Why Amazon, UPS and Others Are Filling Warehouses Along This Arizona Highway

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Amazon, Walmart, UPS and other companies are filling warehouses along Arizona’s Loop 303. This 17-mile stretch of highway outside Phoenix has become a logistics hub for companies looking to avoid supply-chain bottlenecks.
WSJ explores how this real estate hot spot has become one of the fastest-growing distribution markets in the U.S.
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0:30 What’s happening?
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3:18 Population growth and supply chain
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@alanthefisher Жыл бұрын

Its terrible that none of these are connected to the rail system, instead they use the least efficient mode of transit, trucks. But that's mainly because the Class 1 railroads fail at doing basic tasks like marketing and actually serving any costumers besides long distance freight.

@GenericUrbanism Жыл бұрын

So it should have been a railway that is a logistics hub. The class one railroads are horrible in every way.

@MPDthegamer Жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@WPaKFamily Жыл бұрын

Hey Alan, love watching your videos. However, it doesn't matter if these warehouses are built next to rail or not if they are built on land that is farmable and is able to bring down food prices. It's asinine to build buildings on top of land that is actually able to grow food on and lower food prices for average Americans. You can't eat buildings.

@hibrad Жыл бұрын

@@WPaKFamily The looming water shortages are going to make farming in Arizona untenable sooner rather than later. It will be come useless "farm" land if undeveloped.

@nulnoh219 Жыл бұрын

@@WPaKFamily Yea but those land in Arizona is not actually suitable for agriculture. It's dry and arid. Probably more productive to put storage facilities there.

@MURDAMOBBENT Ай бұрын

Most ppl don’t realize these big warehouses are utilizing the 303 area due to it being considered a FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone)… meaning companies save money by not having to pay import/export taxes. That’s the real reason

@javajetson257 Ай бұрын

Where is all the trash going from this? I thought people on the Left cared about the environment.

@jeffreydecker3189 Ай бұрын

They still have to pay taxes, just not until it leaves that zone. It’s for cash flow not to actually avoid taxes. I would be doing that if it was possible.

@RealLifeFinance Ай бұрын

Interesting

@1968cdc1 17 күн бұрын

More than that. Their property tax valuation can go down by 72%, streamlined entry processes (paperwork , customer delivery expediation), duty elimination , higher levels of security allow for Lower insurance rates etc . @@jeffreydecker3189 its

@decidiousrex 12 күн бұрын

This is untrue. FTZ status is done by company, not by land. I work for a retail DC that is FTZ and the tax breaks only apply to a few products. You have no idea what you're talking about.

@richk391 Жыл бұрын

You do not see solar panels on these roofs for a couple of reasons. The owner of the building will not incur the cost of solar installation because they typically do not pay the electric bill. The tenant typically will not install solar because they will most likely not be in the building long enough to recoup the initial cost. When you find a situation where the same company owns and occupies the building (UPS) you will usually see solar

@Coz131 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like simple regulation would do it good. Enforce it's requirement and it's better off for everyone.

@TyGuyPS5 Жыл бұрын

Dog wait till you see how hard SRP rapes us on solar. It’s unreal expensive and they wipe out our reserves right before summer. Straight robbery

@cjorgie1 Жыл бұрын

It’s the buy back rate, it doesn’t even make financial sense to put on your home!

@TyGuyPS5 Жыл бұрын

@@cjorgie1 yup. The sunniest state means these power companies wouldn’t make money. Greed > global warming as always.

@jameslee5237 Жыл бұрын

@@TyGuyPS5 Simple solution - if solar is actually cheaper than other means, people will install them either at the individual level or at the utility level. Don't fret little mind.

@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын

Kinda crazy that there's no freight rail connecting the port to the warehouse 350 miles away. It's a fixed route. The benefits of trucks aren't realized.

@maniswil2 Жыл бұрын

There is a rail hub actually not far from there off Grand Ave.

@LimitedWard Жыл бұрын

This was EXACTLY my first thought. So much money and carbon emissions wasted using trucks for this purpose. With all the companies in that region it behooves them to cooperate in building a robust rail system.

@GeoMeridium Жыл бұрын

Yeah. The problem with trucking is that it is about 3 times more expensive than freight. Trucks also emit about 12 times more pollution per ton mile than diesel trains. Trucking is still an essential part of supply chains for shorter routes, but long distance routes should be served by trains or ships whenever possible.

@metagoat Жыл бұрын

Trucks can drive to rail depots. Companies like Amazon own their own intermodal containers that they shuttle back and forth to the rail depot. Other companies like HubGroup and JB Hunt specialize in leasing intermodal trailers and shuttling them to rail hubs.

@hobog Жыл бұрын

@@maniswil2 it's detached from these warehouses though

@xtremtc Жыл бұрын

We moved out here 10 years ago and loved the solitude and open space. Having worked in distribution for the last 20 years I understand the growth and have watched these buildings go up, but it is heartbreaking to see all this land and family farms get chewed up.

@s.hocker9222 Жыл бұрын

Family farms are dwindling and agriculture consumes too much water. We're in a serious drought, so as heartbreaking as it is, it's economically better in the long run to see this kind of development replace agriculture.

@FPAMERICA Жыл бұрын

yup and all of the people from other states that disrespect the land here should leave tbh

@dangray6438 Жыл бұрын

@@s.hocker9222 so we’re just gonna have to rely on China to get our food? I would rather have farmland then more suburbs full of out of staters who move in and make the place a bore

@JK-pt5kq Жыл бұрын

@@s.hocker9222 it's economical better until we are starving due to crop failure in other areas.

@timothykeith1367 Жыл бұрын

@@JK-pt5kq Its amazing how productive the Dutch farmers are on a relatively small amount of land. I don't see that happening in the U.S.A. anytime soon. I love agriculture, but its very difficult. Food has been relatively cheap in the U.S.A. Prices have been rising at retail grocers. Someone recently told me that when he was recently married 55 years ago they purchased all their food for $5 a week.

@robertdgraham1234 Жыл бұрын

So crazy how big that highway has grown. I bought my first house about 20 years ago right next to it and that was a two lane highway with a few stop signs. Now it’s a full fledged freeway and yes it was all farmland back then.

