One Thing To Say To Boeing > Guess What?

Published on Jul 12, 2016

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Airbus and Boeing compete every day to connect people across the globe, so Airbus has just one thing to say as Boeing marks its 100th anniversary… congratulations! Airbus employees around the world – including top management – share these well wishes, and thank Boeing for its competition that makes the industry better.

These comments from Livement on 18 July 2016 by Gouri Shah
Airbus steals Boeing’s thunder with new congratulatory video

Airbus’ video, titled ‘One thing to say to Boeing’, has already garnered close to 3.5 million views collectively on Facebook and YouTube

Mumbai Boeing, creator of some of the world’s most iconic aircrafts of the 20th century, commemorated its centennial year on Friday. But it was European arch-rival Airbus, that stole their thunder by releasing a classy, congratulatory message for the aircraft maker. Something you would hardly ever expect from your fiercest competitor. The video, titled ‘One thing to say to Boeing’ was launched four days ago and has already garnered close to 3.5 million views collectively on Facebook and YouTube.
The video which features Airbus employees at different establishments from across the world, talks about Boeing and the company gearing up to celebrate 100 years in the business. “We’ve been hearing quite a lot about Boeing lately. About their 100th anniversary. 100 years is a long time. Lots of products (are) built over 100 years. Lots of aircrafts, lots of tough competition in the aerospace marketplace. A lot of history. That got us at Airbus group thinking. We at Airbus compete hard against Boeing. Day in and day out. Fighting for every honour. Working tirelessly to connect and protect people around the globe. Innovating every day. Since we do all of those things in competition with Boeing. What do we have to say about Boeing Company? What would we tell our competitor as they make a big deal about their 100th year in business? We at Airbus think the answer is obvious. Al 150,000 Airbus Group people have just one thing to say to Boeing. One thing. Congratulations... Here’s to healthy competition in the next 100 years. Here’s to the future. From all of us to all of you. Happy Birthday Boeing and thank you for the competition that makes us all better.”
According to a report by Campaign UK, the Airbus video is the brainchild of Clay McConnell, head of communications of Airbus Group, Inc., the Americas subsidiary of the Airbus Group. “In discussing how we could position ourselves vis a vis Boeing on its 100th anniversary, we determined that we really wanted to leverage their momentum and the attention paid to their anniversary to position Airbus as an innovative, global, forward-looking and diverse company that worked on really cool stuff,” he told Campaign. “Above all, we wanted to do it with good nature and a sense of humor.”

Mesa Office of Economic Development New + Improved BDO Maps

Thank you to Jaye O'Donnell, Assistant Economic Development Director

Press Release from City of Mesa Newsroom City of Mesa launches Business Districts Opportunity Maps 07-14-2016 at 5:51:35 PM [ Blogger's Note: Please take note of Labor Market data provided by the City of Mesa ]       Today, the City of Mesa Office of Economic Development launched the new and improved Business Districts Opportunity Maps, a visual representation of investment activity, assets and development opportunities in four of Mesa's key employment centers while there are six areas included with links to .pdf information.  Before readers of this post consider investment in these areas it may be of interest go take a look at this Data for population figures in the labor market within a 20-minute or 30-minute commute if that's a consideration for you. What may be of more interest in recruiting or hiring employees are the shocking and low educational attainment levels - less than 20% are high school graduates - less than 25% have some college - less than 45% have an associate's degree Business Districts / Maps Mesa has a diverse economy with multiple business districts including Downtown Mesa, Falcon District, Fiesta District, Superstition Freeway Corridor, Mesa Riverview and the Mesa Gateway area. All Mesa’s districts have the necessary infrastructure and attributes to help businesses succeed, yet each also has a unique set of qualities that are especially suited for specific industry segments and business needs. Review our various business districts to find the area that best suits your needs. 1. Downtown Mesa [two pages] Located in the heart of the City, Downtown Mesa offers a wealth of opportunities for business owners, consumers and art enthusiasts alike - it's fast becoming the hub of activities for this prospering region.  2. Falcon District The Falcon District is an innovative, high-tech hub for aerospace/aviation, defense, advanced manufacturing, and advanced business services. With highly-skilled technology talent, abundant land and building options, substantial infrastructure, and convenient market access, the Falcon District is a smart location for intelligent business. 3. Fiesta District: An Important Economic Force with Abundant Opportunity Encompassing 1.15 square miles, the Fiesta District is reemerging as one of Mesa’s important business districts featuring cutting-edge industry clusters, skilled workforce, easy market access, extensive infrastructure and ample executive hotel accommodations. Over the last several years, the area has seen or is in the midst of more than $439 million of redevelopment efforts. With new Class A office space coming online and strategic redevelopment and adaptive-reuse opportunities available, the district is ripe for business locations and expansion.   4. Mesa Gateway Area Anchored by the second major airport serving Greater Phoenix, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa Gateway is a 35-square-miles, developing aerotropolis ideal for international companies, aerospace/aviation and defense firms, research and development, high-tech manufacturers, data centers, large industrial users, and educational institutions, as well as for residents to live, work, study, and play. The region features highly-skilled technology talent, abundant land and building options, substantial infrastructure, and convenient market access, the Mesa Gateway Area is a smart location for intelligent companies.

