Around Utah March

Syracuse OAKWOOD HOMES, a Colorado-based private

homebuilder with its Utah division headquartered in Murray, announced the opening of a new
community in Syracuse, UtahTivoli Gardens. It is Oakwoods 10th community in Davis County.
Honeyville HONEYVILLE INC. will expand its manufacturing within the state, generating 115 jobs
and an expected capital investment of $23 million. The company specializes in private label copacking, mixing/blending, grain milling, heat-treatment, wholesale ingredient distribution and
consumer products. Honeyville supplies food producers, retailers, restaurants and consumers, and
has operations in California, Arizona and Ohio.
Logan UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY was recently selected by the Small Business Administration (SBA)
to host the Utah Small Business Development Center (USBDC) Network. The new lead center will be
located at the USU campus in Logan through USU Extension and will include regional service
centers throughout Utah. The USU agreement with the SBA takes effect on April 1, 2016, and will be
renewed annually.
Ogden The renovation of WEBER STATE UNIVERSITYs Social Science building received a $5 million
gift from a longtime university advocate and contributor. John E. Lindquist, president of LINDQUIST
MORTUARIES and GREAT WESTERN INSURANCE, pledged the money to help with an extensive
remodel of the building that will then bear his name.
Salt Lake City Stanford Medicine and INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE formed a new collaboration
to support innovative projects in research, patient care and medical education. As a first part of the
effort, Intermountain will provide a $1.25 million grant to Stanford Medicine to support clinical
research projects, particularly in the areas of heart disease and cancer, as well as novel methods to
improve healthcare delivery and clinician training.

Salt Lake City VESTAR, in a joint venture with funds managed by OAKTREE CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT, L.P. acquired a 623,205-square-foot open-air retail and entertainment center within
The Gateway in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City. Built in 2001 and situated on 21 acres, The
Gateway is located at the intersection of 400 West and South Temple. The center is leased to more
than 100 regional and national retailers.
Salt Lake City BURNS & WILCOX, a privately held specialty insurance wholesaler, relocated its Salt
Lake City office to the historic Ford Building, acquired by parent company H.W. Kaufman Financial
Group in 2013. In the past three years, the companys transportation division has grown by more
than 50 percent. The Burns & Wilcox Salt Lake City office occupies more than 12,000 square feet of
space, nearly doubling its size from its previous location.
Tooele The staff of UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS moved into the former Miller Motorsports Park
facility to begin operations for the 2016 racing season. Utah Motorsports Campus is managing the
facility on behalf of Tooele County while the procedures to sell the facility take place.
Also, FORD PERFORMANCE RACING SCHOOL entered into a four-year agreement with Tooele
County in Utah to remain at the racetrack. The race school will work with the new track managers
for the term of the tracks management agreement with Tooele County, as well as with new track
ownership once the sale of the racetrack is finally complete.
Three Pines Coffee Sets up Shop at Gallivan
By Lisa Christensen
Salt Lake CityAfter making a name for themselves with their traveling espresso cart, the owners of
THREE PINES COFFEE are brewing a permanent presence with a brick-and-mortar coffee shop.
Our initial plan was five years down the road, maybe wed open the shop, says co-owner Nick Price.
But the opportunity for this spot came up and we got this partnership with FROM SCRATCH, and we
decided to just do it.
Three Pines Coffee opened Jan. 18 at 52 E. Gallivan Ave., adjacent to From Scratch, a restaurant
with a locally-sourced menu already established in the area. Three Pines Coffee patrons can take a
seat at the end of the From Scratch bar, or buy From Scratch pastries along with their coffee.
Last summer, Price and Three Pines other co-owner, Meg Frampton, became a fixture outside
LIBERTY HEIGHTS FRESH with their small espresso cart. The idea came from a coffee shop in Los

