What is Happening in Layton

Layton, Utah is the state’s hotbed for entrepreneurs, developers, manufacturers, and a wide array of businesses when it comes to income growth, prosperity, and quality of life! Be sure to check out this page often to see why some of the nation’s top brands are located in Layton how the City’s Community and Economic Development department helps support businesses that invest in Utah and its workforce.

Major Projects

Young Automotive Group Headquarters

613 W 500 N. Young Family Racing Properties Ltd., and Young Automotive Group, Inc. (Developer) is currently constructing a new company headquarters building that is approximately 167,000 square feet in size for the Young Automotive Group. The Young Auto Group plans to consolidate and relocate some current operations in Northern Utah to the new facility. In addition, the Young Automotive Group intends on hiring 50 new employees at the site within 2 years following completion of the new facility.

Project Information

Acres:

55.468

Proposed Use:

Light Industrial, Manufacturing, Office

Project Cost:

$21 Million

Total Square Feet:

167,000

Start Date:

January 2022

Development Period:

2 Years

Known Tenant:

Young Wholesale Parts, Central office (Accounting/ HR/ IT), Executive Team, Center of Excellence, and Young Caring for Our Young

JL Ventures, LLC

3675 N Fairfield Road. JL Ventures, owner of property in the Layton East Gate Business Park, is currrently developing 55 acres of land adjacent to the Hill Air Force Base east gate. The project will include several buildings of additional light industrial, manufacturing, and office space and provide space for several hundred jobs. The project is part of the East Gate Economic Development Plan Area (EDA) and Layton’s East Gate Business Park
which was adopted in 2010 by the Layton City Council and Layton’s Urban Renewal Agency.

Project Information

Acres:

55.468

Proposed Use:

Light Industrial, Manufacturing, Office

Project Cost:

$100 million

Total Square Feet:

500,000

Start Date:

October 2021

Development Period:

6 years

Known Tenant:

Unknown

Temple, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1400 E Oak Hills Drive. A common landmark in Utah and elsewhere around the world, this temple is considered to be a sacred place for many of the faith, and projected to be completed in Layton sometime late 2023. Property values tend to rise and new development commonly occurs when a new temple is constructed.

The Layton Utah Temple is the nineteenth temple built in Utah and the second built in Davis County, following the Bountiful Utah Temple (1995).

Project Information

Acres:

12.64

Proposed Use:

Religous

Project Cost:

$15,7 million

Total Square Feet:

87,000

Start Date:

May 2020

Development Period:

3.5 years

Known Tenant:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

West Layton Business Park

The new West Davis Corridor Highway is expected to be completed 2023/2024, providing an alternative transportation option to Salt Lake and the Salt Lake International Airport.  The $800 million highway will provide a new interchange in Layton at 2700 West which is designated on the City’s General Plan as a business park.  A 2022 market and impact study for the highway conducted by Lewis, Young, Robertson and Burningham indicated a market demand of 3.3 million square feet of business park use (light impact industrial, office), in addition to 25,000 sq. ft. of office, and 95,000 sq. ft. of retail.  It is anticipated that once the new highway opens there will be immediate demand to develop this property for the planned uses identified.

Project Information

Acres:

150

Proposed Use:

Business Park

Project Cost:

tbd

Total Square Feet:

3,321,160

Start Date:

unknown

Development Period:

Long term

Known Tenant:

Downtown Main Street Layton

After over a decade of planning, negotiating, environmental cleanup, and property consolidation, a new development will begin construction by the end of 2023.  This new project will include high density housing with vertical mixed use retail and commercial uses along Main Street providing a new walkable community across from the UTA Frontrunner Layton Station.  Future uses will include additional housing, hospitality and office space.

Project Information

Acres:

6.26

Proposed Use:

Mixed Use: housing, retail, commercial

Project Cost:

tbd

Total Square Feet:

330,000

Start Date:

December 2023

Development Period:

18 months

Known Tenant:

tbd