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Get Behind the Sun

Sure you’d expect giant solar power plants to be announced in Southern California or Texas. But the southern Great White North?

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IDRC’s Cannes Conference: Infrastructure Integration In the New Europe

C annes, France: Integration of a new and different sort is advancing on the new Europe: Like their U.S. corporate counterparts, European companies are feeling the pressure to maximize the synergies of their corporate infrastructure resources (CIR). Responding to the accelerated pace of workplace change generated by rapidly evolving technology, European firms are looking for […]

‘And I’d Also Like to Thank…’

This issue awards the Governor’s Cups, writes Editor in Chief Mark Arend, but those same governors know how to share the credit with state legislators and local leaders.

Fishers Test Kitchen Chefs Announced

Three food concepts led by chef-entrepreneurs announced for Fishers Test Kitchen, located at Sun King Fishers Innovation Brewery at The Yard at Fishers District.

The Aerotropolis EMEA Conference Report, Part 2:

Aerotropolis Development Challenges and Success Stories

2023 Prosperity Cup

North Carolina Expands Its Winning Streak

Energy Report

Terminal Marks New Beginning

A landmark eminent domain victory in Jacksonville two years ago is finally moving toward imminent imports of Colombian coal.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: ZONES OF OPPORTUNITY

conomic Development Zones go by many different names across the country, including Enterprise Zones (Virginia), Renaissance Zones (Michigan), Keystone Opportunity Zones (Pennsylvania), or Empowerment Zones (Federal Government). While names may vary, so also do the benefits to the corporate user. Essentially, these zones serve a similar purpose wherever they exist. The primary purpose behind the […]

A Capital City for Capital Investment

Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur has a key role to play in the successful implementation of the 10th Malaysia Plan, the government’s blueprint for making the country an effective competitor for global capital investment in high-income industry sectors. The Plan identifies 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) with the potential to produce high incomes and generate sustainable competitiveness on a global scale.

Europe’s 2000 Facilities Race: UK Remains No. 1 With Foreign Investors

L 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 […]

Sustainability Rankings: Green’s on the Move

For these ranked territories and the companies operating in them, prosperity and sustainability are not mutually exclusive.

INVESTMENT PROFILE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY: THE WAY FORWARD

Nuclear energy is back. The more than 10 million people in seven states served by the Tennessee Valley Authority know this better than most.

Energy Report

U.S. Falling Behind in Oil Production, Says Former Shell Chief

The federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas “is and was unnecessary from the outset,” says a former oil industry insider who now campaigns for affordable energy in the U.S.

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Where Tech Dreams Come to Life

Chicago’s incubators help innovators shine.

Hairpin Turns

It’s been a wild ride in the automotive industry this year.

EDITORS’S VIEW

uch is being made lately of the notion of the flat world, thanks in part to Thomas Friedman’s best-seller, The World Is Flat (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005). Few of us haven’t read a few chapters of that book on flights here and there. But he’s reporting on, or giving a lexicon to, phenomena we […]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION

From Site Selection magazine, July 2004 ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION Tech Transfer Thrives In Mountain States University research is generating startups, jobs. The scenic University of Utah campus launches three to eight startup companies each year. by JOHN W. McCURRY T ocky Mountain states have long had a leg up in the all-important […]

Silicon Empire State

Tech companies are finding the infrastructure and workforce they need well outside of the Big Apple.

International Update

China: Outward Investor?

IBM-Plant Location International’s Global Location Trends Report 2010 is now available online

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How Kansas Is Bridging the Digital Divide

More than 150,000 Kansans do not have access to high-speed internet, according to the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD), an agency created by Governor Laura Kelly in 2020 that resides in the state’s Department of Commerce.

Shine On

While companies often revert to a fighting stance when it comes to the EPA, some are happy to accept its praise for their energy efforts.

No Doubting ‘Thomas’

A new locomotive factory from GE gets the Texas fast-track treatment.

Rechargeable

Maintaining solid connections with its existing companies amps up Virginia Beach’s headquarters and FDI portfolios in one fell swoop.

