New University of Utah-run ‘innovation district’ planned west of Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park

Proposal calls for new streets, green spaces and multistory commercial and residential buildings — all connected to the campus via transit.

(Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency) Salt Lake City and the University of Utah have ambitious plans, as this rendering shows, to create a new university-run innovation district west of Rio Grande Depot, giving Utah's flagship university a major presence downtown.

New University of Utah-run ‘innovation district’ planned west of Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park

Proposal calls for new streets, green spaces and multistory commercial and residential buildings — all connected to the campus via transit.

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