Palmdale

Embassy Suites Palmdale opened the seven-story upscale, full-service, all suites hotel featuring 150-suites and 3,032 square feet of meeting space, to include: an indoor pool and spa, a full service bar and “Fourteen Restaurant” for evening meals.

Snow Orthodontics, Division Street Dental Group and the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Implant Center continue construction on their new 13,000 square foot state-of- the-art building. When complete the dental complex will feature four suites that will provide a wide range of dental services.

With a population of 152,622, Palmdale is the sixth largest of 88 cities in Los Angeles County. With an average household income of $74,379, Palmdale residents have discretionary income that attracts new retail chains and restaurant owners.

New businesses that opened in the City of Palmdale include Patton Steel, DeVry University, Sierra Medical Group, Community Therapies, Michael Anthony Spa, San Angelo’s Spa, Fresco II restaurant and catering, Mana Asian restaurant, Gino’s Italian restaurant, Shakey’s Pizza, Sonora Steakhouse and La Casa Rustica. In addition, the Redevelopment Agency provided funds to rehab a vacant building in the Antelope Valley Mall that is now home to a brand new 110,000 square foot Macy’s department store.

The Palmdale Regional Medical Center opened in the foothills overlooking the Trade & Commerce Center with 127 beds and four surgical units and plans to expand before the end of 2011. Adjacent to the hospital is two 60,000 square foot medical office buildings available for lease. The new 7-story, 150-suite full service Embassy Suites Hotel opened and the City continues efforts to develop a 77,160 square foot conference center on the adjacent property. Over 218,000 square-feet of Class A medical and professional office building space is currently available for lease or purchase in the Trade and Commerce Center.

The 120-acre Fairway Business Park is considered the premier business park in the Antelope Valley. Fairway Business Park is home to many prominent businesses, including Delta Scientific Corporation, U.S. Pole Company, Patton Steel, Industrial Lock & Hardware and FedEx Ground Distribution Center. Nine build- to-suit lots remain available in the Park, totaling nearly 35-acres.

Businesses of all sizes often need help when dealing with federal, state and local regulations and the City offers assistance by managing the Antelope Valley Enterprise Zone and Foreign-Trade Zone. In order to make the Enterprise Zone even easier for Palmdale businesses and employees to use we began offering enterprise zone vouchering at the South Valley WorkSource Center. Also, business professionals from the Small Business Development Center provide no cost one-on-one business consulting and no- and low-cost business training on a regular basis in office space at the South Valley WorkSource Center.

The City held the third annual business appreciation breakfast to provide important information about business programs and resources to local businesses. Presentations featured the Antelope Valley Enterprise Zone, Palmdale Business Watch Program, South Valley Worksource Center, the Small Business Development Center and recycling programs by Waste Management.