AlertMedia moves headquarters toward downtown Austin

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s no secret that the tech business in Texas is continuous to develop. Take, as an illustration, the Austin skyline. 12 months after yr it continues to vary, and a part of that’s due to tech firms transferring to the Lone Star state. 

AlertMedia, a risk intelligence and emergency communication supplier, is among the newest tech firms to maneuver its headquarters towards downtown Austin. 

“We have been very lucky throughout COVID, lots of people wanted our resolution,” mentioned Angie Julius, AlertMedia’s senior director of Range and Tradition. “We grew quickly. We had a whole lot of clients come on, and subsequently we would have liked to help that from a advertising and marketing and gross sales standpoint.”

The corporate moved its new headquarters to a 68,000-square-foot area, on the highest two flooring of RiverSouth. It’s greater than double the scale of its earlier workplaces. 

Different tech firms  — akin to Meta, Google and TikTok  — are additionally dominating the downtown skyline, with Meta set to have a brand new dwelling in Austin’s tallest tower by 2023. 

“I feel it makes a whole lot of sense. I feel individuals have been itching to get again collectively over the past couple of years. I feel it’s been refreshing for these firms to open up areas that help the hybrid mannequin,” mentioned Julius. 

A part of the brand new skyline is because of job progress throughout the state. 

In accordance with CompTIA, Texas led the nation in tech job progress in 2021. It’s projected to do the identical in 2022. 

AlertMedia says it’s one of many causes for increasing. 

In 2022 AlertMedia employed greater than 200 staff, an 80% enlargement of their workforce yr over yr. 

The brand new workplace options panoramic views of Woman Chook Lake, Auditorium Shores and the Downtown Austin Skyline. It additionally features a rooftop Sky Lounge cocktail and low bar, a health studio, personal rooftop areas, a inexperienced roof and extra.