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sia figures to be the high-growth region for call center activity for years to come by most accounts, as companies continue to offshore operations in India and the Philippines and head to China to serve the local market.       A recent Datamonitor report predicts the number of call centers in the Asia-Pacific region […]

ite Selection’s annual ranking of state business climates has a new pecking order as Texas unseats North Carolina’s three-year claim to first place. The Lone Star State had performed well in the contest in recent years, finishing in 6th place in 2003 and third in 2002 — corporate executives surveyed named the state their first […]

axadvantagegroup (tag) professionals have helped implement tax credit and incentive programs for hundreds of companies across a variety of industry sectors. From our experience, we’ve seen the corporate and public sector opinions about the incentive process change as the recession has lingered. To gain more insight about the incentive process, tag launched a study of […]

S wept up by the urge to bring capital investment back to their own shores, many U.S. state legislatures in 2004 have pursued laws to either discourage or ban use of offshore facilities and workers by companies engaged in state contracts. Many of those measures languish in committee. But while that raft of measures looks […]

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everal commodities quickly come to mind when thinking of Memphis. Barbecue Location and a good supply of large buildings have made the Memphis Depot Business Park ideally suited for distribution operations. and the blues, to be sure. But the city is also known for its distribution prowess and it still reigns as a nexus for […]

he corporate real estate industry abounds with experts in construction, development, facilities management, transaction management, project management, and lease management, to name just a few areas. And, as companies increasingly focus on their core processes, there is a greater appeal to turn to third-party vendors to perform real estate services, with cost reduction often a […]

ttracting aviation projects is one of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s economic development goals. That plan received a significant boost in October 2004 with the announcement that American Utilicraft will build a cargo plane assembly plant in Albuquerque. The move adds to the state’s burgeoning cluster at the Double Eagle II Aviation Park.     […]

ituated in the middle of the nation, MidAmerica Industrial Park finds itself well-suited to the demanding needs of businesses that rely on “same-day or next-day” logistics to fuel their growth.       A recent logistics study commissioned by MidAmerica, Oklahoma’s largest industrial park, delivers data that qualifies the park as a major distribution center […]

eptember 2004 saw hurricanes on two coasts and a major earthquake on another, but it was a federal appeals court decision in the U.S. heartland that packed an economic development wallop still awaiting measurement.       On Sept. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit —whose jurisdiction encompasses automotive corridor states […]

eptember 2004 saw hurricanes on two coasts and a major earthquake on another, but it was a federal appeals court decision in the U.S. heartland that packed an economic development wallop still awaiting measurement.       On Sept. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit —whose jurisdiction encompasses automotive corridor states […]

cores of corporate real estate executives are by MARK AREND working today at leading industrial manufacturing companies with insights and intelligence their counterparts elsewhere are doing without. I am referring to those executives who participated in the Industrial Asset Management Council’s (IAMC) Fall 2004 Professional Forum in late September. From BASF to Boise Cascade, Philips […]

From Site Selection magazine, November 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Automakers Revving Up South American Production Several major European auto builders plan to increase or resume production in South America’s two largest countries. The projects will serve the Mercosur market.        Renault is investing US$70 million in a new production […]

eptember 2004 saw hurricanes on two coasts and a major earthquake on another, but it was a federal appeals court decision in the U.S. heartland that packed an economic development wallop still awaiting measurement.       On Sept. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit — whose jurisdiction encompasses automotive corridor […]

From Site Selection magazine, September 2004 Site Selection/NAI Industrial Location Index    As the economy rebounds, more boxes of widgets, gizmos and thing-a-ma-jigs will need to be stored. As a result, we are very optimistic about the industrial sector. The majority of U.S. industrial markets that are tracked by Linneman Associates are expected to strengthen through […]

ood fences make good neighbors,” poet Robert Frost once observed. Tell it to Pixar, Bob:       The red-hot computer-animation company (“Finding Nemo,” “Toy Story”) may add 1,300 jobs in a US$325-million, 20-year expansion of its San Francisco-metro headquarters in Emeryville. Then again, Pixar may pack up and leave town.       And […]

IAMC Insider Cover Insider News Insider News Continued IAMC People & Projects IAMC Board Members IAMC Web Site From Site Selection magazine, September 2004   Welcome to Memphis. Now Let’s Get Down to Business. After all, that’s what distinguishes IAMC: a professional focus that only continues to improve in resolution and results.       […]

ith more than 80 manufacturing facilities around the globe, plus thousands of retail operations, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has plenty of real estate to oversee. Looking for a way to increase efficiencies in its asset management procedures, Goodyear is now the beta test site for a new product from Intuit, the Mountain View, […]

irports have long been economic development engines for local areas and regions, but their potential economic significance is only now being understood by area developers, corporate site seekers and urban planners. Like never before, airports are central to businesses’ ability to compete given the heightened role of logistics and distribution in meeting customer and shareholder […]

oximity to customers remains a key factor in site selection decisions made by providers of logistics and transportation services. One of the latest examples is TNT Logistics’ new facility in Brownstown, Mich., which exclusively serves Ford Motor Co.’s new Dearborn Truck Plant.       TNT’s 340,000-sq.-ft. (31,586-sq.-m.) facility is a US$7.7-million investment and employs […]

tility economic development departments from 21 U.S. states and a Canadian province replied to this year’s Utility Survey in order to be considered for Site Selection’s sixth annual Top Utilities ranking. Based on 2003 project results from their territories drawn from Conway Data’s New Plant Database, the rankings examined four distinct criteria: total capital investment, […]

tilities don’t just help lure other companies’ facility investments. They create their own, either directly or via spinoff effects. And the project portfolio goes well beyond power plants.       In Atlanta, multi-utility holding company Southern Company will be moving into a new corporate headquarters in 2005. Developed by Barry Real Estate Companies, the […]

orking closely with our economic development partners, the River Valley Business Solutions Group is prepared to support your successful relocation to the family friendly communities, and the vibrant business corridors west of Chicago.       In an era when your employees’ families or partners typically have more than one wage earner, we recognize that […]

uild the shell and eventually the business will come.       That wasn’t the original plan, but it turned out to be the path Infineon Technologies took before fina lly greenlighting its US$1-billion investment in Richmond, Va., to expand manufacturing capacity of advanced DRAM chips on 300-mm. wafers. After three years on hold, Infineon […]