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ASSOCIATIONS
• The Salt Lake Board of Realtors has elected Adam Kirkham as its 2018 president. The Salt Lake organization has more than 8,000 real estate professionals. Kirkham is branch broker of Summit Sotheby’s International Realty Salt Lake City. He earned his real estate license in 2005 after completing a double major in biology and French at the University of Utah.
• Employers Council has announced its list of surveys to be completed this year and is offering nonmember employers an opportunity to participate in gathering data and have access to purchasing the completed surveys. The organization has published surveys specific to Utah for more than 70 years. Survey data ranges from compensation to human resources metrics to paid time off. Members of Employers Council are given a variety of resources, including access to the surveys; however, nonmember companies now can purchase the surveys in exchange for providing their unique data to add to the surveys. The 2018 surveys will focus on HR metrics, benchmark compensation, information technology compensation, health and welfare plans, pay projections and paid time off. Details are at www.employerscouncil.org or (801) 364-8479.
EXPANSIONS
• Homie, a South Jordan-based real estate brokerage, has opened its second market, in Phoenix. Previously, its services were available only in Utah. Homie launched in Utah in 2015 as a technology platform and says it had more unique listings than any other Utah brokerage in 2017.
HEALTHCARE
• Predictive Technology Group Inc., Salt Lake City, has appointed Dr. John C. Nelson to its Scientific Advisory Board. Nelson is an obstetrician and gynecologist from Salt Lake City. His experience includes serving as president of the American Medical Association, Salt Lake County Medical Society, and the Utah Medical Association. Predictive Technology Group specializes in genetic testing, diagnostics and therapeutic products to advance precision medicine.
• PRA Health Sciences Inc., based in North Carolina, has opened a clinic across the street from St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. The facility will offer full-service early-stage clinical research capabilities for healthy participants and specialized patient populations. It allows for the consolidation of four existing locations in the Salt Lake area into one facility for both inpatient and outpatient services. The clinic has more than 65,000 square feet of space — up by more than 20,000 square feet from its previous clinic — and will have the ability to accommodate 120 clinical research participants, a 20 percent capacity increase. It will include an on-site surgical suite equipped for cerebrospinal fluid sampling and post-surgical pain and device implantation, a pharmacy, and a lab with larger centralized processing capabilities.
LAW
• Parsons Behle & Latimer has named Robert H. Hughes, Kevin W. Johnson and Alissa M. Mellem as shareholders in the firm’s Salt Lake City office. Hughes is a member of the firm’s Environmental & Natural Resources Department, where he advises public and private clients on land use and zoning issues, eminent domain and natural resources matters. His education includes a J.D. from the University of Utah in 2003. Johnson is a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities and Mining departments. He assists national and international clients devise structures to create value through transactions related to the purchase, sale, development, financing and commercialization of natural resources. His education includes a J.D. degree from Brigham Young University in 1984. Mellem is a member of the Litigation, Trials & Appeals and Employment Law departments, and concentrates her practice on employment law, commercial litigation and product liability. Her education includes a J.D. degree in 2010 from the University of Utah.
OUTDOOR PRODUCTS/RECREATION/SPORTS
• A joint venture of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Co. has a new name: Alterra Mountain Co. The venture has curated 12 resort destinations in North America, including Deer Valley Resort. Based in Denver, Alterra was created when KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Co. purchased Intrawest, Mammoth Resorts and Deer Valley Resort in 2017.
PHILANTHROPY
• VFI Corporate Finance has donated $31,000 to Make-A-Wish Utah to grant life-changing wishes for local children with critical illnesses. The donation coincided with the granting of a wish to Stetson Bowen, a 4-year-old Utah boy diagnosed with leukemia, to visit his favorite theme parks in Florida. The donation also will help grant the wishes of six other children like Stetson who have been diagnosed with a critical illness.
