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eBay selects Draper site for 500,000 square foot, 37-acre corporate campus

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Online auctioneering giant eBay has selected the site in Draper where it plans to build a $10 million customer service center that eventually will add 2,200 new jobs in the state.

The San Jose-based firm was scheduled to go before the Draper City Planning Commission on Oct. 20, after this issue had gone to press, to seek a master area plan for roughly 37 acres at 12880 S. Galena Park Blvd. (550 West.)

Documents submitted to the city indicate the project will be constructed in phases. The first phase would consist of a 192,000 square foot, three story customer service building and a 52,000 square foot, single story amenities building with about 1,800 surface parking stalls and 5.46 acres of public use space. It is anticipated the Phase I structure will house approximately 1,900 people. It is slated for completion in April 2013.

Phase II would consist of a 128,000 square foot, four-story building, a 1,500-stall structured parking facility and 5,000 square feet of cafeteria space. It is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2015. Phase III would consist of a 128,000 square foot, four-story building slated for completion in the second quarter of 2017.

The 37-acre parcel is the largest lot in a six-lot, 145-acre project being pursued by Draper Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Carlsbad, Calif.-based Foursquare Properties, which also developed the Jordan Landing project in West Jordan. Foursquare executives could not be reached for comment. Plans call for the remainder of the acreage, which was been approved by the city as a transit-oriented development, to consist of a mix of commercial, retail and residential buildings near a FrontRunner commuter rail station.

Last August, eBay accepted a $38.2 million post-performance tax credit from the state to pursue Utah expansion, which will result in 2,200 new Utah jobs over the next 20 years. eBay already has about 1,400 employees at an existing customer service center in Draper.