Arcadis, a global leader in sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy for natural and built environments, today 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.
ABOUT ARCADIS
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering data-driven sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are around 34,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management, and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. As part of our commitment to accelerating a planet positive future, we work with our clients to make sustainable project choices, combining digital and human innovation, and embracing future-focused skills across the environment, energy and water, buildings, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. We operate in over 30 countries and reported €4.8 billion in gross revenues for 2025.
