Southwest City Scoop: Construction Starts in Phoenix
Christine Mackay
Director, Community and Economic Development City of Phoenix
Growth in America’s fifth-largest city continues at a brisk pace. Mackay says the bioscience and health care sectors continue to surge. “Across the city of Phoenix, nine bioscience and health care organizations have announced 17 projects for construction in the next 24 months, totaling $3.5 billion in value for 4.4 million square feet and more than 7,000 professional jobs,” Mackay says. She adds that downtown Phoenix is home to more than 300 technology companies in 2019 compared with 67 in 2012.