@Dwildone1 Жыл бұрын

Desert before farmland.

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

and what did they grow?

@RT-gq3bh Жыл бұрын

Lots of vegetables, in the winter!

@JoeVideoed Жыл бұрын

It was supposed to have been a major freeway 20 years ago, but funding for the massive system that exists today dove when the late 80s bust dried up the sales tax revenue. Therefore, they concentrated on the inner-city portion 1st b4 expanding outward. The 303 was the last portion to be completed. It's been a long time coming.

@xCkillaxC Жыл бұрын

@@lovly2cu725 it says in the beginning of the video

@randomdeath8485 Жыл бұрын

As someone who lives right off the 303 for the last 20 years I remember when it was just a 1 way road each day. Glad to see that they kept the giant baby cut out lol.

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

17 years by the White Tanks in Buckeye. I remember when there was an intersection at Olive and 303. Not sure why they eliminated the ability to travel west on Olive to enter the park for the White Tanks.

@briancooper2112 Жыл бұрын

@cde3cvr Жыл бұрын

Live in Goodyear but head to Costco in Surprise often. What is the story behind the big baby??

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

@@cde3cvr my biggest hang up about 303 is heading south to the 10 and the lanes are backward. I know which to use but still deal the morons that try to correct at the last moment...the lanes are only marked!

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

@@cde3cvr I'm baffled too. Apparently Camelback to the west connects now.

@stevenaune2837 Ай бұрын

That's why Real Estate prices in Buckeye, AZ is going crazy

@mofomoco Жыл бұрын

I live right next to all this stuff. The amount of buildings going up is INSANE.

@Daryndapro Ай бұрын

Me too it's blocking everything 😑

@PabloandPaulitaMillionaires Ай бұрын

Me too I wonder if it’ll turn ghetto

@Kaatu-barada-nikto Ай бұрын

Why is this necessary when according to nearly all reports the economy is slowing and many retailers are have closed and continue closing due to higher operating costs? It makes no sense. There is another reason for these massive warehouses. Detention centers?

@TheAnnoyingBoss Ай бұрын

Its good bro we are developing usa and having these things built pays off in the long run it helps us grow we end up with infrustructure we can use for thingd

@RealChrisinAZ Жыл бұрын

The I-10 connecting California to the Goodyear/Phoenix area is going to be the future problem. Its already a constant line of transport trucks and will only continue to increase on this mainly 4 lane highway. I agree with another comment that its too bad rail is not being utilized enough or added too, to supplement the growing demand.

@keepsteddy Жыл бұрын

thats what I was wondering. what should be done? a parallel stretch of freeway to clear up the 10?

@RealChrisinAZ Жыл бұрын

@@keepsteddy there is room for at least one additional lane in each direction for most of the highway.

@toddinde Ай бұрын

Eventually, when the freight railroads get their head of their behinds, these containers will move by rail. Both BNSF and UP are building big new hubs nearby. Containers will come off the ship, go on rail, then be unloaded in Phoenix. The southern California ports are getting to congested to do it any other way.

@zaikono6991 Жыл бұрын

Amazing how much has changed around here. I remember Loop 303 being a two lane road with stop signs and nothing but farm land.

@TeezyT_Sunrise Жыл бұрын

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@richardgray1601 Ай бұрын

It’s not just the 303, the 202 near Chandler has been blowing up with warehouse space in the past few years as well!

@mikethemechanic7395 Жыл бұрын

Lived in East Mesa when it was new. 88-00. Power road was the end of the freeway. Superstition springs was new. It took 45 mins to get to N Scottsdale down Rual rd. Then came the 101. It’s crazy how much AZ has grown. My old neighborhood is ghetto now and is considered central Mesa now. I hated the jobs in AZ and the heat. Moved when I was 25 to Oregon. The only thing I miss about Az is the cooler winter and the roads.

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

the roads are great-no snow to chew them up

@val13c59 Жыл бұрын

You mean Far East Mesa, borderline to Apache junction. Because Mesa all together is an old city.

@thomasmann3560 Жыл бұрын

It's 60 out right now, just got some rain. Hopefully summer heat is finally gone!

@linkh200 Жыл бұрын

I miss what Mesa and Gilbert use to be. I miss going out super early in the morning when there weren't any cars on the roads. Now every hour of the day just feels so busy and congested...

@azdbuk Ай бұрын

Lived in Mesa before Fiesta Mall was built, used for 45 years, then torn town, same with Tri City Mall. 70s-90s then recently to care for family....Parents are gone now, family moved to South Valley, first time in 50 yrs I have no one in Mesa....the far east side is still my favorite, Hawes, Superstition Mtns, 4 Peaks, the river, etc.....but the density of people and cars and snow birds with dually trucks backing into your car now at Frys is horrendous (snow birds are great neighbors/people 99%, just that their trucks are everywhere). Drove the 303 last year to meet a client, I was astonished at the warehouses, the whole corridor looks like a California neighborhood. Not a bad thing, just different and nice right now, in 15 years the neighborhoods will be trash, I have seen this cycle for half a century. The high end areas stay nice and the legacy areas (n. phx, scotts, arcadia, etc) but the common man areas become trash and crime will ensue. Just the way it is.

@geverniveup Жыл бұрын

I just drove this road last night. My gf’s uncle lives out there in Surprise. We haven’t visited for 3 years due to the pandemic. Went out there for dinner last night and had a convo at dinner about it. It’s actually nuts how big these are in person…it’s like 5 miles of just empty warehouses

@brentrosencrans3968 2 ай бұрын

THREE years because of the pandemic?

@TK-mf5in Жыл бұрын

The key to all of this is the turnaround time. From Long Beach you can hit west Phoenix in 8 hours and comply with regulations of wheel time. The cities of buckeye and Goodyear wouldn’t exist without these limits and cheap land.

@Sacto1654 Жыл бұрын

The reason is simple: this area is easily accessible from Interstate 10 coming in from southern California without having to deal with the horrible traffic you can often get in Phoenix.