Angeles, where the pairboth Utah nativeslived before coming back to the Beehive State. Price
worked for Handsome Coffee Roasters, manning a traveling espresso cart as a Handsome Dude, and
wanted to bring the idea back home.
After the cart started gaining a following at Liberty Heights Fresh, Price and Frampton planned to
save up for the capital over the next few years for a permanent coffee shop. The opportunity to move
in next to From Scratch caught them a little off-guard, he says, but they couldnt pass it up,
especially with the growing popularity of the Gallivan area.
We lucked out, he says. We got here right at the beginning.
There has been a learning curve since opening the storefront. What they offered in the cart was
simple, says Price, but some customers have specialized requests for their java at the coffee shop.
Were trying to figure out what people expect out of a coffee shop, he said. Were focusing on our
coffee and making it the best we can.
Three Pines does offer some specialty on its menuits house-made almond milk, perfected with a lot
of trial and error. Price says all types of nuts and sweeteners were vetted for their flavor and how
well they steamed and blended with the coffee, with the medjool date-sweetened almond milk
coming out of the trials as the clear winner.
Its totally worth [the extra work] to have something that delicious to give to people, and the fact that
we make it in house is just that much better, Price says.
The Three Pines cart will be back this year, both at Liberty Heights Fresh and at some events
throughout the summer and fall.
Taylorsville REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, which owns and operates the largest theatre circuit
in the United States, executed its first lease in Utah and is gearing up for a grand opening later this
year. The 60,860-square-foot Regal Cinemas entertainment complex at the Crossroads of Taylorsville
will seat 1,400 guests in 14 auditoriums with contemporary concession stands.
West Valley City THE STONE COLLECTION, an importer and distributor of high-quality natural
stone, plans to open a new state-of-the-art facility within the 201 Commerce Center development in
West Valley City. The company intends to open its new 60,000-square-foot showroom and product
warehouse this spring.
Sandy AT HOME, a home dcor superstore, will be coming soon to 203 W. 9000 South in Sandy. The
new 135,000-square-foot store will open at the beginning of May, bringing approximately 25 new
full- and part-time jobs to the area. At Home will stock some 50,000 items for every room in various
styles. The Sandy store marks the fourth store in the Utah market.
Salt Lake City WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY (WGU) unveiled a new online masters degree
program, M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance. Developed in collaboration with industry
and policy experts, the new program offers coursework that aligns with the latest standards from
national security organizations, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of
Defense and the National Security Agency.
Sandy Local real estate professionals Ramon and Tammy Campbell opened the first Utah-based
REDEFY REAL ESTATE brokerage, serving Salt Lake City and surrounding communities. The

Campbells have over 15 years experience in the Utah real estate industry as managing brokers,
home builders and developers.
Salt Lake City KEYSTONE AVIATION, A TAC Air Company, expanded its Piper Aircraft sales
territory across three additional states: Wyoming (eastern), Colorado and New Mexico. This adds to
its existing territory of Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming (western). Keystone Aviation has been a
Piper dealership for more than 20 years and is now one of the largest Piper dealers in the world.
Salt Lake City Local entrepreneurs brought eco-friendly junk removal service company JUNK KING
to Utah, serving Salt Lake City and its surrounding suburbs. Junk King has technology systems that
allow customers to schedule a pick-up in real time with its online booking system, and has a large
warehouse that facilitates managing, sorting and recycling materials. Sixty percent of the junk
collected is recycled, rather than being dropped at landfills.
Salt Lake City THE UTAH FILM COMMISSION announced that THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT board approved three new projects for state film incentives, expected
to spend more than $12 million collectively on the ground. March 2016 will see Need for Speed
(2014) director Scott Waugh return to Utah to shoot feature film Six Below. Feature film Wind River
was slated to begin shooting in February. And Fischer Productions will begin shooting the next
season of its reality automotive series, Kindig Customs, in Utah this year.
Qualtrics and Huntsman Cancer Institute Ally in Quest to End Cancer
By Lisa Christensen
Salt Lake CityThe fight against cancer just got a new allyQUALTRICS and a new community-driven
initiative to raise funds for the HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE.
Ryan Smith, co-founder and CEO of Qualtrics, announced the Five for the Fight initiative at the
Qualtrics Insight Summit in February. The campaign asks people to donate $5 toward cancer
research in the name of someone they know who has battled with cancer, then invite five friends to
do the same.
Dr. Mario Cappechi, a Nobel prize-winning cancer researcher with the Huntsman institute, says the
state of cancer research has improved by leaps and bounds since the start of his career. Were
making progress, he says. First, we need to understand what this disease is and how it progresses,
and once you have that understanding, you can work on therapy.
Tracing the disease is made even trickier by the fact that the many ailments that fall under the
cancer diagnosis share certain similarities but can behave in vastly different ways and have different
causes. Each one is different; each one has its secrets. We have to break them and develop
treatments for each, says Cappechi. We have to study each one individually.
Dr. Joshua Schiffmann, a pediatric oncologist whose work on the link between elephant genetics and
cancer prevention has made headlines over the last several months, says because of the way the
cancer prevention gene, dubbed P53, works in humans, odds are about half of the population will get
cancer at some point. Elephants have 40 copies of that gene, versus the two found in humans, says
Schiffmann, and elephants have very low rates of cancer.
While elephants have the supergene prized by researchers, Cappechi notes that mice are somewhat
easier to raise in a lab. Mice are quick and prolific reproducers, and have the useful attribute of

