Another sunny, dry Veterans Day across northern Utah with light winds. Salt Lake City 60°/39°, Ogden 61°/39°, Logan 62°/34°. Source: National Weather Service, forecast issued 11:31 p.m. MST Nov. 10.
Utah Projects
The Point board OKs an outdoor concert venue on the old prison site in Draper
November 10, 2026. The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a lease and development agreement with Blackwall Ventures for an outdoor events venue at The Point, the redevelopment of the former Utah State Prison. The ground lease covers nearly 40 acres for 10 years on the south end of the site near the 14600 South interchange, and Blackwall says it plans about $22.5 million in site improvements over the decade. Typical events are expected to draw 30,000 to 50,000 people, and KUTV reports the venue could open as early as 2027, with the lease still to be finalized. Source: Logan Stefanich, KSL.com; also KUTV.
Salt Lake City weighs lease or sale for 4.7 acres next to Smith's Ballpark
November 11, 2026. Salt Lake City's Community Reinvestment Agency is getting ready to seek developers for the 4.7-acre parking lot at 55 W. Paxton Ave., just north of the former Bees stadium and nearly a third of the Ballpark NEXT redevelopment. The MU-8 zoning allows 75 feet by right and 90 feet with design review, and the plan calls for mid-rise mixed-use buildings, a parking garage and a park that daylights the creeks running underground. The CRA told the City Council a request for qualifications will go out next year. The city would rather ground-lease than sell, but says everything is on the table, and construction likely wouldn't start until 2028. Source: Jacob Scholl, Building Salt Lake.
KIER is building Granary Lofts, a 52-unit loft project on 700 South
November 10, 2026. Lake Union Partners is building Granary Lofts at 450 W. 700 S. in Salt Lake City's Granary District, with KIER Construction as general contractor. Forty-two of the 52 units are true lofts with 18-foot ceilings, from 900 to 962 square feet, plus three two-story townhomes on the street and seven flats on the north side. Public47 is the architect, with Coughlin Porter Lundeen on structure, SKB on interiors and Johansen Engineering on civil. The developer broke ground earlier this year and says Opportunity Zone status is what made the project pencil. Source: Taylor Anderson, Building Salt Lake.
Equipment
Komatsu starts field tests of megawatt fast charging for a 20-ton electric excavator
November 10, 2026. Komatsu is launching proof-of-concept tests that pair a 20-ton-class electric excavator with DIMAAG-AI's self-propelled, all-wheel-drive mobile megawatt charging system, which drives up to the machine and charges it on site. DIMAAG says the unit can soak up power overnight at sites that only have 30 to 100 kW available, then deliver it at megawatt speed during short breaks so the excavator can keep working a full shift. Komatsu says it will test how the setup works on real jobsites and whether it could eventually power a whole mix of construction, mining and forestry equipment. Source: Komatsu newsroom; also DIMAAG-AI via PR Newswire.
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