Summit County weighs Junction Commons plan amid housing, traffic concerns
Summit County wants more affordable housing at Junction Commons, but councilors are slowing the project over traffic worries at Kimball Junction’s busiest corridor.
Summit County’s push for more affordable housing is running into a familiar Kimball Junction wall: traffic. Councilors are weighing the Junction Commons redevelopment at 6699 N. Landmark Drive, but they want clearer traffic analysis before they decide whether a project with 205 affordable units should move ahead at one of the county’s most congested choke points.
The proposal would convert the former Outlets Park City site, built in 1991 and also known as Tanger Outlets and the Factory Stores at Park City, into a 19-building mixed-use district. Singerman Real Estate has owned the property since 2018 and says it has put more than $20 million into the site. The redevelopment, led by Elliott Workgroup, calls for 433 homes in all, including 391 apartments and 42 townhomes, along with about 98,000 square feet of retail in the upper portion of the project, two parking structures, and a lower-level infill section with 54,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 77 apartments.
Affordable housing remains the central political test. The developer’s plan would set aside 205 of the 433 units as affordable, with those homes prioritized first for people who live or work adjacent to the development, then for Kimball Junction, then the wider Snyderville Basin, and then Summit County at large. County officials have made housing a formal priority, creating a Housing Authority in late 2024 and setting a goal of 1,500 affordable units by 2035. That makes Junction Commons more than a single rezoning request; it is a measure of whether the county is willing to press for housing production when the tradeoffs become visible in one of the valley’s busiest traffic corridors.
Supporters say the project fits the county’s long-term planning goals. The Kimball Junction Neighborhood Plan, unanimously adopted by the Summit County Council in June 2019, called for better pedestrian and bicycle connectivity and a more coherent neighborhood feel. Elliott Workgroup has also said the redevelopment would add trail connections, transit facilities, gathering spaces and bike-share stations, and architect Craig Elliott has described the current layout as a “fortress for cars.” The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission backed the plan on February 24, 2026, by a 6-1 vote after more than a year of discussion.
Still, traffic remains the sticking point. Councilors want more detail on congestion, vehicle access and the broader transportation network before they are comfortable giving Junction Commons a final green light. County transportation staff previously said the project likely would not cause major road failures in Kimball Junction, but that has not settled the political debate. The stakes rose again when Utah approved a Kimball Junction Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone on April 17, 2026, covering about 60 acres within one-third of a mile of the local transit center and described as potentially supporting more than 800 new dwelling units in the area. That broader buildout, including 500 deed-restricted workforce units and 400 moderate-income or affordable units, has only sharpened the question now before Summit County: how much new housing can Kimball Junction absorb before traffic resistance stops it?
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