Jubail Sets Example for Emerging Economies

I n the new global supply chain — reduced by globalizaton and falling trade barriers — the crunch to shrink costs is driving world-class industries to position production facilities strategically closer to raw materials sources. Low-cost development zones are emerging to accelerate the reverse migration and few industrial sectors have been […]

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SITE Visit: Everywhere at Once

Thirty years ago, the late Jim
Ryan, eventual CEO of Ryan
Companies US, Inc. from
1989 until his death from
cancer in 2009 at the age of
66, was the project manager for Target
Corp.’s fourth retail store

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Top Utilities 2002: Resilience Pays Off For Top Utilities, Site Selection Magazine, September 2003

W hen Siemens Medical Solutions needed a corporate headquarters last year for its American sales and services divisions, PECO Energy provided the location data the company sought. The result? Siemens moved its U.S. medical headquarters to Great Valley Corporate Center in Malvern, Pa., in Chester County, bringing 3,000 jobs and US$75 […]

Analysis: China, Not the U.S., Will Lead Electric Vehicle Markets

Advances in internal combustion engines will blunt the impact of rising electric-vehicle market share in the world’s major economies, and the U.S. will not be the top EV market, according to a recent report.

Aviation Ambitions

Wisconsin has a history in the aviation supply chain. But it now appears poised to grow into a significant center of aviation manufacturing as two companies with ambitious plans, but only mockup aircraft thus far, hope to develop major assembly facilities

How Mississippi Became a Leader in R&D

Rocket fuel innovator Adranos and life sciences leader Skylar Laboratories are among the companies discovering the state’s R&D potential and results.

TOYOTA TRIPLES DOWN IN KENTUCKY

The world’s largest car company is making waves in workforce development in Kentucky.

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Brand Awareness

Yuengling, which promotes itself as America’s oldest brewery, began brewing its beer in Pottsville, Pa., in 1829. In

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ECONOMIC OUTCOMES: Data and Experiences Point the Way to Better Education-Jobs Linkage

What your graduates attain has a direct impact on economic development in your community and state.

Project Bulletin, Apr. 7, 2025: Ontario, Canada; Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom; Lviv, Ukraine

Siemens Canada pursues new R&D campus in Ontario; Vishay Intertechnology increases production capacity in Wales; Kingspan Group gains project approval in Ukraine.

Market Cap, Meet Capital Investment

A look at where — and how often — high-value companies are making highly valued facility investments.

ABB Expands Wind Manufacturing in India: & 4 more reports

World Reports: ABB Expands Wind Manufacturing in India: & 4 more reports

Commercial & Industrial Projects Dominate

Developers pounce on available sites.

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Symbol Yields Savings

The German city of Essen is the Pittsburgh of North Rhine Westphalia.

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Biotech/Pharmaceutical Industry Review, Site Selection magazine, January 2004

he founding management team at Cytovance Biologics had a good idea of what they were getting when they decided to put the fledgling biotech firm’s first manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City. All five are alums of Novozyme Pharmaceuticals, a homegrown OKC firm which gained attention for its enzyme replacement therapies at the turn of the […]

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.

Nice Pairings:

Food & beverage companies and Oregon communities find themselves well matched.

Arkansas: Naturally Built for Business

From the state’s most populated metropolitans, to smaller communities, new and expanding companies are finding a place for themselves in diverse communities across Arkansas.

The FTZ Appeal

Three resources paint a valuable picture of the opportunities, prosperity and potential perils to be found in free zones worldwide.

Departments

Technology InSITE: Regeneron Upgrades Technology During Huge Campus Expansion

Biotech firm Regeneron decided it needed a modern facility management system at a busy time for the Tarrytown, N.Y., company.

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Editor’s View: Reshoring Analysis Points To Better Days Ahead

Editor in Chief Mark Arend says the 2021 State of North American Manufacturing Annual Report from Thomas and the Reshoring Initiative’s 2020 Data Report both indicate things are trending in the right direction.

I-85 Corridor: The Highway That Changed The South

From AI to super commuters, I-85 has seen it all.

New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 6

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 Top U.S. Facilities 1993 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1994 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

Workforce Training Sets the Table for Continued Growth

Workforce resources support record-breaking growth in Kentucky.

Investment promotion agencies — the national, municipal and regional organizations working to connect businesses with their communities — have never been more important.

Investment Profile

Science Park Powers a Solar System

Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), Malaysia’s first high-tech industrial park, opened in 1996 as a key component in the nation’s plan to be fully industrialized by 2020.

