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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

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Real Estate Services

Service Providers On the Move … Edward C. Lubieniecki has been appointed executive vice president for the Western Region Consulting Services of Grubb & Ellis Co., based in New York City. Lubieniecki will bring more than 20 years of industry experience to the firm’s San Francisco office. In addition to being selected to manage the […]

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING: An Ecosystem Like No Other

How Michigan supports innovation, advances Industry 4.0, and brings people into the next generation of manufacturing.

Three Views into Renewables

Record installations at record low prices was the thrust of REN21’s Renewables 2017 Global Status Report, published in early June.

Panasonic Investment Will Catalyze a Power and Materials Industry Ecosystem

Panasonic’s $4 billion, 4,000-job EV battery plant in De Soto is all anyone in Kansas economic development can talk about these days.

SELECTUSA WORKFORCE PANEL

Three trailblazing CEOs tell it like it is when it comes to opportunities for women in today’s manufacturing environment.

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COVER STORY

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 […]

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Home Away From Home

A new, master-planned business city fast-tracks MNCs’ new Indian operations.

Vytelle Chooses Lenexa as Global Headquarters

Vytelle announced on Dec. 6 that it would relocate its global headquarters from Hermiston, Oregon, to Lenexa, Kansas, about 15 months after the company secured $13.2 million in Series A funding from a collection of Midwest- and Kansas-based investors.

Sports On the Move: How Atlanta and Miami Became the Kings of U.S. Soccer

Meanwhile, the commissioner of a prominent collegiate athletic conference tells us why D.C. attracted the organization’s headquarters.

Why You Should Think Kentucky

Rather than tell you why you should consider Kentucky for your next business expansion, Kentucky would rather just show you.

Rio Rancho: The New Company Town

R IO RANCHO, N.M. – Driving along the highway from Albuquerque, N.M., to suburban Rio Rancho to the north, the first thing one notices hovering over the town is the giant corporate edifice of the Intel Corp. Dominating the city landscape like the majestic Sandia Mountains to the east, Intel’s sprawling, […]

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MAGS GAMMA AWARDS

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 […]

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SeaTac City is Poised for Flight

With its unmatched connectivity, this could be your new headquarters location.

All Inclusive

Call it what you will - a science park, a research park, a technology park, or a technopole. Over the last half-century, these types of developments have become recognized globally for offering a variety of support services to knowledge-based companies and for making significant contributions to regional economies.

Workforce Scores Big in Southern Nevada

Southern Nevada is stepping up its workforce game with key partnerships and initiatives.

A $250 Billion Bet on America’s Workforce

The Brookings Institution’s Martha Ross and Mark Muro explore how federal, state and local leaders can leverage the CHIPS and Science Act as a landmark workforce opportunity.

Help Wanted

Manufacturing is on the way back in the U.S. Increasingly, it involves advanced techniques, equipment and processes, says a noted researcher of industrial issues in North America. But there is a catch to manufacturing’s comeback - an acute shortage of skilled workers poses a significant threat.

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EDITORS’S VIEW

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 […]

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The Golf Shot Heard ‘Round the World

How Frisco beat out 200-plus cities to land a crown jewel of sports

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: Kentucky’s Chief Salesman Courts Businesses Globally

Kentucky ranks No. 4 in the nation in FDI jobs as a percentage of overall employment.

HIGH WATER MARK

The bi-state Burlington area earns the third annual Big Muddy Cup.

COVER STORY

O hio has reclaimed the Governor’s Cup for new and expanded facilities announced in 2006, ending Texas’ two- year run of winning the ’04 and ’05 cups – when the Buckeye State finished second. Ohio’s winning the 2006 Governor’s Cup is one bookend on the Texas story; the other one is the 2003 Governor’s Cup, […]

Presenting a United Front

The communities in northeast Oklahoma work and play well together.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

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 […]

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Project Bulletin: February 19, 2024

By 2025, Samsung Electronics Co. will begin production of EV batteries at its Seremban, Malaysia, facility thanks to a new $1.2 billion investment.

