The Pearl on Main

“By the end of that first year, we were kind of at a turning point - either we sell the building and move on, or we figure out how to really make the building work for us.” That moment, equal parts terrifying and clarifying, belongs to John Simianer and Peyton Wunderli, the architects behind The Pearl on Main. Their path to owning one of Midvale’s most iconic buildings, now home to an event space and architecture office, was not mapped out in a business plan. It unfolded the way many meaningful things do - through partnership, instinct, and a willingness to pivot when something is not working.