The District, and the road that finally caught up with it

An open-air shopping, dining, office and residential center at 11400 to 11800 South Bangerter Highway, developed by The Boyer Company across about 120 acres with roughly 852,000 square feet of building and something like 90 businesses. It opened in 2007. It is not an enclosed mall: buildings sit as separate blocks with roads and surface parking between them, and every store has its own door onto the outside.

The center opened in 2007, but its anchor cinema was already open. The Megaplex 20 at The District opened in 2006, a year ahead of the center around it, which is unusual and tells you how the site was put together: the anchor was secured first and the stores were built around it. That cinema was built for about 33 million dollars, holds 20 auditoriums seating 5,544 between them, and carries an IMAX screen.

No, and the difference matters more than it sounds. There is no enclosure, no single entrance, no food court and no heated corridor between one shop and the next. Moving between two stores at opposite corners of 120 acres means walking outside in whatever the weather is doing. In spring and fall that is the better format by a distance; in July and in January regulars simply park twice rather than walk between the far corners.

Off Bangerter Highway at 11400 South, in the middle of the city. That junction is now a freeway style interchange: the City of South Jordan marked completion of its three Bangerter interchanges, at 9800 South, 10400 South and 11400 South, in November 2025 after construction began in 2023. Bangerter was taken beneath the cross streets so that 11400 South stayed at ground level, and the corridor is now stoplight free from Interstate 15 in Draper to 4100 South in Taylorsville.

The Megaplex 20 at The District, with 20 auditoriums seating 5,544 and an IMAX screen, open since 2006. Do not confuse it with Megaplex at Downtown Daybreak, three miles west at 11068 South Grandville Avenue, which opened in 2025 with eight auditoriums plus bowling and games. They are different buildings with different showtimes, and the shared name causes a great deal of confusion.

Yes, and it concentrates rather than spreading. The far parking lots stay empty while the aisles nearest the busiest blocks fill, restaurants carry waits between six and eight, and the slow part of leaving is the last few hundred yards rather than the highway. A weekday evening is a completely different place: park at the door you want, walk in, and be done in ninety minutes. The four weeks before Christmas behave like a permanent Saturday.

About 120 acres of site with roughly 852,000 square feet of building on it, which is comparable in floor area to a mid sized regional mall but spread across a far larger footprint because it is open air with surface parking between blocks. That is why the walking distances feel long: the same amount of store is stretched over several times the ground. Planning one loop rather than going back and forth is the practical answer.

Yes, within the city boundary. The City of South Jordan announced in November 2025 that all three of its Bangerter crossings, at 9800 South, 10400 South and 11400 South, were fully complete, marking the end of planned interchange construction inside the city. Work began in 2023. UDOT estimated savings of up to eight minutes of travel time on a corridor carrying more than 60,000 vehicles a day.

They look likely to do different jobs rather than compete directly. The District is a driving destination with 120 acres of surface parking and a twenty screen cinema, established for nearly twenty years. Downtown Daybreak, three miles west, is a newer walking district built around The Ballpark at America First Square, an eight screen cinema with bowling, restaurants and a TRAX light rail platform. Which one suits you is a question about your own week.