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JULY 2006 Bulgaria Gains As EU Accession Nears (cover) Singapore Attracts New High-Tech, Logistics Investment Cargill Expanding In Africa and Europe ThyssenKrupp Plans $2.4B Brazil Steel Mill Give Us Your Opinion! WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Bulgaria Gains As EU Accession Nears I n the run-up to Bulgaria’s accession to the European […]

MAY 2006 ‘Shovel-Ready’ Saves Time, Money (cover) Barilla America to Open Pasta- Manufacturing Facility Empire State Development Kentucky’s Shovel- Ready Sites Are Just a Click Away Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development “Perfect Location” for Your Business and for Your Family Buttonwood Gateway Berks Economic Partnership ShovelReady Oklahoma’s MidAmerica Takes Shovel- Ready Sites to the Next Level […]

layton Crawford, director of facility management and services for McKesson Corp., oversees a vast portfolio of 300 active properties encompassing some 16 million sq. ft. (1.5 million sq. m.) That’s a lot of real estate to maintain and a lot of work orders to track. For the past three years, McKesson has used Trammell Crow […]

MAY 2006 Here and Abroad (cover) Top North American Deals of 2005 North American Honorable Mention Top International Deals of 2005 International Honorable Mention Class By Themselves Give Us Your Opinion! TOP DEALS OF 2005       Here and Abroad   The Top Deals of 2005 show that the climate for global corporate investment is […]

eflecting a U.S. economy that has averaged 4 percent GDP growth for each of the last 10 quarters, this year’s Top Economic Development Groups represent virtually every major region of the country.    While the South continues to dominate Site Selection‘s annual rankings of top groups based upon actual economic performance — with six of the […]

May 2006 The Knowledge Team (cover) Meet a Member Incentives: The Devil’s in the Details Developer: Be Flexible, Global and Political A Sleeper Project Request Information

MAY 2006 Fast Action (cover) More Than Just a Helping Hand The Other Environment Next Steps Knowledge Multipliers Give Us Your Opinion! COVER STORY Fast Action Intel’s multiple blockbuster projects illustrate where global corporate competition and territorial competitiveness collide. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com The cranes are dancing at Ocotillo, the site in Chandler, Ariz., where […]

ite Selection has won two prestigious awards from the Magazine Association of the Southeast – the Gold Award for Best Magazine Website (www.siteselection.com) and the Bronze Award for Best Custom Publishing for business-to-business magazines. Both awards represent the top prizes awarded in each category. The association announces the winners of these and other awards at […]

ur May issue each year salutes the economic developers vying for your capital investment – the sell side. We keep the cover story and primary editorial focus on the buy side, where it belongs, which is on project information and location intelligence as communicated to us by your peers in corporate real estate. But there […]

MAY 2006 Good Things Happen in Pairs (cover) Quick Curves Austin Waits and Wins Leverage, But in Which Direction? Global Families Check the Style Manual Give Us Your Opinion! NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS     Good Things Happen in Pairs Two Korean multinationals engage with the U.S. in a big way, just as their nation’s government prepares […]

From Site Selection magazine, May 2006 WORLD REPORTS Energy City is Qatar’s Latest Leap Forward by John W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Esam Janahi, chairman of Gulf Energy and Energy City Qatar, center, wearing the red headdress, discusses a model of Energy City Qatar with, to his immediate right, Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Qatar’s prime […]

May 2006 The Knowledge Team (cover) Meet a Member Incentives: The Devil’s in the Details Developer: Be Flexible, Global and Political A Sleeper Project Request Information

MAY 2006 The Whole Package (cover) How to Compete High Tech, High Touch Industrial Transition Give Us Your Opinion! COMPETITIVENESS AWARD     The Whole Package North Carolina’s claim to the 2005 Competitiveness Award is backed by investments in the right people, the right technology and a commitment to industries old and new. by MARK AREND […]

MAY 2006 Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to the Bottom Line (cover) Capital Lease Funding Expansion at Lexington Corporate Properties Trust Net Lease Capital Advisors Branches Out U.S. Realty Advisors’ Flexibility Big Increases at Capital Lease Funding Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONSALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS   Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to […]

MAY 2006 How Good is Your Outsourcing Deal? (cover) SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center USAA Real Estate Company South Mississippi Seizing the Opportunity Harrison County Development Commission Memphis Delivers The Right Location for Business Memphis Delivers Opelika, Alabama Logistically Suited For Continued Growth Fast-Growing Myrtle Beach Looks to Build on People Power Relocation Triggers Search […]

resurgence of corporate capital flowing back into Chicago has made the Second City No. 1 again — this time in the annual Site Selection Top Metropolitan Area Awards.    While fans of the Windy City may not throw a ticker- tape parade as they did to celebrate their beloved Chicago White Sox winning the World Series […]

ean Smith became a legend in North Carolina by guiding his Tar Heel basketball teams to unprecedented greatness. In the world of college hoops, Smith’s program was considered a dynasty.    It’s not too early to start using the “D-word” when talking about an unprecedented string of victories racked up by another North Carolina program. Statesville […]

MARCH 2006 Transportation Equipment Tops Industry Ranking (cover) Arizona Refinery Moves Ahead Beleaguered Louisiana Grabs Top Projects High on the Hog Request Information TOP INDUSTRIES Transportation Equipment Tops Industry Ranking Automakers are cranking up assembly plants across the globe. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com A lthough down somewhat in total numbers, the transportation equipment sector […]

MARCH 2006 Where the Biggest of the Big Went in 2005 (cover) Biggest Global Projects Request Information TOP GLOBAL PROJECTS Where the Biggest of the Big Went in 2005 by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com A sia’s booming industrial centers are exerting an enormous pull on global capital investment, and it should come as no surprise that […]

MARCH 2006 Most Important Rx for Health Care: People (cover) World Class Medical Hub Relocating or Expanding? Companies Turn to Experts Your Business. Your Venture. Our Expertise. Rapid Growth of Life Sciences Continues in Northeast Florida Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION TOP HEALTH-CARE SERVICES LOCATIONS Most Important Rx for Health Care: People W hat’s the most important […]

MARCH 2006 The Elusive ‘Quality of Life’ (cover) Quality of Life Indices That Matter in Today’s Market Connecting Quality of Life to the Bottom Line Business, Cultural and Lifestyle Amenities … Available for Work, Available for Hire ESBAŞ rests in the “Pearl of the Aegean” Think ESBAŞ Nebraska Advantage Attracts $283.2 Million in Investment and 3,509 […]

MARCH 2006 Texas Teacup (cover) Industrial Diversity U.S. Giants Give Us Your Opinion! COVER STORY Texas Teacup It’s well known that things are bigger in Texas, and that’s certainly true of the Photo of Gov. Perry ©2006 Bob Daemmrich Photo, Inc, Austin, Texas. number of new facilities announced in 2005, earning Texas Gov. Rick Perry a second […]

ince 60 percent of our readers are chief executives or comparable, it’s likely you also subscribe to Chief Executive magazine. If so, you may recall coverage recently of their “Chief Executive CEO Confidence Index,” which revealed a healthy optimism where the U.S.’s economic prospects are concerned. For example, 55 percent of CEOs expect hiring to […]

To view the chart below as a printable PDF file, click here.    Here we consider the overall economy; real estate market conditions; labor market conditions; and transportation and logistics, to determine which markets offer the greatest opportunity. With growing global demand for goods and cross-border commerce on the rise, we remain bullish about the industrial […]