is one of its nicknames. Trains brought people and businesses that fostered the first neighborhoods.
Today, the rails that once shipped lumber, stone blocks and other supplies are now light rail and streetcar routes fueling a residential boom.