Allen Communication Expands Training and Corporate Education Infrastructure in New Home

Allen Communication is expanding to a new location to accommodate growth and meet the increasing needs of the training industry.

SALT LAKE CITY (October 8, 2013) – Allen Communication Learning Services, a leader in the corporate training industry, has announced plans to expand into a larger and more design centric building. The new office is not far from their current location, in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The building was previously used as a production studio for Touched by An Angel and the Waterford Institute.  The building will be optimized for innovation in corporate training and consumer education. The facility will have sound and video facilities, ideation and creative suites providing a unique home for creative designers and commutations specialists.

“We are excited for the move, and see this structure as a major upgrade to our abilities to supply cutting edge communication and education programing to some of the most brand conscious and demanding corporations,” said Ron Zamir, CEO of Allen. “To stay on top, Allen is investing in technology and know-how to stay at the forefront of mobile development, social portal design and support for the newest standards in interactive design.”

In 2013 Allen has taken full advantage of its creativity and innovation winning over 24 awards for interactive media projects aimed at educating consumers and employees, of some of the country’s leading corporations. The new facility will house its creative and customer facing teams as well as become a site were customers are able to visit and brainstorm on cutting edge industry leading designs.

“The new space will provide every resource our team of talented instructional designers and technologists will need,” said Paul Zackrison, Chief Operating Officer of Allen. “It is an open secret that Utah is home to some of the best instructional design, graphic arts and video professionals in the nation. Our knowhow coupled with a state of the art facility will be prime attraction to the best talent in our start and hopefully in the nation.”

Allen is working on renovations to the new space and they plan to move in early in 2014. The sale was facilitated by Tab Cornelison and Peter Black with CBRE. Design and construction services will be provide by Method Studio and Duane Marsala & Company with financing by Zion’s Bank

ABOUT ALLEN

For three decades, the learning and development experts at Allen Communication Learning Services () have helped many of the world’s largest companies sharpen their organizational performance. Allen expands their client’s capabilities by using progressive approaches in custom training, e-learning, and blended learning development, as well as learning portal development and technologies. This bold approach results in highly-customized organizational training solutions that help departments scale and achieve more, while improving ROI. Follow Allen on Twitter @Allencomm, on LinkedIn, and on Facebook.