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Utah Industrial Depot
An Emerging Logistics Hub

Utah Industrial Depot, located in Tooele, Utah, is quickly becoming a logistics hub for major national distributors with operations in the West. The Depot enjoys three key ingredients that are vital to becoming a logistics hub: easy access to rail lines, a short distance to the Salt Lake City International Airport and Utah's natural location as a crossroads to the West.
        "Utah Industrial Depot is ideal for heavy industry and distribution because it is isolated from the core of the city, yet close enough to a major city. It enjoys all of the infrastructure support that comes with the distinction of being a major city," said Utah Industrial Depot Asset Manager Mark Smith.
        Utah Industrial Depot is a 1,700-acre (158-hectare) industrial development located approximately 30 minutes southwest of Salt Lake City. The site includes 258 buildings, totaling approximately 3 million square feet (278,700 sq. m.), and 800 acres (324 hectares) of undeveloped land. Many of the existing structures were built by the government for use in manufacturing and assembling heavy equipment.
        Among the Depot's biggest tenants is Freightliner, LLC. , which does all of its retrofitting for the Western United States on Freightliner highway truck tractors at Utah Industrial Depot. The company employs 100 people and leases a 100,000 sq.-ft. facility at the Depot. "We chose Utah Industrial Depot because it is close to the interstate freeway system," said Dave O'Neill, facility manager for Freightliner. In addition to the space and freeway accessibility, Freightliner enjoys access to cranes and other specialized equipment left from the days when Utah Industrial Depot was a military installation.
        Utah Industrial Depot is becoming a logistics draw for a gamut of industries, including Utah Fabrication, which specializes in steel contract logistics across the United States. When it came to finding the best workspace for the business, Utah Industrial Depot beat the competition with an iron fist.
        "Because of its unique military history, the Depot already had the foundation for us to build our business on," said Roger Peterson, president of Utah Fabrication. "It already has the existing trucking requirements, such as access roads, cranes, heavy industrial zoning and railroad service; therefore we can focus on manufacturing production." So far, that focus has allowed Peterson to expand the business from 21,000 sq. ft. to 36,000 sq. ft., and counting.
        "The three ingredients to our success ­ easy access to rail lines, proximity to the international airport and Utah's business location as a crossroads to the West ­ are also major keys to our clients' growth," Smith said. "Utah Fabrication is a typical example of that."

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