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The Pyramid Proposal

As Steelcase prepares to move out of its Corporate Development Center, a landmark Grand Rapids building beckons new users.

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Area Spotlights

The Optimists Club

Could it be that there is finally some reason for optimism regarding the California economy? The technology sector is displaying some job-creating power, and exports and overall container traffic are up at the huge ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Life Sciences

Healthy Spaces

EMD Serono and BD are among life sciences firms opting for LEED.

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Life Sciences

High Marks and Obstacles

Georgia’s life sciences sector requires incentives and continued R&D funding to reach elite status.

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Life Sciences

On New Turf

A ‘lighthouse’ project from Bayer CropScience shows the way for a company and a region.

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Cover

Top Industries: Asia Arrives

In leading the way in corporate facility investments worldwide in 2010, the transportation equipment sector can give credit to automotive companies

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Features

Global and U.S. Giants

International Update

‘Outlier’ No More

The newest multinational among many to find the Aegean Free Trade Zone in Izmir, Turkey, is Cummins Inc.

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Energy Report

GCL-Poly Rolls On

A Hong Kong-based solar manufacturing and power company ramps up at record speed to reach the world’s markets at the right time.

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Energy Report

Station to Station

Smart vehicle technology sets its sights on Chicago.

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Energy Report

Take Me to the Pilot

Ford takes first steps toward solar energy use at manufacturing sites.

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International Update

Close at Hand

Central America is increasingly valuable as a nearshoring option for U.S. multinational companies looking to site back office and contact center operations to serve North American clients.

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Uncategorized

Battle: Film Incentives

With coffers near empty, states debate the merits of tax credits for movies.

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Area Spotlights

Fresh Starts

The next chapter in Florida innovation could be a tale told by a mouse … but not the mouse you think.

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Investment Profile

Headquarters For the World

The founder of AutoNation, Extended Stay America and Waste Management Inc. enjoys his daily commute. He likes the view from his South Florida office even better.

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Features

The Perfect Storm?

As if mergers and acquisitions weren’t keeping biopharma-sector real estate managers busy enough, the ground is shifting beneath their feet

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Area Spotlights

Prudence in Abundance

In Tipton, Abound Solar will occupy a never-used facility built by automotive concern Getrag, and employ up to 850 in the manufacture of solar panels.

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Area Spotlights

Still Sweet Home

It’s the dead of winter. Where would you rather be: in Chicago with the wind biting off the Great Lakes and the snow piling up faster than Illinois taxes? Or in Atlanta, where there might be sun, and maybe lower taxes?

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International Update

The Search for Savings

Manufacturing and distribution plants aren’t the only operations being placed under the microscope of cost containment these days.

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Investment Profile

A Region of Resilience

Five years after Hurricane Rita delivered a devastating blow to the Lake Charles area and surrounding communities, British Petroleum accidentally unleashed a gushing flow of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico in deepwater off the coast of Louisiana.

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Features

Treasure Maps

GE Power & Water’s chief sustainability officer compiles a world’s worth of lessons in water use and conservation.

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Investment Profile

San Joaquin County, California: Connected.

California sites mainly make today’s site-location short lists if the companies looking for space simply must be in California.

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Online Insider

The New Orleans Miracle

I thought a recent economic development tour of Greater New Orleans would offer up a book’s worth of case studies in disaster recovery. It did. But the community seems more focused on the sequel.

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World Reports

Hope for Haiti; Cummins Increasing Asian Presence; UAE’s First Vehicle Plant; Powering Up

World Reports: Hope for Haiti; Cummins Increasing Asian Presence; UAE’s First Vehicle Plant; Powering Up

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