@GSM92 Жыл бұрын

Truckers passing through Phoenix

@igmusicandflying Жыл бұрын

Traffic in Phoenix sucks, but it's a paradise compared to SoCal traffic.

@cal7121 11 ай бұрын

Traffic in Phoenix is a breeze compared to the Bay Area.

@ramman5784 Ай бұрын

@@GSM92 303 to 10 to 202 and come out on 10 in Chandler and miss the mess of 10 downtown.

@s.p.i.racing7509 Жыл бұрын

I actually did the plumbing on 3 of those new buildings. Called Park 303 phase 2 and 3. 18’ deep in the deepest part. A little over a mile of pipe

@northjerseykevin409 Жыл бұрын

Cool, how far is it from Cave Creek roughly? I visit family in Scottsdale/fountain Hills and play around in Cave Creek on side-by-side‘s. I enjoy the open space of Cave Creek a little more but I have been told that there’s been a lot of building there too.

@DaveEPie Жыл бұрын

@@northjerseykevin409 it’s not too far from Cave creek. Just depends on what part of 303 you are on. What I would call the northern end of 303 is about 20- 25 minutes from CC. It’s all booming out here. But the interest rate hikes have slowed down the price hikes . And no more sold in 3 days or even 3 weeks anymore. Back to the normal 3 months to move a residential house.

@northjerseykevin409 Жыл бұрын

@@DaveEPie thanks for the info. I appreciate it. Amazing how fast things slowed down once those rates went up. I look forward to spending some more time in that area. I’m a carpenter by trade and my family out there always says there’s plenty of work.

@DaveEPie Жыл бұрын

@@northjerseykevin409 yes bro. I am a carpenter also 😁. Check out Prescott. Much cooler. Beautiful. Plenty of work here at the moment. Lower wages than California- but a good trade off. Take care.

@joelvinson Жыл бұрын

I live right here. It's been crazy weird just to drive by, but we got a free stretch of freeway within a minimal loop of freeways full of bottlenecks and perpetual construction. I can't complain.

@buckdude181 Жыл бұрын

Sad for those who were raised on this area.. sad to see this Farm Land All gone 😔

@johnnynephrite6147 Жыл бұрын

are you kidding? those farmers walked with $millions.

@alexbosworth1582 Жыл бұрын

Farmland uses up the most water out of any other land use. It doesn’t belong in Arizona.

@The_slowest_buuurn Жыл бұрын

Well, it's not sad to see those alfalfa farms that feed Saudi horses gone. Good riddance to those

@buckdude181 Жыл бұрын

@@johnnynephrite6147 sad to see the land gone. Never said why did they sell it. Just seem sad to not see fields of whatever gone. Alfalfa, cotton whatever it was. Just changing the view with huge concrete building seems sad to me.

@mimivistaverde5030 Жыл бұрын

We are running out of water. The farms had to go. Warehouses are better then more HOA communities. Lord knows we don't need no more HOA communities

@19chaz76 Ай бұрын

The same reason everyone else builds around McDonalds. McDonalds does the research and studies on the most congested areas and everyone else follows.

@geganerd3 Жыл бұрын

I'm a native to Phoenix, and after the insane increases in rent and seeing as how more and more of these companies are moving out here, I'm fairly certain I'll be looking to another state to live in soon. This is getting to be too much.

@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын

As an outsider, I truly don't see the appeal of Phoenix. Every other city in AZ seems nicer.

@jakecosenza69 Жыл бұрын

@@spacetoast7783 The desert is beautiful out there. Unfortunately the endless sprawl of nothing but car centric suburbs & strip malls, plus the increasing lack of water makes it just a hellscape imo.

@crohmer Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about Jake

@rock2946 Жыл бұрын

Honestly same. It breaks my heart seeing how our home is being changed so drastically. I remember being able to see the roadrunners and other critters running by. Being able to see the vast uncovered sunset sky with clear mountains in the distance. Now? I barely see any of the animals I used to, the sky is covered by tall buildings, and the mountains are almost always hazy from pollution. There has to be a better way to support the population growth without tearing up the whole desert to do it.

@jakecosenza69 Жыл бұрын

@@rock2946 Denser, transit oriented development. Stop building for cars, start building for walkable neighborhoods. You walk around blocks in the very center of Phoenix/Tempe/Scottsdale and see empty lots, abandoned buildings, etc. Build condos and apartments there instead of digging up the desert.

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

Um...until not long ago, L303 was a 2 lane blacktop with traffic lights at every major intersection. Going from Buckeye to Surprise once took me 45 minutes, now 20 minutes. That was ALL farmland on both sides of the 303...it was called Surprise Farms not long ago. Northern Parkway (formerly Northern Ave) is being built as a highway from the 303 to the 101 to take traffic off Bell Rd. 303, south of the 10, is rumored to continue south to be linked up to the recent completion of the northern extension of the 202, enabling car and trucks to travel along the 10 toward Tucson by travelling south of Phoenix before hooking back up with the 10 near Pecos Rd in Chandler.

@RT-gq3bh Жыл бұрын

They cheapened the 202 and didn’t connect it to the 303

@thomasmann3560 Жыл бұрын

Those 2 by passes have helped a bit alleviate some congestion but still sucks from 6-9 am

@scottrobbins6216 Жыл бұрын

303 was my shortcut between Vegas and Tucson, in early 2000s it was still a two lane road, just fields of agriculture out there.

@Beltfedshooters Жыл бұрын

Live in Phoenix area back in 2008 and traffic was BAD. I can't imagine how bad it is now. Rents are now crazy high as well.

@davidfeltheim2501 Жыл бұрын

If the Colorado river water isn't managed right there won't be a growing industrial market in Arizona anymore.

@tjs200 Жыл бұрын

Only a third of Pheonix's water comes from the Colorado, most comes from local groundwater and from other local rivers.

@SecretAgentMan00 Жыл бұрын

The point is that water is running out. Arizona is a lost cause.

