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Arcadis Celebrates Groundbreaking of The Point

The Point is Utah's first purpose-built district — a 104-acre downtown core and first phase of a larger 600-acre development

rendering of The Point, Utah's first purpose-built downtown district — Arcadis

Arcadis, a global leader in sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy for natural and built environments, celebrated the groundbreaking of the Promenade at The Point, the $2.3 billion, 104-acre first phase development of a new downtown in Draper, Utah. Guided by the principles of purpose-driven development, The Point blends dining, shopping, daily living, work, innovation, entertainment, and public space through a design approach that champions walkability, sustainability, transit-access, and community.

Arcadis serves as the master planner and architectural designer for the mixed-use Amber and Chroma buildings and the Promenade’s pavilion buildings, crafting a compelling vision for an accessible urban center anchored by a pedestrian-oriented promenade, a regional bicycle trail, and a central green. The masterplan for phase one houses 2.5 million square feet of office space, 3,000 housing units, 350,000 square feet of retail, two hotels, a 5,000-seat performance venue, and 16 acres of parks and public spaces.

“The Point moves from vision to reality today, breaking ground on a community built for this moment as well as every generation that follows,” says Craig Lewis, FAICP, LEED AP, CNU-A, Principal and Practice Group Manager, Placemaking, Arcadis. “This project team is set apart by their commitment to delivering quality work time and again, and it is the sum of every contribution that brought the project to this point. We are closer than ever to realizing a truly transformative vision for the state of Utah, where the local lifestyle is woven into a district that attracts the best and brightest to expand the state’s economy."

The project speaks to Arcadis’s commitment to purposeful placemaking by creating lasting public value from state-owned land, nurturing innovation, technological advancement, and sustainable urban development. The Point also embraces sustainability as its core, meeting the most aggressive sustainability standards for the state of Utah in the reduction of energy usage, water conservation, embodied carbon, and operational carbon. The opening of the first phase one buildings and public spaces is expected in 2028.