UpdateZen, a mobile-first status reporting solution, provides CEOs, executives and business owners the easiest way to stay updated on the key things their people are working on. The application relieves information overload by significantly reducing the amount of non-critical information executives and team leaders routinely receive, and presents them only what they need to … [More]
Sales Recruiting
Time to Hire uses proprietary keyword algorithms to comb through the 130 million resumes on CareerBuilder, Monster and other job search sites to find and match qualified commission-based sales reps to major companies, including Time Warner, Home Depot, Comcast, Verizon, Sears and many more. This reliable resource has proven to be a useful tool for HR and other corporate hiring … [More]
Travel Assist
The “Human App” from Protravel International — the travel industry’s premier luxury travel agency — takes the headache and frustration out of travel when storms or other disasters hit and customers are most in need of assistance. It’s a high-touch, live network of more than 1,000 travel agents working diligently around the clock to get their clients where they need to be. … [More]
East-side Employment Hub
Mixed-use development Rivulon is a major employment hub taking shape on 250 acres along the Loop 202 in Gilbert. The $750-million business district will include 3 million square feet of Class A office space and 500,000 square feet of retail and hospitality uses. Currently under development is the three-story, 150-square-foot world headquarters for leading health and wellness … [More]
Grand Plans for Papago
Lincoln Property Company has been selected to develop the final phase of one of the largest business parks in Arizona, The Grand at Papago Park Center, a 60-acre, high-profile, urban mixed-use property on the last developable parcel within the 350-acre Papago Park Center. At build-out, The Grand will have a total of 1.8 million square feet of Class A space in six … [More]
Eliminate Virus
VirusTotal, a subsidiary of Google, is a free online service that analyzes files and URLs, enabling the identification of viruses, worms, trojans and other kinds of malicious content detected by antivirus engines and website scanners. At the same time, it may be used as a means to detect false positives, such as innocuous resources detected as malicious by one or more scanners. … [More]
Luxury Sweet
SuiteHop is an online booking platform that provides an easy way for fans to enjoy a luxury suite experience at sports and entertainment venues across the United States. SuiteHop’s streamlined platform allows users to directly book entire suites or individual seats in suites with real-time availability and pricing. With hundreds of venues hosting thousands of events across the … [More]
Alert to Contract Terms
Most contracts extend without notice. Cloudtract is a free application that sends an alert when contracts are about to expire. It is a simple online contract management platform for small and medium-sized companies, where they can store contracts, such as ongoing utility and IT contracts, and set alerts to be able to tell when they need to be renewed or when they want to cancel … [More]
Save on Energy Costs
Companies can save energy and money. SRP Business Solutions rebates cut upgrade costs, reduce energy use and can slash bills. If a project’s energy savings can be measured, it probably qualifies. Check out the rebate options and see how to get started. Or contact an SRP Alliance Participant for help through the process. Even if the business is not ready for upgrades, SRP … [More]
Walmart Tests Grocery Pickup
Walmart is testing a new initiative in three East Valley locations that allows customers to order groceries online and pick up their order for free at the store. The Valley locations (in Mesa and Chandler) are the first in the Southwest to offer the new service and Metro Phoenix is only the fourth market nationally in which the retail giant is testing its Walmart Grocery Pickup … [More]
Innovation for Travel Gifting
Valley resident Marianne Kunkin built TravelHugg as a gift card specifically for travel and travel-related expenses so that the giver could know its recipient would use the gift card for travel rather than general use. An avid gift-card user, she saw this as a void that personal need inspired her to fill. When she relocated to Phoenix, she says it was with the expectation that … [More]
Chicagoans Launch Beer Distribution in Phoenix
Tapping Phoenix as an up-and-coming beer market, brothers Jason and Jim Ebel — founders of Two Brothers Brewing Co. and Windy City Distributing in Chicago — recently launched Arizona Beer & Cider Company. “We see Arizona like Chicago was five or seven years ago, in terms of being a burgeoning beer market that is poised to do really well,” Jason says. He shares that personal … [More]
Park in Style
Portland on the Park, sister property to Downtown’s award-winning Portland Place, will consist of four-, 12- and 14-story towers with a five-story parking garage for resident and guest use. With some floor plans recently redesigned larger in answer to buyer interest, home sizes range from 745 to 2,490 square feet. In the Central Arts District, it is situated between Portland … [More]
New Interest in Old Town
Camelback Square, a three-story Class-A office project in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale, was recently purchased for $42.3 million. “The Old Town Scottsdale office market is an extremely popular area that is experiencing steadily rising rents and values,” says Paul Smith, principal of new owner Velocis. “Camelback Square is our first acquisition in the Phoenix market, and one … [More]
Value-Add Asset in Phoenix
Madison Square was recently purchased, through Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, by Madison Square Property, LLC, which plans to reposition the value-add asset through a multi-million-dollar upgrade and is working with Phoenix Design One to redesign and remodel the project, taking into account the complex’s fundamental qualities and outstanding location. Built in two phases in 1986 … [More]
IKEA Designs for Business
Debuting the concept as the only one of its kind in its U.S. stores, IKEA last month held a grand opening of its business design center at the IKEA store in Tempe. In addition to the store’s extensive stock of furnishings and furniture, IKEA Business offers its customers free consultation and design services — in its store or at the customer’s place of business — “to help … [More]
Creditsafe Grows into West
Creditsafe, the world’s most-used supplier of online company credit reports, has opened a sales center in Tempe. “We wanted to be able to better serve our growing customer base in the west of the country,” says Creditsafe’s president of U.S. operations Matthew Debbage. The fast-growing company, which was founded in 1997 in Oslo, Norway, and set up its first U.S. headquarters in … [More]
NLRB: Off-Hours Email OK
Employers who monitor workers’ electronic communications cannot discipline workers for using company email off hours for non-business-related purposes, according to a ruling issued last December by the National Labor Relations Board. The new ruling (361 NLRB No. 126) states that employees with access to employer email systems “in the course of their work” must, in most cases, … [More]
