well as manufacturing and advanced manufacturing uses,” Fratt describes. “We’ve had strong interest from both distribution companies as well as manufacturers. The building has 3000 amps of power and conduit in place for another 3000 amps of power, which is becoming critical for all of these manufacturers that continue to be located within the west valley of metro Phoenix. It also has a metal roof deck, which is very rare, and a big insurance benefit, particularly for manufacturing uses,” Fratt adds. Along with this, the West Valley Industrial Rail Center, they can get through the city of El Mirage to get their plans entitled, to get review checks done, and to get permits for their projects, which, in today’s world, is very, very important and also unusual. The personal touch that the city of El Mirage puts on all of these projects should not be understated.” This welcoming and business friendly approach has helped attract a major joint venture between Stonemont Financial Group and Silver Creek Development to build a 216,000 square foot industrial spec building.“The building was designed as a flexible industrial building, and it really caters to both warehousing, distribution oriented uses as 176 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 09
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