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PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH — Three restaurants have signed new leases at Valley Grove, a mixed-use property currently being developed by St. John Properties in Pleasant Grove, approximately 35 miles south of Salt Lake City. Wayback Burgers, The Smoked Taco and Sip’N Drinks & Treats are scheduled to open at the property later this year, occupying spaces totaling 6,011 square feet. Upon full build-out, the cost of the project, which features office, retail, hotel and research and development space, is expected to total $1.2 billion. Ryan Stewart, Erik Hulbert and Chris Flesner of Mountain West Commercial represented Wayback Burgers in the lease negotiations, and Stewart also represented The Smoked Taco in negotiations. Roger Woolstenhulme and Collin Cook of Wyngate Properties represented Sip’N Drinks & Treats. Other retail tenants at Valley Grove include AT&T, Café Rio, Da Cloud Boba Shoppe, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Kolache Krave, R&R BBQ, Starbucks Coffee, Slim Chickens, Verizon and Village Baker.

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HERRIMAN, UTAH — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the purchase of a newly constructed retail property, located at 5116 Denali Park Drive in Herriman, approximately 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. A Washington-based private investor in a 1031 exchange acquired the asset from a developer for $5.3 million. PetSuites, which opened in November 2023, occupies the 10,953-square-foot property. The tenant has a 20-year lease in place. PetSuites operates more than 80 locations nationally with services including daycare, boarding, grooming and training for pets. Susan Harris of SRS represented the buyer, while JLL represented the seller in the deal.

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— By Greg Swedelson and Jon-Eric Greene, co-founders, SSG Realty Partners — Although there continues to be much speculation and concern about the impacts of inflation, high debt costs, rising unemployment and an economy that may be heading for a slowdown in the coming year, there is reason to believe that the outlook for the Salt Lake City commercial real estate market is quite positive. With more than $100 billion in annual GDP, Salt Lake City’s economic growth rate is poised to end the year up nearly 3.5 percent (and nearly 80 percent since 2011). Although many are projecting a more moderate growth rate of 2.8 percent entering 2024, the overall economy and commercial real estate market in SLC remain resilient, if not robust. Offering a combination of affordability, abundant job opportunities and a business-friendly environment, SLC has attracted some of the nation’s largest corporations and specialized tech companies, and with them, talent to fuel meaningful employment growth. So much so, in fact, that net employment is up nearly 10 percent over the pre-Covid levels of 2019, with no sign of slowing.  Like so many markets, SLC has seen a precipitous drop in investment sales volume across all commercial sectors …

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CLINTON, UTAH — Mountain West Self Storage has acquired Secure Self Storage, a 101,025-square-foot facility in Clinton, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. A family development group sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Secure Self Storage consists of four one-story buildings offering a total of 647 climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units. The facility has brick front dividers with metal interior walls, standing-seam metal roofs, roll-up doors and asphalt driveways. Jordan Farrer and Adam Schlosser of The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Jones Lang LaSalle Securities (JLLS), a member of JLL Capital Markets, has structured and placed a $112 million credit tenant lease and equipment financing for a newly completed industrial facility located at 6320 W. 300 South in Salt Lake City. JLLS served as placement agent for the developer, Riverbend Management. The lease financing and tenant improvements loan was structured to mature with the initial lease term and provide the borrower a single source of financing at a competitive, long-term, fixed rate. The loan allowed Riverbend Management to refinance an existing construction loan in addition to funding more than $80 million of equipment manufacturing improvements. Following tenant improvements, Riverbend will convert the 309,489-square-foot industrial property into a manufacturing facility. Bill Cavagnaro and Austin Johnson of JLLS represented the borrower in the financing. Additionally, JLL Work Dynamics represented the tenant on selection of the manufacturing site, and JLL Project and Development Services served as construction monitor.

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SALT LAKE CITY — A joint partnership between a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, Gardner Batt and BCG Holdings has completed the disposition of a newly constructed industrial building on 32 acres within Mountain View Industrial Park in Salt Lake City. A global investment manager acquired the Class A asset for an undisclosed price. A logistics company fully preleased the 243,232-square-foot building prior to its delivery in November 2023. The asset is part of Phase II of Mountain View Industrial Park, a multi-building, multi-phase warehouse and distribution project totaling approximately 1.3 million square feet. The second phase consists of the 243,232-square-foot Building C and the 179,400-square-foot Building B, both of which were completed in late 2023. Phase I featured an 833,280-square-foot building that was completed in 2022. The partnership acquired the 92-acre site at 300 South and 5960 West, where the entire project sits, in October 2020. Mountain View Industrial Park features offices finished to suit, 32-foot clear heights, abundant dock loading, heavy power, clerestory windows, skylights throughout the warehouse areas and ample trailer parking. Jeff Chiate, Rick Ellison, Jeffrey Cole and Matthew Leupold of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group represented the seller in the transaction. The firm’s …

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OREM, UTAH — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a two-property Marriott portfolio in Orem, just north of Provo. A limited liability company acquired the asset. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. The sale included TownePlace Suites Provo Orem and Fairfield Inn & Suites Orem, two four-story hotels sharing a total of 190 guest rooms. Located at 879 N. 120 West, the TownePlace Suites Provo Orem offers 100 guest rooms, and Fairfield Inn & Suites Provo Orem, located at 901 N. 1200 West, features 90 guest rooms. Adam Lewis of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction.

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LAYTON, UTAH — PGIM Real Estate has provided an $18.5 million mezzanine loan to Rockworth Cos. for a mixed-use multifamily and commercial portfolio in Layton, approximately 25 miles north of Salt Lake City. The 6.3-acre site features a newly constructed apartment community and two commercial buildings. The multifamily portion totals 252 units, and the two commercial buildings offer a total of 15,000 square feet of second-story office space and 15,130 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Daniel Kattan of PGIM secured the financing for the borrower.

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SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Texas-based Partners Real Estate has brokered the purchase of a retail store located at 11552 S. District Drive in South Jordan, a suburb of Salt Lake City. JCPenney occupies the 99,215-square-foot property. Dimitri Jordan of Partners Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal. No further details were disclosed.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Bridge Investment Group and Lowe Property Group have received $157.5 million in loan proceeds to refinance Post District, a mixed-use complex in downtown Salt Lake City. Part of a three-phase project, Post District features 580 residential units across four buildings with approximately 26,000 rentable square feet of retail space. Sean Reimer, Mo Beler, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland and William Herring of Walker & Dunlop co-originated the loan with Affinius Capital and Clarion Partners. The borrowers will use the loan proceeds to repay existing debt, fund future costs to complete the construction and repatriate equity to the client as the project continues the lease-up of its newly delivered units.

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