City of Phoenix Employment Center Profile Gateway

City of Phoenix Employment Center Profile

Gateway

Strategically positioned with exceptional access

to the urban freeway system and the airport, the Gateway employment

center is one of the Valley's premier office

locations.

Extending from Washington Street north to

Osborn Road between 40th and 48th streets, Gateway features mid-rise

office development, mixed with hotel, retail

and residential uses.

Labor Force Accessibility and Skills

Gateway offers the best of all worlds with its central location and excellent accessibility to labor and other business resources. Employers in this area can attract workers with a variety of skills and experience. Currently employers draw from a labor pool of more than 670,000 workers within a 30 minute commute.1 With population in the labor shed increasing by over 200,000 people by 2030, the potential labor pool will continue to expand.2 A high concentration of service, professional specialty and clerical and administrative support workers are available within a 10 and 20 minute commute. Generally, the occupational distribution of the area's workforce mirrors that of the metropolitan area as a whole, offering employers a broad mix of skills. Within a 20 minute commute shed, 22 percent of the workforce has completed some college and 29 percent have completed a bachelor's degree.3

Gateway employment center businesses can also take advantage of opportunities to upgrade or expand the skills of their workforce through training resources found at nearby Arizona State University, Gateway Community College, University of Phoenix or any of the other private education and training providers in the immediate area.

1,2,3 American Community Survey 2011; Applied Economics 2012.

Employment by Occupation

10 Min. Commute 20 Min. Commute

Work Force

Number %

Number %

Management

2,807 11

31,256 13

Engineering & Science

1,239 5

13,941 6

Healthcare & Education 3,055 12

37,867 16

Ser vice

7,161 27

49,629 20

Sales

2,876 11

27,854 11

Clerical & Admin. Support 3,385 13

34,843 14

Construction

3,395 13

24,483 10

Production

1,241 5

10,653 4

Trans./Material Mover

1,381 5

12,465 5

Total

26,540

242,991

Source: American Community Survey, 2011; Applied Economics, 2012.

30 Min. Commute Number %

96,713 14 40,425 6 99,423 15 122,998 18 78,696 12 95,914 14 73,160 11 30,864 5 33,946 5 672,139

Commute Shed

#

Projected Population

30 Minute Commute Shed

Commute Shed Travel Time

0 - 10 minutes 10 - 20 minutes 20 - 30 minutes

? Access to large labor force in central Phoenix and the East Valley

? Conveniently located near higher education and training facilities

? Close to airport, light rail and urban freeways

2000 2010

Population 1,398,233 1,398,744

2020 2030

Population 1,522,475 1,601,447

Source: Applied Economics, 2012.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary Aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Products and services made available through Federal Funding provided by the Workforce Investment Act.

Sites and Buildings

The Gateway area offers a great mix of office, retail and hotel development along the 44th Street corridor. Over the past few years, a number of new offices and hotel developments have come on line. This area supports close to 3.4 million square feet of office space, with almost 1 million square feet added or renovated since 2000.4 About 50 percent of the office inventory in this area is Class A space.

4 CoStar Realty Information Inc., Second Quarter 2012.

Connectivity

Gateway is also well served by several telecommunications providers with advanced fiber optic networks in place to provide enhanced services with excellent reliability. These providers are able to offer specialized capabilities such as complete digital infrastructure, T-1 (DS1) lines, T-3 (DS3) lines, self-healing fiber ring architecture and high-speed data communications. Local exchange carriers with service in the Gateway area include CenturyLink and Cox Communications.

Osborn Rd.

40th St. 44th St. 48th St.

1 2 3 TThhoommaass RRdd.. 4

Oak St.

McDowell Rd.

5 Fillmore St.

7 Van Buren St.

9

6 8

Washington St.

10

Phoenix Light Rail System

Major Office Buildings

and Developments

1. Camelhead Square 101,129 sq. ft. Class B Office

2. Concord Place 133,500 sq. ft. Class A Office

3. Arcadia Gateway Center 89,811 sq. ft. Class B Office

4. Falcon Corporate Center A&B 220,802 sq. ft. Class A-B Office

5. Cofco Center 166,000 sq. ft. Class B Office

6. 501 N 44th St 102,284 sq. ft. Class A Office

7. Phoenix Gateway Center 1-4 571,146 sq. ft. Class A Office

8. East Gateway Center 232,000 sq. ft. Class A Office

9. Airport Tech Center 1-2 196,501 sq. ft. Class A-B Office

10 4600 E Washington 186,690 sq. ft. Class A Office

Source: CoStar Realty Information Inc., 2012.

? Landiscor, Inc. 2010

Red line denotes the light rail project as it is located within this employment center.

Infrastructure

The Gateway area is strategically positioned offering desirable established neighborhoods to the north, excellent access to the interstate and regional freeway systems. Businesses that need easy access to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport or the East Valley can take advantage of 1-10, SR 143 and the Loop 202 freeways. METRO light rail running along Washington Street also connects the Gateway area to downtown as well as to Arizona State University.

The Gateway area offers the most direct access to the airport of any business location in the city. Phoenix Sky Harbor is within 5 to 10 minutes of anywhere in this employment center. Sky Harbor is one of the country's busiest airports, with more than 40 million passengers passing through the facility annually. There are more than 830 daily non-stop flights to nearly 80 domestic destinations and 13 international destinations. The airport is served by 21 airlines and offers daily non-stop service to over 90 destinations in the U.S. and around the world.5 Additionally, Phoenix Sky Harbor has one of the highest percentages of operational time of any major airport in the nation

5 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 2012.

Major Area Employers/ Industry

American Family Insurance Finance and Insurance

Aztec Engineering Engineering Services

Cemex USA Construction Materials

Clear Channel Communications Radio Broadcasting

Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Federal Credit Union

E. W. Scripps Company - KNXV Television Broadcasting

Healthchoice AZ Finance and Insurance

i/o Data Center Data Center Services

McGladrey Management Consulting

Malcolm Pirnie - ARCADIS Consulting Engineers

Mesa Air Group Regional Air Carrier - Headquarters

State Farm Insurance Finance and Insurance

Source: Maricopa Association of Governments, 2011; Applied Economics, 2012.

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