hen Google announced plans to invest up to €300 million in a new European data center, competition between various European regions was fierce. The project would create up to 300 construction jobs, and 120 new jobs in programming, security and maintenance. In addition, attracting one of the world’s leading IT companies offered significant marketing power. […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Freudenberg Debuts Shanghai Facility P&G Plant Makes Scents in Singapore Ecolab Taps Zurich for EMEA HQ Frankfurt Airport Readies for A380 Jets Solar Demand Drives Japan Expansions   Yahoo Speeds Global Moves Yahoo opened a new lab in Haifa, Israel, in March. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry […]

TOP TEN GROUPS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Triumph of the Heartland Middle America sets the pace in economic development performance. Todd Mahaney, assembly center plant manager for Soo Tractor Sweeprake, is part of a talented and expanding work force in the American Heartland area known as Siouxland. Encompassing parts of Iowa, […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    GIS Tool Quickens Searches SiteTech Systems will offer service in major southeast markets. SiteTech Systems’ OneSource software is a GIS-based system that allows users to gather in-depth information about a property. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. lists […]

SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Highly skilled technicians tend to the production line, above, at G24i’s new plant and headquarters in Cardiff, Wales. Welsh Gambit A California solar entrepreneur chooses Walesas a launch pad to the developing world. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com N eed to charge your mobile phone in Kenya? G24i‘s […]

A SITE SELECTION EDITORIAL PROFILESAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    A worker at IFC Composite GmbH is part of a rapidly growing automotive supplier cluster in Saxony-Anhalt. Automotive manufacturers find plenty of horsepower in Saxony-Anhalt’s work force and infrastructure. Precision Performance by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com H einrich von Nathusius is what you […]

n early 2007, Toyota selected a 1,700-acre site in Blue Springs, Miss., to build its eighth North American vehicle assembly plant. The $1.3-billion plant, to be located just outside of Tupelo, will have the capacity to build 150,000 vehicles annually of Toyota’s popular Highlander sport utility vehicle. Production is scheduled to begin by 2010. Toyota […]

ompetition among commercial real estate service providers to serve the requirements of corporate America has never been greater than it is today. More than ever, service providers must find new and innovative ways to differentiate themselves in the market in order to compete for business, which is becoming increasingly more sophisticated across all lines of […]

ore Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico,” was Felipe Calderon’s challenge as he entered his term as President of Mexico.    There is no doubt that President Calderon and his administration is business friendly. The Mexican Government is moving ahead with aggressive plans to invigorate the Mexican economy, with the introduction […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Setting Sail in Hamburg A leading publisher brings its efforts aboard a single vessel for the first time. The $165-million building that will house Spiegel Verlag’s newly consolidated head office was one of the biggest leases of 2007 in Hamburg. Images courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects […]

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Write the Check, Get a Green Card by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  T hat’s what the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services’ Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, known as EB-5, did for 779 foreign individuals and their 2,227 dependents in the most recently concluded fiscal year. All told, […]

EDITORIAL PROFILE: MALAYSIA From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    Full Steam Ahead Why Malaysia’s high-end electronics industry is becoming even more high-end. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com I nvestment in key industrial sectors in Malaysia remained robust in 2007. In the manufacturing and services sectors, investments worth US$39 billion were approved by the Malaysian Industrial […]

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EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Now It’s Your Turn L ots of credit is bestowed in this issue on successful economic development groups at the state level (see “The Competitiveness Awards” coverage) and at the local or regional level (see “Top Groups”). This is, after all, […]

TOP TEN DEALS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 North American Honorable Mention International Top Deals International Honorable Mention Staying Power The best economic development deals of the year aim to create sustainable advantage for all concerned. Amazon.com’s headquarters expansion will create 3,000 new jobs in the South Lake Union District at the […]

TOP TEN COMPETITIVE STATES From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Peak Performance Tennessee’s economic development leadership claims top billing in Site Selection‘s annual Competitiveness Award rankings. by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com T ennessee’s Department of Economic & Community Development has won handily – by a margin of nearly 30 points – the 2007 Site […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Sale/leaseback strategies in tough times by GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chairman and CHRISTIE ALEXANDER, Principal, NAI Realvest, Orlando, FL I n times of economic uncertainty, cash is a preferred asset because it can provide a hedge against the unknown.    Commercial real estate properties owned by […]

ost people who have observed the economy of the northeast United States are familiar with the decline of manufacturing jobs in New York State. Of course, New York State had more manufacturing jobs to lose than most other states, being the leader in industrial employment beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. By the […]