Daybreak Communities Brochure

How we see things.

We are Daybreak Communities — the team that created Daybreak in the Salt Lake Valley and turned it into a national model of sustainable mixeduse development.

Now we’re expanding our reach. Partnering with communities that are looking to grow in healthy new ways.

Bringing our unique emphasis on design and value-creation to the rest of Utah and the Mountain States region. Working with property owners and other development firms who share our commitment to exceptional placemaking.

A brief history of Daybreak

WHAT WE STARTED WITH A 4,100-acre post-mining reuse site A drive-untilyou-can-afford-it location A market averse to high density

Traditional suburban homebuilders

WHAT WE BUILT

A diverse mix of homes, workplaces, dining, shopping and nature

2 light rail stations

67-acre man-made lake

SoDa Row retail district

Regional healthcare campus

90% unaided brand awareness

15% market share

Utah’s favorite place to buy a new home

What we’ ve

learned ...

If you ask better questions, you get better answers.

What does the community care about?

What has it been?

What does it want to be?

This is the idea that separates placemaking from mere development.

Design is not a luxury. Everyone deserves it.

To attract humans you need to think in terms of

human scale, human pace & human heart.

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Every

vision bumps into reality. At that point you can either go back to the safe and typical or push through to the new.

Allow space for co-creation. Invite stakeholders to the table early.

Act like a community before there’s a community.

Give people a chance to share something.

Then watch what happens.

Great places make great brands.

Big or small, a new development is the chance to make life better for a lot of people, for a long time ...

... what’s more important than that?