Salt Lake City, Utah
The premier business region in the American West.
PortSLC sits on the west side of Salt Lake City, where two Class I railroads, an international airport, and two interstates meet. Built for the companies that make things, and ready for yours.
The industry is already here.
Four advantages, one location
Most industrial sites offer one or two of these. Having all four in one place is what lowers freight cost, cuts risk, and keeps a project on schedule.
Rates you negotiate
With BNSF and Union Pacific both on site, you negotiate rail rates instead of accepting them, and a service problem on one line never stops your plant. Captive shippers pay more. You will not be one.
Same day, anywhere
High value parts, engineers, and visiting customers move the same day. Nonstop flights to Europe, Asia, and Mexico mean your people and your freight skip the connection.
The West from one dock
A truck leaving PortSLC reaches Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Boise, Reno, and Los Angeles within a day. One location serves the Mountain West and the West Coast without a second warehouse, so less inventory and fewer nodes.
A plant you can actually staff
A labor force of 1.8 million with a median age of 32 and one of the highest participation rates in the country. The workforce here already builds aircraft parts, medical devices, and rail cars, so you hire experience, not just headcount.
Built for the industries that build things
PortSLC is built for demanding operations: large rail served sites, secure facilities, and a skilled workforce. Four sectors define it.
Defense
Secure, large scale sites for primes and their suppliers, with a workforce that already holds clearances.
Aerospace
Air and rail access for both sustainment and production programs, with composites and machining in the region.
Life sciences
Room to scale production, alongside a workforce trained for regulated manufacturing environments.
Advanced manufacturing
Precision manufacturing, composites, and rail equipment already operate here, on sites ready to build.
Ready when you are.
Send your requirements and we will tell you plainly whether PortSLC fits.
One conversation, one contact, no runaround.
Stephen Smith
Associate Vice President, Regional Project Area Development
Utah Inland Port Authority
Sustainability
Growth that protects the Great Salt Lake and our air.
PortSLC sits a few miles from the Great Salt Lake. UIPA funds wetland and shoreline conservation around the lake, and a federal Clean Ports grant is replacing diesel equipment at the intermodal terminal with zero emission equipment.
Clean Ports grant
EPA funding for zero emission trucks, locomotives, and cargo handlers at the Salt Lake City Intermodal Terminal.
Great Salt Lake conservation
Committed this year to protect the lake's wetlands and shoreline with the Utah Department of Natural Resources.
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