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Help Wanted: Labor Ready Finds Workers Where They Live

T ACOMA, Wash. — Labor Ready, the global temporary staffing firm that finds jobs for blue-collar workers where they live, may be a model for employers that need to fill work-force vacancies quickly. With 770 offices in the United States, 35 in Canada and 20 in the United Kingdom, Labor Ready is the world’s […]

Editor’s View: Where to Work: This Time It’s Personal

This Time It’s Personal

LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: ARUN AGARWAL: Giving Texas a Global Voice

Board Chairman, Texas Economic Development Corporation (TxEDC) — Dallas entrepreneur and textile executive Arun Agarwal leads an organization focused on being the best America has to offer.

One Piece at a Time

The South is hotter than most of the rest of the U.S. in more ways than one.

Getting From Here to There – A Blueprint for Economic Prosperity

An ambitious economic development plan called Vision 2040 was finalized in March 2021

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Ready for Its Close-Up

Kris Bagwell describes the new EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Atlanta as half studio, half construction site.

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The Approaching Industrial Land Shortfall

Much of the US is running out of attractive, properly prepared industrial land. Twenty-five years ago, the issue of site availability for expanding companies was not usually a major concern. When a client needed a fairly conventional property of perhaps a hundred acres, there was usually a range of choices. Virtually every community or region […]

IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, September 2003

Dear Colleagues: Jack BrophyIAMC Chair It’s hard to believe that is has been more than a year since we launched the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) with less than 20 paid members in an uncertain economy. We have succeeded above and beyond our most optimistic projections and are on track […]

Costa Rica: A spot where productivity & sustainability meet to reach true ROI

More than 280 high-tech companies have established successful operations in Costa Rica and are still growing.

Building Wealth by the Bay: How St. Pete Attracts Asset Managers and Fintech Firms

Two financial asset management firm CEOs tell Ron Starner why St. Petersburg, Florida, is the best place for their headquarters.

West Is the Best

*State Rankings Criteria: Green Industry projects as tracked by the Conway Data New Plant Database from Jan. 2008- March 2010 (including renewable energy manufacturing and supply chain facilities, biofuels and biomass, recycling plants, electric vehicle supply chain, etc.); Number of LEED Certified projects as of May 10, 2010 (USGBC project database); LEED Certified projects per […]

Area Spotlights

Southside Surge

The erstwhile textile manufacturing region of southern Virginia is starting to see an economic rebirth as a high-tech center, especially in terms of IT-related operations and data centers.

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Gaining Access

How the TPP drives investment location decisions through trade.

More Than Monuments

Long known for its tourism appeal, DC reasserts its business magnetism.

PNK GROUP: A New Generation of Industrial Buildings

PNK Group’s commitment to optimizing processes transforms potentially stressful projects into successful, hassle-free experiences.

OZs: Is a Sequel in the Works?

Updated insights from Novogradac offer evidence of the OZ incentive’s success.

Winning Is No Accident

The data show why Invest in Bogota has won a Site Selection Best to Invest Top IPA award for four years running.

Area Spotlights

Market to Watch

Seattle fared well as a “market to watch” in the recently issued Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2011 report from the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC. The report, published in October, is based on the views of more than 875 people familiar with the real estate finance and service provider arenas.

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Project Bulletin: November 7, 2023

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

Patrimony and Progress

Part of an organizational and civic transformation, the largest hospital move in Canadian history makes record time in Montreal.

Setting the Hook

A leading reason companies locate where they do is proximity to their customers. That’s well documented, and it’s why Osprey Backpacks, Sitka Gear, LMS Defense, Quality Bicycle Products and LUCID (shooting accessories) all have sited new facilities in the Rocky Mountain region recently.Rocky Mountain Region:

Top Utilities 2002: Resilience Pays Off For Top Utilities, Site Selection Magazine, September 2003

W hen Siemens Medical Solutions needed a corporate headquarters last year for its American sales and services divisions, PECO Energy provided the location data the company sought. The result? Siemens moved its U.S. medical headquarters to Great Valley Corporate Center in Malvern, Pa., in Chester County, bringing 3,000 jobs and US$75 […]

Building Upon Billions

South Carolina spent 2022 raking in new investment.

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Desert Destinations

California companies seeking greener pastures often cast a wistful eye at Texas and Colorado.

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Starship Troopers

Both science and science fiction have a home at Michoud.

Aligned for Discovery

The higher education institutions of Iowa help it stand out from the crowd.

Project Bulletin: São Paulo, Brazil; Isando, Gauteng, South Africa; Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

Pulp producer Suzano expands in Brazil; PepsiCo grows in South Africa; Taihan Cable doubles down on South Korea location

‘A Place Where Tradition and Innovation Thrive’

From Victorian mansions to a world-class technology firm, this Southern California city defies stereotypes as it embarks on sustainable growth.

