Photo by Alan Blakely, contributed by HKS Architects.

Astra Tower, Utah’s tallest building and Salt Lake City’s newest skyline-defining address, opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month, hosted by its developers, Kensington Investment Co. At 41 stories and 451 feet, the mostly residential building features 377 residences and 40,000-plus square feet of wellness amenities.

Led by general contractor Jacobsen Construction, 86 subcontractors contributed to the project. As many as 425 workers were on-site on any given day at Astra Tower since construction began almost 2 1/2 years ago. Builders boast that the structure is plumb within three-eighths of an inch from top to bottom. Architecture was led by global design firm Please log in to see the rest of this story.