Two other maps available Mesa Riverview Superstition Freeway Corridor The Mesa Opportunity Maps highlight key attributes that companies consider when selecting sites for relocation or expansion including large employers, detailed information about recent public and private investment new commercial and industrial developments cultural amenities transportation corridors infrastructure higher educational institutions special development zones  . . . and much more ?? "The Business District Opportunity Maps are an invaluable marketing tool to help brokers, developers and companies envision how their project fits in a specific area in Mesa," Jaye O'Donnell, Assistant Economic Development Director said. "The site selection process requires extensive data and maps. We've combined both in a visually appealing way to quickly communicate the value proposition and tell the story of each business district." Each employment area has unique features that appeal to a variety of industries. For example: Fiesta District is ideal for business and financial services, corporate headquarters and back office operations, software development, education and healthcare services Falcon District is anchored by aerospace, advanced manufacturing and technology companies, and is ripe for medical device manufacturing, advanced business services, and aerospace supply chain companies. Mesa Opportunity Maps also promote the development sites that are available and offer a single point of contact from the Office of Economic Development for each District. The Business District Opportunity Maps can be found online at www.mesaaz.gov/business/economic-development/business-districts-maps. Contact: Kim Lofgreen Tel. 480-644-3962 kim.lofgreen@mesaaz.gov

Able Engineering : Bigger Better & Ready

ABLE AEROSPACE EXPANDS WITH FULL-SERVICE MAINTENANCE CENTER

July 13, 2016 by Able Engineering

Integrates completion, MRO and parts resources to create world-class capabilities

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[ Blogger's Note: Able is one of Mesa;s largest employers with 453 jobs ]

MESA, Arizona (July 12, 2016) – Able Aerospace Services, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has completed a significant expansion with the opening of the Able Maintenance Center (AMC). The AMC grows Able’s industry presence with a full suite of rotorcraft airframe services including maintenance, inspections, airframe repair, avionics upgrades and paint.
Combined with Able’s already world-leading, on-site MRO and parts solutions – which includes more than 10,000 FAA-approved repairs and a large rotable exchange inventory – the AMC is positioned to become one of the world’s most comprehensive, one-stop helicopter maintenance centers for local and international customers.

ABLE’S FULL-SERVICE MAINTENANCE CENTER

“The AMC evolved in the very trademark Able way: We identified a market need and recognized that we could fill that need with our own on-site network of experts and resources,” said Tony Mitteer, Business Strategy for Able Aerospace Services. “This combination allows us to deliver airframe services in a more comprehensive way than virtually anyone else in the industry. It is a level of tip-to-tail service that exceeds the scope of most maintenance centers.”

New Female PM May's More Isolationist than BoJo" - Jonathan Pie

Just like politics and news everywhere .... and an extra upload of the trite garbage coming out of the new PM's mouth

Published on Jul 15, 2016

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Jonathan Pie gets his wish this week and sees the Etonian pig f*cker out of No10.

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Theresa May gave her first speech as PM outside 10 Downing Street.

Quick Jab At It Again! Short On Hard Data // Long On Speculation

3rd Quarter 2016 Economic Reporter Newsletter

Post Date:07/12/2016 2:24 PM

The buzzwords in the City of Mesa's Office for Economic Development April-June 2016 Newsletter are speculative development - land development or construction with no formal commitment from the end users of the finished product. The speculation can involve either/both the city and development partners and/or builders who anticipate [ or maybe gamble and take a risk ]that a demand exists or will form for the product when it is put on the market.

Bill Jabjiniak and his staff are cheerleaders for the investors and developers. Its their job, so we get a newsletter.

