By Carter Williams, KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City’s skyline is about to change in a drastic way. With the driving of a few golden shovels, Salt Lake City leaders and developers broke ground on the Astra Tower, a new 40-story structure that is slated to be the state’s tallest building, during a ceremony
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February 2022
October 2020
By Taylor Larsen The past few years have been an absolute boon for high-rise development, design and construction in Salt Lake City’s central business district. Those driving down State Street will soon be doing double-takes as the downtown skyline grows taller. But how do these sites go from a tall idea into an even taller
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January 2020
Kensington Tower lead architect Emir Tursic sat down with the Salt Lake City Alliance to discuss how Kensington Tower is a sign of times to come. On the Downtown SLC website, Tursic detailed how Kensington Tower, the Kensington Investment Company, and HKS, the tower’s architects, have presented a vision for a development that will tackle
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December 2019
Kensington Tower, a luxury residential project with a minimized carbon footprint, is set to break ground in 2021 at the corner of State Street and 200 South. The 39-story tower is proposed to rise 448 feet, altering the skyline of the city. According to Molly Robinson, Salt Lake City Planning Manager told the Deseret News,
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