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TOP TEN COMPETITIVE STATES From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Peak Performance Tennessee’s economic development leadership claims top billing in Site Selection‘s annual Competitiveness Award rankings. by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com T ennessee’s Department of Economic & Community Development has won handily – by a margin of nearly 30 points – the 2007 Site […]

TOP TEN DEALS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 North American Honorable Mention International Top Deals International Honorable Mention Staying Power The best economic development deals of the year aim to create sustainable advantage for all concerned. Amazon.com’s headquarters expansion will create 3,000 new jobs in the South Lake Union District at the […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Now It’s Your Turn L ots of credit is bestowed in this issue on successful economic development groups at the state level (see “The Competitiveness Awards” coverage) and at the local or regional level (see “Top Groups”). This is, after all, […]

MAY 2008 There for the Long Haul? (cover) Meet a Member IAMC’s University Connections People & Projects Request Information

EDITORIAL PROFILE: MALAYSIA From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    Full Steam Ahead Why Malaysia’s high-end electronics industry is becoming even more high-end. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com I nvestment in key industrial sectors in Malaysia remained robust in 2007. In the manufacturing and services sectors, investments worth US$39 billion were approved by the Malaysian Industrial […]

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Write the Check, Get a Green Card by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  T hat’s what the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services’ Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, known as EB-5, did for 779 foreign individuals and their 2,227 dependents in the most recently concluded fiscal year. All told, […]

hen Google announced plans to invest up to €300 million in a new European data center, competition between various European regions was fierce. The project would create up to 300 construction jobs, and 120 new jobs in programming, security and maintenance. In addition, attracting one of the world’s leading IT companies offered significant marketing power. […]

SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Nuclear Future Means Growth Today in Chattanooga T Richard Pangrazzi (inset) U.S. director of marketing for Alstom Global Power Sales, says picking Chattanooga was a matter of optimum market reach, existing river piers and heavy-duty lifting capability and the heavy lifting executed by supportive community officials. by […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, March 2008    Bayer Buffers Churn How one pharmaceutical company simplifies big moves. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W orkplace churn can present major headaches for corporate managers. That’s particularly true with firms in industries in flux such as the pharmaceutical sector, whether it’s movement brought on by […]

TOP INDUSTRIES OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Sticker Shock? Not for these powerhouse industrial sectors. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com S ix billion dollars here, seven billion there. Before you know it, you’re talking real money, goes the saying, or a version of it. And lots of real money is flowing in Site […]

TOP METROS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Life at the Top Chicago captures the Top Metro crown for the third straight year. by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com Home furnishings superstore calls Chicago home: Pernille Spiers-Lopez, as president of IKEA North America, has overseen a rapid expansion of the Swedish retail giant across […]

TOP MICROPOLITANS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Newcomer Claims Checkered Flag Thomasville-Lexington unseats entrenched incumbent to become the nation’s No. 1 Micropolitan Area for corporate projects. by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com Richard Childress Racing is expanding both its corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Welcome, N.C. F or Richard Childress Racing, winning […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Are You Good at GIE? Embraer Grows at Home   All in One Visionary projects aim to protect environment and protect us from it. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  I n late January, William McDonough, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, […]

AWARDS UPDATE From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Attention, Corporate Real Estate Executives and Service Providers H elp Site Selection launch the 1st Annual Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards by nominating a key staff member or corporate real estate client whose work deserves industry recognition from the leading U.S.-based corporate real estate and […]

COMMENTARY From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Will Growth Control Zones Be Choice Sites of the Future? The biggest problem on Planet Earth today is control of population growth. The United Nations has failed to establish a workable global program. Few nations other than China have even attempted to launch their own plans. The […]

COVER STORY From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com Victory Lap! Illustration by Bob Gravlee Ohio’s second consecutive Governor’s Cup is proof positive that manufacturing-intensive states can diversify their economies and retool their labor supplies enough to win Site Selection‘s annual corporate-facilities race.     T his time around, Gov. Ted Strickland […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Winner Takes All “There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.” – Alfred P. Sloan M aybe it’s because the election season is in full swing, with primaries nearly every week and candidates rising and falling in the process. Maybe it’s because […]

MARCH 2008 Eyes on the Prize (cover) Meet a Member Recruiting from Within People & Projects Request Information

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Querétaro Project Helps Firm Mark Golden Anniversary in Mexico Digital Media Find Fertile Ground in Connecticut, Chicago and Canada   One Niche Spurs Another? The aseptic processing area (right) is an important and soon-to-be-growing part of Bioniche’s campus in Belleville, Ont., located on the Bay […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   ‘Strange’ Statements Ahead How will a new lease accounting standard affect the lease-vs.-buy decision? by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com F orthcoming changes to FASB and IASB rules may capitalize operating leases. The change may still be two years away. But what does the prospect of this new […]

t used to be that site selection was a fairly straightforward calculation when it involved shipping of raw materials and products from overseas locations, at least from a regional perspective. If a company was targeting the Asian market, it would usually opt for a West Coast manufacturing or distribution facility; if it involved European markets, […]

JANUARY 2008 To Green or Not to Green (cover) Meet a Member Learning What Counts Request Information

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Once and Future Leverage Now That’s Italian-American Monsanto Grows More Than Corn in Iowa Boxes and Vessels Expand, Terminals Multiply School Proximity Key to Record Investment by UPS in Toronto   A Soft and Fluffy Landing A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE: Box Elder County will be the […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   A Score for Songdo by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com Songdo City is a study in urban planning, sustainable development and how to finance a complex blend of commercial and residential properties. O n Nov. 19, Jonathan Thorpe, the Boston-based executive vice president of New York-based developer Gale […]