Lectric eBikes founders Levi Conlow and Robby Deziel, both 24, met in in middle school playing video games. Fast forward 12 years: Their electric bike company is barely a year old and already has more than 12,000 purchases, earning ElectricBikeReview.com’s Top Choice Award for Best Folding Electric Fat Tire Bike of 2020. The company is expected to hit more than $13 million … [More]
Workplace Relationships: Millennials vs. Baby Boomers
Regardless of which side of the generational divide you fall, you have probably noticed a difference in how younger and older colleagues act in the workplace. A recent study authored by Olivet Nazarene University analyzed workplace relationships between millennials and baby boomers with the goal to learn more about how they interact and conduct business together. The analysis … [More]
Harness the Power of AI
Any big company is likely to have an abundance of technology. It has systems for customers, inventory, and products, along with websites and mobile apps. These systems are spitting out data all day long. Within that data is exactly the information needed to make a business more responsive. The problem is, the data is often not used as it could (and should) be. Even after … [More]
HR Pros Should Be Investing in Sleep
In today’s business climate, HR professionals are responsible for much more than hiring candidates, managing conflicts and enforcing labor laws; they are the lifeblood of an organization, often helping to define its culture, improve its efficiencies and foster a healthy workplace environment. As such, HR professionals are also responsible for the often nebulous task of employee … [More]
Loneliness Solutions during COVID-19: Healthcare Orgs Turn to AZ Startup
We are all now familiar with the loneliness that results from social distancing. But for many on Medicare and Medicaid, loneliness isn’t anything new. Arizona-based startup Pyx Health aims to solve that problem by improving loneliness and the negative effects it has on a person’s social determinants of health (SDOH), from having shelter to buying groceries. The company has … [More]
Short-Term Rentals: Key to Phoenix Rental Crisis?
The rental housing industry has been hit hard like any other industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Phoenix homeowners utilizing Airbnb and VBRO are experiencing a wave of cancellations due to stay-at-home orders, creating a significant loss of revenue during the busiest tourism months of the year. While vacation-home renters may be feeling the crunch, there is an alternative … [More]
Senderos at South Mountain: Apartment Community with Upscale Amenities
Now open for tours and expecting to be move-in ready within weeks as we go to press, the gated community of Senderos at South Mountain features a number of unique amenities. Senderos is one of the first apartment communities in Metro Phoenix to offer personal electric car-charging stations in the apartment’s attached garages. The developers took into consideration future needs … [More]
TruGold: Hybrid Rental Product Planned for Loop 303 Corridor
On a 22.99-acre site in Surprise, Ariz., that it purchased for $3.65 million, NPC Trugold LLC plans to develop a hybrid product, which is single-family residences used as rentals. The sale of this parcel located at Cotton Lane and Sweetwater Avenue is significant as it is one of the first multi-family acquisitions on the west side of the Loop 303 in the emerging Loop 303 … [More]
Self-Guided Home Tours at Avilla
NexMetro Communities, a pioneer of single-level luxury leased-home neighborhoods, has launched an innovative self-guided touring option. Potential renters will now be able to visit Avilla models on their own time and without the need for in-person appointments with rental agents. In partnership with Rently, a self-touring application, people looking for a new home within an … [More]
Warehouse/Distribution Space Expected to Be Hot
The Greater Phoenix Industrial market could be poised for a surge in demand for warehouse/distribution space, according to the Q1 Industrial Market Report by Colliers International in Arizona. The “stay at home” orders resulting from the Coronavirus Pandemic have forced more people to shop online and those lasting habits will increase online retailer demand for distribution … [More]
Repurposed for Healthcare Tenants
Cornerstone Medical Center, with approximately 20,235 rentable square feet, is being repurposed for a medical use from a retail use. Exterior renovations include “reskinning” the building and a new window package. The former Maytag store sat empty for 18 months before local, family-owned Whiteboard Development purchased and partnered with the City of Goodyear to reconfigure it … [More]
New Construction in San Tan Valley
Lifestyle, location, access to services and homes that are quickly gaining value are all among the contributing factors behind the success of Fulton Homes’ Promenade neighborhood, along with sweeping views of the San Tan Mountains, resort-inspired amenities, walking trails, parks and quick move-in options. “Homebuyers were signing contracts before the models ever opened at … [More]
Apartment Development Planned for NW Valley
Houston-based Hines plans to develop a 325-unit luxury multi-family community that will total 318,000 square feet on approximately 11 acres near the northwest corner of Happy Valley Road and 35th Avenue. The parcel was purchased for $6,725,000 from locally based shopping center development company The Pederson Group, which acquired the full 23-acre site from the Arizona State … [More]
Managing Remote Workers
With 4 billion people working from home, it can be a difficult undertaking for new and experienced managers to effectively manage, coordinate with their employees remotely, and ensure productivity is consistent online. Traditionally, managers are used to seeing their workforce and meeting with them in person. A remote workforce model creates an “out of sight, out of mind, out … [More]
To Hire or Not to Hire
Week after week, the numbers continued to rise. I’m talking about unemployment claims, which in March and April eclipsed the number of people out of work during the Great Depression. It’s hard to believe that our nation’s economy was humming along, with unemployment hovering at a 50-year low of 3.5 percent just six months ago. As companies begin to dig out of the COVID-19 … [More]
Aerosolized and Surface Testing for COVID-19: Rapid Testing Technology
For all the focus on personal protection equipment, it isn’t the only weapon in the fight to keep healthcare workers safe. COVID-19 can remain stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces. To fully protect workers, environmental screening needs to be employed to detect COVID-19 in the air and on surfaces. If detected, rapid remediation technologies need to be … [More]
Safety Training Is a Priority for Organizations
To minimize the occurrence of physical and digital harm in the workplace, 90 percent of organizations are training employees on safety procedures, including compliance training and programs on other topics. Of those, 95 percent provide training for employee safety, 96 percent for workplace safety, 48 percent for customer safety, and 84 percent for digital and information … [More]
Fastsites – Aptly Named
Fasturtle is a full-service website design and digital marketing agency that focuses and supports small-business owners, nonprofits and entrepreneurs. It is also the creator of a turn-key option to help businesses with a minimal budget to get online. In fact, Fasturtle initially created its Fastsites product back in 2011, when the recession had seemingly caused many businesses … [More]
