Phoenix Tech Scene Growing (Mesa, Scottsdale: real estate, buying, living)

[AZSunDevil83]

More proof about the growing tech hub happening in Phoenix. Hopefully the played and tired argument of all these new tech positions being "back office" positions is finally put to rest.

You either don't know what you're talking about or you don't work in the industry.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/n...tech-jobs.html

[KurtAZ]

Hmmm...and all these jobs located adjacent to my neighborhood...can't wait to see those home prices go up.

[Hrothgar]

Originally Posted by AZSunDevil83

More proof about the growing tech hub happening in Phoenix. Hopefully the played and tired argument of all these new tech positions being "back office" positions is finally put to rest.

You either don't know what you're talking about or you don't work in the industry.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/n...tech-jobs.html

Funny enough I live in Utah right now and they have found their way on that list by packaging telemarketing sales and customer service jobs as "high end IT careers."

[Pretzelogik]

The problem is keeping the silicon cool in the summer.

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by Pretzelogik

The problem is keeping the silicon cool in the summer.

Were you trying to make a silicone joke?

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Is it still going strong? Has Trump trade war added more fuel to the fire? Is it all going into a specific town?

[jnojr]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Is it still going strong? Has Trump trade war added more fuel to the fire? Is it all going into a specific town?

Chandler has it's "Price Road Corridor" that's built with tech firms in mind.

[ShampooBanana]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Is it still going strong? Has Trump trade war added more fuel to the fire? Is it all going into a specific town?

Still going strong. In fact, stronger than ever. I used to work in Economic Development and now in real estate market data/research and I've seen the numbers and see and hear about all the job announcements. Can't go more than a week without hearing about another company relocating here or doing a major expansion. The good thing is it's not all confined to one place. Some are down in Chandler near Intel, others in East Mesa out near Mesa Gateway, some in Scottsdale (both north and south), and a lot in the vicinity of downtown Phoenix and up into the Central Corridor.

Some of it is homegrown, but a lot of it is what you might call the "tech spillover" effect from companies who've become disillusioned by the high cost of living and doing business in Silicon Valley/Bay Area and decided to grow their business here. Some are taking advantage of various state incentive programs, but really it's about the lower cost of business combined with plentiful existing tech workforce. It's also not that tough to attract young talent if not already available to move to Phoenix as compared to some other places.

[ShampooBanana]

Another thing I wanted to note: Phoenix is ground zero for a number of tech-based industry disruptors. I'm talking things like Autonomous Vehicles and testing (Waymo, Uber, Apple, etc), Electric Vehicles (Lucid Motors plant happening down in Casa Grande and Nikola Motors hydrogen-electric truck plant also in Pinal County, Offerpad and Opendoor which have begun to disrupt homebuying and selling, Carvana/Drivetime which is disrupting the way people buy and sell cars, Tuft & Needle (online mattresses), and there are countless others. Some of those companies have grown by leaps and bounds and are rapidly expanding all across the US, but are based right here in Phoenix. That's really good for us and as they grow we can only stand to benefit as they will need top level employees to help manage and maintain that growth.

This is in addition to our already strong presence in other tech industries and manufacturing such as aerospace (Boeing, MD Helicopter, Honeywell), defense (General Dynamics, Orbital ATK), semiconductors (Intel, ON Semiconductor), and Solar (First Solar). Data centers have also found Phoenix to be an ideal place due to strong infrastructure and stable climate and geology (Apple recently opened their new $2 billion one in east Mesa). ASU and U of A have been and continue to be strong partners with a lot of these companies also.

[sh9730]

Originally Posted by ShampooBanana

Another thing I wanted to note: Phoenix is ground zero for a number of tech-based industry disruptors. I'm talking things like Autonomous Vehicles and testing (Waymo, Uber, Apple, etc), Electric Vehicles (Lucid Motors plant happening down in Casa Grande and Nikola Motors hydrogen-electric truck plant also in Pinal County, Offerpad and Opendoor which have begun to disrupt homebuying and selling, Carvana/Drivetime which is disrupting the way people buy and sell cars, Tuft & Needle (online mattresses), and there are countless others. Some of those companies have grown by leaps and bounds and are rapidly expanding all across the US, but are based right here in Phoenix. That's really good for us and as they grow we can only stand to benefit as they will need top level employees to help manage and maintain that growth.

This is in addition to our already strong presence in other tech industries and manufacturing such as aerospace (Boeing, MD Helicopter, Honeywell), defense (General Dynamics, Orbital ATK), semiconductors (Intel, ON Semiconductor), and Solar (First Solar). Data centers have also found Phoenix to be an ideal place due to strong infrastructure and stable climate and geology (Apple recently opened their new $2 billion one in east Mesa). ASU and U of A have been and continue to be strong partners with a lot of these companies also.

Wish I could rep this - but you and I agree too much.

I hope the next phase is a continuation of the "combo growth" where companies Like Nikola Motors you mention are putting their R&D/Admin operations in the city core area (in this case near the airport), but the factories that go the Pinal county area where large swath's of land are still affordable.

Don't forget Microchip, Rogers, and others - as well as McKesson and State Farm moving HQs here - although not tech related.

I LOVE seeing so many cranes around town and big complexes of housing (both multi-family and Single Family) being built in every direction - including down here in Casa Grande.