Articles
8 February 2012

Around Utah

by Candace Little

08 February 2012—

NORTHERN

 

Layton - Commercial realtor NAI UTAH finalized a lease agreement with aerospace manufacturer JANICKI INDUSTRIES as the anchor tenant for JL PROPERTIES INC.’s new East Gate development. The East Gate development is located in Layton City, east and adjacent to HILL AIR FORCE BASE. The property consists of 600 acres, with more than 90 acres designated the East Gate Business Park. East Gate development was represented by Bill Nicoloff, co-founder and managing partner of NAI Utah. Janicki Industries officials estimate they will make a $19.5 million capital investment in the Utah plant. In addition, the company will bring an estimated 50 jobs to the area, with the potential for more jobs in the future.  

 

Kaysville - GOLDENWEST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION held a ribbon cutting for its newest branch, located at 131 W. 200 North. The new branch is the 18th for the 74-year-old credit union. 

 

Ogden - OGDEN CLINIC, a physician-owned, multi-specialty group practice in northern Utah, has moved its administration and business offices as well as the Harrison Boulevard physical therapy center in Ogden. The relocation was necessary to prepare for a major renovation and expansion. The new Ogden Clinic administration and business office is located at 1491 E. Ridgeline Drive. The physical therapy center has temporarily relocated across the street to 1186 E. 4600 South, Ste. 320.

 

North Salt Lake - KNEADERS BAKERY & CAFE, a Utah-headquartered company specializing in homemade sandwiches, pastries, soups, salads and breads, recently broke ground for its 12th location. The restaurant, being constructed at 1050 N. 500 East, is projected to open in October 2010.

 

 

Salt Lake Area

 

Salt Lake City - The BUSINESS PERFORMANCE GROUP (BPG), a Salt Lake City-based sales training and consulting company, recently celebrated 10 years of business. Since its inception in 2000, BPG’s clients have increased their gross profit sales by more than $100 million. BPG has trained hundreds of companies along the Wasatch Front, including WHEELER MACHINERY, the UTAH MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MAXWELL PRODUCTS and MORGAN ASPHALT.  

 

Salt Lake City - LUNCHBOXERS, a company that provides a healthy alternative to traditional school lunches, signed a one-year agreement with INTERMOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, GRACE LUTHERAN SCHOOL and THE RANCHES ACADEMY to provide nutritious and affordable school lunch options to students. The company now provides school lunches for more than 40 private, charter and daycare schools. The company also launched a farm-to-table initiative to educate students about where their food comes from by focusing on local farmers who supply fresh, local produce for the school lunches. 

 

Salt Lake City - VIAWEST, a provider of adaptable co-location and managed service solutions, announced the expansion of data center capacity in the Utah market. The expansion will encompass an additional 14,000 or more square feet in the western-most of the company’s three Salt Lake City area data centers. Construction is already underway and is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2010.

 

Salt Lake City - PRINCE, PERELSON & ASSOCIATES has moved to larger offices in the Sugarhouse area to accommodate its growth. The full-service recruitment agency is now in the PARKVIEW PLAZA office complex situated at 2180 S. 1300 East, directly adjacent to the newly expanded I-80/1300 East off-ramp.

 

Salt Lake City - NETDEPOSIT, a provider of remote deposit capture and payment processing services, and CU BUSINESS GROUP (CUBG), a business services provider for more than 300 credit unions, have entered into a partnership agreement to bring remote deposit capture and payment solutions products and services to the credit union market. Effective immediately, CUBG will offer NetDeposit’s NDpro Processing Services to its credit union clients, giving them the ability to offer end-to-end processing technology for payments.

 

Salt Lake City - PRIMAL WEAR, a designer and manufacturer of branded and custom technical cycling clothing, has hired Salt Lake-based SOAR COMMUNICATIONS, a strategic marketing communications agency, as its public relations agency of record. SOAR Communications will develop and execute public relations campaigns for Primal Wear. 

