Vasilios Priskos was “a true champion” of downtown Salt Lake City, so erecting a larger-than-life statue of the real estate developer was “not only fitting, it was appropriate,” said the city’s mayor, Jackie Biskupski.
In one of her last acts as mayor before her term ends Monday, Biskupski on Friday took part in the unveiling of an 8-foot bronze statue of Priskos, near the entrance of a walkway named after him that links Main Street to the McCarthey Plaza by the Eccles Theater.
Priskos, who died in 2017, was the founder of InterNet Properties and a major property owner and developer in downtown Salt Lake City.