Business View Magazine | August 2020

212 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020 hospitals and retail stores. Headquartered in the South Valley, Universal Meditech had determined that the space they were in was quickly becoming too expensive and wasn’t meeting their growing needs. The company began to look at options throughout the Valley and, with the help of the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation, determined that the options there, including lower land costs and access to a diverse pool of capable employees, were very appealing. Universal Meditech ultimately settled into a state-of-the- art, 20,000-sq.-ft. facility within the North Pointe Industrial Business Park. Fortunately, Fresno still has the ability to grow outward should it ever need to accommodate more homes and businesses. “Our city limits are about 112 square miles and we have a large perimeter area outside of that called the ‘sphere of influence.’ Those are areas that we ultimately plan to annex as the growth moves outward,” Zack explains. “We’re not like a lot of other www.skidata.com LESS IS MORE Freeflow Solution No barriers. No queuing for payment. Pay immediately or pay later online from wherever you want. Less is more: convenience in parking at its best.