Arizona Daily Star<\/a><\/em> reports.<\/p>\nJohn Lai, CEO of Mister Car Wash, considers attracting a young workforce to the firm as well as keeping them just as important as growing through acquisitions. \u201cThe big picture for us is, to attract top talent we knew we needed to be where the action is,\u201d Lai said.<\/p>\n
The school building, inaugurated in 1952 and used by the First Baptist Church for decades was partly demolished for a redevelopment into condos in 2008, but that project remained only a plan due to the economic crisis. Permits still must be approved for the 28,000-square-foot realty, but work could presumably begin in November. The new design will preserve the \u201850s brick exterior and inside, an existing stairway will be moved in order to form a large entrance hall.<\/p>\n
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