ATS is a provider of traffic safety, mobility and compliance solutions for state and local governments, fleets, and rental car companies. ATS expects to move into the Waypoint project in November 2015 with more than 600 employees. ATS is relocating from its existing offices in Tempe and Scottsdale with plans to add as many as 150 additional employees by 2017. A privately held company, ATS has grown significantly each of the past several years and forecasts continued growth for the future.

“Waypoint represents the new era of creative office building design,” says David Krumwiede, executive vice president for Lincoln Property Company. “With large, open floor plans and high ceiling lines, the building will allow ATS employees to occupy their space in a myriad of ways – from expansive indoor workspace landscapes and more intimate huddle rooms–to shaded outdoor collaborative spaces.”

Waypoint developer Lincoln Property Company is collaborating with The Davis Experience to create a “high-tech” aesthetic that extends from the buildings' exterior to the two-story lobbies. The façade will feature a multi-layered envelope of architectural cast concrete panels and high performance dual-pane aquamarine glazing. The interior entries will showcase clean lines, timeless materials, simple detailing, and the focal point – an open "floating" grand stair. Additionally, Waypoint features abundant parking, shaded amenity areas located around the office campus and the built-in amenity of Tempe Canal's multi-use path.

“There are other vacancies, to be sure,” says Craig Krumwiede. “But there are a lot of companies looking for this type of creative office space with lots of parking and they are just not finding the buildings that are suiting their needs. Fortunately we had ample space to accommodate the parking ATS wanted.”

Just six miles east of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Waypoint is accessed via a half-diamond off Loop 101 at Rio Salado Parkway, as well as two full-diamond interchanges along the Loop 202 at Dobson and Alma School roads.

When completed, Waypoint will join an existing Hyatt Place Hotel and a 180-room, upscale brand Sheraton Hotel scheduled to open in March 2015. The hotels will include amenities such as full-service restaurants, bars, a swimming pool, a fitness facility and more than 30,000 square feet of meeting and event space.