Phoenix Warehouse District: The Front Door of the Tech Industry

Phoenix was recently recognized as #2 metro region in the creation of software technology jobs between 2012 and 2014, and STEM job openings will increase in the US by 2.6 million through 2020.* This new initiative between Galvanize, the City of Phoenix, and Allstate will ensure that America can meet the growing demand for technical workers and is the first step toward eliminating technology’s talent gap.

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Go inside the soon-to-open, 125,000-square-foot Phoenix campus of coding school Galvanize

Galvanize, the Denver-based technology education company opening its first Phoenix campus in the Warehouse District south of downtown opened the doors to its still-in-progress renovated space this week.

Located on 515 E. Grant St., the renovated Lawrence Warehouse will offer 125,000 square feet of space for students, co-working space and corporate training center.

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Galvanize to Host All-Star Lineup of Tech Leaders at “How to Break into Tech” Event

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On January 11, 2017, Galvanize—the dynamic learning community for technology—will bring together distinguished technology leaders from local and national companies at an all-star educational and networking event. Technology game changers will share the stories of their journeys into the tech industry, and offer tips and advice about how to find a fulfilling career in technology.

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Seed Spot moving back to the Phoenix Warehouse District

Phoenix-based social entrepreneur incubator Seed Spot is moving back to the downtown Phoenix Warehouse District.

Seed Spot will rent space from R&R Partners, a public relations, marketing and advertising firm. R&R relocated in 2014 to a retrofitted 1926 warehouse building near Second and Buchanan streets just south of Talking Stick Resort Arena.

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Norris Design taps into Downtown Warehouse District with relocation

Norris Design, a national landscape architecture, planning, and project promotion firm decided the best way to capitalize on the growth of the Phoenix Metro market was by moving into the heart of it.

The company recently purchased a warehouse — located just east of Chase Field and totaling 12,400 square feet — at 901 E. Madison St., which it plans to renovate into office space for Norris Design’s Phoenix branch in addition to a co-working space for future tenants.

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Phoenix New Times Names Warehouse District “Best Place to Office” in its 2016 issue

Downtown Phoenix’s warehouse district is finally getting the new life it deserves, thanks to a number of business owners who know a good deal when they see one. Located between Jefferson and Grant streets and Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, the warehouse district offers up a central location, plenty of space, and, with a little remodeling, an industrial charm that would make any startup company swoon.

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Phoenix New Times Names Open Studios @ ASU Grant Street “Best Arts Festival” in its 2016 issue

Atop concrete floors and divided into rooms without ceilings by bright white walls often tacked with notes and works in progress are the studios for select graduate arts students at Arizona State University. Despite the sliding metal doors conjuring a jail-cell-like look, we imagine Grant Street Studios is a great spot to hole up while prepping for a thesis exhibition and bouncing ideas off other student artists.

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WebPT wins Arizona Business Magazine’s Most Admired Company for 2016

By creating an affordable, intuitive, and technologically sound cloud-based EMR for rehabilitation therapist, WebPT brought all the benefits of EMR to rehab therapy practices that otherwise would have fallen behind.

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CCBG Named One of the Top 10 Coolest Offices

Located in the center of burgeoning Downtown Phoenix Warehouse District, this modern building pays homage to the historic area. The team at CCBG designed the space themselves, with open windows offering fantastic Phoenix views and an industrial yet friendly feel unlike any other space.

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PHOENIX RISING

Warehouse District gets new life as a home for tech companies and start-ups. More than 100 years ago, Phoenix Warehouse District was a bustling area where trains would crisscross across the streets, bringing wholesale goods and produce in and out of the region. Then the urban flight of the 1950s and 1960s swept the nation, Phoenix wound up with a severely empty warehouse district.
For many building owners in the area, it became cheaper to own dirt than an empty warehouse, so many of the brick-walled sentinels of the past were torn down and replace with dirt or parking lots.
Fast forward to the 21st Century and the district’s remaining dormant buildings have been undergoing a rejuvenation, with redevelopment revitalizing an area that had been left by the wayside.

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‘Their own little hood:’ 10 neighborhoods, submarkets around greater Phoenix on the rise or rebounding

We all know Arcadia, Roosevelt Row, Tempe’s Mill Avenue and Old Town Scotts-dale have been hot spots for real estate from infill and apartments to offices and restaurants.

Our panel of executives and industry experts at our Sept. 1 commercial real estate roundtable offered some expected and unexpected submarkets that could be the next big thing, as did Valley mayors at another Sept. 9 forum hosted by Valley Partnership.

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Phoenix’s Zombie Walk Is Coming Back from the Dead

It turns out that Phoenix’s Zombie Walk isn’t dead after all. In fact, just like the brain-eating hordes that inspire the annual event, it’s about to rise from the grave.

Three months after announcing its cancellation, Zombie Walk organizers have told New Times that they are reviving the popular Halloween season event, albeit with plenty of changes. It will take place on Saturday, October 29, at its new home in downtown Phoenix’s warehouse district, and will also feature new sponsors and an entirely new route for the walk.

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