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COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE

COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 I n coming years, it may not be that far-fetched to observe a range of products from traditional manufacturing industries supporting the job-creating potential of their former service providers in environmental services, energy management and green building. Such is the powerful, […]

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Stronger Nation

Lumina Foundation’s refreshed Stronger Nation online tool shows progress — and continuing gaps — across the country when it comes to the post-high school education needed for success today.

Real Projects Mean Real Progress

The most powerful utility economic development teams are backed by corporations that don’t just move power around. They wield it.

2019 PROSPERITY CUP

Two marquee projects underscore Virginia’s claim to the cup.

San Bernardino County, California: How America’s Largest County Plans to Go Clean, Green and Walkable

From solar arrays to pedestrian-friendly towns, San Bernardino County is enhancing its future.

Which States Host the Most Fast-Growing Firms?

August saw the annual release of the Inc. 5000. Which means that today, on the same date we performed our analysis last year, we examine where all 5,000 firms call home.

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EDITOR’S VIEW

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com The World That Works W hat does former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich have in common with yours truly? If you guessed we’re both from Georgia, you’re correct. But more importantly, we made remarkably similar points in separate sessions at […]

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India’s Mobility Sector: Why the Time is Now for Global Manufacturers

Why the time is now for global manufacturers to invest in India’s mobility sector.

New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 5

From Site Selection magazine, February 1990 New Facilities 1989 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1990 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

Remote Work: How Site Selection Can Help Solve the Remote Work Puzzle

Recent data suggest that employers fed up with seeing empty offices have decided to issue mandates.

Top 10 Competitive States: Powerhouse In the Making

Since assuming office in 2008, Louisiana’s economic development team has focused on state competitiveness. It’s working.

THE 2008 BEST TO INVEST RANKINGS

THE 2008 BEST TO INVEST RANKINGS From Site Selection magazine, March 2009 The 2008 Global Best to Invest Rankings by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com T he Site Selection editors are pleased to introduce the first annual Global Best to Invest rankings. Three prestigious data sources were mined to ascertain which national investment promotion agencies, regional […]

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IAMC INSIDER

JANUARY 2008 To Green or Not to Green (cover) Meet a Member Learning What Counts Request Information

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Gold Dust in the Wind

Will wind energy bring big profits in Kansas? Investors think so.

Y’allywood

The Southeast is taking on the film industry, and Georgia is calling the shots.

Macomb County Near Detroit Leads Nation in Manufacturing Job Growth

A Michigan County known for its strength in the automotive sector shifted its employment efforts into high gear recently by posting the country’s largest gain in manufacturing jobs over an 18-month period.

Georgia Poised to Power Up the Southeast’s Electric Vehicle Market

Is a global intellectual property dispute just a bump in the road for a massive EV battery plant under construction north of Atlanta?

Is America’s Workforce Ready For a Tsunami of Skilled Jobs?

As America continues to emerge from the pandemic’s grip, several economists — including Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell — anticipate a wave of job creation in the second half of the year, and some expect the U.S.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Once and Future Leverage Now That’s Italian-American Monsanto Grows More Than Corn in Iowa Boxes and Vessels Expand, Terminals Multiply School Proximity Key to Record Investment by UPS in Toronto A Soft and Fluffy Landing A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE: Box Elder County will be the […]

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How Wisconsin Builds a Construction Workforce

Pandemic does not slow down ABC’s approach to job training.

Boston-Washington Corridor

Technology means more here. Just ask the folks behind chip and quantum projects up and down the corridor.

All Things to Most People

The team members who work for the 2018 Top Utilities in Economic Development wear a lot of hats, and that’s just fine.

The Service Imperative: A New Mind-set for Corporate Real Estate, Site Selection April/May 1998

APRIL/MAY 1998 The Service Imperative: A New Mind-set for Corporate Real Estate by Michael A. Bell I n May, the International Development Research Council (IDRC) Spring World Congress in Baltimore will focus on the subject of service delivery and why it has emerged as a corporate real estate imperative in a sustained period of unprecedented […]

Hub^2

Since 2000, China’s GDP grew from just under US$1.2 trillion to just under $7.3 trillion in 2011. In the process it has become the EU’s second largest trading partner (from US$ 100 billion to US$600 billion in trade between 2001 and 2011). No wonder the “Cities of Opportunity” study released earlier this month by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Partnership for New York City found Beijing and Shanghai rising to top-five status among global leading cities in the categories of economic clout and city gateway.

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PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 A Score for Songdo by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com Songdo City is a study in urban planning, sustainable development and how to finance a complex blend of commercial and residential properties. O n Nov. 19, Jonathan Thorpe, the Boston-based executive vice president of New York-based developer Gale […]

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Project Bulletin, Mar. 17, 2025: Bastrop, Texas; Auckland, New Zealand; Osaka, Japan

SpaceX project gains grant funding in Texas; Medical device company expands New Zealand operations; Sumitomo Chemical set to increase production in Japan.

Base Commitment

Military veterans and higher education combine to differentiate the Hampton Roads workforce.

The Northland Model

In Buffalo, a focus on students in need is yielding impressive results.

The New England Challenge

Despite many benefits of locating businesses in New England such as proximity to a huge customer base, the relatively high cost of utilities can act as a damper to business growth, even if prices last year hit a record low.

A Spirited Comeback

With resurgent sales and new big-dollar plants, the distillery industry hits its stride in Kentucky.

