By Maria Polletta | The Arizona Republic
With its ever-expanding list of big-name tenants, Chandler’s high-tech Price Corridor for years has earned the city praise from economic-development experts and Valley residents alike.
But Mesa, too, quietly has been laying the groundwork for an industrial sector for decades around Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. And with the recently announced addition of scientific gas and equipment company Matheson TriGas, the city believes it’s seeing development in that sector catch up to Mesa’s long-running vision.
“It’s been 20 years in the making, but now we’re seeing the proverbial flower start to bloom,” said Scot Rigby, Mesa’s special projects director for the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport area.
The industrial sector, also known as the Logistics and Commerce District, spans the roughly 1.5- by 6-mile area south and east of the airport from Pecos to Germann and Rittenhouse to Meridian roads.