Please click here to enjoy the 3rd Quarter 2016 Economic Reporter Newsletter – a quarterly newsletter produced by the City of Mesa Office of Economic Development.

A new wave of Speculative Development hits Mesa after the top-tier industrial regions, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New Jersey and Dallas, were the first to see the resurgence in speculative development, starting in mid-2013. Now speculative development has spread to other markets.

Highly Skilled Workers are Flocking to Affordable Markets with a Growing Tech Presence, According to CBRE's Annual "Scoring Tech Talent" Report

Robust influx of millennials in the workforce is a significant factor in this year’s ranking of the top 50 “Tech Talent” markets in the U.S. and Canada

Los Angeles, JUNE 30, 2016 – San Francisco remains the nation’s leading tech market, but the competition for talent is getting tougher as more highly skilled tech workers—especially millennials—are flocking to cities where the cost of living is lower and tech jobs are plentiful, according to CBRE Group, Inc.’s annual Research report, “Scoring Tech Talent,” which ranks 50 U.S. and Canadian markets according to their ability to attract and grow tech talent.

In their quest for highly skilled talent and for lower cost of doing business, both new and expanding companies are establishing footprints in these more affordable markets—including Nashville, Charlotte, Tampa, Seattle and Phoenix—leading to a rise in demand for office space and a decrease in office vacancy.
Tech Talent Scorecard 

Established tech markets, namely the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, once again dominated the top spots on the 2016 “Tech Talent Scorecard,” with New York and Austin rounding out the top five—a boost for Austin, which ranked #8 last year. Rankings for the Tech Talent Scorecard are determined based on 13 unique metrics including tech talent supply, growth, concentration, cost, completed tech degrees, industry outlook for job growth, and market outlook for both office and apartment rent cost growth. 

Rounding out the top 15 were Phoenix, Toronto, Chicago, Orange County and Minneapolis. 

Top Momentum Markets

Meanwhile, small markets took dominant positions on the list of top “momentum markets,” which ranks cities based on tech talent growth rates between 2010 and 2015. Charlotte and Nashville, which saw tech talent growth rate increases of 75 percent and 68 percent, respectively, topped this year’s list
The top 10-ranked momentum markets and their associated tech talent growth rates were: 

​1.	​Charlotte, NC	​74.7%
​2.	​Nashville, TN	​67.9%
​3.	​SF Bay Area, CA	​61.5%
​4.	​Baltimore, MD	​61.4%
​5.	​Oklahoma City, OK	​59.0%
​6.	​Phoenix, AZ	​58.1%
​7.	​Austin, TX	​51.8%
​8.	​Tampa, FL	​50.9%
​9.	​Seattle, WA	​50.2%
​10.	​Vancouver, BC	​50.1%​​​

For a comparison of the details in the following section here's a data table from the City of Mesa with low percentages for educational attainment 

“Tech talent markets share several distinct characteristics, including high concentrations of college-educated workers, major universities producing tech graduates and large millennial populations,” said Colin Yasukochi​, who authored the report on behalf of CBRE Research. “The robust entrance of millennials into the labor pool contributed greatly to the growth in tech talent across all 50 downtown markets in our ranking this year.”

Influential Factors Shaping Tech Markets Today

> Educational Attainment/Tech Degrees:  Nearly 70 percent of the top 50 tech talent markets have an educational attainment rate above the U.S. average (30 percent), with Seattle and Washington, D.C. boasting more than 50 percent of residents age 25 years and older with Bachelor’s degrees or higher. More relevant to this study is the number of graduates who have earned technology degrees.

Boston (-17,200) and Phoenix (-12,400) had net job creation deficits.

> Cost of Living: According to Moody’s Analytics, 36 of the top 50 tech talent markets have a cost of living above the U.S. national average.

> Presence of millennials: The presence of higher educational institutions helps markets attract high concentrations of millennials. Madison, Pittsburgh and Boston took the top spots, each boasting millennials as 25 percent or more of the total population.

Impact on Office Markets

“Although a relatively small portion of the economy, tech-talent employers spurred economic activity and added more than 1 million tech jobs during the past five years,” said Mr. Yasukochi. “As a result, tech talent growth has recently been the top driver of office leasing activity in the U.S. and high-tech companies are now one of the main drivers of commercial real estate activity.”

The CBRE report highlighted several influential factors shaping both large and small tech markets today.

 

Here's a link to an expanded chart from Area Development Online of Leading Locations in the U.S.

