Chandler is a city located in Maricopa County, within the state of Arizona. It is a major suburb of the Phoenix, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Chandler is located within the south and central portion of Arizona. It is about a 30 minute drive southeast of Phoenix. On the north, it is surrounded by Mesa, towards the north and west by Tempe, towards the west by the city of Phoenix also, to the east by Gilbert and to the south by the Gila River Indian Community.
The 2010 Census Bureau listed the population as 236,123. Chandler serves a satellite location for numerous technology corporations such as Intel and Orbital Science Corporation. The city of Phoenix is home to 7 Fortune 1000 companies. Scottsdale is another nearby region which is home to 3 more Fortune 1000 companies.
The city is home to an arid and hot weather. The coldest month of the year is the month of January. The average daily temperature in that month is 67 degrees Fahrenheit. The city enjoys approximately more than 330 sunny days every year and not very much rain. July is the hottest month of the year with an average daily temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dr. Alexander John Chandler was the very first veterinary surgeon in the Arizona Territory. He settled within the area on a ranch in 1891, which was located south of Mesa. He started studying irrigation engineering from this place. A short time later in the year 1900, he had obtained 18,000 acres of land or 73km2 and started to draw up plans for a town site at the region which was then named Chandler Ranch. On the 17th of May, the year 1912, the official office of the town site opened. That same year, Chandler High School was also established. The region continued to prosper and by 1913, a town center had become established. The first golf resort in Arizona, the grand Hotel San Marcos was also featured here.
The computer chip manufacturer, Intel, played a big part in the growth of the city. Nowadays, they have 4 places all around the city. The company also has the areas first "environmentally sustainable" factory, according to the current criteria provided by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED. There are other firms in the area that have partnerships along with the local government. Roughly 25 percent of non-government workers during 2007 were working at these operations.
The Santan and Price freeways that run between Gilbert Road and Arizona Avenue make up the South Arizona Avenue Corridor. The corridor has supported over 2,900 jobs and investments totaling over $3 billion since the year 2003. The Chandler Fashion Center is among the shopping malls that opened in the year 2001. This 1,300,000-square-foot or 120,000m2 merger of shops has resulted in many courts and laneway developments. Three shopping malls within the region offer a huge attraction to such a big trade area.
Wal-Mart is expected to attract business within the southern part of the Corridor. Expectations for the large consumer population to bring business from as far south as the Hunt Highway, leading a lot of the people and commercial retailers within the Greater Phoenix region to improve "the image and perception of the area." The Internet hosting company Cyrus One has announced their plans to construct a $1 million square-foot data center. Plans are to construct the facility within the Continuum Business Park area within Chandler's Price Corridor.