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Northern Light

Minnesota might not be the first state to come to mind when thinking of solar energy, but a combination of educational infrastructure, a strong supply chain and incentives has the state well on its way to a significant solar cluster.

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From Site Selection magazine, March 1999 M A N A G E M E N T S T R A T E G Y Keeping Sprint’s New HQ Campus on Track Margaret P. Latshaw, Ph.D., is in the midst of what will likely be a high point in her career in corporate real estate. […]

Give Me a Boost

Thailand looks to give people and business a lift with reforms and a new Super-Cluster initiative.

Whither Plastics?Plant Location Criteria as Diverse as Products

Like the products they produce, plastics firms are a multifarious lot. Little wonder, then, that the industry’s site selection patterns are no less diverse. U.S. manufacturers serving the Midwest-dominated automotive market cite different site selection priorities than do producers of foam or fiberglass insulation or PVC pipe for the construction industry. Plastics manufacturers whose customers […]

You Can’t Save If You Don’t Measure

W hen is the last time you quantified your company’s entire real estate portfolio and its performance? If you haven’t done that in the past 12 months, then more than likely you are throwing money away. That was the conclusion of Ronald P. Zappile, one of 15 presenters at a recent […]

Circle of Outsiders

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Reform, Right-to-Work and Renewing State Competitiveness

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Action and Reaction

Facility reuse, flexible production, consolidation and creative financing solutions characterized the Top Deals of 2010, chosen by Site Selection editors based on scale of capital investment and job creation, creativity in negotiations and incentives, regional economic impact, competition for the project and speed to market.

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A CEO’s Insights on Central Indiana

"With AIT Bioscience, there are no surprises."

Bright Outlook

The broad move from a finance-led economy to an innovation-led economy has required industries and metropolitan areas to adapt. Financial and professional service firms are now competing with tech firms for the best graduates.

The Allen Growth Curve

Technology companies thrive in North Dallas community that has been growing up with them.

The Top 10 Workforce Issues of 2022

From child care to automation, labor faces challenges on a whole new scale.

Expansion to Canada Hones Location Strategy

Listen and learn from the president and CEO of a fast-growing wholesale data center company.

Life Sciences

Scripted Construction

A pharmacy services provider continues to grow its corporate campus.

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Where the Cool Research is Conducted

Executives didn’t need to look outside the Magnolia State for a research program to support.

Full Stream Ahead

Could the decade of the 2010's turn out to be the new Golden Era for the Golden State? It may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.

Experience the Mississippi Rhythm

From Elvis to country music, Mississippi pleases all tastes.

When Being Small Is a Big Advantage

Here’s why folks are fleeing the bright lights of the big city and loving it.

You Can’t Save If You Don’t Measure

W hen is the last time you quantified your company’s entire real estate portfolio and its performance? If you haven’t done that in the past 12 months, then more than likely you are throwing money away. That was the conclusion of Ronald P. Zappile, one of 15 presenters at a recent […]

Life Sciences

Sustained Growth

Utah’s robust medical device sector continues to expand.

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Minnesota: Manufacturers Weigh In On Their 2024 Prospects

Minnesota manufacturers are cautiously optimistic about 2024, according to the Minnesota Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey, the results of which were announced in February.

Utah Finds Gold in Steel

Pacific Steel & Recycling brings a prized investment project to the Ogden area.

Soft Landings: Foreign Firms Find a Foothold in Charlotte

In 2019, 25 foreign companies added a total of 1,300+ jobs and $203 million in capital investment in metro Charlotte, a region responsible for $13.8 billion in total exports in 2019.

Pandemic Pressure Only Accentuated Top Logistics Locations’ Performance

Chicago and DFW are still the cream of the crop, but other locations come into the mix as populations and strategies evolve.

Add It Up

As regular readers of Site Selection know, state and local tax policy isn't the only thing that matters to business, or even the most important — but it is one of the few factors that state and local governments can control.

Life Sciences

Biologistics Hub

Life sciences companies are choosing Belgium for regional distribution.

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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.

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Straight Shooter

Nevada knows the risk of a gamble, but some of the state’s latest endeavors have proved to be anything but.

IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, January 2004

Dear IAMC members and prospective members: Fifty years ago, McKinley “Mac” Conway founded what would become Site Selection, the premier publication in its field, then and now. Not long thereafter, he and a few pals founded an organization of industrial developers interested in furthering the fields of economic development and corporate real estate through […]

The 2023 Governor’s Cups

A newcomer to the winner’s circle and a 12-time repeat winner explain their strategies for corralling enough capital investment projects to claim the Cups.

Urbanize This

In late April a joint-venture partnership of Advance Realty and Boston-based CrossHarbor Capital Partners, LLC, announced that it had acquired the former Sanofi U.S. Research and Development Campus in Bridgewater, N.J., located on U.S. Highway 202/206 in Bridgewater Township.

WEYERHAEUSER CASE STUDY: Winning Project North Star

Winning in economic development requires great infrastructure, favorable taxes, low business costs, and a strong workforce. These factors are non-negotiable for companies that are locating a new facility or expanding an existing one.

Energy Report

Electricity Generation Options Can Decrease Site Selection Risk

Regions with multiple sources of electricity generation will be more attractive to site selectors than those dependent on one source.