being able to be biologically tweaked on the genetic level. In this way, researchers could alter mouse
DNA to reflect the elephant version of P53, or study disease-resistant genes found in other animals,
he says.
Research on animals does translate to research and treatment of humans, as well. With enough
supportfinancially and otherwisedrugs borrowing the super-powered elephant cancer defense could
be available in the next three years, Schiffmann says.
To bolster that support, Smith presented Peter Huntsman, representing the Huntsman Cancer
Institute, with a $1 million donation, in addition to the proceeds from the Five for Fighting initiative.
Huntsman says he was humbled by the donation and the initiative, and the breakthroughs that could
come because of it.
Society is so much better because of this effort, he says. We all have been touched [by cancer]. We
all have been impacted. [Eradicating cancer] is our legacy. This is something we can all be proud of.
To take part in Five for the Fight, go to fiveforthefight.com.
The Needlepoint Joint Offers a Community for Crafters
By Adva Biton
OgdenLooking for a place to knit? The Needlepoint Joint has you covered.
Located on Ogdens Historic 25th Street, the establishmentwhich offers not just knitting, but also
spinning, needlepoint, tatting, weaving and crochetisnt what you might expect to see nestled among
all the shopping, dining and bars. But this crafting community has actually been around for 44 years,
and is still going strong.
We were one of the early businesses in this area. In 1992, Judith Jones was seeking a building for
her business when the historic property on 25th street became available. We are pleased to have
such a charming building for our business, says Amelia Jones, manager of the Needlepoint Joint and
daughter of its owner, Judith. Its a great community. Its becoming more and more vibrant. When we
first started here, there were some empty storefronts and dilapidated buildings. Wed much rather be
in a vibrant, fun area, with a lot of people. Were really excited to see that.
Community is a big thing for the Needlepoint Jointand, in order to bolster that, the shop offers a host
of classes and programs. Their classes run the gamut from beginning knitting to rigid heddle
weaving
to social knitting nights. They even have a knitting support group
where people can come in and get extra help on projects, or a spinning circle where spinners can
learn and enjoy each others company while they work.
Its great to see what other people in the community are making and get inspiration and share some
time knitting, says Jones. You
can come and, in a casual atmosphere, spin or stitch or weave with some people.
The clientele that frequent the shop are varied, says Jones.

