Alan Matheson, executive director since 2019 of Utah’s huge public redevelopment at the Point of the Mountain, will leave the post at month’s end.
The 62-year-old longtime official in state government announced Wednesday in the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority’s newsletter he will depart July 31 to take a job managing land and water resources at Rio Tinto Kennecott.
“Working with so many of you on this project over the last five years has been a highlight of my professional career,” Matheson wrote of the ongoing $2.3 billion remake of the former state prison site in Draper, now known as The Point.
“This has been as difficult a decision as I have ever made,” he said in an interview Wednesday, adding, “I’ve had the real privilege and pleasure of working with a capable, engaged board and a really outstanding team on a world-class development opportunity that can make a difference for people.”
Matheson’s five-year tenure directing the land authority saw The Point move from legislative debate, extensive planning and demolition of the Utah State Prison to actual work on what will be the largest public redevelopment in state history, with likely effects lasting for decades.
He oversaw a sweeping public process drawing input from tens of thousands of Utahns to shape a vision for converting the prime state-owned land along Interstate 15 into a commercial, residential and research enclave described as “a 15-minute city.”
“The input from the public,” Matheson said, “has been the north star of this project. We’re really trying to do something that meets public values and will provide benefit for generations to come.”
Plans for the 600-plus acres now call for nearly 2.3 million square feet of high-end office space, as well as hotels, shopping districts, research facilities, entertainment venues, open spaces, an expansive network of trails and up to 3,300 new housing units, all with a focus on innovation and economic growth.
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