Triad Center

The Triad Center is a complex of office buildings in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally planned to be a large development, containing several office and residential buildings (including the tallest buildings in Utah), the project was canceled after only two phases were completed. It currently houses LDS Business College, the BYU Salt Lake Center, offices of the Deseret News and the studios of KSL-TV and KSL Radio.

History

Ground was broken for construction of the center on June 1, 1982 by Essam Khashoggi, chairman of Triad America. That same day plans for the 10-year-long development were publicly released; these plans called for the construction of a 26-acre (0.11 km²; 0.041 sq mi) complex with a set of twin 40-story office towers, three 25-story residential towers, along with a hotel, farmers' market, ice rink, amphitheatre and a park. The complex was to be located on three city blocks in downtown Salt Lake City, and was planned to contain over 1,940,000 square feet (180,000 m²) of office space and 1,430,000 square feet (130,000 m²) of residential space.