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Daybreak planned community purchased by LHM Real Estate
Daybreak, the massive master-planned community in South Jordan, has been acquired by Larry H. Miller Real Estate (LHMRE) from its previous owners, Värde Partners of Minneapolis. Financial terms of...
Dwayne Wade buys share of Utah Jazz
Just months after Utah’s Miller family sold a majority stake in the Utah Jazz to tech entrepreneur Ryan Smith, three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade has purchased an ownership stake in the team from...
Report: Recovery could come one year earlier for manufacturing
The post-pandemic rebound for Utah’s manufacturing industry could occur earlier than once expected. A new report by the Utah Industry Resource Alliance (UIRA) paints a rosier picture for recovery...
This Week's Headlines
Focus: Construction
What Pandemic? Even though some construction projects were delayed or canceled in the past year, all phases of the industry have seemingly returned to pre-pandemic levels By Frances Johnson It is...S. San Francisco biotech to open SLC operation
By Brice Wallace A biotech company working on medicines to address Alzheimer’s and other diseases will put a clinical manufacturing operation in the Salt Lake City area, bringing up to 100 jobs to...Salt Lake charity bringing coronavirus vaccinations to homeless patients
The Fourth Street Clinic, a charity healthcare provider in downtown Salt Lake City, has begun offering COVID-19 vaccinations for the city’s homeless population by taking its mobile clinic to...Pandemic is causing healthcare workers to consider changing jobs
As many as one in five employees at an academic medical institution are considering leaving their professions due to the strains of coping with the pandemic in their own lives, according to a new...Salt Lake County mayor extends mask requirement for county operations
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson has mandated that masks will continue to be required in all county-run buildings for the foreseeable future. This includes venues, libraries, recreation and art...Study explores ways for organizations to encourage reluctant to get vaccine
While consumer demand for the COVID-19 vaccine is high, it is estimated that just over half of adults plan to get a vaccination while others will wait to receive it. That’s according to a national...GOED opens application process for Small Business Catalyst Grants
To help support Utah’s small businesses, nonprofits and other organizations, $15 million has been designated for the 2021 Impacted Small Business Catalyst Grant. The program, managed by the...Plastic Ingenuity to build manufacturing facility in Tooele, create 96 new jobs
A plastics company will place a manufacturing plant in Tooele and add up to 96 jobs over the next 15 years. Plastic Ingenuity Inc., based in Wisconsin, made the announcement after being approved...Grōv contracts for units at Colorado dairy
Vineyard-based Grōv Technologies has signed an agreement with Colorado-based Hunter Ridge Dairy to build 10 Grōv Olympus Tower farm units as part of the new Grōv-Hunter Ridge feed center, a...CORRECTION
A story on page 3 of the April 5 edition of The Enterprise about the sale of Denver software company Cloud Elements had an error that confused the seller and the buyer. The first paragraph of the...So. Utah tribal firm announces merger
Ivins-based Kaiva Services LLC has merged with Banning Contracting Services Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kaiva Services is a management consulting, project management and administrative management...CaptiveAire to bring 50 jobs to St. George in next 7 years
A manufacturer of commercial kitchen ventilation equipment will open an office in downtown St. George. CaptiveAire Systems Inc., based in North Carolina, will add up to 50 jobs in St. George over...California's Sunwest Bank announces headquarters move to Sandy
By Brice Wallace A western region business bank will move its headquarters from Irvine, California, to Sandy, adding 63 high-paying jobs in Utah. Sunwest Bank made the announcement after being...Drive Wealth acquires Magellan
Drive Wealth Advisers, a Lehi-based investment advisory firm with over $800 million in assets under management, has announced the acquisition of Magellan Capital LLC, an advisory firm founded by...California company buys Nuvi
Lehi-based social customer experience software company Nuvi has been purchased by Reputation, a reputation experience management platform headquartered in Redwood City, California. “Nuvi’s...The Truck Guys open WV store
The Truck Guys has moved into its new full-service used truck dealership at 5544 W. 2400 S., Suite 100, in West Valley City. The new facilities include a two-story building on two acres with a...Vagt named new CEO at Moab's The Synergy Co.
The Synergy Co., a Moab-based manufacturer of organic nutritional supplements, has named Thatcher Vagts as CEO. Vagts is a decades-long employee of the firm and brings a strong connection and deep...Succeeding in Your Business: Cheat me once, shame on you; cheat me twice ...
By Cliff Ennico Spring has sprung, and with the arrival of flowers, bunny rabbits and taxes come a trove of emails from building contractors proving beyond a doubt that “April is the cruelest...Investor optimism dips in 1st quarter; African American investors signal brighter outlook
U.S. investor optimism dipped in the first quarter as unimagined turmoil roiled the nation’s capital and confusion and delays in the administration of COVID-19 vaccines captured public attention....What Pandemic? Even though some construction projects were delayed or canceled in the past year, all phases of the industry have seemingly returned to pre-pandemic levels
By Frances Johnson It is hard to find any part of life that hasn’t been changed by the coronavirus pandemic — from the way we work, to the way we shop, to the way we see (or don’t see) our family...
