Good news for Daybreak residents, Kennecott today announced the first Businesses set to occupy Daybreak Utah’s SoDa Row Village Center. They will be:

Black Diamond Gymnastics and Sport Centers – Will provide gymnastics, dance, cheer and martial arts. It also offers the Kids Klub after school enrichment program, off-track camps for kids, birthday parties, special events and an academic preschool and tutoring program.

Tio’s Mexican Restaurant – A local Mexican restaurant with one other location currently open in Murray.

Classic Cleaners – Dry cleaners priding itself on being an environmentally sensitive cleaner. This will be Classic Cleaners third location in the Valley.

Zion’s Bank – No explanation needed for this one.

Guy’s Barbershop – Guy’s Barbershop will open its first location offering haircuts and straight razor shaves in a traditional one-chair shop.

Oopsie Daisy –A children’s boutique offering distinctive children’s clothes, shoes, gifts and furniture.

San Gelato Café – Italian café offering gelato, panini and many other Italian treats.

Looking at the list one of the things I really like, is the lack of chains (with the exception of Zion’s), all the businesses are locally run and operated.

There are a couple of noticeable businesses missing from the list. Rumors were that a brew pub and sports bar was due to be part of the village center. I am not sure how true these rumors were, but I hope that these businesses have not had to be scraped due to Utah’s lack of available liquor licenses. The press release did say that there will be more announcements over the coming weeks, so maybe they will be announced then.

Ivory homes are building a new over 55’s community located in South Jordan’s Daybreak development. The community just like Daybreak itself will be big, in fact when finished it will be the largest Active Adult Community in Utah. Garden Park will feature approximately 200 single level living homes, and will have its own facilities including a lap pool, fitness facilities, and park. The development is located just to the north of the Kennecott office building, on the southwest corner of Oquirrh Lake. The development is conveniently located close to the currently under construction SoDa Row Village Center (due to be completed in Sep 2009), and soon to be constructed TRAX light rail.

The initial phase of Garden Park will feature two styles of home. Garden Homes are rambler style homes that feature single level living, and a basement. While Cottages are slab-on-grade rambler homes (no basement), with a shared common grass area. Home prices start in the mid $200’s.

Kennecott Land announced this week that it has broken ground on the next phase of its impressive Daybreak development located in South Jordan Utah. Unlike the previous phases which were residential this phase is mixed use. The first building to be started is the Daybreak Corporate Center. When complete the Village Center development will include office space, high density housing, retail space, and restaurant groups.