Love To the Little Ones

Hill’s brings heart to the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor.

Tariff Pause Shines Spotlight on Southeast Asia’s Solar Industry

In June, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation declaring a supply chain emergency and allowing the U.S. Department of Commerce to help shore up domestic solar power equipment

Made with Brains and Muscle

Manufacturers seek the Kansas advantage.

Your Genuine Self: Companies and Individuals Alike Fulfill Their Potential in Colorado

Companies and Individuals Alike Fulfill Their Potential in Colorado

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World Reports: Energy City is Qatar’s Latest Leap Forward — Site Selection Magazine, May 2006

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 […]

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A Concierge for the Innovation Ecosystem

The Iowa Innovation Corporation makes the right connections for start-ups in The Hawkeye State.

IAMC Insider: We’ve Worked Hard to Stack the Deck

Remember the elevator speech principle? You know, a short capsule on what you do, or why you want a job, or why a relationship is important to you.

The Perfect Blend

The climate in Texas lends itself to fine wine and flavorful brews.

The Flow Continues

As the U.S. State Department works to conclude its review of TransCanada’s resubmitted Keystone XL pipeline permit application by the first quarter of 2013, it’s getting plenty of encouragement.

The ASEAN-6: A Vibrant Tech Playground

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.

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IAMC INSIDER

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

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If You Believe

Theme park designer ITEC Entertainment is the ultimate show runner, bringing its proven brand of storytelling to the exploding universe of mixed-use destinations.

Where Top Talent Goes To Work

Malaysia's increasingly value-added electronics industry is a key driver of national economic prosperity.

The Aerotropolis EMEA Conference Report, Part 1:

The Aerotropolis Defined; Manchester Airports Group Case Study

FDI Rises in Europe: H.B. Fuller Opens Nanjing Plant: The Longest Tunnel Progresses and more.

Germany recorded the highest percentage gain in an inward investment rebound in Europe in 2010, according to Ernst & Young’s ninth annual European Attractiveness Survey.

UW Innovation is Changing the World

CoMotion is much more than the University of Washington’s business incubator. By showing innovators how to become entrepreneurs and build successful companies, CoMotion serves as the university’s vital link between education, research and economic development.

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COMPETITIVENESS AWARD

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 […]

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How to Finish First

Bahrain’s Keys to Winning: Low Taxes, Location, Innovation

Legal Fiction, True Savings

Has your company paid heed to the potential benefits foreign trade zone status can confer? If not, listen up.

Energizing Development

San Antonio and its municipal utility join forces to establish a clean technology cluster.

’99’s Top Deals: Case Studies in Fast

If 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 […]

The Shift Is On

Puerto Rico’s recently changed tax scheme is just one of many topics under the microscope after an election that has produced a new governor and a groundbreaking call for a status upgrade.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

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 […]

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Water Links

The United States is preparing to take a leaf out of a successful program in Europe to shift road traffic to waterways,

METALS: Built on Collaboration

Steelmaking, aluminum fabrication and other metal factories supply the materials that serve as the foundation for manufacturers in Kentucky and around the country.

Is Minnesota Making the Grade?

A new report highlights progress, challenges.

Europe’s Best Rev Up Investments

W hen Japanese automaker Toyota needed to increase its share of the European marketplace in the late 1990s, it went in search of the automaker’s Holy Grail — the perfect site for a new manufacturing plant. After heated competition, the Nord-Pas de Calais region in Northern France offered the most tempting of sites. […]

‘No Two Days Are the Same’

Just because your state has the No. 1-ranked business climate, it doesn’t mean you’re going to escape the consequences of COVID-19 and its corresponding economic earthquake.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: ECONOMIC DEVELOPER AND SERVICE PROVIDER SHOWCASE

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 […]

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IAMC Insider: Hard Work and Patience

Months or years may be what it really takes. We’ve all seen impatience lay waste to slow-developing but highly valuable work.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

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 […]

Integrated Vision

As all eyes are on his state’s generous energy tax credit programs, Oregon’s governor calls for a larger, long-term perspective.

