Si Sacramento lo construye, Tech vendrá

Neal Best

24 de agosto de 2017

Si Sacramento lo construye, Tech vendrá

The bi-annual blog returns, I know you have all been waiting for this! It has been clear over the past 6 months that Sacramento has nudged over the tipping point from relative national obscurity to sustained intrigue. Más caliente mercado inmobiliario en Californiala ciudad grande de más rápido crecimiento en Californiaasilo para los refugiados expertos del área de la bahíaGema oculta para el talento tecnológicofusionando con Silicon Valley – these are just a snapshot of the media articles that have come to light in the last 6 months. These stories are off the back of trends that we have been recording over the previous 12-18 months – skilled people are not only moving here but they are impressed with what they find.

Mis experiencias recientes discutiendo Sacramento como un mercado de expansión de negocios ya han cambiado de una justificación de por qué la gente querría localizar aquí, a lo bueno son las conexiones del aeropuerto y qué tipo de producto de bienes raíces está disponible y cuándo puede ser entregado. Este es un cambio marcado en el último año y es un precursor para lo que está por venir.

The real estate question is one that has come up again and again. Sacramento has not had a high rise added to its downtown skyline since 2009, las tasas de vacantes son ahora 5,5% más bajas que las 2010 de alta with very little new product in the pipeline. Institutional money fled the market during the great recession, as it did in other secondary markets across the US with ‘flight to prime’ becoming the mantra around commercial real estate investments. However, the time may be right for it to return, with reasonable investment returns becoming harder and harder to find in prime markets and Sacramento becoming destinada como una oportunidad comercial de inversión inmobiliaria market.

Layered onto this is the opportunity this region has to drive demand for space – why does Sacramento have a better opportunity than most large metros to actually make the ‘if you build it they will come’ approach a valid one? ' calidad de lugar ' is one large piece of the puzzle which we can now check off the list – with the $3.2 billion downtown renaissance we have overcome the hurdle of making Sacramento a desirable place to live, but beyond that what does Sacramento have that other cities trying to attract tech expansion from the Bay Area do not;

Demanda Latency – Sacramento is part of the Northern California Megaregion, there is undeniable demand latency for tech jobs from people who want to move here from the Bay Area to reduce costs as well as people who have already moved and work remotely. Added to that the growing number of tech related degree completions – up 41.3% from 2011 to 2015 – from local universities like Sacramento State and UC Davis and you have the platform for sustained expansion.

Cultural Continuity – expandir una presencia tecnológica desde el área de la bahía a otra parte del norte de California es mucho menos intimidante que mudarse a otro Estado. Existe una clara alineación en temas culturales y sociales que proporcionarán tranquilidad al explorar la oportunidad de reclutar nuevos talentos o incluso de transferir a las personas existentes. Mantener una cultura común en un negocio que se extiende por diferentes mercados sociales y culturales en otros Estados es un desafío añadido que se puede evitar localizando aquí.

Caché – you are still in California. The world’s 5th largest economy in its own right, a globally recognized aspirational place to live. While the state has its challenges in terms of barriers to business (something our region is working collectively to minimize), it is still the most profitable state to do business, it is still the No. 1 destino de IED and is unquestionably the state of choice for any aspiring tech entrepreneur.

Así que para el riesgo de llevar a los desarrolladores el tiempo es correcto para salir adelante de la curva y conseguir un poco de producto de oficina moderno en el oleoducto de desarrollo, o incluso Spec out algún espacio existente a los estándares esperados para el espacio de trabajo de oficina creativa. Los alquileres están aumentando constantemente, hay indicadores fuertes de la demanda significativa del espacio de la tecnología y lo más importante posible una fuerza laboral que podría ser aprovechada fácilmente para servir cualquier expansión tecnológica significativa.

Una de las cosas que una comunidad necesita para ser capaz de hacer es reconocer cuando los vientos están soplando a su favor y aprovechar al máximo ... ahora es ese tiempo.

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