Planning Commission approves design review and plan development for Silo Park Building 2 with conditions

The Salt Lake City Planning Commission on March 12 approved the design review and plan development applications for Building 2 of the Silo Park block (about 553 South and 500 West), a mixed-use building whose lower floors are largely a parking structure supporting the larger block redevelopment.

Planner Katie Lynn introduced the item, saying, "This is for a design review and plan development of Silos Building 2. The request is a design review." She and applicant representatives described the project as the central parking "workhorse" for an entire block redevelopment that also reuses the historic Miller and Casket buildings and creates Silo Park.

Why it matters: commissioners and the applicant framed the proposal as a trade-off between a large, multi-level parking structure and preservation and activation of adjacent historic buildings. The applicant said concentrating parking in Building 2 preserves storefront space in the Miller Building, allows outdoor dining along 500 West, and keeps the silos and other historic fabric on the block while providing the…