@jamram9924 Жыл бұрын

A pipeline of desalinated water is being developed jointly with NV. There will still be severe water restrictions as they should’ve been decades ago. Heavy reuse of gray water is also part of this solution. It works well for Israel

@dvoob Жыл бұрын

Transitioning as much industry away from agriculture in the area could save it. I lived in Phoenix briefly and always thought it was so stupid that you'd drive pass endless acres of farmland when driving west of the city.

@williamerazo3921 Жыл бұрын

@@tjs200 that will run out to.

@16nowhereman 7 ай бұрын

I live in the Inland Empire, and it is a constant battle with warehouse space and the community not wanting more development, especially warehouses.

@lonestarrk9308 2 ай бұрын

I live in Tucson. They are building distribution centers on the north side of town, closer to Marana. I think it’s a great indicator of things to come. Arizona is a great place to live, 9 months out of the year.

@stuartdavis798 Ай бұрын

12 months out of the year!

@semidemiurge Ай бұрын

8 months of the year

@livingonhighvibe Ай бұрын

They are looking to connect Tucaon with the South Valley from what I can see. Tucson will be Soth Phoenix at this rate.lol

@natevince3154 Ай бұрын

Union Pacific and BNSF railway companies are in shooting distance of these warehouses. If either were smart, they would build lines to serve the warehouse. Both connect directly to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach too.

@wolfgangloll2747 Жыл бұрын

I really hope that they combine the logistics centers there because a rail connection is possible

@popcorn8153 Жыл бұрын

If only we didn't murder our rail development after ww2. The system was truly something

@EM-cz4rd Жыл бұрын

Combine? What does that mean? Also the rail situation is a bit of a mess today. They can't even handle what they have right now.

@TheRealTaco Жыл бұрын

@@EM-cz4rd Because we need to nationalize the railroad tracks, instead of letting the monopoly companies own that vital piece of infrastructure. Nationalization would solve so many logistics problems ongoing in the united states.

@Aj-qb3pr Жыл бұрын

Trucks can do the work 😏

@anthonywall1228 Жыл бұрын

The 303 use to be great to ride my bike on, there was little to no traffic. Now the 303 is a freaking madhouse.

@1hasbeen531 Жыл бұрын

California plates passing on the right and weaving through traffic @90 mph. It was much better as farm fields.

@verbalwidget7267 Ай бұрын

@@1hasbeen531 You are so right, I miss the way it was.

@IMRROcom Ай бұрын

The entire video missed the one reason why those warehouses are in that location. Luke AFB, Fighter Jets and flight paths. If it was not for Luke AFB that area would be all houses. With out Luke AFB the City and State would have no reason to protect that area from homes being built.

@tel5690 Жыл бұрын

I used to live out there...I totally understand it. Kinda insane how fast these warehouses go up. Still in the valley though. Everything is growing

@caden_fn9508 Жыл бұрын

Its so cool seeing a video of this place when i drive down that road all the time, i actually did most of my hours with my learners permit on that road.

@lauramcconney9367 Жыл бұрын

Soon it will be bumper to bumper semi trucks, and smog everywhere in a valley!

@mattddulk Жыл бұрын

It’s been interesting living here and seeing it expand so fast.

@marlinweekley51 Жыл бұрын

I fly a small plane all over the country. There are huge pools of warehouses going up everywhere. It’s amazing! Bad economy? As a whole I see huge subdivisions being built, traffic everywhere, interstates clogged with tractor trailer trucks, my on board collision avoidance screen shows skies full of jet traffic. And personally I find it impossible to hire anyone to do anything- “we’re busy” is the standard excuse. 🤔

@Xenon-4300 Жыл бұрын

Your Phoenix, AZ label at 0:42 is way east over Scottsdale...

@thestocksource8393 Жыл бұрын

303 was built SPECIFICALLY for this type of growth. When construction started many many years ago, there were questions as to why such a big highway was to be constructed so far from existing residential and commercial space. It’s one of my favorite things about my home city of Phoenix; forward thinking. And the population of the metro area will likely pass 10 million by 2035

@Towman728 Жыл бұрын

You can see that 303 was built for future growth. Look at all the on and off ramps to nowhere there are along the loop They'll just at the roads to the ramps as the area grows Arizona does it right. Unlike Southern California who underplanned when building their freeway system.

@Dlu9999 Жыл бұрын

Forward thinking?? Have you heard of the drought?

@rodgerdodger2459 Жыл бұрын

@@Dlu9999 getting rid of farmland is better for the drought since agriculture is the leading cause of it 🙄

@candyp6746 Жыл бұрын

And how exactly is providing water for the explosion of millions of square feet of commercial buildings and millions added to the population NOT a major contributing fact to drought? And frankly probably much more of a contributor being as water is now not used to water life but now also for sanitary reasons! It’s really just a swap for something worse now we need more water to sustain the square footage being built AND the influx of people coming for the job and the temporary cheaper cost of living…. The population growth alone is much more cause for concern than any farm land in ARIZONA!!! where do you think we get our water from?? Even worse how do you think every public area with a green field and trees are watered? Especially our public parks and schools? The fact that the water used to water the landscape of our public areas is NON POTABLE no mater what you do to it is concerning and is really only done that way because we can barely afford to water the population… In this climate either way is not really conducive to what the state has to offer especially in that area but at least farm land could sustain the surrounding areas with fresh local produce

@rodgerdodger2459 Жыл бұрын

@@candyp6746 when agriculture accounts for about 80% of the water use in Arizona, getting rid of millions of square feet of farmland is beneficial. If all farms were removed from the southwest and replaced with commercial buildings the water use would decrease drastically.

@pedro97w Жыл бұрын

Why aren't those those sunbaked warehouses shaded with solar panels?

@maniswil2 Жыл бұрын

Because they spike the heat, and we no longer have the government subsidies so they are a money losing proposition.

@James-nu7jn Жыл бұрын

Because APS power company is so greedy they will make it hard as possible to get solar and once you connect solar they will not pay you for excess power provided even tho they sell it back at a premium. APS is a parasite

@tesla82111 Жыл бұрын

Haboobs son

@GenericUrbanism Жыл бұрын

Most building in Phoenix should have solar panels. Would make a lot of energy.

