Arizona muscles its logistics assets with Sun Corridor megapolitan area

There are 20 megapolitan areas evolving across the U.S. according to the Virginia Tech Metropolitan Institute. The Sun Corridor in Arizona encompasses Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, Pima and Santa Cruz counties. / Map courtesy of CBRE.
There are 20 megapolitan areas evolving across the U.S. according to the Virginia Tech Metropolitan Institute. The Sun Corridor in Arizona encompasses Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, Pima and Santa Cruz counties. / Map courtesy of CBRE.

By Eric Jay Toll for Arizona Builder’s Exchange

Arizona’s Sun Corridor is an economic extension of Southern California when it comes to setting up logistics businesses. Five hours from the Los Angeles metro industrial areas, logistic businesses find total operating costs are as much as 25 percent less in the Sun Corridor than Los Angeles.

It’s one of 20 megapolitan areas evolving across the U.S.—and this one has a lot of muscle when it comes to moving goods from Pacific ports into the heartland.

The fact comes in a new report from CBRE comparing east and west coast ports. With no ocean frontage, it’s a challenge seeing the Sun Corridor megapolitan area as a port. But the area from Tucson to Phoenix is positioned to capture Asian-based shipments.

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