Plans are now underway in Scottsdale for the construction of what will be the corporate headquarters for the largest taser manufacturing company in the country.
The Scottsdale-based Axon Enterprise, which specializes in the building of weapons and technology for the military and law enforcement, wants to build a 400,000-square-foot corporate office on a campus-like space of 27 acres.
As proposed, the project will also see the construction on the north side of the city of up to 2,000 multifamily residential units, as well as a 100-room hotel.
An additional feature: half a dozen 5-story buildings housing retail.
Plans for the project have been submitted to the City of Scottsdale. Earlier this year, the company revealed to the Phoenix Business Journal that it planned to spend upwards of $85 million on the new campus project.
In the fall of 2020 Axon purchased some 74 acres at the site for nearly $50 million via an Arizona State Land Department auction.
Axon’s purchase of that land came after months of speculation that the company, enjoying revenues last year in excess of $1.1 billion, was thinking of moving out of Scottsdale altogether.
The company, which employs around 850 people in metro Scottsdale, eventually announced plans to remain in the city.
According to an Axon communication that recently appeared in the Scottsdale Airpark News, the new campus project, “which includes a next-generation manufacturing facility, aims to consolidate multiple facilities and bring increased automation to future generations of product hardware.”
The communication added that the company expected the new project to “provide long-term flexibility and stability for our physical plant operations.”
Founded in 1993 as Air Taser Incorporated, the company was rebranded in 2017 as Axon, and has in recent years not only emerged globally as a major weapons product manufacturer, but also a prominent producer of a wide variety of body cameras, and a cloud-based digital evidence platform.
By Garry Boulard
