Nibley residents concerned about new, large warehouse in area


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NIBLEY, Cache County — An area once covered by cornfields could soon be home to an 18-acre warehouse.

Residents in a Cache Valley neighborhood are concerned about the noise, danger and pollution a proposed warehouse could bring.

Logan-based Malouf Fine Linens wants to build a warehouse on a 28-acre piece of land zoned for industrial use. The land at 2980 S. 1500 West is currently under contract. The warehouse could eventually house 32 semitrailer bays.

“We really love it here in the valley,” said Jared Erickson, finance manager for Malouf. “We’re growing fast, and we’re just really excited to stay here and have a great facility here in the valley.”

The company started about 10 years ago selling bed linens wholesale and has since expanded its operations to include all sorts of bedding accessories. The company said its current location in Logan only has a handful of semis a day.

Still, homeowners from Nibley’s Stonebridge subdivision are worried about the increase in traffic, noise and pollution to their area.

“We were just blown away, completely blown away because it’s such a residential area, and so many kids are here,” homeowner Bobbi McBride said. “The road will be right in front of our house, so it’s really, really disturbing.”

“I worry about the pollution, but most of all, I worry about my kids,” Nibley homeowner Erica Darley said. “I would never have expected to have a big distribution center put in my backyard.”


We were just blown away, completely blown away because it’s such a residential area, and so many kids are here. The road will be right in front of our house, so it’s really, really disturbing.

–Bobbi McBride


The company said it is growing quickly. It has close to 40 employees right now, which is double what it had even a year or two ago.

"There's going to be maybe a three-fold increase initially, and then we just don't know where growth is going take us over the next several years," said Preston Frischknect, general counsel for Malouf Fine Lines.

Nibley Mayor Shaun Dustin likes the project, but during a planning commission meeting Wednesday said the proposed location didn’t make sense.

“Because it was zoned (industrial) 30 years ago doesn’t necessarily mean that it still works for that spot,” Dustin said.

The mayor is asking the company to consider a land swap with property owned by the city or several other plots available in the area.

Managers at Malouf are considering the land swap but say it's still way too early to say if that's a viable option. If they move forward with the current location, the city could create some conditions for use of that land to cut down on some of those traffic and pollution concerns.

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