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Work Force Number % Number % Number %

Management 3,152 11 29,504 13 87,029 14

Engineering & Science 1,349 5 15,169 7 38,829 6

Healthcare & Education 3,821 14 33,489 14 88,992 15

Service 5,490 20 46,316 20 112,950 18

Sales 2,536 9 24,839 11 70,173 11

Clerical & Admin. Support 4,478 16 35,871 15 89,406 15

Construction 3,332 12 24,218 10 65,368 11

Production 1,702 6 11,423 5 28,375 5

Trans./Material Mover 1,965 7 12,246 5 31,857 5

Total 27,825 233,075 612,979

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

Labor Force Accessibility and Skills

A key advantage of locating in South Mountain is accessibility to a large labor pool. More than610,000 workers live within a 30 minute commute.1 The population within the commute shed is pro-jected to grow by about 20 percent by 2030, providing additional workers to support future growth.2

Within a 20 to 30 minute commute, businesses have access to a broad mix of workers to fill managerial and technical positions. Within a 10 minute commute, the labor pool offers a high concentration of people with clerical, administrative and service industry skills as well as production and trades workers. In addition, a sizeable portion of the workforce has bilingual skillsto support international business operations. Within a 20 minute commute shed, 28 percent of theworkforce has completed some college or an associate’s degree and an additional 26 percent havecompleted a bachelor’s degree.3

South Mountain businesses also are well positioned to take advantage of training resources andattract new graduates from nearby Arizona State University, University of Phoenix, South MountainCommunity College, Maricopa Skill Center and a variety of other private training providers locatedin the immediate area.1,2,3 American Community Survey 2011; Applied Economics 2012.

City of Phoenix Employment Center Profile

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• Access to a large manufacturing and administrative support workforce

• Excellent interstate and air transportation access

• Substantial inventory of office and industrial space

• High quality housing developments and recreational opportunities

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Population Population2000 1,227,410 2020 1,427,9402010 1,274,665 2030 1,522,306

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Infrastructure

Interstate 10 provides direct connections to the Southwestern U.S., includ-ing Southern California markets. This makes South Mountain a choice loca-tion for manufacturers and logistics operations that service these regions.This area also offers superior metro area accessibility with connections tothe southeast Valley via the US 60 and direct access to downtown Phoenixand North Phoenix via the urban freeway system.

The South Mountain area offers direct access to Phoenix Sky HarborInternational Airport within a short 5 to 10 minute drive. Sky Harbor is oneof the country’s busiest airports, with more than 40 million passengers andover 302,000 tons of cargo passing through the facility annually. There aremore than 830 daily non-stop flights to nearly 80 domestic destinationsand 13 international destinations. The airport is served by 21 airlines andoffers daily non-stop service to over 90 destinations in the U.S. and aroundthe world.5

5 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 2012.

Housing and Attractions

Although South Mountain has many established neighbor-hoods, it is in many ways a developing area. There are manynew homes in master planned communities with golf and otheramenities. Examples of developments and area attractionsinclude:

• The Raven Golf Club at South Mountain, designed by GaryPanks and Senior PGA Tour star David Graham, offers excep-tional golf and amenities in lush surroundings. Several upscale,housing developments border the Raven golf course.• The Legacy Golf Resort includes luxury guest suites, 322 sin-gle-family homes and 150 patio homes at the scenic foothills ofSouth Mountain. This development combines scenic beauty withthe convenience of downtown and major employers in the area.• The Arizona Grand Resort and Spa offers 117,000 square feetof meeting space and conference facilities, 740 guest suites, golfand a variety of other recreational opportunities.• South Mountain Regional Park, which borders the area, contains 16,000 acres of desert preserve and recreationalspace. It is the largest municipal park in the world and offers avariety of hiking trails and outdoor recreation amenities.

Business Parks

Major Area Employers/IndustryB A E Systems Land Armaments Military Equipment ManufacturingCaremark Wholesale PharmaceuticalsCaris Life Sciences Biomedical ServicesCharles Schwab Finance and InsuranceGE Healthcare Electromedical Apparatus ManufacturingP F Technologies Ltd Plastics ProcessingProgressive Insurance Corp Direct Property and CasualtyInsurance CarriersLaboratory Corporation of America Medical Laboratory ServicesSchaller Anderson (Aetna) Direct Health and Medical InsuranceCarriersSchenker Transportation and WarehousingSiemens Building Technologies Air Conditioning and RefrigerationControlsStream Global Services Business Management ServicesSource: Maricopa Association of Governments; Applied Economics, 2012.

Development Activity

South Mountain offers an inventory of more than 9.2 million square feet ofindustrial and warehouse space and 2.2 million square feet of flex space,with close to 3.1 million square feet built since 2000.4 The area alsoincludes 1.6 million square feet of office space with several new buildingscurrently proposed or under construction. New or expanding businesseswill benefit from competitive lease rates found in this area, along with theclose proximity to Interstate 10 and Phoenix Sky Harbor InternationalAirport. A number of large business parks in the area provide master-planned campus environments for office and light industrial employers.Major employers in the area include Charles Schwab, Caremark, BAESystems, GE Healthcare and Progressive Insurance.4 CoStar Realty Information Inc., Second Quarter 2012.

1. Phoenix I-10 Business Park480,319 sq. ft.Industrial

2. Wier Industrial Park155,537 sq. ft.Industrial

3. Koll Cotton Center226,608 sq. ft.Office-Flex-Industrial

4. Cotton Center Unit 8214,218 sq. ft.Flex

5. Cotton Center 9&14266,939 sq. ft.Flex

6. Liberty Cotton Center867699 sq. ft.Office-Flex

7. Cotton Corporate Center264,485 sq. ft.Office-Flex

8. Arizona Industrial Properties311,374 sq. ft.Industrial

9. South Mountain Business Park239,400 sq. ft.Industrial

10. Pointe South Mountain Business Park 4188,140 sq. ft.Industrial

12/12Source: CoStar Realty Information Inc., 2012.

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Connectivity

South Mountain also is well served by high speed telecommu-nications providers with advanced fiber optic networks in placeto provide enhanced services with excellent reliability. TheSouth Mountain employment center features modern, reliabletelecommunications infrastructure that is supported by multipleproviders. These providers are able to offer specialized capa-bilities 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 include CenturyLink and Cox Communications.

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