Salt Lake City - LUNATIC FRINGE is celebrating a milestone 10 years in business in Utah. Lunatic Fringe opened its first location at Trolley Corners in July of 2000. The original Trolley Corners salon relocated to the Sugarhouse neighborhood and is considered to be the flagship locale of the three Utah salons, located in Sugarhouse, Parleys Way and Park City. Lunatic Fringe also owns a salon in Boise, Idaho. 

 

Salt Lake City - EDUCATORS MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (EMIA), an organization providing insurance benefits to Utah employers for 75 years, announced it has signed two new commercial clients. EMIA will provide medical benefits for UTAH BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE COMMITTEE and dental benefits for the CITY OF WEST JORDAN. 

Salt Lake City - ORANGE LEGAL TECH-NOLOGIES (OrangeLT) has been retained to provide support for the joint defense counsel in the U.S. v. Robert Allen Stanford, et al. case—one of the largest SEC cases ever filed. OrangeLT is an electronic discovery provider of litigation, audit and investigation support services for law firms and corporations. OrangeLT is providing document and hosting services for the joint defense counsel in the Stanford matter. 

 

Salt Lake City - SALON SERVICES recently opened its first showroom in Utah. Located at 1850 S. 300 West, the showroom caters to licensed salon and spa professionals. Salon Services has numerous showrooms located throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

 

Salt Lake City - CERTIPORT, a provider of test delivery services for the global workforce and academic markets, announced the availability of Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exams for the new Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5). These exams are designed to more effectively validate the technical and digital communication skills that are increasingly valued in today’s marketplace. The updated certification program will help educators effectively teach relevant curriculum and validate these foundational skills that demonstrate real-world prowess to prospective employers.

 

Salt Lake City - June marked the fifth anniversary of XCELUS, a visual communications and digital media company. Xcelus works with businesses to write and produce high-quality video and audio to engage and inform target audiences. Xcelus has earned numerous awards, including three Horizon Interactive Awards for excellence in interactive media production, and multiple Telly Awards, which recognize video and film productions as well as work created for the Web. The company has produced video for clients such as HITACHI, LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, VITALSMARTS and FRANKLIN COVEY.

 

Salt Lake City - Forbes.com named CDI IT SOLUTIONS, the information technology professional services and staffing division of CDI Corp, one of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in the United States. The firms on this list are determined to have “the most transparent and conservative accounting practices and most prudent management.” CDI is ranked No. 2 on the 2010 list of small cap firms with a score of 99 out of a possible 100 for consistent accuracy in financial reporting and corporate governance. This is the fourth year in a row that CDI has been ranked in the top 10 on the list.

 

Salt Lake City - Business Travel News ranked Utah-based HESS CORPORATE TRAVEL as the 26th largest business travel agency in the United States. Hess Travel took over management of all Morris Murdock business travel accounts in 2009, making Hess’s combined operations among the largest in the nation. 

 

Salt Lake City - WORLD HEART CORPOR-ATION, a developer of mechanical circulatory systems, announced that Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, successfully implanted a Levacor(TM) Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) in the Bridge-to-Transplant (BTT) clinical study. This is the eighth implant of the Levacor VAD in the fourth implanting center in the study.

 

Salt Lake City - FIVE STAR PAINTING unveiled a new master franchise in Brazil that will serve the Southern, Central West and Bahia state areas. Formed in 2001 and franchising since 2005, Utah-based Five Star Painting has grown to include more than 60 franchises with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and now Brazil. 

 

Salt Lake City - INCONTACT, provider of on-demand call center software and agent optimization tools, has been named a recipient of a 2009 Communications Solutions Product of the Year award by TECHNOLOGY MARKETING CORPORATION (TMC). InContact provides a powerful portfolio of cloud-based contact center solutions that enables call centers to operate more efficiently, optimize the cost and quality of every interaction, create new pathways to profit and ensure ongoing business improvement and growth.

