| | Downtown Economic Profile | |
| Downtown Salt Lake City is the crossroads and capitol of the Intermountain West, and offers opportunities few cities can match. This Economic Profile outlines trends in the downtown economy, including the office, retail, hospitality, residential and cultural sectors of the Central Business District. | |
| Economic Profile of the CBD - 2007-08 |
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| Category | Amount | | Employment | 64,950 | | Wages Paid | $2.36 billion | | Office Square Footage | 12.7million sq. ft. | | Office Vacancy Rate | 6.9% | | Retail Sales-2006 | $555.1 million | | Retail Square Footage | 2.1 million sq. ft. | | Hotel Rooms (CBD) | 3,000 | | Hotel Occupancy | 75.% | | Convention Attendee Downtown Room Nights (2006) | 302,500 | | Retail Spending by Convention Attendees | 108.5 million |
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| Source: Economic Benchmarks For Salt Lake City’s Central Business District (University of Utah Bureau of Economic and Business Research, April 2008) |
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