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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 […]

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Coming Soon… Publication aims to give credit where credit is due. F or more than 50 years, Site Selection has been reporting on industrial real estate and infrastructure projects around the world, from automotive assembly to alternative fuel production, distribution centers to desalination plants […]

usinesses have been intently focusing on their supply chain for almost 10 years now. Combined with globalization of production, this has created a demand for logistics locations that allow efficient receipt and distribution of products. These trends impact all distribution functions, whether a stand-alone distribution Mark Sweeney, senior principal, McCallum Sweeney facility or a manufacturer […]

SUPER SITES From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Ready If You Are A Super Site in Van Wert, Ohio. Industrial megasites try to maximize infrastructure and flexibility all at once. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com B ig jobs can happen without big parcels. But having large land ready for action never hurts.    Among super sites taken […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, January 2008    Software Expedites Tax Time for High-Tech Manufacturer by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W hile its name may brew visions of hops and grains, CoorsTek is in fact a high-tech ceramics manufacturer with facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Once part of the Adolph Coors […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Global Robot Sales Decline in 2006 Switzerland-based Stäubli is a major industrial robot manufacturer. Here, Stäubli’s RXPaint robot applies a high-tech coating on automotive injection molded parts at a plant in Germany. by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  T he use of industrial robots around the […]

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, November 2007   While Some Refineries Refine Their Plans, Shell Moves Forward Checking It Twice Math Problems Dealing with a skills deficit and a taxation burden may be the key to U.S. competitiveness, say summiteers.   T by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  he competitiveness of the U.S. economy […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, November 2007   Interest High in No-Interest Option Islamic finance achieves a higher profile in the industrial world. by ADAM BRUNS,adam.bruns bounce@conway.com T hrough the second quarter of 2007, the global issuance of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, had reached a record level of US$24.5 billion, and showed no signs […]

ompanies seeking sites typically use similar lists of criteria. It’s the ranking of the criteria that varies, depending on the type of company and management’s priorities.    While the preferred alternatives are historically stable, they are now changing rapidly, and an ideal location today may not be ideal tomorrow due to changing markets and globalization, and […]

he global economy is completely reliant on an optimized transportation system with little room for failure of each vital link in the supply chain. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ or Zone), while thought of as bastions of job creation and tax savings schemes in the manufacturing process, also allow for flexibility and fluidity in the inherent […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, November 2007    Software Aids BPO Firm’s Site Search by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com S ervice Source, a San Francisco-based outsource sales organization specializing in the business of technical service contract renewals for computer hardware, Dave Dunlap, senior vice president of worldwide operations, Service Source software and healthcare […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, November 2007   LCD Makers Invest to Meet Soaring Demand by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  The Triangle industrial zone in Zatec, Czech Republic, is home to new LCD manufacturing facilities built by Japanese firms. The Triangle is a former air base that has been redeveloped. E astern Europe is […]

COVER STORY From Site Selection magazine, November 2007   North Carolina keeps its spot atop Site Selection‘s U.S. Business Climate ranking; a defense contractor explains why he’s not surprised. by MARK AREND and ADAM BRUNS,editor bounce@conway.com   N orth Carolina has no intention of ceding its Top Business Climate ranking any time soon. For the […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, November 2007   by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Business Climate Change O ne way to look at the results of two recent corporate-real-estate-executive pulse-taking exercises is in terms of “before” and “after.” Our annual survey of executives’ picks for the best state business climates included a new question this […]

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STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE From Site Selection magazine, November 2007     Enter the Fray Jurisdictions of all sizes do what they can to reduce the cost of doing business. by MARK AREND, ADAM BRUNS & JOHN W. McCURRY, mark.arend bounce@conway.com C orporations and governments alike are faced with transparency mandates that have brought renewed focus […]

2007 GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   At 1,680 ft. (512.1 meters) on July 21, 2007, the 141-story Burj Dubai, developed by Emaar Properties, attained official status as the tallest building in the world, besting Taipei 101 in Taiwan by 13 ft. (4 meters). Emaar and its 5,000-plus construction workers and […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   EDOs: Are You Ready for Your Close-up? O ne reason this issue of Site Selection is so large is because it contains one editorial survey and four editorial profiles. Profiles are shorter versions of a survey, but they do much the same thing, which is to […]

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2007 GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   The Infrastructure Dilemma Will the U.S. follow the world’s lead in turning to private-sector investment? by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  and ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com A ssessing the world’s infrastructure needs is a daunting task. Even more daunting for governments is developing formulas […]

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   The Maine Thing Freightliner Gets What It Needs in Coahuila   E by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  arly this summer, Chrysler Group announced three new investments in North America to support production of its Phoenix V-6 engine. While the new plants in Trenton, Mich., and […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   It Tolls for Thee PPP or not, transportation projects seek to monetize assets. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com “A ccording to the Federal Highway Administration, $131.7 billion and $9.4 billion is needed respectively every year over the next 20 years to repair deficient roads and bridges.” […]

orcester, Mass., has RNA expert Craig Mello, this year’s Nobel laureate in medicine. Phoenix, Ariz., has Jeffrey Trent, a noted genomics researcher. San Jose, Calif., has Guy Miller, an expert in treating “orphan” diseases and entrepreneur. Houston recently wooed Stephen Wong, a noted inventor and expert in molecular imaging, from Boston, Mass.    For many regions […]