REAL ESTATE
• Sensapure/Dyad Labs has purchased two industrial buildings at 1935 and 1945 S. Fremont Drive, Salt Lake City. Financial terms were not disclosed. The buildings total just under 100,000 square feet and consist of a mix of office, lab and warehouse space. Jeff Richards and Tom Dischmann, senior vice presidents in the Salt Lake City office of CBRE, managed the transaction on behalf of both Sensapure/Dyad Labs and the seller, Schlumberger. Sensapure/Dyad Labs plans to move into the building at 1945 Fremont following some brief remodeling in the first quarter of this year; 1935 Fremont will be marketed for lease. Sensapure is a custom flavor business that specializes in creating liquid and powder flavors for the health, wellness and nutraceutical industries. Dyad Labs (formerly Genysis Labs) is a full-service, third-party contract laboratory offering chemical and microbiological testing services.
• Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors has hired Randy Sant for its Advisors Consulting Services division. He will work from the company’s main office in Salt Lake City. For the past 25 years, Sant has served as the owner of a private economic development firm, RS Contract Management, specializing in economic development strategy, lobbying and consulting services to local governments. Sant is the economic director and consultant to Tooele City, Tooele County and South Salt Lake City. During his career, Sant also has been a city manager for Washington Terrace and Roy, served as the Weber County economic development director, Sandy City economic director and a senior project coordinator for the Ogden City Redevelopment Agency.
• Castle & Cooke Mortgage LLC, Draper, has opened a branch at 397 N. Main St., Spanish Fork. The branch manager is Julie Crow, who has 23 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Prior to joining Castle & Cooke Mortgage, Crow was a branch manager for Primary Residential Mortgage.
RECOGNITIONS
• Ally Bank, Sandy, has been named the Best Online Bank of 2018 in annual rankings compiled by GOBankingRates, a personal finance news and features website. It is the fourth consecutive year for Ally Bank to top the rankings. The company also ranked in the top 10 banks for Best Savings Account and Best CD Account, as well as being named an Editor’s Pick Award in the category of No Fees or Minimums for Savings. GOBankingRates evaluated 28 online banks using a methodology centered on four key factors — checking account fee, savings account annual percentage yield, 12-month CD APY, and BauerFinancial Star Rating for overall financial strength — and whether it offered certain services.
• West Jordan leaders have presented The Dannon Co. with the first-ever Environmental Achievement Award in recognition of leadership and innovation in minimizing environmental impact while operating in the community. Dannon opened its West Jordan plant in 1997. The 400,000 square-foot plant employs about 230 employees and has undergone 20 expansions over the past 20 years. It manufactures 3 million cups of yogurt per day. It has reduced water consumption per ton of finished product by over 22 percent since 2015, invested $1 million in reverse osmosis equipment to further reduce water consumption by another 10 percent through process water recovery, invested over $500,000 in waste water treatment facility upgrades resulting in a 65 percent reduction in the number of sludge loads being hauled on city streets and the associated air emissions from the trucks and reduced odor emissions from the waste water plant, invested over $800,000 in a new higher-efficiency boiler to reduce natural gas consumption and air emissions, and returns 97 percent of the water that goes into the plant back into the community’s water reclamation system.
RURAL UTAH
• The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, at its January meeting in St. George, endorsed a $50,000 Rural Fast Track grant for C&J Specialties, of Ephraim in Sanpete County. The grant will help the snack manufacturing company buy equipment to expand its production capability and add a new packing line to its production. The company expects the $108,450 project to result in three new full-time jobs. Rural Fast Track grants are approved by the Governor’s Rural Partnership Board.
TECHNOLOGY/LIFE SCIENCES
• Numetric, a Highland-based business intelligence software company, has hired Nate Bowler as chief operating officer. Bowler’s experience includes co-founding Workfront. During Bowler’s 15-year tenure at Workfront, he served in several executive leadership positions. Bowler started as the co-founding chief technology officer, moved into market development and sales leadership roles, and concluded as executive vice president of global sales. He previously worked at Novations Group and Excite@Home. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science.