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by MARK AREND A s this issue was going to press, the Dept. of Labor released some new-jobs numbers that must have left the outsourcing-is-evil crowd in a heightened state of bewilderment. Word that 308,000 new jobs had been created in March alone in the U.S. was no less troublesome to the pols who were […]
Read Moreeptember 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 […]
The jury is out on whether boycotts and bluster truly impact a state’s business climate.
The region’s high quality of life attracts developers, new projects to Cameron County.
More transportation options mean more opportunity for moving the Colorado economy.
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From Site Selection magazine, May 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Europe Emphasizes Other Means to Power Alternative energy continues to draw more emphasis in Europe. Two recently announced projects take aim at harnessing power from the wind and sun and a third is studying the feasibility of building a power plant based […]
Read MoreThe award-winning Ben Franklin Technology Partners sets the bar for technology-based economic development.
Mississippi’s energetic atmosphere and low cost of living make it the perfect place to put down roots.
Judged by capital investment and job creation, these were the Top 20 economic development projects in North America and Top 20 abroad in 2024.
United Airlines boosts presence in Texas; LG Innotek increases competitiveness in South Korea; Automaker expands capacity in India.
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“Great news for Pike County!” Gov. Bob Taft exulted, raising clenched fists aloft after USEC announced plans in January 2004 for a US$1.5-billion uranium enrichment plant in tiny Piketon, Ohio (pop. 1,900). USEC’s massive news, though, is a complex mix of both past and present, old and new. […]
Read MoreAerospace and shipbuilding lead in Coastal Mississippi.
Texas, Louisiana clean up in plastics and chemicals projects; now they’re poised to do it again.
Cold Storage; ABB Launches New Factory in Shanghai; BASF Boosts Capacity In Japan, Taiwan and Bahrain; Nestlé Investing Around the Globe;
Dean Sbragia had been in the medical products distribution business for 23 years when his company, Med-Fit Systems, purchased the commercial assets of fitness equipment builder Nautilus in February 2010.
Back in 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board promised to “upgrade” (to use its term) lease reporting standards, with the goal to “improve financial reporting about leasing transactions, and in so doing gain greater transparency for investors and other stakeholders.” IAMC members report that the upgrades did the trick, and transparency to investors has improved. […]
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Dear IAMC members and prospective members: What happens when you combine a delightful venue, captivating speakers, enthusiastic sponsors, outstanding and cordial staff and over 60-percent corporate active attendance? Well, you kick it up a notch. And that’s what IAMC did at its Spring Forum in Tucson. There was a wonderful […]
Read MoreIn Rural America, breaking out of your silo can be a literal endeavor.
A positive by-product of the pandemic in Southeast Asia was the rapid pace of digitalization — encouraging the tech sector and its stakeholders to continue on the path of innovation and growth.
W ASHINGTON — Can corporate real estate executives benefit from a stronger, more unified voice among economic development professionals? The answer, according to Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED) Chairman Kurt Chilcott, is “yes.” In a letter to members of both CUED and the American Economic Development Council (AEDC) — two organizations of economic […]
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 […]
Switzerland, Austria and Germany have retained their rankings in the World Economic Forum’s third annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index.
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A myriad of property management software is available today to handle account and reporting needs of industrial sites. One product that has been around awhile and continues to draw favorable reviews for its latest version is Skyline II. SS&C, a Windsor, Conn.-based software developer for a variety of applications, is the creator of Skyline. […]
Read MoreJANUARY 2008 To Green or Not to Green (cover) Meet a Member Learning What Counts Request Information
D rive along the southern edge of Lake Michigan, and the steel legacy of northern Indiana becomes inescapably apparent, in both the best and worst of senses. Much of the industry’s looming gray capacity has gone dormant, but there is still a core that thrives. And where big steel has suffered, little steel is doing […]
A strategy ‘10 years ahead.’
Ongoing success at a major industrial park continues to propel the fortunes of Tier 3 champion Bowling Green, Kentucky, which takes the per-capita title as well.
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ntibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem as disease-causing bacteria continue to find ways to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. It’s a challenge being answered by Rib-X, a young biotech company in New Haven, Conn. Rib-X researchers are using a multi-disciplinary approach to discover new types of antibiotics that will kill or […]
Read MoreA private-sector alliance of CEE executives has big plans for this region.
What the state’s sustainable approach to wood production means for the future.
Green Agendas Meet Reality TV: In an energy efficiency battle for the ages, the biggest loser wins.
With 160 years of acquired expertise in precious metals, glass and specialty light sources, it’s only natural that Germany’s Heraeus Group would pair that most special of light sources — the sun — with the world’s need for that most precious of resources: power. And all it takes to bond the two is a little silver paste.
Washington focuses on small businesses as they navigate the entrepreneurial playing field.
