Demand Breaks Records in Salt Lake City
BySalt Lake City’s multifamily market continues to be one of the strongest in the country. Thanks to solid employment gains that are producing high demand across asset classes, the city remains attractive to investors and developers alike.
Two job sectors alone—professional and business services, along with education and health services—have added more than 16,000 positions year-over-year through July. The metro’s education sector is likely to remain a reliable job source, due in part to Pluralsight, a Utah-based online training provider, which announced its 10-year plan to make 2,400 new hires. Despite the U.S.’s construction labor shortage, this sector has also gained traction in Salt Lake City. About 2,000 workers are slated to join the city’s $3 billion airport redevelopment project. Westport Capital Partners is working on a mixed-use project that includes a 170,000-square-foot University of Utah health center. Moreover, the U.S. Department of Defense’s effort to upgrade nuclear weapons has led Sunset Ridge Development to break ground on a 75,000-square-foot Aerospace Research Park at Hill Air Force Base…
