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ALISO-Guide_Layout 1 10/17/13 4:35 PM Page 41 Sponsored by ALISO-Guide_Layout 1 10/17/13 4:35 PM Page 42 B-42 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL ALISO VIEJO Advertising Supplement OCTOBER 21, 2013 Reasons To Do Business in Aliso Viejo liso Viejo is Orange County’s 34th amenities provide a thoroughly and newest city! Encompassing professional environment for any A approximately seven square business. Aliso Viejo offers a wide miles, Aliso Viejo is situated in selection of professional office space at beautiful south Orange County, California competitive prices. located less than five miles from the Pacific Ocean. Aliso Viejo is home to Join Successful Businesses excellent schools, scenic bike and Aliso Viejo is home to fast-growing walking paths, executive homes, and a entrepreneurial industries such as medical quality of life that attracts a highly skilled, device, technology, biotechnology, well-educated workforce. pharmaceutical, computer hardware and As the newest city in Orange County, software, healthcare and insurance. Aliso Viejo offers modern retail and office Companies such as QLogic, Microsemi, buildings and state-of-the-art amenities. Pacific Life and Rakuten.com are enjoying Here you will find a balanced mix of high- success in Aliso Viejo. profile corporate offices for established companies, young professionals thriving New and Well-Maintained Infrastructure at fast-growing firms and emerging Aliso Viejo’s streets, sidewalks, entrepreneurs. Aliso Viejo offers the buildings and facilities are new and the proper blend of services, amenities and a City is committed to a proactive business-friendly environment. Take a maintenance program in order to keep the look at some of the Aliso Viejo infrastructure in great shape. The City advantages to give your company the recognizes the financial and aesthetic competitive edge. benefits of maintaining the infrastructure on a regular, ongoing basis. Strategic Location Aliso Viejo is strategically located Convenient Transportation midway between Los Angeles and San Workers, customers and business Diego along the 5 Freeway and 73 Toll Road which provides convenient access to associates will enjoy convenient access to businesses through various modes of business and education centers. transportation. Air travelers can fly into John Wayne Airport and take the 73 Toll Road directly to Aliso Viejo’s main business district within 20 minutes. Metrolink rail stations and Highly Skilled Workforce regional buses supplement transportation to and from Aliso Viejo. Within Aliso Viejo are The migration of residents to south Orange County has created a pool of highly skilled walking trails and bike paths connecting to a regional trail system. and well-educated workers. Over 95% of Aliso Viejo residents over age 25 have a high school diploma and 53% have achieved a college degree. Aliso Viejo is home to Soka Jobs to Housing Balance University, a private liberal arts college and graduate school that attracts top international Aliso Viejo has successfully integrated some of the finest office space in the region with students. This community is ideal for recruiting quality employees. housing, hotel, fitness, retail, dining and other service amenities. The concept of balance is brought to life with virtually all residents living within 2.5 miles of the City’s downtown State-of-the-Art Office Space core creating an estimated 22,000 local workforce. One of the most significant benefits of being a part of a new community is access to state-of-the-art retail and professional office space. Modern buildings and technological In Aliso Viejo, it’s all here and it’s all close. We invite you to experience it all! City of Aliso Viejo Promotes a Business-Friendly Community he Aliso Viejo City Council places a high priority on the business community and expand without having to provide parking at traditional ratios. u economic development. In achieving this goal, the City is committed to providing A Town Center Vision & Opportunities Plan to create additional development square a business-friendly environment to enable new and existing businesses to footage, as well as provide for aesthetic improvements to signage, pavement T flourish. treatment, building colors, lighting and street frontages. In addition, the public plaza in Town Center is envisioned to provide a festive space for community activities and Here’s how: Town Center business events. u u No business license fee or utility taxes. Reduced solar permit fees as a way of encouraging businesses to save u Streamlined government with no bureaucracy due to the smallest staffing per capita money. u in Orange County. A Business Visitation Program provides an opportunity for City officials to meet with u A pro-business “Mixed-Use” General Plan land use and zoning designation to allow key stakeholders in the business community to solicit feedback and address commercial, retail, entertainment and office uses that may not otherwise be issues/concerns. u accommodated under traditional zoning standards. Partnering