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CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Coming Soon… Publication aims to give credit where credit is due. F or more than 50 years, Site Selection has been reporting on industrial real estate and infrastructure projects around the world, from automotive assembly to alternative fuel production, distribution centers to desalination plants […]

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Green Light

When a province is creating more than half the new jobs for its nation, chances are it’s a leader in competitiveness.

Gateway Cities Enjoy Elevated Status

A strong labor force.

High-Tech Executives Ponder The Brave, New World of Corporate Real Estate, Site Selection Magazine, November 2002

C orporate real estate executives from most of Silicon Valley’s high-tech companies gathered in early June in Redwood City, Calif., to participate in one of two Jones Lang LaSalle Leading Edge Series 2002 events to take place this year. Besides high-level presentations on economic forces influencing business decisions, the impact of changes in accounting rules […]

Great Lakes Region: Big Dreams Take Shape

A federally funded initiative seeks to re-imagine the Great Lakes.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SERVICE PROVIDER SHOWCASE

ndustry Expertise.” “Global Breadth.” “Client Focused.” You hear these descriptions often, but what do they mean? More importantly, are these true qualities in a top- notch service provider? Is a global provider superior to a smaller boutique shop? These days, qualifying corporate real estate service providers is a different ballgame. The players are new, and […]

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: EMERGING LOGISTICS HUBS

usinesses have been intently focusing on their supply chain for almost 10 years now. Combined with globalization of production, this has created a demand for logistics locations that allow efficient receipt and distribution of products. These trends impact all distribution functions, whether a stand-alone distribution Mark Sweeney, senior principal, McCallum Sweeney facility or a manufacturer […]

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How Kansas Built an Economic Development Dynasty

Fiscal responsibility and a new incentive program played vital roles.

Top Groups: On Solid Ground, Site Selection Magazine, May 2004

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. […]

The Shot Heard Around the World

In corporate real estate, the closest thing to a slam dunk occurred when New Jersey overwhelmed competition from around the U.S. to retain the North American headquarters of Panasonic.

The Fantastic Four

Collectively, the four Arkansas companies featured in the 2024 Fortune 500 saw more than $733 billion in revenue in 2023 and employed more than 2.2 million people — that’s more than 7.3% of the entire Fortune 500’s employment base.

State of Service

Revering its heroes, Ohio bolsters a legacy built on national defense.

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SUPER SITES

SUPER SITES From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Ready If You Are A Super Site in Van Wert, Ohio. Industrial megasites try to maximize infrastructure and flexibility all at once. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com B ig jobs can happen without big parcels. But having large land ready for action never hurts. Among super sites taken […]

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Sidney’s Silver Lining Playbook

Global tech services provider bringing 200 jobs to former Cabela’s HQ facility in rural Nebraska.

FROM FARM TO FAB

Tollway opens Pflugerville to mega-projects and more.

Conditional Tense

Shell Chemical LP on March 15 signed a land option agreement with Horsehead Corporation to evaluate a site in western Pennsylvania for a potential $2-billion petrochemical complex. The complex would include an ethane cracker that would upgrade locally produced ethane from Marcellus Shale gas production. The site is located in Potter and Center Townships in Beaver County near Monaca, Pa.

An Elastic Climate for Growth

A sudden wave of capital into plastics and chemicals manufacturing opens doors of opportunity for innovative startups.

Tennessee

Multiple projects show why Oak Ridge National Lab is a catalyst behind resurging interest in nuclear power.

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Software Expedites Tax Time for High-Tech Manufacturer by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W hile its name may brew visions of hops and grains, CoorsTek is in fact a high-tech ceramics manufacturer with facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Once part of the Adolph Coors […]

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R&D Goldmine

Entrepreneurs looking to fast track their enterprise to the commercialization and expansion levels will find the resources they need in abundance in eastern Tennessee — in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley, specifically. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), managed by (UT)-Battelle LLC (a joint venture of the University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute).

Road Show

Gov. Asa Hutchinson spent a week in Europe recruiting aerospace companies to his state at the Paris Air Show.

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 […]

Valley of the Sun

A Case Study in High-Tech Cluster Formation

Tunisia, European Know-How at a Competitive Cost

This market of 10 million will not be deterred. Two years after its revolution, which sparked the Arab Spring, Tunisia is emerging as an island of economic stability, and even one of relative political stability.

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WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Global Robot Sales Decline in 2006 Switzerland-based Stäubli is a major industrial robot manufacturer. Here, Stäubli’s RXPaint robot applies a high-tech coating on automotive injection molded parts at a plant in Germany. by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he use of industrial robots around the […]

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Still Outpacing the West

While expansion moderates in some Eastern European countries, it will heat up in Lithuania, Latvia and Slovakia.

New Premier Primes Quebec for Powerhouse Status

I s Bernard Landry, Quebec’s new Premier, controversial? Of course he is. A separatist? Definitely. But in his radio address heard around the world about Canada’s “uselessness” in terms of Quebec’s economic development, there was an underlying message that should be music to the ears of corporate investors. Landry (right), the […]

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.

Editor’s View: Audience Participation

Reviewing the results of our recent reader survey, which garnered the strongest rate of participation in years.

ILLINOIS’ OPEN DOOR FOR BUSINESS

Intersect Illinois is the go-to resource for business attraction, relocations and expansions.