@pedro97w Жыл бұрын

@@GenericUrbanism And cut the air-conditioning cost by providing shade

@DesertFarmer22 Жыл бұрын

When I moved to Phoenix in January 2021 the 303 was barren and free to ride on, now it's white knuckle like the 101 was

@JetfuelJoe Жыл бұрын

Moved to AZ from NY in 09 right off the 303 and el mirage Rd. AZ has changed a lot since then but maybe to fast for its own good.

@katherineamelia98 Жыл бұрын

as someone from the inland empire whose city has been infested with warehouses, this is gross :(

@drwalka10 Жыл бұрын

you hate more employed people in your city ?

@donpapi2141 Жыл бұрын

@@drwalka10 $16.50/hr isn’t anything to celebrate, it’s a slap in the face in this economy

@katherineamelia98 Жыл бұрын

@@drwalka10 yes, i do

@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein Жыл бұрын

What does a 23 year old know about anything?

@katherineamelia98 Жыл бұрын

@@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein sorry that i don’t think factory warehouses is a good thing for anyone - including the employees. being a fan of soulless capitalism isn’t a sign of maturity. maybe if you had done well in school, you could actually have a good, fulfilling job :)

@Burnlit1337 Жыл бұрын

I really like these short educational videos. Hehe, even though these don't matter to me, they are still interesting in a short and high quality format.

@hobog Жыл бұрын

0:42 that is solidly part of Phoenix's metro area

@richardc7721 Жыл бұрын

It's part of the international road system that is set to run from South America to Canada. There are plans for a major fright hub west of Wickenburg where an air port for cargo only, rail and highway for this hub will be built. It's huge.

@TerriProductions Жыл бұрын

If all the city's I've been to, New York, Chicago, San Diego, LA, Charlotte. Phoenix easily has the best designed layout. Give yourself 1 week there and you'll learn the layout.

@mikeanderson9266 6 ай бұрын

Phoenix is one fastest growing and best cities!

@howardmcnasty551 Ай бұрын

Also what they are not mentioning is the new interstate 11 that will be breaking ground in the next year or so. It will eventually start from Nogales and end in Canada! I am an electrician in Arizona and live in surprise. I have worked at most of these warehouses. This area is booming fast.

@winreacts6528 Жыл бұрын

I live in a small town in Arizona. Casa Grande, AZ. There is so much open space here that we have major distributors open up warehouses and factories here. Within 2 miles, there is a Walmart/Fritos/Lucid Motors(EV vehicle) and many more well known brands here. Currently they are building an immense race track here and multiple more warehouses are opening up here.

@livingonhighvibe Ай бұрын

Lucid will go out of business because normal people don't want or need ECS and Fritos is GMO trash. I've driven where these stupid trash businesses are and they are an eye sore on the landscape.

@Christoph-sd3zi Жыл бұрын

We used to live in Joliet IL and warehouses ruined that area - massive amounts of diesel trucks pounding the local roads to dust 24-7

@thomasmann3560 Жыл бұрын

Everyone said ADOT was crazy to build the 303 but look at it now. It's going to be a mini phoenix very soon!

@charlesbear5867 Жыл бұрын

Lived 4 blocks from KAKE TV station for 10 yrs. '60-'70. Loved it

@alexanderw6309 Жыл бұрын

The Southern Pacific east west main line RR runs just south of Phoenix and there are a number of RR tracks that connect to various commercial areas already. There is also a RR line that runs north shouth through Phoenix that connects the SP and the Santa Fe main trans continental RRS

@carygrant8796 Жыл бұрын

SP has been UP for many years now. SF is BNSF.

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

right thru Sun City & im nw of Phx about 25 miles

@RT-gq3bh Жыл бұрын

Union Pacific mainline runs thru Eloy and Gila Bend, Az. Burlington Northern mainline runs thru Ash Fork, Az. Right in the middle of Phoenix, both the UP and the BNSF have terminal yards which are connected

@toddinde Ай бұрын

@@RT-gq3bh The Wellton Cutoff is prime to be put back into service. It will be for freight and passenger.

@wendyhill8230 Жыл бұрын

WSJ never fails to hype up the worst parts of our dystopian failing society.

@jeromewiegand339 Жыл бұрын

YOU ARE A GIFTED WORDSMITH; THEY SHOULD GET GRETA THUNBERG OUT THERE TO RAIL AGAINST THE CARBON FOOT PRINT AND SCOWEL "HOW DAAARE YOU" !!!

@livingonhighvibe Ай бұрын

Yep.

@Supremucy Жыл бұрын

I moved to Phoenix two years ago and I love it here.

@dagotommy4037 Жыл бұрын

Yup I go this route driving from Colorado to my dentist in Los Algodones great Hwy

@n00n1n Жыл бұрын

I just moved to the Phoenix Metro area from Wisconsin. This is a BOOM town. Phoenix is already the 5th biggest city in the country and it's going to keep climbing.

@candyp6746 Жыл бұрын

Not really an ideal situation for the climate….. watering all those people is the problem we have to pull from other sources.

@toddinde Ай бұрын

Welcome fellow Cheesehead! Go Badgers, Packers, Brewers, Bucks!

@willrogers1592 Жыл бұрын

The same thing is happening in East Mesa Arizona along the San Tan 202 freeway.

@DJR5280 Жыл бұрын

I'm shocked everytime I see the growth next to the 202 at Hawes. Warehouse going up at an alarming rate right next to the airport

@kylefarley5851 Ай бұрын

I remember that part of the loop 202 being all farmland around power road 10 years ago 😢

@jeep0 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it works perfect!

@photosbyjf 2 ай бұрын

Some trucking companies just don’t want to deal with CA. So trucking from Phoenix is great option. East coast has same thing. Drivers of long haul companies don’t want to deliver in NYC so PA and NJ are major distribution centers

@bohan9957 Жыл бұрын

ADOT really needs to repave all of the major freeways here: I10, 60, 202, 303. The rubberized asphalt have reached the end of their useful lifespan and cracks are everywhere. Arizona freeways used to be the best in the country in terms of smoothness and quietness, but now they suck.

