Glendale smiling with 1,800 new jobs

Screen Shot 2015-01-12 at 5.06.44 PMBy Eric Jay Toll | Phoenix Business Journal

Glendale’s Economic Development Office closed the year with more than 1,800 new jobs for city employers in 2014.

The city saw 13 new major businesses opening doors during the year, and watched its industrial and retail vacancy rates top 92 percent. Office space finished the year with a 74.7 percent occupancy rate – close to the average rate across greater Phoenix.

Some business highlights from this past year include American Furniture Warehouse, a new 600,000-square-foot furniture retailer, opening its doors in August at the intersection of Bethany Home Road and 99th Avenue.

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