Combining spectacular natural and built environments, Salt Lake City is no longer just a gateway to the great outdoors—it’s also a welcoming destination with Top 3 biking, impressive healthcare (#12) and the highest labor force participation in the nation. That is potent growth fuel. The just-opened Astra Tower adds 41‑story views and 377 LEED‑Gold rentals—proof investors are betting on downtown living. Next door, the once‑industrial Post District has delivered both apartments and maker space, with the 580-unit Post District Residences winning CoStar’s 2024 redevelopment of the year. Both will feed the newly approved Sports, Entertainment, Culture & Convention District orbiting the Delta Center, now being retooled to host the NHL’s newest team, the Utah Mammoth, alongside the Jazz by next year. Travelers land at an ever‑growing SLC International, adding 10 more gates and a dozen shops this year. The 225‑room Asher Adams Autograph Collection revived the 1909 Union Pacific Depot last November, and a 140‑room Fairfield Southwest just opened. And the Silicon Slopes sobriquet has never been more fitting: Texas Instruments is pouring $11 billion into a second Lehi semiconductor plant, creating 800 high‑tech jobs, while CBRE now ranks the metro No. 12 for tech talent in the U.S. Just wait until the full 2034 Winter Olympics build-out hits.