 

Salt Lake City - DOUBLETAKE MARKETING, in partnership with CLEAR CHANNEL AIRPORTS, is bringing advertising to an untapped channel at SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: the moving portion of its baggage carousels. This new advertising location was fueled by advertisers’ demands to reach affluent travelers at the baggage carousel and to increase overall airport revenue. 

 

Salt Lake City - AL FORAT, a wholesale bakery specializing in Middle Eastern-style baked goods, moved from its original location and is now leasing 1,600 square feet at 2850 S. Redwood Road. Al Forat distributes to local restaurants and markets. COMMERCE REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS helped negotiate the new space. 

Salt Lake City - WOMEN’S WORLD HEALTH INITIATIVE (WWHI), a nonprofit headquartered in Salt Lake City, received $20,000 after being voted as one of the top 200 charities in the Chase Community Giving contest. According to the official Chase Community Giving website, hundreds of thousands of organizations throughout the United States participated. Chase Community Giving asked users to vote for local charities that matter most to them. WWHI received 1,561votes and finished in 179th place.

 

Murray - The MURRAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and local civic and community leaders met for the grand opening of MOUNTAIN WEST TELECOM’s state-of-the-art Network Operations Center (NOC) at the company’s headquarters in Murray. The first of its kind in Utah, the NOC is a data and voice communications hub that continuously monitors, tests and diagnoses all facets of a business’s communications network. The NOC remotely identifies, analyzes and then fixes communications issues before they become major problems. 

 

Draper - ARGOSY UNIVERSITY, SALT LAKE CITY will offer an MBA/DBA international business experience for the upcoming 2010-2011 academic year from its campus in Draper. In addition to regular coursework, Argosy’s international program features a week-long business experience in Europe. The study-abroad portion of the program is included in the initial MBA/DBA tuition, which will cover the student’s flights, business tours and other aspects of international travel.

 

Sandy - WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND celebrated the official opening of its new offices with a ribbon cutting and open house event. Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon attended. The new offices are located at 100 W. Towne Ridge Parkway.

 

 

Central

 

Provo - RASER TECHNOLOGIES, an energy technology company, and global manufacturing firm HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (HHI) are partnering for the joint development of electric vehicles and renewable energy. Their collaboration will include commercial production of electric fleet vehicles utilizing Raser’s powertrain technology. Additionally, solar and wind power will be blended with Raser’s base-load geothermal energy to create a renewable energy source with greater availability and reliability.

 

Park City - VICTORY RANCH CLUB, a private community, has partnered with LOCATI ARCHITECTS to introduce RanchHouses, a new style of single-family luxury homes that are smaller, greener and more efficient than typical luxury homes. As part of the 5,600-acre Victory Ranch community, RanchHouses are built into the natural landscape and retain the spirit and beauty of the native Utah environment. Eleven semi-custom homes sit on quarter or half-acre lots and offer two to three bedrooms. Each home has a footprint of 1,500 to1,900 square feet, with three different models to choose from. 

 

Alpine - TXTWIRE TECHNOLOGIES, which provides mass SMS/text communication services and has more than 1 million unique users, has engaged SAGECREEK PARTNERS to solidify its market position and create the foundation for the company’s next phase of growth. SageCreek Partners is a consulting company that helps companies develop and implement go-to-market and business strategies.

 

Orem - The UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT is using SPILLMAN software to exchange information with other Utah County agencies. The university has no on-campus housing, which means most students live in neighboring communities. Spillman software will allow the Utah Valley University Police Department to access data gathered by other Utah County law enforcement agencies, making it easy for officers to see correlations between on-campus and off-campus crimes. 

Orem - A federal jury found that Ohio-based VITA-MIX CORPORATION willfully infringed BLENDTEC’s patents on its five-sided blending jar and awarded Orem-based Blendtec $11,008,308 in damages. The award is the largest in a patent infringement case in several years in the state of Utah. 

