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Sep 16

Industry Briefs 9-16-19

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. COMMUNICATIONS • Wilson Electronics , a Salt Lake City-based company focused on cellular signal…

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Sep 16

Hyperbole aside, Trump policies are not bringing jobs back to U.S.

By Veronique de Rugy In his book The Art of the Deal, Pres. Donald Trump described his communication style as “truthful hyperbole.” Hyperbole, sure. Truthful, questionable. Take Trump’s recent speech in Pennsylvania where he declared that his tariffs had turned things around for…

Are we seeing the end of the world’s most successful political party?

By Fareed Zakaria Britain’s Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the country’s first election with universal adult suffrage). But recently we watched the…

Silicon Slopes may be king of the Utah technology community, but Salt Lake City has plenty to attract tech companies and their employees

By Brice Wallace Silicon Slopes — considered by many to straddle the Utah County/Salt Lake County line — is considered Utah’s technology hub. But a real estate economist recently told a crowd in Salt Lake City that the city has plenty of attributes needed to attract tech…

Utah Tech is booming and (by the way) creating real estate investing opportunities

By Kathleen McMillan As anyone who has lived in the state for more than five years can attest, the Wasatch Front is transforming into a tech hub. Just drive south on I-15 and take a look at all the office development that has taken place in what is now dubbed “Silicon Slopes.”…

Hot real estate market + cool technology = some great selling tools

By Bahar Ferguson Real estate has not only rebounded over the past few years, it has soared to new heights. The absurdly hot real estate market has resulted in tech companies launching endless applications in an attempt to keep up with demand. Like most other technological…

Salt Lake-area multifamily real estate market continues along at record-setting pace

The Salt Lake City office of CBRE commercial real estate has released its semi-annual “Greater Salt Lake Area Multifamily Market Report,” offering detailed insight into the multifamily market along the Wasatch Front. Encompassing data from the first half of 2019, the report…

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Sep 16

Commercial real estate still strong in all sectors

UTAH MID-YEAR MARKET REPORT The Wasatch Front commercial real estate market continued its strong performance with high transaction dollar volume and construction activity, historically low vacancies and strong positive net absorption, according to the 2019 Utah Mid-Year Market…

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Sep 16

Newsletter - 9-9-19

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, September 9, 2019 2020: The year of the crane in Salt Lake City? By Brice Wallace No matter what the Chinese calendar calls for, Matt Baldwin envisions 2020 for downtown Salt Lake City as the "Year of…

2020: The year of the crane in Salt Lake City?

By Brice Wallace No matter what the Chinese calendar calls for, Matt Baldwin envisions 2020 for downtown Salt Lake City as the “Year of the Crane.” As in, construction crane. The 2019 chairman of the Downtown Alliance Board, speaking at the organization’s annual State of…

Fully solar-powered apartment complex takes aim at pollution

A first-of-its-kind solar-powered community is rising in Herriman. The Soleil Lofts apartment project is a joint venture between solar battery storage system company Sonnen Inc. and the Wasatch Group real estate company. The project will be managed by Rocky Mountain Power. Solar…

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Sep 9

New partnership wants to move jobs to rural Utah

The Salt Lake Chamber, the Utah Department of Workforce Services and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) have announced that they will be partnering on a new initiative called the Chamber Rural Workforce Network to help further Utah’s rural development. The…

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Sep 9

Huge senior complex planned near St. George

Ground has been broken in Washington, near St. George, for a $86 million senior living village in the Sienna Hills section of the city. And the project, dubbed Ovation at Sienna Hills, is already growing. Developers have announced the addition of 25 private villas to the…

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Sep 9

HealthEquity buys WageWorks

Draper’s HealthEquity Inc., an administrator of health savings accounts and other consumer-directed benefits (CDB), has acquired WageWorks of San Mateo, California. WageWorks is also a leading administrator of consumer-directed benefits, including flexible spending and health…

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Sep 9

Tomco returns as CEO at Emmersion Learning

Emmersion Learning, a Lehi-based education technology company, has announced that Brigham Tomco has returned to the company as CEO. In this position, Tomco will direct the company in growth, management development, strategy and fundraising, the company said. “I can’t tell you…

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Sep 9

Warners Truck Centers acquired by Premier Truck Group, subsidiary of Penske

Salt Lake City-based Warner Truck Centers has been purchased by the massive Penske Automotive Group. According to a statement made as Penske announced its second-quarter results, Warner will become part of Penske’s Premier Truck Group subsidiary. Warner Truck Centers consists of…

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Sep 9

Brightstar Capital Partners acquires Capstone Nutrition

Ogden-based Capstone Nutrition has been purchased by Brightstar Capital Partners, a New York City private equity firm that acquires closely held, middle-market companies. Founded in 1989, Capstone is a developer and manufacturer of high-quality nutrition products. Some members…

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Sep 9

A disaster recovery plan makes good sense

By Dan Nordberg It is a sobering fact that 25 percent of businesses that close because of a natural disaster never reopen. Small businesses can improve their chances of successful recovery by assessing their risks and developing a preparedness plan — and the U.S. Small Business…

SLC registers strong demand, limited supply in industrial RE

Fourteen U.S. markets, including Salt Lake City, stand out in a new report from CBRE as strategic options for investors in industrial and logistics real estate who are seeking growth opportunities outside of primary markets. These markets, which CBRE describes as strategic…

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Sep 9

Editorial Cartoon: Go Big - Go Home

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Sep 9

Industry Briefs 9-9-19

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. GOVERNMENT • The Utah Department of Commerce ’s Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and…

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Sep 9