CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, September 2008   Excellence Is its Own Reward by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com S ite Selection Magazine editors and members of the Editorial Advisory Board wrapped up a months-long evaluation of nominations for the first annual Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards in August. The nominations were […]

CANADA: BEST TO INVEST From Site Selection magazine, September 2008 Catch a Lift Ingenuity is one natural resource helping Canadian economic development soar. The first train from the fast-growing Port of Prince Rupert to Chicago completed the trip in a record transit time of 92 hours, supported by CN’s recently completed $25-million infrastructure upgrades. “I […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, September 2008   The Call to Excellence by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com O ne of the many benefits of our Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards program is the inspiration we can gain from the winners’ achievements. Take DFW International Airport’s John Terrell, for example (see coverage of the […]

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, September 2008   Many Stars in Montana Crow Nation Chairman Carl Venne, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and AAEC Chairman Allan Blood (l. to r.) are flanked by members of the Crow Legislature as they celebrate the signing of a 50-year, $7-billion development deal. K ing Coal has not […]

hether it’s $1 billion in Massachusetts, hundreds of millions of dollars in Florida or a proposed $1.1 billion in Maryland, states and counties are unleashing their coffers with a variety of packages to boost their regional biotechnology sectors.       Brilliant strategies to build up a lucrative industry clusters, or a potential drain on taxpayers? Critics of […]

ecently, Florida has become a convenient (and photogenic) poster child for America’s real estate market crash. However, this assessment is far removed from Florida’s contemporary economic reality – that of an increasingly diversified, three-quarter-trillion-dollar economy relying on multiple engines of growth. Fort Lauderdale, the anchor community of Southeast Florida’s Broward County, is rapidly making a […]

his July, a defense industry precedent was set when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that a U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker contract worth around $40 billion was to be put up for rebidding after an investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, uncovered […]

ork-force training programs are designed to either support new job creation or increase the skill level of the incumbent workforce. Work-force training monies flow through reimbursable programs or tax credit programs funded by various sources including: Unemployment Insurance Taxes (“UIT”), General Fund Appropriations, Future Payroll Taxes, or Income and Franchise taxes.       Generally, to secure reimbursable […]

SITE Visit From Site Selection magazine, September 2008 Trevor Hamilton, vice president of economic development for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, has spent much of his career pointing out the attributes of the Enterprise South megasite. Now Volkswagen will put them to use. Chattanooga Stands and Delivers Volkswagen chooses a former U.S. Army munitions […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, September 2008    Web Site Do’s and Don’ts Some economic development Web sites offer too much information, others not enough. John Warden is executive vice president of The Walker Companies. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W eb-based research has become a critical part of the site selection process […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, September 2008   Port, Highway Projects Boost Honduras Logistics Dredging began in June for a $240-million expansion project at the Port of Cortes on Honduras’ Caribbean coast. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  T he Port of Cortes, the largest of five Caribbean ports in Honduras, manages more than […]