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May 1, 2003

The Consolidation Opportunity, Question & Insight, Site Selection Magazine, May 2003

A s much as any multinational corporation, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) embraces both new and traditional industrial economies. The Hartford, Conn.-based company’s range of subsidiaries extends from the legendary Otis Elevator to its International Fuel Cells division, as well as including Pratt & Whitney, Carrier and Hamilton Sundstrand. All of these operations add up to […]

May 1, 2003

The Seller’s Market For Sale

C ome on down and do a sale-leaseback right now. Get a high price; pay a low rent. Hurry. This is a limited time offer.         For the past year or so, investors across the board have been re-evaluating their commitments to the stock and bond markets, sizing up alternative investments, and […]

May 1, 2003

Service Provider Showcase, Site Selection magazine, May 2003

ver the past 30 months, United Technologies Corporation has slashed $40 million from its 58 million-sq.-ft. (5.4-million-sq.-m.) domestic real estate portfolio, thanks to the help of a strategic alliance with United Systems Integrators Corp. (USI) of Stamford, Conn. Today, USI is expanding its efforts to include United Technologies’ international portfolio. All told, USI is now […]

May 1, 2003

Special Advertising Section: Empires Big and Small, Site Selection Magazine, May 2003

R anked by Site Selection as the third-best state in the nation in attracting new and expanded corporate facilities, New York is experiencing a resurgence across its business communities. Governor George Pataki’s lower tax policies and investments in promoting high-tech, industrial, and transportation projects have tremendously helped the state recover from the devastating affects of […]

March 1, 2003

Select Company: Editorial Advisory Group Takes Shape, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

T he people whose pictures you see here are members of a select group. In recent weeks, I have asked these corporate real estate executives, economic developers, service providers and other industry players to serve on Site Selection’s Editorial Advisory Board, and they have graciously accepted that invitation.         My colleagues and […]

March 1, 2003

2002 Governor’s Cup: Illinois By a Nose, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

I llinois has broken archrival Michigan’s five-year claim to having the most new and expanded facilities in a calendar year – by just three projects. The 2002 almost-tie is testament to the Midwest’s economic strength; Ohio and Indiana also made the Top 10 list.         Illinois, however, like virtually all states, saw […]

March 1, 2003

Top Metros 2002: Chicago Shines, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

I n a repeat of 2001’s one-two finish, Chicago and Detroit head up Site Selection‘s list of top U.S. metropolitan areas for new and expanded facilities in 2002. While the order and the approximate winning margin are the same as last year, the pace was off considerably. Both metros were off by about 300 total […]

March 1, 2003

North American Reports: Alabama, Kentucky, Kansas, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

T he enduring ditty etched on Alabama’s license plates has it wrong: It’s not that song’s stars that are falling on Alabama right now. It’s cars.         Current case in point: the 430-employee, 400,000-sq.-ft. (36,000-sq.-m.) plant that Hyundai Mobis has decided to build in Montgomery. Mobis’s first U.S. production operation, the facility […]

March 1, 2003

Top Industries: Driving Still in Driver’s Seat, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

W ith 591 projects, the transportation industry again dominated the rankings of top new and expanded U.S. manufacturing facilities by industry sector in 2002. The headlines were led by the new Hyundai plant in Alabama, and backed by just-as-major plant expansions, including three in the top 10 from Michigan. It marked the fourth consecutive year […]

March 1, 2003

IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, March 2003

  Palm Harbor Program Finalized The Spring 2003 IAMC Professional Forum, slated for April 6?9 in Palm Harbor, Fla., has adopted the theme “Getting it Done Right: Industrial Asset Management Approaches to Proficiency and Profitability.”         Building on the success of the inaugural IAMC Professional Forum in Savannah, Ga., the keynote speakers […]

March 1, 2003

Top Small Towns 2002: Traversing to the Top, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

W hen Graceland Fruit announced the US$15 million, 60,000-sq.-ft. (5,574-sq.-m.) expansion of a food-processing plant in the Traverse Bay area of Michigan in 2002, the news only confirmed what many corporate executives already knew about this location.         It’s the Top Small Town in America. According to the Conway Data New Plant […]

March 1, 2003

Management Strategy: Brownfields’ New Allure, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

O ABOVE: In January 2003, crucial green lights from both the city council and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enabled brownfield redevelopment work to move forward on this bundle of some 250 former industrial properties along the Rio Salado in downtown Tempe, Ariz. – the largest piece of undeveloped land left in the entire city. […]

January 1, 2003

Synthetic Becomes Transparent, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

S ynthetic leasing by its very nature is two-faced, an adjective most corporations are scrambling to avoid in today’s scandal-plagued environment. A corporate user gets to be the owner of an asset for income tax purposes and gets to treat it as an operating lease for financial reporting purposes. What could be better? The rent […]

January 1, 2003

Top Service Providers 2002: Site Selection Names Eight Client Service Award Winners, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

E ight corporate real estate service provider companies have won Site Selection/ William Dorsey Service Provider Awards for work they did in 2002 that exceeded the expectations of their clients. These awards, now in their fourth year, recognize those companies that are helping evolve the definition of client service in the corporate real estate context. […]

January 1, 2003

Editor’s View: What Matters Most, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

I f you haven’t heard by now, the inaugural conference of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) in October was an unqualified success – highlights of the meeting in Savannah can be found in this issue’s IAMC Insider.         Attendees, who included corporate real estate executives and service providers, participated in a […]

January 1, 2003

World Reports, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

From Site Selection magazine, January 2003 WORLD REPORTS edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Survey Says European Companies Prefer Switzerland as Headquarters Site Dr. Herbert Wanner A recent Arthur D. Little survey indicates European companies consider Switzerland to be the most attractive place for global headquarters location in Europe. The study also found that headquarters are […]

January 1, 2003

North American Reports, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

Pro-Business Bipartisanship Brings SCIENX Plant to Upstate N.Y. Politics may make for strange bedfellows. A major New York site selection decision, however, made for surprisingly cordial ones.         There on the dais, a mere six days before November’s elections, were Gov. George Pataki (R) and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), linked […]

January 1, 2003

IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, January 2003

    “I was very impressed with the content of the sessions. In each one, there was at least one nugget I could take away and apply to my own situation.” – Charles Veley, Director, Global Real Estate, United Technologies Corp., on the proceedings of the inaugural IAMC Forum in Savannah, Ga. Westin Innisbrook Hotel, […]

January 1, 2003

Question & Insight: The Green Team, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

D evelopers of new facilities have a very basic decision to make at the outset of a project, be it a new manufacturing plant, a distribution center or any other facility. Will its impact on the environment be negative or positive in the long term? Those who choose to design and build a project that […]