CliftonLarsonAllen to move Valley operations to Hayden Ferry Lakeside campus

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on October 2, 2024

A major accounting firm with national reach is moving its local operations to Tempe Town Lake.

CliftonLarsonAllen, or CLA, announced Oct. 1 it is taking about 55,000 square feet at the Hayden Ferry Lakeside office campus in Tempe. Sources familiar with the deal say that it’s in Hayden Ferry Lakeside I — the building once fully occupied by Silicon Valley Bank.

CLA is expected to move into the building and operate a new “connection center” and office across multiple floors beginning in December 2025. That connection center is a dedicated space for employee learning and development, leadership training, collaboration, events and client meetings.

CLA, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, chose Tempe and the Hayden Ferry Lakeside campus for its new connection center to bring in CLA professionals across the region for “training, education, learning and development, and connection.” The campus provided all the amenities it was looking for, according to a CLA spokesperson.

CBRE Group Inc.’s Bryan Taute and Will Mask are the listing brokers for the Hayden Ferry Lakeside campus.

When it completes the move to Tempe, CLA will no longer occupy its Midtown Phoenix office at 20 E. Thomas Road. The company has about 100 employees locally and the expansion into Tempe will allow it to grow in the future.

CLA ranked No. 7 on the Business Journal’s List of Largest Phoenix-area Accounting Firms with 62 Arizona CPAs as of May.

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