@RT-gq3bh Жыл бұрын

I was drinking the Koolaid with rubberized asphalt. In hindsight, it was a scam with a purpose. About 15 years ago, ADOT wanted to widen US 60 in Tempe. But the people living in the apartments adjacent to the freeway were protesting about additional noise. Someone dreamed up rubberized asphalt to facilitate building these third lanes. It is unbelievably quiet and smooth, too. So they covered all the, originally, concrete freeways too. But they misrepresented the life of the rubberized asphalt. ADOT didn’t have the money in their budget to replace it but they add to remove it. So all those freeways today have the rubberized asphalt ground off and are back to the concrete

@rodgerdodger2459 Жыл бұрын

I agree. I do Uber and love driving over the repaved parts of the freeway. They need to repave it all

@ecossearthur Жыл бұрын

Most rediculous part is that so many of the warehouses already built are laying empty! I live on a County Island right here.... The City of Glendale has annexed all of this land from the County in a most interesting maner! Glendale have doen this to earn Tax Dollars..... Poor infrastructure and bad designs have already led to issues locally! IMHO This project shou;d have been based down by the I10 Intersection, but as we all know Glendale would have been out of the loop on that whole deal! Follow the Money! A Huge Trcuk stop was planned back in the day down in that area that wuold have been a god end for not only CDL traffic but also travellers running across the I10 East to West.... There are zero facilties for trucks in this whole area. The one that was being proposed was kicked out due to public concerns in the area... So Glendale should make someone build one withing in this rediculous concrete jungle awau from Schools and residents... They have had ample time to plan this, but the Glendale is a Broken City short on staff and resources in the Town Hall..... Anyone who has had any dealings with the Glendale Planning Departmenst and associated Departments will know exactly what I am talking about!

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

Did you know that Jackrabbit, North of Indian School is Litchfield Park?

@ecossearthur Жыл бұрын

@@RJMay3 Actually Yes! A whole piece that runs west from actual Litchfield Park is classed as Litchfield Park...

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

@@ecossearthur In 2010, i was an enumerator for the Census. My first batches to address were Buckeye, 85326 and 85396. One day I drew this place in Litchfield Park. I was expecting to have to go down the 10 when navigation sent me north on Jackrabbit. It sent me to that neighborhood behind Verrado HS.

@ecossearthur Жыл бұрын

@@RJMay3 From what I understood back in the day, before all any of the developments it was to do with the Post Office Zip Code... I have a Post office on the other side of the now 303 and Glendale but that's Waddell 😆

@RJMay3 Жыл бұрын

@@ecossearthur Verrado was an afterthought in the early 2000's. It was annexed to Buckeye by DMB. All of Buckeye north of the 10 is 85396...but mail for there comes out of 85326 by Miller Rd and 85. Im too familiar with the nuances in the area west of Luke, due to having to pick up medical passengers back there. Surprise is broken down to so many zip codes i still dont know the final count. I do know that Sun City Festival (and its one gas station) is on the border of Surprise and Buckeye.

@Taxman72 21 күн бұрын

I moved to Surprise in 1999, 25 years ago on Greenway and Mountain Vista Blvd. I originally moved to the West Valley in 1972 long before the Perryville Prison complex on Cotton Rd, and when the only landmark was the giant dogtrack heading toward Buckeye on the 2 lane I-10. Now, the 303 has become one of the most beautiful and efficient freeways in the last 55 years. The distribution centers are a work of art and shout prosperity. When I bought in 1999 I had no Idea that my House's value and location would skyrocket in every way. Kudos to the Planners and designers. And the new 202 around South Mountain is gorgeous! I'm lucky to be an eyewitness to all of it 😊 Note: In 1972, Barry Goldwater said there would be no more freeway extensions and no buildings over 5 stories high. LOL!

@davidarend8632 Жыл бұрын

I took a job on one of those warehouse. It got me off the road and home everyday.

@jk484 Жыл бұрын

Why not use rail to transfer between LA and Phoenix?

@1lowtrade Жыл бұрын

theyre not smart like you bro

@smarkwick7814 Жыл бұрын

Cause america and we poorly manage rail cause short term profit for railways

@financeroyce474 Жыл бұрын

Self driving semis on a fixed rout will be the cheapest in the next 5-7 years

@xraymind Жыл бұрын

@@financeroyce474 Is that in Elon years or real world years?😅

@a.m.doesit9347 Жыл бұрын

that would make too much sense

@bloodheroz Жыл бұрын

The individuals at the local government level that believe these type of short sighted development projects are the future are unbelievably foolish. Local governments will often cater to groups with tax incentives and modified building regulations to build these ridiculous warehouse complexes while touting jobs and regional prosperity as a benefit to their community. Meanwhile these buildings are hastily constructed with little regard to environmental impacts in the area. When they are done the community is left with at BEST a workplace for low paying, low skill jobs, often with a much smaller group of employees than originally touted in the proposal while simultaneously being left to support crumbling infrastructure with extreme truck traffic around the clock. When the tax breaks end the companies will move out leaving you with an empty shell of a building, unemployed citizens, and an eye sore of an industrial area that can't be used for anything but storing products that are not and will never be produced there. Thankfully the developers that built the buildings and brands that rented the space will be able to "take the money and run" onto the next crossroad down the highway to do it again. Enjoy your warehouses small town America!

@Invertmini1212 Ай бұрын

Recently moved back to Arizona and its been nuts with the growth... The Computer Chip plant being built is the biggest plant/Warehouse ive ever seen... It makes complete sense with the I10, itll be a major trucking hub like Indianapolis and Ohio has been.

@nikoid3631 Жыл бұрын

They should make the railroad network more efficient than using trucks, in Colorado there is a railroad network connected to warehouses to be precise in Northeast Denver, the area is the largest logistics center in Colorado.

@brandonleesanders Жыл бұрын

Arizona is a great state overall Lots of opportunity

@danieljohnson4530 Жыл бұрын

Moved to Phoenix from Va 4 years ago, if you live here and don’t have a job, and are not disabled, you’re just a lazy individual! They are practically begging people to take jobs, and the rate of pay compared to Va is staggering!