with organizations to conduct free and low cost workshops to assist u Consideration of reduced and shared parking standards to enable businesses to businesses. ALISO-Guide_Layout 1 10/17/13 4:37 PM Page 43 OCTOBER 21, 2013 ALISO VIEJO Advertising Supplement ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL B-43 ALISO-Guide_Layout 1 10/17/13 4:38 PM Page 44 B-44 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL ALISO VIEJO Advertising Supplement OCTOBER 21, 2013 It’s All About the Company We Keep: Hear From Aliso Viejo Business and Community Leaders arker Properties developed its first commercial project in Aliso Viejo in 1988. Even “Fluor Corporation is a leader in the engineering and construction before cityhood, the community leaders of Aliso Viejo industry. Our valued employees consistently produce quality work that particularly the members of AVAPC, provided solid civic ranks Fluor #1 on the Fortune 500 Industry: ‘Engineering, P leadership and sophisticated master planning feedback. Construction’ in 2013 and #1 in Engineering News-Record We’ve worked closely with Aliso Viejo city staff and City Council on magazine’s 2013 Top 100 Design-Build Firms. all six phases of Summit Office Campus, which now totals 1.2 million Many of our employees work in our Aliso Viejo office, where we are square feet of quality office space. able to attract and retain qualified professionals to continue the tradition With the City of Aliso Viejo’s involvement, we’ve succeeded in and build on our well-regarded, worldwide reputation. Aliso Viejo is a attracting QLogic, Pacific Life Insurance, Lennar, Marvell safe, family oriented community that provides an attractive lifestyle for Semiconductors, and RemedyTemp to Aliso Viejo. The City founders, our employees. Fluor is happy to make its home in Aliso Viejo.” staff and elected officials are passionate advocates of smart planning - DeeDee Rosenthal, Senior Community Relations, Fluor and have worked tirelessly and productively to create one of the best communities to live-work-play in the country.” “Having handled land sales in Aliso Viejo from its origin to present, - Russ Parker, Parker Properties I’ve seen numerous firms locate to the many high-quality buildings in Aliso Viejo. There’s a good reason why so many companies love it “After conducting an extensive search, we chose Aliso Viejo as here. The City of Aliso Viejo is a terrific master planned community on Microsemi’s headquarters due to a number of factors, including its the ocean side of the freeway, with everything so close – you can welcoming business environment, beautiful community, local talent work, shop, entertain and live all within a five-minute drive. and close proximity to other industry-leading technology companies. With continuing growth and traffic in the OC, why wouldn’t you Our Aliso Viejo office houses corporate, sales, marketing and desire to live and work all within close proximity? Nearby amenities engineering personnel from our previous headquarters location in Irvine as well as staff from other Southern California Microsemi include entertainment and recreational venues such as golf, facilities and personnel from recent acquisitions. This has helped build mountain-bike riding, and the city is just minutes from the beach. An a more synergistic environment for employees while leveraging cost added outcome to all of this is that employee retention seems to be savings.” quite high in Aliso Viejo” - Jim Peterson, CEO and President, Microsemi - Douglas A. Mathews. Senior Managing Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank “We were thrilled to have opened our newest Bagels & Brew location in the beautiful city of Aliso Viejo in 2010. Aliso Viejo has an ideal demographic mix of singles, families and working professionals, all of whom have a great sense of community pride and actively shop and dine locally. Having been in business in Orange County for the past 19 years, it has been great to see a variety of new, loyal customers in the Aliso Viejo Town Center. From working professionals on lunch breaks to families enjoying a meal together to students looking for great food at an even better value – Aliso Viejo provides us with a diverse group of welcoming, new customers to serve every day.” - Michelle McKay, Owner, Bagels & Brew Aliso Viejo’s Quality Lifestyle n Aliso Viejo you can experience a thriving, active business center as well as the National Blue Ribbon School. ANHS was ranked number 217 in Newsweek’s 2011 list of quiet of a small town. This master planned community is designed to offer a perfect the top 500 high schools in the nation, and was within the top 5% of high schools I blend of diversified housing with modern retail and professional office space. nationwide. The educational crown jewel of Aliso Viejo is Soka University of America, a beautiful Recreational opportunities are abundant in Aliso Viejo, including: 103-acre private liberal arts college and graduate school attracting top students from u An 18-hole championship Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course around the world.