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What Does SD Have Over Other Tech Markets?

SAN DIEGO—A diverse economy, attractive labor pool and significant real estate and cost-of-living discount over other West Coast markets make San Diego ideal for both startups and corporate expansions, CBRE’s Andrew Ewald tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY.

Andrew Ewald Ewald: “As other markets on the West Coast become even more challenged with cost of living, real estate costs and retention, San Diego will be seen as a real value for starting your business or for companies that want to have an extended footprint.”

SAN DIEGO—A diverse economy, attractive labor pool and significant real estate and cost-of-living discount over other West Coast markets make San Diego ideal for both startups and corporate expansions, CBRE’s VP and tech and media expert Andrew Ewald tells GlobeSt.com. San Diego offers an affordable real estate market compared to other major tech cities, making it a prime location for tech companies to expand or relocate, according to the firm’s annual Tech Thirty list, which analyzes the 30 leading technology markets in the US and Canada in terms of high-tech software/services job growth.

We spoke exclusively with Ewald about San Diego as a tech market and why companies would choose to locate here.

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Carrie Rossenfeld

Carrie Rossenfeld

Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.

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