@Dlu9999 Жыл бұрын

@@danieljohnson4530 but the cost of living does not meet the wages. Where these warehouses are being built are not cheaper areas to live in AZ .

@danieljohnson4530 Жыл бұрын

@@Dlu9999 I literally work at one of the warehouses and live in a nice gated community in Phoenix, soo umm WRONG!

@Dlu9999 Жыл бұрын

@@danieljohnson4530 gated community? So you moved 4 years ago when it was cheap.. that explains . I’m talking about the average person here. And especially the ones coming from out of state now trying to start out their lives here. Come on think dude.

@danieljohnson4530 Жыл бұрын

@@Dlu9999 I can tell this is the only place you have ever stayed!!! You sound just like the guys at the job that are from here and don’t know anything about the opportunities afforded to you here!!! Go live in Va for a couple years then come back and holla at ya boy!!!

@deetorrance3659 Жыл бұрын

It also helps avoid California laws and high cost of doing business. Thanks again Newsom!

@danieldaniels7571 Жыл бұрын

That's the biggest draw of Arizona. Funny this video didn't mention that.

@alanbiancardi2531 Ай бұрын

I live in the Phoenix area and I know how bad traffic is now. ADOT and CALTRANS needs to start looking at widening the 10. That is the only way to get from here to So Cal. It is a long and boring drive but the trucks are making it worse.

@toddinde Ай бұрын

That will probably come, but there are lots of ways that rail can be expanded, and it will be. That will alleviate the congestion. Long container trains from the Southern California ports are the answer. The cost of the freeway is 100% on the taxpayer. Rail can be either privately funded or a public/private partnership.

@leeshaver7825 Жыл бұрын

do some research on Perris/Moreno Valley it's mind blowing how many warehouse's have been built here in just the last 5 years and they are still building more I have lived in this area off and on since 1996 I can't believe how many warehouses have been built

@professorwiesy1351 Жыл бұрын

They should definitely build a railway to this area from the port

@toddinde Ай бұрын

Most of it exists. Just one line that needs to be put back into service and some capacity improvements. There are also some cool technologies that will be roll on and roll of for trailers which will be great for the just in time market.

@rohanagrawal1415 Жыл бұрын

should have also pointed out the new Taiwan Semi Conductor Factory which also falls in the highlighted area of the 303

@andysmith5012 Жыл бұрын

This makes me feel better about the future.

@Legitlyyy Жыл бұрын

Definitely gotta check out US 40 in West Jefferson, Ohio. Right off of I70 and booming with warehouses being built up left and right

@max_bikeroom Жыл бұрын

Hear that, Phoenix? You can be the new Bakersfield!

@JL-sm6cg Жыл бұрын

Is that where warehouses are being built as well?

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

WE DONT HAVE STUPID NEWSOM REGULATIONS

@JL-sm6cg Жыл бұрын

@@lovly2cu725 no you just hate REAL freedom is all.

@Matthew.602 Жыл бұрын

With no ocean 😭😭😭

@Itwillgrowback Жыл бұрын

Keep an eye on the Central Valley - Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno, and Tracy are budding logistics centers and Visalia’s Industrial Park alone is growing fast

@marcusyu2655 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering why companies would move all the way to AZ. I assume that everywhere in between the Inland LA area and the 303 are too expensive? Or is there too much regulation in CA to build a huge hub?

@Not_F 7 ай бұрын

@@marcusyu2655 Taxes would also be a thing

@mauriceclemens3286 Жыл бұрын

Highway 35w in Fort Worth is just like this. Warehouses are booming all around where I live.

@MikeHarris1984 Ай бұрын

And today, a year later, the 303 is FULL of more and more warehouses!!! Its insane the buildings going up... Amazon has opened up another 2 warehouses along the area of that 303

@FallRiverFlint Жыл бұрын

Just 7 years ago I would start my morning commute on 303 South at 6:30AM and I would see a handful of other vehicles. Now, it's just a few years away from being as bad as the 10. This is how it looked in 2015 - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNGqqJygm8uuZoE.html

@pbilk Жыл бұрын

These warehouses should be built around a railway corridor. Not just along a highway. It's better for the environment to use trains for long-distances.

@diegoorozco1796 Жыл бұрын

You don't need to look that farther to notice this when you see Tolleson. That's the closes hub East of 303. Also, the new 202 was a look into the future. However, these companies are will need to bring more water in instead of taxes.

@f.demascio1857 2 ай бұрын

We've got the same happening in VA. Ports are close by, freeway close, rural lands being stripped bare.

@brianholloway6205 Жыл бұрын

Americans are going to be big mad when amazon, ups, fed ex, and others buy up all the abandoned lined and create a high-speed network. People will say the government should have done it because the private companies are charging too much for tickets. When people realize they can get on a train and travel at times faster or more comfortably on a train....

@maniswil2 Жыл бұрын

That would of sounded good 100 years ago. Nobody in the USA rides trains. Trains are incredibly inefficient for spread out suburbs where the majority of people live. In cities like New York they work. Trains are for poor people, and the average American though not a millionaire is still in a different world even compared to someone per say in England.

@brianholloway6205 Жыл бұрын

@@maniswil2 That did happen a hundred years ago. Trains go where lines are built so that is an issue that can be fixed. Trains are not for poor people that can be seen throughout the entire planet. In fact, who is actually saying that? Seriously, who is saying trains are for poor people? The people in the suburbs that you insinuate don't use trains because they are horribly inefficient? Also, qualifying a national problem using world wide economic standards through a subject term (poor), is an intellectualyly dishonest comment. we all know it.

@brianholloway6205 Жыл бұрын

@@maniswil2 PS the fact you think british people are substantially more well off is kind of strange too. Where do you find this data? Who says these things? Seriously.

@patriot9487 Жыл бұрын

@@maniswil2 because we’re forced to use cars 😂

@Christbroken Жыл бұрын

News Flash....already happening. Just 2 miles from my house in Mesa, AZ is a new Amazon distribution center opening soon. Just a mile or so down the road from that, a Facebook data center. And 30 to 40 new warehouses have gone up in a 10 square mile area just south and east of where I live.

