Phoenix has experience unprecedented growth in the last several years, and the pandemic has only helped to accelerate the market's expansion. While job growth and population growth have been credited as the drivers of the market growth, location has also played a major role. Phoenix is within an eight-hour drive of Southern California, and logistics companies looking for high quality space can access the local Phoenix population as well as major population centers in Southern California.

"In addition to land affordability, availability and shovel-ready sites, Phoenix is strategically located within an eight-hour drive to the ports of Southern California and the dense markets there, and Phoenix is also close to Mexico for an additional logistical advantage," Mark Seale, principal and director of brokerage services at

Avison Young, tells GlobeSt.com.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.