All summer, drivers and families in Rita Ranch have slowly seen another big brand build a store at the Houghton Town Center.
Tucson’s newest Home Depot location officially opened Monday. KGUN 9 got an exclusive first look inside the new store on Old Vail Road.
Local real estate experts said national companies are paying attention to the same growth trends: Businesses will succeed catering to the families moving to this part of town.
For Cory Cummings, the Home Depot Rita Ranch store manager, there’s no time like now to start building relationships with contractors, and other companies on property and surrounding the shopping center.
“Their business is booming out here with all the growth, so it’s going to be a huge win for us and them,” Cummings said. As a Tucson native, Cummings also said Home Depot, with the new 140,000 sq. foot store, is tapping into home-grown labor talent.
“We’re surrounded by four high schools here (on Old Vail Road),” he said. “We hired 140 associates,” and he said many workers have plans to grow within the company. “People want to move up, people want to excel in their careers.”