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Y ears of championing his state as a top location for business and industry have paid off for Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan in the form of Site Selection magazine’s 2003 Competitiveness Award. As Lieutenant Governor until 2003 – when he took over as governor following the sudden death of Gov. Frank O’Bannon – Kernan personally […]
Read MoreConsumers Energy and Michigan communities leave coal behind on the road to a net-zero future.
Missouri’s prime location doesn’t get more convenient for businesses looking to grow in the Midwest.
For biotech to blossom in any European region, several key parameters must exist locally and simultaneously:
Illinois: FutureGen Project Adds Industrial Endorsements
Life sciences investments in Kansas serve global animal and human health needs.
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ndustrial real estate is still riding the coattails of the warehouse/ distribution marketplace, as companies determine where to move their movement operations against the rising background noise of stricter trucking laws, the prospect of radio-frequency identification systems (RFID), tighter shipping security and rising overall shipping and fuel expenses. Regional grocery chain Stater Bros. will build […]
Read MoreFresh on the heels of last week’s SelectUSA Investment Summit, learn from the experts at Tractus how and why the ties between corporate Asia and U.S. communities...
Highlights from Site Selection ? February/March 1998 Michigan, Midwest Set Fast-Track Pace in 1997’s Record U.S. Race for Corporate Facilities by Jack Lyne Let the good times roll. That ancient war cry is a particularly appropriate touchstone in analyzing 1997’s U.S. corporate location patterns. Economic good times earmarked rolled expansively through Main Street, Wall Street […]
The Port of Mobile will build a new roll-on/roll-off facility at an ideal time for the growing automotive industry in the southeastern U.S.
Batesville, Mississippi, has turned out to be the ideal location for GE to build advanced aircraft engine components.
Five Questions and Answers with the Executive Director of CBRE’s Tech Insights Center
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ant to gain an edge over your global competition? Consider locating your next plant in a Foreign-Trade Zone. If you thought that FTZs were only for distribution centers and freight-forwarding facilities, think again. Locating in an FTZ can save your operation millions of dollars per year, and you can do a […]
Read MoreCOVER STORY: SCIENCE & RESEARCH PARKS From Site Selection magazine, July 2009 Want to kick your organization into overdrive? Explore the critical mass offered by national institutions. Sandia Science & Technology Park and its tenants have capitalized on their neighborly relationship with Sandia National Laboratories. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com s the United States government […]
JULY 2008 Independence Day (cover) Special Report: All Ashore People & Projects IAMC Reaches Membership Milestone Request Information
Atlanta-based media and communications company Cox Enterprises in late January announced plans to build a new 600,000-sq.-ft. (55,740-sq.-m.) office complex on its campus headquarters in Sandy Springs, Ga.
Can any place on earth match the US head start with LNG? As permit delays continue, plenty are trying.
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H ead East is the name of a semi-famous 1970s rock band that was founded in St. Louis and continues to tour the clubs of the heartland some 30-plus years later. Today, head east might best describe the mindset of automobile makers as they assess the lay of the land in Europe. […]
Read MoreSlicing and Dicing the Academy Oxford University is No. 1 in the world for the ninth consecutive year. Photo by Chinyup Wong: Getty Images Earlier this month at Times Higher Education’s World Academic Summit in Manchester, UK, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 were unveiled. A total of […]
Reports from the State Science and Technology Institute, The University Financing Foundation (TUFF) and Milken Institute paint a clear picture of the good things that can happen when university research and metropolitan ecosystems coalesce.
You can add or subtract all the metrics and data sets you want. Any way you slice it, Texas keeps coming out on top.
Founded by a man from Denmark, currently based in the UAE, and with offices in such locations as Moscow and Johannesburg, energy storage and smart grid firm Rubenius is nothing if not global.
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T he top economic development groups in the U.S. for 2003 know how to strike the ideal balance – between confidentiality and telling your story; blockbuster corporate deals and incremental company growth; new development and the infrastructure and redevelopment to go with it; simple processes and sophisticated methods of obtaining them. […]
Read MoreSite Selection’s recent Locations of the Future survey respondents project the future.
The program is just one of a suite of actions to keep the state’s talent pipeline primed for the future even in the midst of economic recovery.
Portugal’s innovation mindset cultivates a growing sweet spot for the global semiconductor industry.
Advanced manufacturing companies are proud to say their products are “Made in California.”
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D ALLAS, Texas – When Texas Instruments opened the world’s most modern semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dallas in 2001, no one knew that this facility would become the first choreographed move in a unique “Texas Two-Step.” On June 30, 2003, that’s exactly what happened when TI announced that it would build […]
Read MoreManufacturing execs looking to boost capacity were never busier than last year: The number of new and expanding plants reported in Conway Data?s New Plant database soared by 22 percent. ?Where to grow?? was the big question facing a reengineered, ?rightsized? industrial sector in 1996. For many industry chiefs planning billion-dollar investments, locations outside the […]
A trio of studies attempts to put some flesh on the bones of clean-energy claims in North Carolina.
