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CONNECT Q3 2011 Innovation Report shows spike in innovation economy activity: February 2, 2012 - CONNECT's newly released Third Quarter 2011 Innovation Report shows the dynamism of San Diego's innovation economy in new tech company creation, patent activity growth and attraction of federal research grant dollars in the third quarter of 2011. In the Report, VC funding shows an increasing move to early stage San Diego companies. The Report shows that 91 technology start-ups were established, compared to 76 in the previous quarter, an increase of 20 percent. In all, 237 new tech companies were established in the first three quarters of 2011. These ventures translate into 200 new jobs in the third quarter and 500 for the first nine months of 2011. Throughout California, tech start-ups created more than 1,690 jobs in the third quarter and 4,300 for the first three quarters. Continue reading »

San Diego County 2011 Visitor Industry General Facts: The San Diego visitor industry is the third largest industry in San Diego County, employing approximately 152,300 San Diegans. It is one of the top five leisure vacation destinations in the U.S. and a top 10 business destination as measured by visitor-days. Visitors spend $7 billion annually at thousands of businesses in the County. This equates to $16 Billion in economic impact for the region, and thus a very important piece of the economic health of the region. See "general industry facts". Continue reading »

2012 San Diego Commercial Real Estate Forecast: January 11, 2012 - Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial's research capabilities are built on our local expertise in the markets that we serve. Our extensive market coverage across San Diego County remains a critical component in understanding the dynamics of the commercial real estate market. Our data collection and tracking process for properties and transactions as well as our broad capabilities to serve all aspects of real estate transactions (from investment to leasing to management) provide us with a unique opportunity to join forces with SDSU's Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate and The National University System Institute for Policy Research to develop an accurate and informative forecast for the 2012 San Diego commercial real estate market. These academic institutions provide valuable, unbiased and credible information developed from their vast array of statistical models and methods of data collection. Continue reading »

San Diego's post-recession economic recovery: January 3, 2012 - National University System Institute for Policy Research 2012 Economic Outlook for San Diego. Slide presentation of key economic indicators. Continue reading »

CONNECT Innovation Report Second Quarter 2011: November 7, 2011 - CONNECT's newly released Second Quarter 2011 Innovation Report shows the number of San Diego tech start-ups in the second quarter of 2011 was up almost 20% over the same quarter last year with 76 new companies. This was also more than the 70 tech start-ups established in the first quarter of this year. Continue reading »