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

Silicon technology specialist Intel’s vast real estate portfolio includes 49 million sq. ft. (455,210 sq. m.) stretching across 200 locations in over 50 countries. A diverse company, Intel encompasses a variety of products and services. “When people think about Intel, they certainly think about microprocessors, but we have 12 major business units which we break […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION – EMERGING LOGISTICS HUBS

ENVER, Colo. — Lower leasing rates have contributed to a rebounding industrial market in severalmajor American cities, according to a new report by the ProLogis Research Group. The new market “leaders” in the distribution-warehouse sector, according to the Denver-based company,are the Los Angeles Basin, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Reno, Seattle and St. […]

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SHOVEL-READY SITES

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 […]

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Top Micropolitans: A Buckeye Bonanza

All around the state, economic development organizations are scorching their competition for new and expanded corporate facility projects.

Turner Properties’ Full Plate: $1.2 Billion in Atlanta Expansions

The workplace plate just got very, very full for Turner Properties, which manages the multifaceted real estate empire of Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System (TBS at www.turner.com). TBS has announced that it’s spend US$1.2 billion over the next five years on Atlanta projects that will accommodate 3,800 new employees. Those 3,800 new jobs represent a whopping […]

Ecosystems for Innovation

NIH and its partners double down on commercializing university research.

World Reports, Site Selection Magazine, May 2002

Zurich, Vienna and Vancouver Top Quality of Life Survey The 2002 worldwide quality-of-life survey conducted by human resources firm William M. Mercer has found Zurich, Switzerland to be the best overall place to live in the world, trailed closely by Vienna, Austria, and former No. 1 city Vancouver, British Columbia. The […]

Innovation City

St. Louis is a Global Leader in Bioscience, Agtech and Innovation.

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

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 […]

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World Forum Report: The Investor Perspective

Three corporate decision-makers explain why their projects are going where they’re going.

Editor’s View: Economic Development’s New Math

The same location criteria that drove your site decisions last year still apply this year. But the textbook has changed.

Project Bulletin: November 7, 2023

Last week Texas Instruments began construction on its $11 billion, 300-mm semiconductor manufacturing facility in Lehi, Utah.

How to Expand Short-Term Credentials

There’s new money for job training, but let’s be sure it’s going to the right places — and people.

Two Realities

Drug violence has escalated, U.S. National Guard troops are being deployed and bi-national political tensions are rising

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TOP DEALS OF 2005

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 […]

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Straight Shooter

Nevada knows the risk of a gamble, but some of the state’s latest endeavors have proved to be anything but.

Solar Rising

New investments power Mississippi’s solar evolution.

Not an Island

A North Carolina-based CRO continues to grow in Ireland and worldwide.

Project Bulletin: February 12, 2024

With a goal of advancing critical cancer trials and increasing future supply capacity, AstraZeneca is investing $300 million in Rockville, Maryland.

How SRP Meets IT Clients’ Sustainable-Energy Requirements

SRP answers the challenge from data center and IT companies looking for creative solutions that include and go beyond sustainability expertise.

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TOP GROUPS 2005

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 […]

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Drones ‘R’ Us

While public perception of drone aircraft is driven by accounts of their military use in bombings and spying, legitimate public safety and agriculture are recognized as the primary markets for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the commercial marketplace.

Lumbering Along

How Mississippi keeps churning out new sawmills.

New Facilities 1991 (Charts), page 6

From Site Selection magazine, February 1992 New Facilities Index 1984-92 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1992 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

DHL Commerce Gateway Demonstrates Turnkey Approach to Logistics

When customers begin moving into the DHL Commerce Gateway, they’ll be doing more than merely occupying space near the Port of Charleston.

Within Their Grasp

Last year at this time, the State of Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development (DED) and Department of Labor were advertising for an outside contractor to conduct a competitive advantage assessment.