As America searches for sustainable solutions, industrial hemp provides answers.
Metals are central to dozens of the corporate projects to land in the Yellowhammer State over the past two years.
July 2023 data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show that foreign direct investment (FDI) into the United States grew $216.8 billion at year-end 2022 to $5.25 trillion.
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H ungering for some good Tex-Mex cuisine? Well, you’re not alone. Some of the world’s largest companies soon will be buying a lot of food in Texas and Mexico, which together captured four of Site Selection’s Top Ten Deals of 2003. From Texas Instruments and Toyota in […]
Read MoreIf you build it, will they dot.com? Not necessarily. More accurately, if you dot.com it, you’d better build. 1999, you see, was the year in which some of the Internet’s leading lights decided that they needed big-time bricks to make their clicks work. That concrete lesson in real estate realities is part of the story […]
IAMC Chair Colleen Caravati details the ways IAMC is there to support its members during the pandemic. John Salustri talks to company leaders about force majeure and getting along with landlords.
The ink from Gov. Rick Snyder’s signature on House Bill 4003 and Senate Bill 116 was barely dry when reaction started pouring in to the legislation that will make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state on April 1, 2013.
If there?s one sure thing that you can say about utility deregulation, it?s that it?s complicated. Some states are deregulated, some aren?t, and some are in the process of deregulating. New services and products are coming online regularly, and new terms in the energy-shopping arena are popping up everyday — so many things to learn, […]
$1 billion initiative will provide opportunities for Hoosier innovation, entrepreneurship and technology to thrive.
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orporate America is increasingly seeking ways to move real estate assets off balance sheets and free up capital for operations. The sale/leaseback model is a resourceful way to gain immediate access to cash and decrease debt. Sale/leaseback arrangements improve a firm’s debt-to-equity ratio and reduce depreciation and interest costs. What’s more, by selling a real […]
Read MoreL ONDON — The United Kingdom retained its title in 2000 as the continental leader in inward investment for new and expanded corporate facilities in Europe, according to data supplied by Ernst & Young’s European Investment Monitor. The London-based EIM, a product of E&Y’s International Advisory Services’ database, reports that the […]
From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 Global Facilities 1995 | Site Selection Online ©1996 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.
With US$216 billion (C$230 billion) in resource-based projects under construction or planned, Alberta has become the leading location in the Western Hemisphere for energy development.
Exports to global markets fuel a surge in Kentucky's aerospace sector.
The same year that gave us the Cuban missile crisis, the Second Vatican Council, the admission of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi and the newly independent countries of Algeria, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago also gave us Kohl's, Kmart (now part of Sears), Target and Walmart, all of which got their start in 1962.
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acilities services will play a strategic role in achieving corporate financial goals this year, a new study of corporate executives finds. The research study by EMCOR Group Inc. of Norwalk, Conn., reveals a growing demand for facilities services among corporate real estate executives. According to the report, nearly half of all […]
Read MoreWith six consecutive Top Business Climate wins to his credit, Gov. Nathan Deal reflects on overcoming state transportation challenges, how to invest wisely in education and workforce resources, and his hope that Georgia’s business climate benefits businesses and their workers long after he’s gone.
An Enhanced Use Lease strategy proves key to growth and to the mission at Falcon Hill in Utah.
A blend of Site Selection’s proprietary project data and two respected indices has produced this elite group of regional economic development organizations.
Site 36’s transformation marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Wyoming, Michigan. Previously a General Motors stamping plant and cornerstone of the city’s economy, the 75-acre site sat vacant for nearly 15 years following the plant’s closure in 2009.
A s if their plates weren’t full enough already, economic conditions are mandating that corporate real estate managers figure out how to do more with less. More what? They must now demonstrate more of an ability to contain, if not reduce, costs where property assets are concerned, because shareholders and real estate investors are less […]
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I n December 2003, Canada’s new prime minister, Paul Martin, appointed Jim Peterson as his minister of international trade after sweeping into office himself earlier in the month. Martin, a former executive in the shipping and power industries, served as the country’s Minister of Finance from November 1993 until June 2002. Peterson worked under him […]
Read MoreMore than 1,000 people work at the Wilmington headquarters of Incyte
Tilman Fertitta, owner of Houston Rockets, credits Texas for his business success.
The plethora of reports coming out only confirm what the public seems to already know and what policy makers in Washington are now grasping: Manufacturing matters.
As regular readers of Site Selection know, state and local tax policy isn't the only thing that matters to business, or even the most important — but it is one of the few factors that state and local governments can control.
The state that invented the Model T Ford, HP printer and Gerber baby food is now reinventing itself.
