Five acres near the Outlets at Traverse Mountain could shift from planned housing to highway-oriented commercial development under a proposal heading to the Lehi Planning Commission on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Perry Commercial, a Murray-based developer active in the Mountain West since the late 1970s, is asking the city to amend the Traverse Mountain Area Plan to reclassify the parcel at Timpanogos Highway and Mountain View Road from High Density Residential to Highway Commercial. The hearing begins at 7 p.m. at the Lehi Civic Center Council Chambers, 131 N. 100 East.
The commission will hear public comment. If it recommends approval, the amendment advances to the Lehi City Council for a final vote.
Perry Commercial first brought the concept to the Planning Commission on April 23, describing it as a plan to move residential units out of West Canyon and add them to locations near Timpanogos Highway. The Aug. 13 hearing formalizes that concept into a straight land-use reclassification, according to Lehi City's public hearing notice.
Development in the corridor
The rezoning site sits in one of Lehi's busiest commercial corridors. The Outlets at Traverse Mountain, Utah County's outlet mall at I-15 exit 284, anchors the area alongside Cabela's and Adobe's campus.
Perry Commercial is already active nearby. The company broke ground in late May on The Collective at Morning Vista, a 134,000-square-foot retail center at Timpanogos Highway and Morning Vista Road developed with CenterCal Properties. That project, anchored by Whole Foods Market, has a working opening target of 2028, according to Foundry Group.
Another major project is rising just southeast of the Outlets. The Shops at Sky View, a 300,000-plus-square-foot development anchored by Target and Life Time, expects its first phase in 2027, ABC4 reported.
Jean Paul Wardy, founder and CEO of CenterCal Properties, said in a May 6 press release announcing The Collective's groundbreaking that Lehi and the broader Silicon Slopes region are experiencing extraordinary growth driven by the tech economy and an expanding residential base.
What the change would mean
If the 5 acres flip to Highway Commercial, the corridor would gain space for freeway-oriented retail, restaurants or other commercial uses in place of what was planned as high-density housing. Perry Commercial has not publicly stated what it intends to build on the site.
The area's transportation infrastructure is also changing. UDOT began construction in March 2026 on a $621 million freeway connection between I-15 and Mountain View Corridor at 2100 North, part of a nearly $1.4 billion state investment in northwest Utah County. That work is expected to run through late 2028.
Residents who want to weigh in on the Perry Commercial rezoning can attend the Aug. 13 hearing at 7 p.m. at the Lehi Civic Center, 131 N. 100 East. No City Council date for a final vote has been scheduled.
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