Multifamily Residential · Salt Lake City, Utah · 2017
Upscale urban reset
4th West.
Salt Development26,000 sq ft rooftop450 apartments
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The site · read from above
The whole development, from above.
70,500 sq ft of site landscape: a 26,000 sq ft rooftop lifestyle deck over four distinct ground-level courtyards.
The West Side · downtown Salt Lake City
A forgotten edge of downtown.
Graffiti-tagged walls and vacant storefronts greeted you on the West Side. Salt Development set out to change the narrative, one address at a time.
Step onto the rooftop and the whole city opens up.
The result, first
$160M+
sale price within two years of completion
0
apartments served, up from a planned 250
500+
residents and guests the rooftop regularly hosts
01 · The Brief
A forgotten site, and a client who saw something different.
Graffiti-tagged walls and vacant storefronts greeted you on the West Side of downtown Salt Lake City. It wasn't a place you wanted to hang around, let alone live.
Our client, Salt Development, saw something different. They were determined to change the narrative around the West Side by introducing quality apartments centered on a sense of community. Midway through the planning stage, they doubled down. The project expanded from 250 to 450 apartments, signaling they were fully committed.
This set a higher standard for us. We knew the outdoor spaces, especially the rooftop, had to reach landmark status to attract residents and prove the West Side could compete with the best addresses in the city.
The intent
Steam rising off the pool in winter, music drifting through the space, the Salt Lake skyline laid out in front of you. We wanted the rooftop to reach landmark status.
The rooftop · one of the largest lifestyle rooftops in the state
The rooftop is the landmark.
A 26,000 square-foot deck and an Olympic-sized pool with mountain and skyline views. Cabanas and fire lounges fill before sunset, firelight flickering across the deck as lighting takes over when the sun drops behind the mountains.
The rooftop at twilight, in motion · 4th West
The rooftop, every anglePool, cabanas, fire lounges and skyline views
Walk the rooftop
The gym and spa open straight onto the rooftop. People work out, then stay. Morning yoga shifts into coffee and catch-ups. By the weekend, the whole deck is in motion. Five hundred residents and guests move through the same space with ease.
Fire lounges by day, skyline beyondThe deck and pool, mountain and skyline viewsRead from above, the deck in motion
02 · The Ground
Four courtyards, four ways to spend time outside.
At ground level, four courtyards offer different ways to spend time outdoors, from social and active to quieter and more reflective. The sequence makes the site feel intuitive and lived in.
We based every decision on how people would actually use the spaces.
The development, in full9 of hundreds · click to expand
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It was like a mini city up there. Everyone actually used the rooftop. You'd run into founders, designers, musicians. It was better than any networking event I've been to.
Micah Walje · Resident
Key project details
26,000
square feet of rooftop lifestyle deck, one of the largest in the state.
