Urban Design Utah invites you to join our spring symposium program, co-presented with CNU Utah Chapter. 

Salt Lake City once led urban housing innovation, with the first condominium project developed in the continental United States. Per the latest U.S. Census data, condominiums make up only about 5% of multifamily developments in Utah. This may be a missed opportunity for households to purchase homes in urban areas, as urban growth and development expands around transit and emerging city centers across the Wasatch Front Region.  

Congress for the New Urbanism Utah Chapter and Urban Design Utah are presenting a free event to explore the barriers to condo development in Utah, and discuss how to address issues that limit affordable home-buying opportunities as owning a home becomes increasingly unattainable. 

Laura Smith, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, Senior Architect with CRSA, Urban Design Utah Co-Chair

Makena Hawley, Project Manager with Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency, CNU Utah Board Member

Presenters & Panelists

The agenda includes presentations about the state of condo development with industry experts and policy makers from different backgrounds and perspectives:

Dejan Eskic, Senior Research Fellow at Kem C Gardner Policy Institute
Derek Allen, President at LandForge

Michael Vela, AIA, CDT, LEED AP, Principal at HKS
Peter Harrison, Partner at Miller Harrison Lawyers
Jarod Hall, AIA, Owner and Architect/Developer at Di'velept Design
Steve Waldrip, Senior Advisor for Housing Strategy and Innovation at the State of Utah
Representative Raymond Ward, Utah House of Representatives
Senator Nate Blouin, Utah Senate

The program will be followed by a social with food and drink, and an opportunity to mix with urban design, development and public policy professionals. 

 
Please register for free here. (Or use this link https://forms.gle/VPV5Mv6cTSWNryq56).