@arcdtch Жыл бұрын

A major factor missed in here is how close they will be to i11 as ADOT gets moving on it

@RT-gq3bh Жыл бұрын

Don’t hold you breath on I 11. Not one single cent will be spent on it in the next 5 years.

@SoapinTrucker Жыл бұрын

@@RT-gq3bh That's NOT entirely correct, I11 will be using some sections of current highways/freeways, and those are being, or even have been (US93) improved.

@RT-gq3bh Жыл бұрын

You are correct, I11 will use US 93 from outside Congress, Az to Hoover Dam, where the real I11 begins. Currently, there are more than 33 miles of this highway which aren’t even divided. They do have a plan to make some of this divided. A real Interstate Highway has restricted access with exit, entrance and overpasses. And nobody is even thinking about this, let alone planning it. Maybe 20 years from now, this will be a real Interstate.

@manfredmann2766 Жыл бұрын

Before something like this happens, there will be droves of unfinished residential and commercial projects in the near future similar to what went on over 10 years ago here.

@Foggghunter Жыл бұрын

We have a warehouse at the I10 and 303 there's an insane amount of commercial property there.

@QuantumNoir Жыл бұрын

Bring all that to Tucson too!

@thisguyshorty3554 Жыл бұрын

What's a Tucson?

@eN3RD Жыл бұрын

@LFTRnow 6 ай бұрын

Won't happen. They have to drive farther, through the city of Phoenix (a traffic bottleneck), and would easily exceed the maximum 1-day trucker daily drive time. If there were a direct rail connection for freight from CA for the short-haul, maybe, but Phoenix is probably still easier, particularly WEST Phoenix since you don't have to travel through Phoenix itself.

@ggjohn303 Ай бұрын

Yes, Tucson can certainly benefit from warehouses along its new freeways. Wait…Tucson is just an inefficient congested grid with only the old interstates passing through. Never mind.

@danjohnston9037 Жыл бұрын

So the warehouses are following the customers, into a waterless desert.

@1lowtrade Жыл бұрын

right, good luck where theres no water

@tesla82111 Жыл бұрын

Colorado river....

@danjohnston9037 Жыл бұрын

@@tesla82111 Needed For Crops ??

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

TELL THAT TO LAS VEGAS & CALI & UTAH & COLORADO

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

@@danjohnston9037 WHAT CROPS? NOTHING GROWS HERE.

@jeremycrisp4488 Ай бұрын

I was in an empty warehouse in that area for electrical work. It was so long that if you fired a rifle from one end, the bullet would hit the ground before hitting the other end. It was used for some kind of manufacturing or packaging, but there was nothing in it when we went there.

@candyp6746 Жыл бұрын

This is actually heart breaking to know that farm land is being replaced with ware houses to house and distribute product mostly from Asia. And to think phoenix has grown to 5mil and it shows no signs of stopping any time soon is mind blowing! The cost of living is going to match cali much sooner rather than later at this rate…

@JitzyJT Жыл бұрын

those so called farm lands are sitting their doing nothing other than getting baked under the scorching sun......About time it's put to good use........Farming in these deserts not a good idea considering the drought

@stacky512a Жыл бұрын

Demand for cheap stuff by Americans. Instead of buying commodities, real life stuff, they want the latest tennis shoes, tvs phones etc. The dollar goes to Asia, an the American gets shoes that won’t last more than a year or two.

@kpsalm Жыл бұрын

80% of all Americans are on the east coast, 20% on the west coast, 60% of the20% are in Los Angeles County lol

@Matthew.602 Жыл бұрын

Still 5 million people in the PHX metro area, along with over 6 million in the state. Combine that with LA, Salt Lake City, Denver, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, And El Paso. That’s more than enough people to justify a central hub in PHX.

@kpsalm Жыл бұрын

@@Matthew.602 I literally was just stating an interesting fact that I learned that had no other meaning. So idk what you’re talking about in regards to justification…..

@Matthew.602 Жыл бұрын

@@kpsalm I was providing useless info like you were lol all good ma

@kpsalm Жыл бұрын

@@Matthew.602 two useless comments. Love it!!

@hughwolfe1176 Ай бұрын

Phoenix is traditionally a transient area for residents, people visit Arizona in the winter think it’s a great place to live move there only to discover the summers are Hellishly hot and ultimately move away. The result of all of this transient populace is cheep labor, everyone needs a job upon arrival in Phoenix.

@azdbuk Ай бұрын

Yes, this comment has a lot packed into it....new start?, come to AZ, get connected quickly, but the connection is weak and always breaks.

@kikinhugs11 Жыл бұрын

120°F in the summers... no problem

@SergioCMMC Жыл бұрын

Destroying our world with warehouses

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

BLAME AMAZON

@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын

Did we really lose much in the exurbs of Phoenix? It has to go somewhere.

@satanbirmingham911 Жыл бұрын

I'm born and raised in this area, was just a little kid when the loop 303 was being constructed. this logistics industrialization bs is literally sucking the life out of my native desert landscape, we won't make it much longer...I miss my farms...

@ecossearthur Жыл бұрын

Ditto... We have an Fing warehouse in our back yard now on our County Island! Glendale Sucks!

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

WHAT DID THEY GROW?

@braden8771 3 күн бұрын

I live along the loop 303 - and they are not lying about these warehouses popping up on the west and east side of the 303.

@brandonpetrykowski165 Жыл бұрын

I make the drive down 303 everyday. Always new construction everywhere I look.

@privat2550 Жыл бұрын

and zero solar panals on top, great Murica

@WPaKFamily Жыл бұрын

Doesn't even matter. It's stupid to build buildings on land that is able to grow more food and bring down food prices in this country in the first place.

@K4R3N Жыл бұрын

Sunbelt will be uninhabitable in ten years due to global warming. Bad bet. I'd look north again as families give up on the southwest and move back to Midwest.

@a.m.doesit9347 Жыл бұрын

they will milk the cow till the last drop

@lovly2cu725 Жыл бұрын

GLOBAL WARMING?🤣