Kennecott Land
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Kennecott Land, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group, is a land development company based in Murray, Utah, that was formed in 2001. Kennecott Land owns 93,000 acres (380 km²) of undeveloped land in Salt Lake and Tooele counties in the state, 75,000 acres (300 km²) of which are located in Salt Lake County. The company has lucrative and ambitious plans to settle nearly all of the undeveloped land in the western Salt Lake Valley within the next 75 years.
The first major development, the Daybreak Community, has already begun construction in the western half of the city of South Jordan. It is an environmentally-friendly, high-tech community centered around the 85 acre artificial Oquirrh Lake. It will feature 13,600 residential units by the year 2020 and could double the population of South Jordan.
Kennecott Land has also unveiled its master plan for the development of the west bench of the Salt Lake Valley. It will feature two major urban centers of development. One of the urban centers will be the Daybreak Community, while the other will be located to the west of Magna along SR-201 and I-80. In addition to these two major urban centers, there will be smaller urban centers scattered throughout the development to enhance the sense of community. Transit options, such as the Mountain View Corridor freeway, TRAX (the local light rail system), and Utah Transit Authority's bus and future BRT systems, will play an important part in the development of these communities. An unspecified university campus and a ski resort named Soldier Flats, to be located in the Oquirrh Mountains, are also expected.