• In 2016 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale has an Overall Rank of 205
• lower than the three previous years 2015 (124), 2014 (115), and 2013 (121)

Leading Locations for 2016 Commentary:

Diversity of Leading Cities Reflects Commercial Real Estate Demand

Jason Tolliver, Vice President and Head of Industrial Research, Americas, Cushman & Wakefield Q2 2016

Full Chart Expanded go here 

 

Blogger's Note: Area Development’s research desk compiled the statistics for this report. Locations were ranked according to the methodology explained herein.
This article was written by Steve Stackhouse-Kaelble, Staff Editor

 

Significant Assignments from CBRE 2 in Mesa

Date: 6/30/2016

http://www.cbre.us/o/phoenix/people/evan-koplan/Pages/significant-assignments.aspx

• Gilbert Tech Center I & II, Gilbert, AZ ±190,553 SF manufacturing/distribution


• Mulberry Business Park, Mesa, AZ ±159,206 SF manufacturing/distribution


• Westech Distribution Center, Chandler, AZ ±145,532 SF manufacturing/distribution


• 4707 East Baseline Road, Phoenix, AZ ±137,000 SF manufacturing/distribution


• 1868-1872 East Broadway Road, Tempe, AZ ±126,690 SF manufacturing/distribution


• Southbank Business Center, Phoenix, AZ ±108,285 SF flex/manufacturing


• 464 East Chilton Drive, Chandler, AZ ±104,352 SF manufacturing/distribution


• Warner Commerce Park II, Chandler, AZ ±85,551 SF manufacturing/distribution


• EastPoint Business Center, Chandler, AZ ±77,225 SF manufacturing/distribution


• Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Area, Mesa, AZ ±193 AC acreage

 

 

 

 

A Better Idea Than ASU Downtown Mesa - An Open Public Square For Everyone

 . . . and it is well-designed.  More than half of what was needed to rebuild the square’s surface area came from foundations, individuals and corporations.
ANN ZOLLER, Executive Director, LAND Studio: From day one, when we started raising money, we not only raised money for capital, but we raised money for the ongoing program and maintenance. So it’s build it right, make sure it’s used correctly, and, at the get-go, raise money for the future program and maintenance. . . And we don’t play off downtown vs. neighborhood, . .   We don’t play off those kinds of things. What we do, we invest in the city of Cleveland. And when we invest in the city of Cleveland, we do that for the benefit of the entire city.
JAMES CORNER the landscape architect behind Cleveland’s new Public Square, whose firm, James Corner Field Operations, is today designing public spaces in many cities in the U.S. and abroad.
Creating great public spaces is not only about beautification and greenery and social settings. It’s also about platforms for democratic life to play out.

Published on Jul 13, 2016

Views:3,453

Just in time for next week’s Republican convention, Cleveland has unveiled a $50 million renovation of its historic, 10-acre Public Square in the city’s downtown.

The landscape architect was James Corner, the same man behind New York City’s celebrated High Line. The square is sure to be the site of expected protests next week. Corner says it’s ready. Jeffrey Brown reports from Cleveland.

New from Economic Development Office > BDO Maps

Business District Opportunity Maps To help companies better understand the opportunities in our targeted employment centers, we have created four new business district maps.

Downtown Mesa
Downtown District Employment Center
Source: City of Mesa




Contact
Kelley KefferManagement Assistant II
Office of Economic Development
Phone: 480-644-6958
Fax: 480-644-3458

The City of Mesa is growing by leaps and bounds and Downtown Mesa is fast becoming the hub of activities for this prospering region.
Excerpts from the city webpage given in round numbers
Downtown Mesa has

• 7,000 employees
• 3,000 residents
• 11,000 + daily visitors who come to shop, play, learn, and conduct commerce
• 40+ acres of developable land within ½ mile of Downtown Mesa light rail stations, ripe for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) opportunities
• 253,000 SF of office space,
• 48,000 SF of retail space
• $200+ million in public/ private investment since 1997
• 250 commercial property owners and 490 businesses

Note: Education Attainment Levels

Less than 20% are high school graduates
Less than 25% have some college
Less than 50% have Associate degrees or higher

BDO maps define the investment and opportunities within Downtown Mesa, Fiesta District, Falcon District, and the Mesa Gateway Area. Each is unique to the assets and character of the respective districts and provides an overview of the activity in the area. Please take a moment to review the maps at www.mesaaz.gov/business/economic-development/business-districts-maps or click on any of the links below.

> Downtown Mesa
> Falcon District
> Fiesta District
> Mesa Gateway Area