South Jordan's FrontRunner-oriented business office breaks ground

South Jordan's FrontRunner-oriented business office breaks ground

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SOUTH JORDAN — Silicon Slopes' presence in Salt Lake County is growing.

A new, transit-oriented project broke ground Tuesday near South Jordan's FrontRunner station, and developers say it could draw hundreds of new, high-tech jobs to the area over the next few years.

InMoment, a Murray-based customer experience technology company, broke ground on its new global headquarters — one of two, six-story, 180,000-square-foot office towers planned for the SoJo Station development.

A 160-room Embassy Suites hotel, restaurant and parking structure also are planned for the development site.

"When it came to selecting a site for our new global headquarters, we wanted a place that reflects our innovative technology and culture, where we can continue to grow and prosper," InMoment CEO John Sperry said.

As "the heart of Silicon Slopes," Sperry said, South Jordan is a perfect location for the company's new headquarters, which he said will welcome employees from Provo to Ogden and Tooele to Park City because of its central, transit-oriented location.

"This really is the center, the dead center of the valley," he said. "It's great. Employees in Ogden and employees in Provo can get here in 25 minutes and walk 20 feet from FrontRunner right into work."

Sperry said the company employes 350 people worldwide — in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. — including 170 employees in Murray. With its new headquarters, slated to be completed by the end of summer in 2017, Sperry said the business is on track to hire at least 300 more employees.

"We're buying triple the office space, so we're expecting to grow our employee base dramatically over the next few years," he said.

InMoment, founded by Sperry in 2002, crowdsources customer experience feedback to help brands make better business decisions.

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, speaking to roughly 100 InMoment employees who rode FrontRunner to attend the ceremony Tuesday, praised the development as a project that will help improve the valley's air quality.

"This development represents something more than the jobs we love to see," McAdams said. "This type of development also aligns with our goals to give employees a work destination that offers transit as an easy choice."

The mayor also said the company will help expand the county and state's high-tech sector.

"Who needs Silicon Valley to find exciting high-tech opportunities when we've got it right here in Utah?" McAdams said. "And we've got it right here in Salt Lake County with companies like InMoment. The future looks bright for our community."

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