We have some teenagers on up that are really into knitting. It has been popular for a number of
years with people who are not necessarily grandmas. Its a lot of fun and a lot of younger people are
doing itespecially knitting, but also spinning and weaving, she says.
Anything a person needs to get their projects goingor get started, periodis either available in the
shop or can be located, says Jones. The knowledgeable staff is on hand to answer questions, and that
staff includes not only Jones, but her mother, who founded the business. Plus, because the shop has
been around for so many years, theyve ended up with books and specialty items not often found in
other such establishments. Some of themlike a Shetland Island knitting belt, used for knitting while
hikingare more curiosity items, but these rare items give the shop even more interest and depth.
We have fun doing what we do, Jones says. The people who work here are excellent. They have a
high level of expertise in knittingeveryone who works here knits. Not everyone spins or weaves, but
we have a high level of expertise and we have fun with it, and we hope that were sharing that with
others.
The Inn at Entrada: A Home Base for Exploring Southern Utah
By Adva Biton
St. GeorgeExploring Southern Utah and the Mighty 5 doesnt just appeal to the rugged outdoorsman.
For those who want to see the red rock vistas of St. George and stay a stones throw away from
unbelievable outdoor recreationas well as play golf on one of the best courses in Utah, luxuriate in
an outdoor pool or get a massagethe INN AT ENTRADA is happy to offer itself as their home base.
I call it your home away from home for exploring the wonders of Southern Utah. Its more than just a
hotel room, says Timothy Mahoney, resort manager for the Inn at Entrada.
In fact, the Inns lodgings couldnt really be simply called rooms at all. Theyre more like duplexes,
villas, casitas. Visitors stay in half of a stand-alone villa, which can be one-, two- or three- bedroom.
Each unit has a private garage and patio out back, and most have water features, as well. The rooms
are decorated in contemporary Southwest styleeverything features natural textures and stones, all in
earth tones. Bathrooms feature a wide natural stone shower and a deep whirlpool tub. Living rooms
have large flat-screen televisions and fireplaces. All the one- and two-bedroom suites have full
kitchens and washer-dryer setups. The villas are built along a few winding streets, each with a view
that either goes out onto the golf course or the natural beauty of St. George.
The Inns offerings of luxury, activity and relaxation are part of what makes it unique. Visitors can go
15 minutes down the road to Snow Canyon State Park to enjoy hiking and seeing the red rock
formations, lava flows and extinct cinder cones. An hour away is the beauty of Zion National Park,
and two and a half hours away is Bryce Canyon National Park. After long day-trip to any of the
parks, visitors can take the next day off to relax at the Inn, avail themselves of the spa and the pool,
or play golf or pickleball.
The Inn at Entrada uses the facilities and course of Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club. The
Johnny Miller Signature Design 18-hole championship course is over 7,000 yards from the back tees,
and three holes15, 16 and 17run through a lava field. Golf Digest named the course the best yearround course in the state, but Andrew Hopkin-Payne, head pro at the course, says players of all skill
levels can enjoy playing.
The recreation facilities also offer pickleball, a rapidly-growing sport thats something of a cross

between ping-pong, badminton and tennis, played out on a court with paddles.
[St. George] was primarily a golf destination for a long time, and it turned the corner in the past two
years. People are discovering us as: I can stay here and I can go to Zion for the day or I can go to
Bryce for the day or go to Snow Canyon State Park for the day, says Mahoney. Instead of hopping
from hotel to hotel, they can come back here and see it as a central place for exploring Southern
Utah.
Orem PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. opened a new branch in Orem, marking its 14th
branch in Utah. PRMI plans to continue expanding its presence nationwide with a goal of 15 new
branch openings over the next three months.
Saratoga Springs SMITHS FOOD & DRUG is constructing a new Smiths Marketplace store at the
northwest corner of Pioneer Crossing and Redwood Road in Saratoga Springs. The 123,500-squar-foot multi-department store will offer a complete grocery store along with pharmacy, apparel and
household needs; Fred Meyer Jewelers; sit-down sushi and hot Asian food bar; made-to-order baked
pizzas, salads and sandwiches; and a Starbucks with indoor fireplace and outdoor seating. In
addition, the store will feature an on-site Smiths Fuel Center and two-lane drive-through pharmacy.
Smiths Marketplace will anchor the first phase of the 21-acre shopping center named The Crossing
under development by THE BOYER COMPANY.
Park City COREBRACE, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SME Industries, Inc., completed the
purchase of STAR SEISMIC of Park City. Both companies will operate under the name of CoreBrace,
LLC. All current Star Seismic projects will be completed by the new entity, CoreBrace, LLC.
St. George Approximately 5,000 local student singers, dancers and musicians are participating in the
27th annual SOUTHERN UTAH PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL, which commenced on February 9th
and will continue throughout the following eight weeks. The festival is the creation of the St. George
Exchange Club, a local service organization.
St. George JACK FISHERs active-adult community in Southern Utah, BRIO, opened a new, state-o-the-art community center. Numerous amenities intended to help residents live a fun, active lifestyle
are offered including a premium fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis courts, pickleball
courts, walking trails and a dog park.
St. George LEGEND SOLAR grew its revenue from $3.7 to $18.3 million in 2015, a more than 400
percent increase year over year. The St. George company expanded to Northern Utah, serving all
areas of the Wasatch Front. Legend Solar also achieved Master Dealer status with SunPower. The
company is the fastest-growing partner for SunPower.
Park City VAIL RESORTS, INC.s retail division, VAIL RESORTS RETAIL (VRR), will open a new The
North Face retail store at 515 Main Street in Park City, located in the space of the former Talisker
on Main restaurant. VRR entered into a long-term lease with Talisker on the 2,780-square-foot
space, where it will feature The North Face brands extensive line of performance apparel,
equipment and footwear for climbers, mountaineers, extreme skiers, snowboarders, endurance
runners and explorers.
PLAYERS
Phillips Edison & Company promoted SCOTT ADAIR to vice president of community partnerships.
Adair, who previously served as assistant director of property management, will remain based in Salt

