Access to rail service, like at this Woods Cross crossing, and to utilities have advanced as site selector considerations for their corporate clients. (Becky Ginos/ City Journals)

Brice Wallace
Salt Lake Business Journal 

Companies looking for sites for new operation locations and their consultants have a long list of considerations: labor costs and availability, quality of life, land availability, regulatory environment, and construction costs.

But moving up as priorities are access to utilities and rail, according to a consultant at the recent Northern Utah Development Symposium in Ogden. Please log in to see the rest of this story.