No Time Like the Present

State reaches new Amazon deal; automotive cluster grows.

Features

A Sporting Chance

Investment promotion officials in Brazil are hoping global sporting events, mounting middle class spending power and a favorable political and economic climate will help the country realize more of its enormous potential in the travel & tourism sector.

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Greater Phoenix: Laying the Foundation for Innovation

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Nice Blend; Household Names; Amenities and Access Cinch the Deal for Intelsat; Building Systems Firm Launches Its Own Building Strategy; Graduation Ranking Uses Common Metric for First Time

Following up on two separate projects whose feasibility studies were announced just over a year earlier, South Africa-based energy and chemicals company Sasol announced in early December it will combine them into one complex. This and other stories from around North America

New Projects, New Data Provide Fresh Insights into AESAN Growth Prospects

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued its annual investment report, which declared FDI into the 10-country region reached an all-time high.

European Vacation

Europe’s reluctance to accept genetically modified foods is giving a boost to the fast-growing ag-bio sector in North Carolina. BASF announced on Jan. 16 that it was retreating from the European plant biotechnology market in favor of markets in North and South America. In the process, the company plans to move 123 positions to its Research Triangle Park campus over the next two years.

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A Capital Idea

Manufacturing the energy-saving, electronically tintable glass used in commercial building windows and skylights “is a very capital-intensive business,” according to an industry insider presiding over a corporate facility expansion in Minnesota.

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Inside Dell’s Clicks

“We have a mantra in Dell corporate real estate: Set unrealistic expectations . . . and then exceed them,” says Kip Thompson, flashing a smile that’s both playfully devilish and dead serious. Yeah, right, you say? After all, real estate by nature is a long-term process: 24 months to build a facility, 16-18 months if […]

The State of Mobility

For advanced transportation technology, California is leading the way.

Where’s the Beef? Not in These Facilities

Where's the Beef? Not in These Facilities

Technology InSITE: Outsourcing Option

Dallas-based Granite Properties has grown rapidly through acquisitions over the past decade. The company has office properties in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Denver. It recently sold its industrial portfolio. In its growth process, the real estate investment and management company collected a mixed bag of IT equipment, vendors and licensing agreements.

There’s No Place Like Kansas

There really is no place like Kansas. Find out why so many companies and people call it home.

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The Great American Job Purge

The sucking noise heard coast-to-coast and border-to-border is from The Great American Job Purge orchestrated by a perfect storm

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The Lone Star Lifestyle

Five reasons life is larger in the Lone Star State.

Swiss textile machine manufacturers pick China sites; a Swiss coffee concern finds a location closer to home for a 400-job production facility

Swiss textile machine manufacturers pick China sites; a Swiss coffee concern finds a location closer to home for a 400-job production facility

Where the Top BPO Performers Go to Perform

Every year, pre-eminent business process outsourcing authority HfS Research publishes its list of Top 50 BPO companies by revenue. The names are familiar.

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY REVIEW

uild the shell and eventually the business will come. That wasn’t the original plan, but it turned out to be the path Infineon Technologies took before fina lly greenlighting its US$1-billion investment in Richmond, Va., to expand manufacturing capacity of advanced DRAM chips on 300-mm. wafers. After three years on hold, Infineon […]

Back-to-School Why Community Colleges Are Taking the Lead

What’s the price of a quality education?

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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.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: INTERNET-BASED SITE SELECTION

n ye olden days, way back in the early 1990s, the gathering of information that occurred at the onset of any site selection process involved making phone calls and sending letters seeking information, followed by more phone calls and more requests for information, usually culminating with lots of overnight mailing charges. Today, what corporate real […]

Finding the Sweet Spot

A wave of capital investment transforms Sugarloaf Corridor in Gwinnett County, Ga.

Top Metros Tier 2: Get On Board

North Carolina takes the top spot this year in the Tier-2 metro category, with Greensboro-High Point moving up three spots from its fourth-place finish in 2013. Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., was the biggest mover, climbing up six spots from No. 9 in 2013.

Drone Maker Lands $900 Million Project in Central Ohio

A nationwide search led the defense contractor to a site in Greater Columbus.

Sun and Wind Projects Debut in Northwest Ohio

A new manufacturing plant will create 500 jobs, while a new wind farm creates electrons for GM.