Lake City. In his previous position, he was responsible for the overall financial and operational
success of 60 of the companys properties.
GINGER FISHER was named COO of Utah Valley Specialty Hospital. Fisher possesses more than 35
years of healthcare experience as a registered nurse, with more than 17 years in nursing
administration. Prior to this position, she served as director of nursing operations and case
management, and regional director of nursing and respiratory operations for Ernest Health.
National EWP, Inc. added GERNOT PENZHORN to the companys executive team as COO. After
beginning his career as an attorney in South Africa, Penzhorn entered the mining and drilling
industries, where he has developed a targeted expertise in diverse business development and
operations management over the past two decades.
TAB Bank appointed CURT QUEYROUZE as president. Most recently, Queyrouze served as TABs
chief credit officer. He will be based out of TAB Banks corporate headquarters in Ogden and will
oversee all strategic, financial and operational functions of the bank.
ThomasARTS hired TOM PRATT to further develop its growing portfolio of regional and national
accounts. Pratt joins the firm with 30 years of experience in the advertising industry as a creative
director, having spent the last 10 years at McGarry Bowen in New York City, where he worked on
major campaigns for large corporate accounts like Disney, HP, Verizon and Marriott and was the
creative lead on JPMorgan Chase and Crayola.
Wadsworth Development Group promoted two team members to senior level management positions.
NATE BALLARD, who has served as general manager for the past five years, was promoted to COO.
COLE WADSWORTH was promoted from property manager to vice president of Wadsworth Property
Management.
JILL FLYGARE joined the Governors Office Of Economic Development (GOED) as the new managing
director overseeing internal operations. Before joining GOED, Flygare was the finance director at
the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts. Previously, she was a policy and budget analyst at the
Governors Office of Planning and Budget, where she worked closely with many state agencies on
budget issues.
McCann Worldgroup promoted LORI FELD to president, MRM//McCann North America. Feld has
been at Worldgroup for more than a decade, where she helped transform the Salt Lake City
operation into a cutting-edge B2B customer experience marketing agency.
DigiCert hired MICHAEL OLSON as its CFO. Prior to joining DigiCert, Olson was CFO at Workfront,
where his leadership helped the company achieve strong increases in customer renewal rates,
average customer license value and monthly recurring revenue. Previous to that, Olson served as
CFO at inthinc and started his career in the audit and assurance practice of Arthur Andersen
Onset Financial named KRISTINA ALLEN as executive vice president of lease operations. Allen has
nearly two decades of experience documenting equipment lease transactions, and she will help
Onset continue its seven years of consistent year-over-year growth in customers, funding and
personnel.
Hamlet Companies promoted JON SOUTHERN to vice president of construction. Since joining
Hamlet Homes in 2004, Southern has served as production supervisor, homebuilding manager and
most recently as director of construction.

Les Olson Company assigned CHRIS WEENIG, third-generation family member and current Les
Olson Company vice president of leasing, additional responsibilities as the companys CMO. Weenig
previously served in operations management, where he assisted in the implementation of new
technologies, software and operational procedures to bring company to higher levels of productivity.
He serves on the Les Olson Company board of directors and is currently chairman of the companys
profit sharing and investment committee.
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