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Washington City highlights multiple commercial and logistics projects as growth strategy
Summary
Mayor Chris Staley described a string of commercial, retail and industrial projects — from new dealerships and restaurants to a large logistics center and a project called Freeport West — as central to the city's economic development goals along I-15.
Mayor Chris Staley said Washington City is prioritizing commercial development along the I-15 corridor to boost sales-tax revenue and better match the city's share of services to its population.
The mayor listed a number of projects the city said are under construction, fully entitled or near vertical construction: a Findlay Hyundai dealership (recently opened ribbon cutting), restaurant and retail firsts for the city including 7 Brothers and Panera Bread, a Marriott hotel under construction near Green Spring, and neighborhood commercial development near Crimson Cliffs High School.
On the industrial side, Staley highlighted the Ara Southwest Logistics Center, showing drone footage of footings for two buildings “nearly 200,000 square feet each” under construction. He also described the Freeport West project as accounting for nearly 5,000,000 square feet of space opening land east of St. George Regional Airport to commercial and industrial development. Staley said WinCo Foods is fully entitled, with construction drawings nearing completion and plans to go vertical this year on an approximately 14-acre site.
Staley credited Rusty Hughes, the city's economic development director, for helping bring projects to fruition and pointed attendees to washingtoncity.org's interactive development map for plats, elevations and project details.
The mayor framed the projects as deliberate steps to increase sales-tax revenue that supports police, fire and roads and to reduce what he described as a current 4% deficit between sales-tax revenues and population share.
