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SITE Visit From Site Selection magazine, September 2008 Trevor Hamilton, vice president of economic development for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, has spent much of his career pointing out the attributes of the Enterprise South megasite. Now Volkswagen will put them to use. Chattanooga Stands and Delivers Volkswagen chooses a former U.S. Army munitions […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, September 2008    Web Site Do’s and Don’ts Some economic development Web sites offer too much information, others not enough. John Warden is executive vice president of The Walker Companies. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W eb-based research has become a critical part of the site selection process […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, September 2008   Port, Highway Projects Boost Honduras Logistics Dredging began in June for a $240-million expansion project at the Port of Cortes on Honduras’ Caribbean coast. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  T he Port of Cortes, the largest of five Caribbean ports in Honduras, manages more than […]

SITE Visit From Site Selection magazine, July 2008   Joint venture company EMAL is building the world’s largest aluminum smelter in a new industrial zone being developed between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Super Smelter The UAE makes way for a Middle East aluminum hub. by JOHN W. McCURRYjohn.mccurry bounce@conway.com B anking on future demand for […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, July 2008   BD Brings Second China Plant Online North American Presence Grows in Amsterdam Aerospace Facility Will Double Production German Firm Inaugurates India Facility Lenovo Broadens Its Global Footprint Wacker Opens Facility in China   A New Bridge Across the Mersey by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  T […]

COVER STORY: RESEARCH & SCIENCE PARKS From Site Selection magazine, July 2008   Reservations      for Research High-profile partnerships support high-flying visions. by JOHN W. McCURRYjohn.mccurry bounce@conway.com The Hong Kong Science Park is being developed in three phases. The second phase’s layout is dominated by a unique ovoid auditorium. Douglas Muzyka, president – DuPont Greater China […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, July 2008   by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Congress to Industry: A Bronze Will Do I f the governing bodies of the various U.S. sports teams preparing for the summer Olympics in August act quickly, they can still enact some measures that will affect those teams’ performance in the games. […]

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, July 2008   Idaho Falls for Areva by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  F ifty years ago next year, in a small town just west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, the first light bulb to be powered purely by nuclear energy was illuminated. The municipality of Atomic City was born. […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, July 2008   A New School of Thought Atlanta-based TUFF finds opportunities for corporations and universities alike. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com W hat’s a school to do when an area’s demand for a university presence is growing at the same robust rate as the area’s companies, but funds for […]

lawback – the word invokes images of scary, bony fingers from a horror movie scene. Is the image a fair one? Can – and do – the bony fingers of clawback provisions reach into the pockets and wallets of companies and take back investment incentive monies? Are clawback provisions … safe? Tracey Hyatt Bosman, Grubb […]

n today’s extremely dynamic business environment profit margins are smaller and the line that divides success from failure has narrowed. This narrow line is enterprise wide, from operations to finance to human resources. This narrow success margin benchmark extends to service providers as well. The skills and competencies that once defined an outstanding or world […]

hen Sun Rich Fresh Foods recently located a new food processing facility in a Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) in Reading, Pa., among the major draws to this site were its proximity to customer markets in the Eastern U.S., the available pool and cost of labor, and the water/wastewater infrastructure. The 43,000-sq.-ft. (3,995-sq.-m.) plant, located on […]

ore Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico,” was Felipe Calderon’s challenge as he entered his term as President of Mexico.    There is no doubt that President Calderon and his administration is business friendly. The Mexican Government is moving ahead with aggressive plans to invigorate the Mexican economy, with the introduction […]

ompetition among commercial real estate service providers to serve the requirements of corporate America has never been greater than it is today. More than ever, service providers must find new and innovative ways to differentiate themselves in the market in order to compete for business, which is becoming increasingly more sophisticated across all lines of […]

n early 2007, Toyota selected a 1,700-acre site in Blue Springs, Miss., to build its eighth North American vehicle assembly plant. The $1.3-billion plant, to be located just outside of Tupelo, will have the capacity to build 150,000 vehicles annually of Toyota’s popular Highlander sport utility vehicle. Production is scheduled to begin by 2010. Toyota […]

A SITE SELECTION EDITORIAL PROFILESAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    A worker at IFC Composite GmbH is part of a rapidly growing automotive supplier cluster in Saxony-Anhalt. Automotive manufacturers find plenty of horsepower in Saxony-Anhalt’s work force and infrastructure. Precision Performance by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com H einrich von Nathusius is what you […]

SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Highly skilled technicians tend to the production line, above, at G24i’s new plant and headquarters in Cardiff, Wales. Welsh Gambit A California solar entrepreneur chooses Walesas a launch pad to the developing world. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com N eed to charge your mobile phone in Kenya? G24i‘s […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    GIS Tool Quickens Searches SiteTech Systems will offer service in major southeast markets. SiteTech Systems’ OneSource software is a GIS-based system that allows users to gather in-depth information about a property. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. lists […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Setting Sail in Hamburg A leading publisher brings its efforts aboard a single vessel for the first time. The $165-million building that will house Spiegel Verlag’s newly consolidated head office was one of the biggest leases of 2007 in Hamburg. Images courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects […]

TOP TEN GROUPS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Triumph of the Heartland Middle America sets the pace in economic development performance. Todd Mahaney, assembly center plant manager for Soo Tractor Sweeprake, is part of a talented and expanding work force in the American Heartland area known as Siouxland. Encompassing parts of Iowa, […]

ost people who have observed the economy of the northeast United States are familiar with the decline of manufacturing jobs in New York State. Of course, New York State had more manufacturing jobs to lose than most other states, being the leader in industrial employment beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. By the […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Freudenberg Debuts Shanghai Facility P&G Plant Makes Scents in Singapore Ecolab Taps Zurich for EMEA HQ Frankfurt Airport Readies for A380 Jets Solar Demand Drives Japan Expansions   Yahoo Speeds Global Moves Yahoo opened a new lab in Haifa, Israel, in March. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Sale/leaseback strategies in tough times by GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chairman and CHRISTIE ALEXANDER, Principal, NAI Realvest, Orlando, FL I n times of economic uncertainty, cash is a preferred asset because it can provide a hedge against the unknown.    Commercial real estate properties owned by […]