 

Moroni - MORONI FEED COMPANY, a provider of turkey and turkey products, released two new products under its NORBEST brand: Sanpete-style marinated turkey fillets and sweetheart turkey breast roast. Norbest anticipates wide adoption of these products and expects distribution to quickly expand nationwide. 

 

 

Southern

 

St. George - SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION officially joined CHARTWAY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. The partnership, in which SouthWest Community will become a division of Chartway, will enable the St. George-based credit union to benefit from the strength of two credit unions, resulting in a greater array of products and stronger pricing on loans and savings. SouthWest Community members can expect to see the same familiar faces and the same name and logo.

 

St. George - The SOUTHERN UTAH HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION established the SOUTHWEST GREEN BUILD COUNCIL (SWGBC) in affiliation with the National Green Building Certification Program. The SWGBC was created to encourage the voluntary development and construction of Green Certified Projects through education, communication and advocacy of responsible green building practices. 

 

St. George - The SCHOOL AND INSTI-TUTIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION (SITLA) recently received the Federal Highway Administration’s Exemplary Ecosystem Initiative and Exemplary Human Environment Initiative award for the St. George Southern Parkway Corridor project. The project showed exemplary human and environmental initiative for exceptional stewardship and was one of three awards granted across the nation.  

 

St. George - WILSON ELECTRONICS, manufacturer of North America’s top-selling product line of cell phone signal boosters, was awarded a New Product Innovation of the Year award from FROST & SULLIVAN. Analysts ranked the performance of Wilson’s newest release, the Sleek, highest among competing products in Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices 2010 report on cellular signal boosting solutions in North America.

Reeve & Associates Completes Design on QBP Center 

 

REEVE & ASSOCIATES is providing site engineering, surveying and landscape design for QUALITY BICYCLE PRODUCT’s (QBP) new Utah operations center. QBP is a wholesale distributor of bicycle parts and apparel to more than 5,000 retail businesses nationwide. The new distribution center will service QBP’s customers in the Northwest and Southwest regions of the United States.

  Located at 859 W. 1050 South in Ogden, the new 85,000-square-foot concrete tilt-up building was designed by AE URBIA, ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, and is currently being built by TOM STUART CONSTRUCTION, a general contracting company specializing in large commercial projects. “All team members are working closely to achieve QBP’s objective of developing a LEED Gold-certified building,” says Nate Reeve, a principal with Reeve & Associates. “The company’s owner, as well as its employees, are committed to minimizing the project’s carbon footprint through ‘green-building’ design.” LEED is a green-building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. The overall goal is to minimize the environmental impact of a building’s design, construction and operational activities. 

A Utah-based firm, Reeve & Associates works closely with architects, contractors and developers to engineer and survey commercial projects throughout the western United States. 

Building completion and operations start-up is scheduled for December 2010. 


 Salt Lake City Named One of “10 Best Cities” 

 

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine named SALT LAKE CITY one of the “10 Best Cities for the Next Decade,” touting Salt Lake’s cost of living, business environment and close proximity to mountain recreation. In its search for top cities, Kiplinger’s focused on places that are “not just great places to live, but also great places to start a business or find a job.”

With world-renowned hospitality and great value, Salt Lake is not only an ideal place to live and do business, it is also a perfect venue for conventions. “Salt Lake has come to define the term ‘host city’ after successfully hosting such high profile events as the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Rotary International’s 2007 convention, and MPI’s 2009 World Education Congress,” says Scott Beck, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau.

As noted in Kiplinger’s report, part of what makes Salt Lake such an ideal city is the abundance of recreation, unique dining and nightlife, and the vibrant local arts and culture scene. “Clearly,” Beck says, “these prestigious organizations believe Salt Lake was, and is, the perfect venue for their worldwide events, further proof that Salt Lake continues to be recognized as a world-class convention and meeting destination.”

 

 

 


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