Cafferty: “We know that when a company choses San Diego, they do so because we have highly-skilled manufacturing talent and a unique competitive advantage when it comes to our proximity to Mexico. That is something other regions cannot claim.”
SAN DIEGO—San Diego, along with the rest of the country, celebrated Manufacturing Day on Oct. 7. The event, which takes place on the first Friday in October, is one opportunity for the region to shine the spotlight on the increasingly important industrial real estate sector, San Diego Regional EDC president and CEO Mark Cafferty tells GlobeSt.com. We spoke with Cafferty about how the event affects industrial real estate in this region.
GlobeSt.com: What impact does Manufacturing Day have on industrial real estate in San Diego?
Cafferty: Now in its fourth year, San Diego Manufacturing Day is organized in conjunction with MFG Day, a national program that celebrates American manufacturing and addresses common misperceptions about the industry. Home to more than 3,000 companies, San Diego's manufacturing industry employs 108,000 people across the region.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
