Weebly, a website creation service based in San Francisco, has signed a 25,000-square-foot office lease at the Galleria Corporate Centre, 4301 N. Scottsdale Rd. The office space will serve as the company’s North American customer operations headquarters to support its growing customer base.
Weebly’s expansion to Scottsdale will have a significant impact on the city’s economy. T The total economic impact over the course of the five-year lease term is estimated to be $256 million, according to an economic impact analysis provided by the City of Scottsdale. The company plans to bring more than 250 new positions to the city over the next three years, and will support more than two million customers from its Scottsdale office location.
“We’re extremely excited to open our new customer operations headquarters in Scottsdale. There is an amazing pool of quality talent in the area,” said David Rusenko, co-founder of Weebly. “With support from the city and the Arizona Commerce Authority, we’re looking forward to building a world-class team to support the success of our customers globally.”
The location, in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale, will allow Weebly to hire local talent to lead customer sales and support operations. Roles will include: customer sales and support specialists, team leaders, trainers, quality assurance and additional roles to be added in the future. Each new employee will become part of the company’s larger mission to help anyone start their something and easily build a business, website, blog or online store.
“The expansion of Weebly to Scottsdale was a collective effort by the city and our regional economic development partners to continue building Scottsdale’s software and technology sector,” said Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane. “I am very pleased to welcome Weebly to Arizona and to Scottsdale.”
“It’s very fulfilling watching innovative clients like Weebly expand beyond their headquarters to new locations throughout the country,” said Cushman & Wakefield Senior Director Jon Dishotsky of San Francisco, who leads Weebly’s brokerage team along with Ryan Bartos and Matt Coxhead of Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona, Inc.
“After scouting several markets, including Denver and Austin, we were thrilled to partner with our Arizona colleagues to secure a great expansion location at Galleria Corporate Centre. The space is not only centrally located in Scottsdale, but also part of a bustling 24-7 lifestyle center, a feature important to Weebly’s unique culture,” Dishotsky said.
“This is a huge win for Scottsdale,” Bartos said. “It is exciting to see a company like Weebly expand into the Arizona market and bring some vibrancy to an already strong and growing technology tenant base. We believe this trend will continue and we look forward to witnessing their future success.”
Weebly was represented by Dishotsky and Cutter MacLeod of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Francisco office and Bartos and Coxhead of the Phoenix office. The landlord, Stockdale Capital Partners, was represented by Bryan Taute of CBRE.
“Weebly was also fortunate to have the support and guidance of the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) and Scottsdale Economic Development Department to assist in this expansion,” Dishotsky said.
Each month, 175 million people visit more than 20 million Weebly sites worldwide. In the U.S., 33 percent of the total Internet population visits a Weebly site each month, up from 25 percent in 2013. As more people embrace the concept of the personal economy and starting a business of their own, Weebly is seeing tremendous demand for its technology which enables anyone to easily and affordably create a high-quality website, blog or online store to bring their unique idea to the world.
“Globally-focused companies continue to choose Arizona to achieve their goals for growth, and our highly skilled and available workforce is among our key advantages attracting corporate investment and expansions to the state,” said Sandra Watson, President and CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority. “We thank Weebly for selecting Scottsdale to expand its operations, and are excited to see the company help more businesses across the U.S. connect with their customers and grow through Weebly’s innovative web and e-commerce platform.”
