Where Does Summit Park Borrow a Book Until the PEAK Center Opens?

"We're at the finish line," Summit County Library Director Dan Compton told the Park Record on October 3. More than 100 people had just lined up to pass books by hand from the old Kimball Junction branch to its new home in the PEAK Center.

The finish line hasn't been crossed yet. The October 3 event was a preview. Compton said the new branch would not officially open for about two more weeks, and parts of the building were still under construction. As of today, October 12, the library's own branch page says the Kimball Junction branch "will be closed until mid to late October." For now, the branch that serves Summit Park, Pinebrook and Jeremy Ranch borrowers is a bookmobile parked outside a building scheduled for demolition. That parking lot is also where the next phase of Kimball Junction gets built.

The Library Is Ready. The Building Isn't.

The holdup isn't the books. KPCW reported that the library space itself "is ready to go," but the new auditorium is still a work in progress, and the county is waiting on the certificate of occupancy it needs before the building can officially open.

The library and the auditorium are in the same building, and that building holds a lot more than a library. The PEAK Center at 6301 N. Landmark Drive is the former Skullcandy headquarters. Summit County bought it for $17.5 million in May 2024, according to TownLift. The Park Record put total renovation costs at about $8.1 million as of August 2026, including second-floor work and furnishings.

Here is how the floor plan has been described:

• West side of the ground floor: mostly the library.
• East side of the ground floor: DMV services, County Council meeting space and conference rooms.
• The auditorium: slated to hold 250 people for events such as Summit County Council meetings.
• Second floor: county offices, with reported departments including building inspectors, Lands and Natural Resources, and some behavioral-health staff.

The library is waiting on the same occupancy approval as the rest of the building, and the opening date still reads "exact date TBD" in the library's move newsletter.

Borrowing This Week, From a Truck

Until that approval comes through, Kimball Junction library service runs out of the bookmobile in the Sheldon Richins Building parking lot at 1885 W. Ute Boulevard. Readers can pick up holds there from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The move newsletter lists service October 5 through 9 and October 13 through 16. All branches and the bookmobile are closed today, Monday, October 12, for staff training.

The library's printed October schedule covers October 5 through 9 at the Richins lot and then lists the remaining dates as "TBD." The bookmobile's announced dates end on October 16. That's about two weeks after the October 3 preview, which is roughly when Compton expected the branch to open.

How the interim system works, according to the library:

1. Holds already headed to Kimball Junction go to the bookmobile. That includes holds sent to the outdoor pickup locker called Locker Kimball, which sits at the south end of the Richins lot near the bookmobile's space.
2. New holds can be sent to the Coalville or Kamas branch instead. Holds stay available at whichever location you choose.
3. Due dates for eligible items auto-renew, and in many cases they were pushed into October.
4. Returns still work. The Richins book drops stayed open during the closure, but the library has asked patrons to keep items until the new branch opens so staff have fewer materials to move.

If a weekday pickup window doesn't fit your schedule, the two open branches keep longer and different hours:

Kamas also offers curbside hold delivery during regular hours and 24-hour hold pickup. Coalville gives registered patrons extended-access hours beyond its normal schedule.

One scheduling detail to check before you go. The library's online calendar lists Emerging Issues sessions on October 19, October 26 and November 16, Teen Squad on October 27 and November 24, and a Book to Film Club on November 12. Those listings still name the venue as "Kimball Junction Branch At Richins" at the old Ute Boulevard address. Until the library updates them, the location of those events is unconfirmed.

What's Waiting Across the Junction

People who toured the new branch on October 3 got a look at the finished library space. The Park Record described dedicated areas for adults, teens and children, reading nooks, conference and study rooms, a soundproof phone booth, and plenty of natural light through windows that look out on the open space around Utah Olympic Park.

The book brigade was mostly symbolic. About 24 books from the One Book One Community program were passed along the route by hand. One volunteer, a longtime patron of the Kimball Junction branch, told the Park Record that the Richins Building's coming closure felt bittersweet and that she was looking forward to exploring the bigger space.

For riders, High Valley Transit's 10X express route runs between the Kimball Junction Transit Center and the Old Town Transit Center from 5:55 a.m. to 11:52 p.m., every 20 minutes until 8 p.m. None of the sources reviewed say which stop is closest to the PEAK Center door or how much parking the building has, so check before your first visit.

The Lot Where the Bookmobile Parks Is Next

The bookmobile is the last library service running out of the Richins site, and the site itself won't stay as it is. The Sheldon Richins Building is slated for demolition in spring 2027. KPCW reported that the county's plan with the developer calls for underground parking with housing and businesses above, plus a plaza. A future underground garage is planned beneath that plaza at an expanded Kimball Junction Transit Center.

The October 3 event also covered that future. Six Ridge Partners gave an overview of its Altus Park City plans. The Utah Department of Transportation presented proposed infrastructure improvements, including a pedestrian overpass. High Valley Transit showed renderings of the new transit center. Six Ridge Development Director Steve Borup told the Park Record that the public-private partnership's site could take shape over the next six or so years, and that the public's mood was curiosity with "measured reserve."

So the library's move is the first piece of that rebuild to land. It went first because the county needed its services out of the Richins Building before redevelopment could start. Once the certificate of occupancy comes through, the library opens on Landmark Drive, and the Richins Building is scheduled to come down the following spring.

If you're keeping an eye on how the Kimball Junction rebuild changes the area around Summit Park, from the PEAK Center to the future plaza on the Richins site, INHABIT Park City follows these projects closely and is glad to walk you through the area as it changes. Schedule a Neighborhood Tour.