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CBRE report: Commercial real estate carrying strength from 2017 into the new year

Despite the current real estate boom going beyond what was expected, Utah’s commercial real estate market just keeps on growing. That is the finding of CBRE’s Salt Lake City Real Estate Market Outlook report released last week. The publication highlights the performance of the…

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New research: Utah facing several threats to housing affordability

Anyone paying attention to Utah real estate news knows that housing prices continue to escalate. And that may not be a good thing, according to a research brief release by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. The report…

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Apr 8

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South Jordan Embassy Suites by Hilton opens

Embassy Suites by Hilton has opened its new hotel at 10333 S. Jordan Gateway in South Jordan just off I-15. Owned and managed by Western States Lodging LLC, the hotel is a 192-unit, all-suite property consisting of 159 two-room suites and 33 studio suites. It also features the…

I-15 ‘Technology Corridor’ rebuild tops UDOT’s Top 10 projects in 2018

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will oversee work on 188 highway projects throughout the state this year. Projects will range from sidewalk and streetlight installations to the rebuilding of a 12-lane section of freeway in Utah County. The price tag? UDOT sets the…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 4-9-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Security National Financial Security National Financial Corp., based in Salt Lake City, reported after-tax earnings from operations of $14.1 million in 2017, up from $12.2 million in 2016.…

Draper electronics accessories firm purchased by Florida group

Liebman Group, a Florida-based private equity firm, has purchased a majority interest in Draper’s C-Slide. The acquisition of C-Side, a manufacturer and distributor of electronics accessories, closed in March. {mprestriction ids="1,3"} Crewe Capital, a Salt Lake City investment…

Economist: Market roller coaster not a great economic predictor

By Brice Wallace “Don’t worry about it too much.” Those were the reassuring words an economist recently provided to a Salt Lake City audience for anyone worried that the stock markets are signaling a possible recession. Dan North, chief economist for of Euler Hermes North…

Derek Miller tabbed to head Salt Lake Chamber

The Salt Lake Chamber has announced that Derek Miller has been named to lead the organization as president and CEO. In addition to becoming the 19th leader of the business association, Miller will also lead the Downtown Alliance, an organization that represents commercial…

Utah unemployment stays steady, veteran rate among country's best

While Utah’s unemployment rate remained unchanged — and still among the lowest in the nation — in February at 3.1 percent, new figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), showed that the state’s 2017 veteran unemployment rate was 2.9 percent, ranking Utah as…

Alabama firm buys Smart Rhino Labs

Randall-Reilly, a Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based business-to-business data-driven marketing firm, has acquired Smart Rhino Labs. Smart Rhino, with headquarters in Salt Lake City, offers recruiting services in the trucking industry. “We couldn’t be more excited to join forces with…

Firm opening 300,000-sq.-ft. data center in West Jordan

Aligned Energy, a Dallas-based data storage facility provider, has announced that it is building a 300,000-square-foot center in West Jordan. When completed this summer, building will serve as a colocation data center supporting both cloud providers and enterprise customers.…

CBRE report: Commercial real estate investors upbeat at start of 2018

A prolonged period of U.S. economic growth, as well as tax cuts and favorable regulatory changes, means that commercial real estate investors are more positive going into 2018 than they were at the start of last year, according to the CBRE Americas Investor Intentions Survey…

Clear the Air Challenge winners announced

The 2018 Utah Clear the Air Challenge has wrapped up and the first wintertime event was a huge success, said the Salt Lake Chamber, a sponsor of the event. The chamber, along with its partners TravelWise and UCAIR, released the lis of winners last week. The Clear the Air…

Instructure opens second Utah location

Instructure, a Salt Lake City software-as-a-service technology company, has opened its second Utah location and 10th worldwide. Founded in 2008, the company has a global customer base and more than 1,100 employees. Located at the Valley Grove development in Pleasant Grove,…

March consumer optimism reaches highest all-time

Utah consumers are feeling pretty good about their economic situation — now and in the future. In fact, it’s the best they’ve ever felt, according to the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI). The index rose 11.6 points to 129.5 in March, the highest level ever…

Confab panelists: You're a target but can avoid cybersecurity woes

By Brice Wallace Panelists discussing cybersecurity recently in Salt Lake City had a two-pronged message for small businesses: You are a target, but you can avoid a lot of potential troubles with inexpensive actions. Small businesses are an “easy” target because their leaders…

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Mar 25

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Bill's passage will allow Tesla to sell cars directly to Utah buyers

By John Rogers Tesla Inc., the Silicon Valley-based electric car maker owned by Elon Musk, invested over $3 million in a Salt Lake City showroom in 2015, fully intending to begin selling its vehicles to Utah customers. Thus began a three-year battle during which the company was…

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Think you get a lot of nuisance calls? You do!

They may not all come at dinnertime, but according to the recently released YouMail Robocall Index, which tracks the volume and extent of computer-generated calls in the United States, more than 187,753,000 robocalls were made to Utah area codes in 2017. That’s an average of…

Barker to replace Schaefer at Sportsman's Warehouse

Sportsman’s Warehouse, a sporting goods retail chain based in Midvale, has named Jon Barker as its CEO, replacing John Schaefer, who has retired. Schaefer also resigned as a member of the board of directors, the company said. Barker, formerly the company’s president and chief…

Medici Ventures invests in Bitsy

Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of Overstock.com that specializes in investment in blockchain technology, has made a major investment in Bitsy, a Utah-based company building a blockchain-based bridge between fiat and crypto currencies. Fiat currencies differentiate from crypto…

Bridger Capital buys Bluffdale's Old Mill Brick

Bridger Capital Partners, a Salt Lake City middle-market private equity firm, has purchased Old Mill Brick Inc. of Bluffdale. Old Mill Brick manufactures a thin brick panel system for residential and commercial application called BrickWeb that is sold online and through home…

Banker: There is no lack of capital for healthcare and biotech industries

By Brice Wallace Whatever uncertainties exist in healthcare, venture funding isn’t one of them. Jonathan Norris, managing director of Silicon Valley Bank’s life science and healthcare practice, recently told a Salt Lake City crowd that healthcare venture capital fundraising…

Altra footware brand bought by VF Corp.

VF Corp. a Greensboro, North Carolina-based distributor of branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, has purchased the Altra footware brand from Utah’s ICON Health & Fitness Inc. Golden Harper launched the Altra running shoe brand in 2011 when he coined the phrase…

AlphaGraphics moving HQ to Denver

AlphaGraphics, a business services franchising company founded in Salt Lake City in 1970, will move its corporate headquarters to Denver before the end of 2018, according to Ryan Farris, president and chief operating officer of the company. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}“We have made…

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