Phoenix Proposes Millions in Reimbursements to Kick Off Tech Corridor

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on April 25, 2023

The city of Phoenix is looking to turn remaining vacant farmland along a major freeway corridor into a new industrial and technology-focused center.

Phoenix wants to help developers bring new industrial buildings to the Loop 202 in the Laveen area in the south part of the city by reimbursing two firms — IDM Cos. and Leon Capital Group — up to $20 million in public infrastructure costs, or $10 million for each developer.

This will help speed up development of 2.4 million square feet across 10 new industrial buildings slated for the west side of the freeway between Dobbins and Elliot roads and attract potential employers, according to the city.

Nearly 50 million square feet of industrial tenants were looking for space in the first quarter of 2023 in the Phoenix metro, according to a recent CBRE Group Inc. report.

The city said this area is Phoenix’s newest industrial core and is now being called the Loop 202 South Mountain Technology Corridor. The sites, which have been used for farmland going back decades, have also been shortlisted by multiple high-wage companies.

Vancouver, Washington-based IDM Cos. plans to build a 1.2 million square-foot park called Envision Dobbins 202 West with six buildings across 80 acres along Loop 202.

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