a shovel ready site designed to serve manufacturers needing rail access is also in the works. Fratt expands, “As manufacturing continues to grow within the west valley of metro Phoenix, the rail has driven strong interest for many corporate users, both distribution and manufacturing, and to TSMC and LG suppliers as well.” El Mirage is also home to LogistiCenter at Copperwing, a nearly 1,000 acre business park with capacity for more than 10 million square feet of Class A industrial space. “One of the advantages that we have is the diversity in the types of businesses that operate out of there,” Doyle maintains. The park already hosts companies ranging from window manufacturer Avanti Windows, with more than 570 employees, to global mining equipment fabricators, cold storage facilities, and advanced data centers. THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR INDUSTRY It is no surprise companies are choosing El Mirage, which Fratt characterizes as “in the center of a gigantic economic engine.” Along with its efficient and welcoming service, the city itself offers a unique mix of location, affordability, and workforce advantages. Within a 30 minute drive, companies can draw from a labor pool of two million people, a factor which is highly attractive to potential industries.“The diverse and deep labor base in which companies that locate in El Mirage can attract employees from is very wide and a very strong demographic,” he says. The city also has significant cost advantages compared to other municipalities in metro Phoenix. Companies benefit from no business inventory tax, no sales tax on manufacturing equipment, no corporate franchise tax, no impact fees, and accelerated depreciation schedules. On top of that, El Mirage is classified as 179 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 09 EL MIRAGE, AZ
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