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Draper · October 1, 2026
Layton breaks ground on Convergence Point innovation campus in Draper
Layton Construction broke ground Oct. 1, 2026, on Convergence Point, a planned 205,000-square-foot mixed-use innovation campus at The Point in Draper. The Salt Lake City–based general contractor says the project is expected to be completed in 2029.
According to Layton, Convergence Point is designed as a “Live-Learn-Work” campus that combines student housing, research space, and workspaces in one place. The company says the campus will, for the first time in Utah, host students from all of the state’s colleges and universities—from community colleges to major research institutions—and will also house the Nucleus Institute.
Layton lists planned amenities including open working spaces, a VR/AR lab, a webcast and recording suite, more than 200 dorm units, a 500-seat event hall, and rooftop terrace gardens. “Layton Construction is honored to be part of such a transformative project that brings industry, higher education, and government entities together in one place, working to help further establish Utah as a leader in innovation,” Layton Executive Vice President Jeff Palmer said in the company’s groundbreaking announcement.
Utah Business reported that Gov. Spencer Cox and other state leaders joined the Oct. 1 groundbreaking, and that the campus is scheduled to open in summer 2029. The site sits inside The Point, the roughly 600-acre mixed-use development on Draper’s former state prison property after the prison’s 2022 move to Salt Lake City, the outlet said. Organizers describe Convergence Point as the hub of a “Utah Convergence Corridor” meant to connect research, talent, companies, and investment across the state and to draw on all 16 of Utah’s public colleges and universities.
Utah Business also reported that the facility will house the Nucleus Fund alongside Nucleus programs including MarketEdge, Nucleus Grow, ProLab, and PolicyLab, with co-development space tied to federal and defense technology work anchored by Hill Air Force Base. Construction is expected to run roughly three years, Utah Business said.
KSL reported that Convergence Point will serve as the permanent home of Utah’s Nucleus Institute, which launched in August 2025 as a reorganization of the former Utah Innovation Lab under H.B. 530. The campus is meant to help commercialize research and connect researchers, companies, mentors, and students statewide, KSL said, with impact labs focused on issues such as housing affordability, water, and air quality. A KSL photo caption credited the project rendering to Gensler and FFKR Architects.
At a glance: GC: Layton Construction · Size: ~205,000 SF mixed-use · Location: The Point, Draper · Groundbreaking: Oct. 1, 2026 · Target: completion/opening 2029 (summer 2029 per Utah Business)
Sources: Layton Construction · Utah Business · KSL
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