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Capitalizing on Opportunities

Across the nation, biotech companies are faced with many challenges, most significantly the continuing arduous economic climate and increasing difficulty accessing capital. While companies in New Jersey are not immune to these factors, the state’s companies

Site Selection Debuts Leading Occupancy Costs Index

The Johnson Controls USA Office Costs Index [See Tables One, Two, Three and Chart A for data] The Johnson Controls USA Office Occupancy Costs Index is based on a detailed model of a medium grade air-conditioned office building, which operates reasonably efficiently with no unusually high service standards or demands. The building is 160,000 rentable […]

Who’s Moving Most

Data on how often you relocate your body could be valuable to those who want to locate companies in healthy places.

RESOURCES FOR GROWING BUSINESSES FAST

The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded Tech Hubs designations in October to 31 entities around the U.S., making them eligible to apply for Tech Hubs Phase 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity grants worth $40 million to $70 million across several projects.

SIG SAUER CASE STUDY

It all started with a phone call. Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson called SIG SAUER President and CEO Ron Cohen during his first week in office, inviting Cohen to come to Arkansas and consider doing business in the Natural State.

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Rechargeable

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

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Setting the Pace

An industry leader shares insights into Missouri’s unique assets for energy innovation and growth.

The Right Fit for FitRight

Medline, a Mundelein, Ill.-based manufacturer of adult incontinence products, has opened a new 600,000-sq.-ft. (55,740-sq.-m.) manufacturing facility in Douglasville, Ga. The $65-million plant will create 150 jobs.

Cooling It

Yahoo! is building its latest data center in Lockport, a northern suburb of Buffalo.

Hong Kong’s Science of Life

New growth at the Hong Kong Science Park is just one aspect of the city's innovation-driven ecosystem.

Big Blue’s Big Investment in a Smart City

TAMPA — IBM didn’t have to turn to its Deep Blue supercomputer to find the answer for this site location decision. It really wasn’t that complicated. “The Tampa Bay Area has been a long-time focus IBM. We have many clients in this area and more than 1,300 employees involved in the […]

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Drop-In Anytime

As doubts grow about biofuel support in the U.S., a bi-national project takes off in Mexico.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: MEXICO ADVANTAGE

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 […]

Good Company in Cork

A steady personnel pipeline keeps life sciences thriving in Ireland.

Think Globally, Hire Locally

Foreign direct investors are behind much of the Commonwealth's surge in new jobs in 2014.

Smart Money

Foreign investment, film production and corporate R&D centers grow particularly well in the Peach State’s business climate.

Soup’s On in New Jersey

A new project at Campbell Soup Company’s world headquarters showcases a company and a state leading the way in solar power deployment.

Area Spotlights

‘Albuquerque or Denver?’

Gov. Susana Martinez’ background has more to do with courtrooms than boardrooms. Until her November 2010 election, she served as District Attorney for the 3rd Judicial District in Doña Ana County on the border with Mexico.

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Minding Minnesota

Minnesota is leading the way and building an incredible place to live, work, and raise a family.

Situation Critical

State officials tell us how they're addressing gaps in workforce development.

A Year of High Definition

Factory fever breaks out all over in a record-setting year for Wisconsin.

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDEX

SITE SELECTION / NAI GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDEX From Site Selection magazine, March 2005 C H A R T Site Selection / NAI Global Industrial Location Index PDF Format, 140 KB TOP OF PAGE Top of Page | Cover | Letter to Editor | Site Selection Online | SiteNet | ©2005 Conway Data, Inc. All […]

A Shining Light in the Lone Star State

Booming Conroe is ready for its day in the sun.

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New Ingredients

Food processing has long been an industrial staple in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania

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Down to the Crossroads

Transportation assets help companies and communities prosper in central and southern Indiana. So does the human touch.

America’s Small Town Revolution

Disruptive technologies to spur new era of small town growth

Question and Insight: Laying Tracks for Real Estate Change, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

“C harles McSwain is a master,” CSX Real Estate President Stephen Crosby has said. But McSwain, a vice president at both CSX Real Property and CSX Realty Development LLC, deflects praise to others on his team such as colleagues Crosby and Randy Evans, CSX Transportation vice president of real estate and […]

North American Reports, Site Selection Magazine, November 2003

From Site Selection magazine, November 2003 NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS Milwaukee’s Waves of Change This summer, hundreds of thousands of Harley Davidson motorcycles roared into their birthplace to celebrate the Milwaukee company’s 100th anniversary. But Milwaukee is spending a lot less time looking back these days. To be sure, manufacturing’s presence in […]

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Recent analysis from Brookings makes the case that the federal government is finally putting its money where its mouth is with respect to investing in domestic industrial development and local...

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End Game

In his book “Delivering Happiness,” Tony Hsieh, the young, energetic and imaginative CEO of the online clothing retailer Zappos.com, tells about the decision to move corporate headquarters out of his hometown of San Francisco.

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Top Service Providers Gain Industry Accolades for Going the Extra Mile

N ow in their third year, the Site Selection/William Dorsey Service Provider Awards are emerging as an important industry tool in the area of corporate real estate problem solving. The awards recognize excellence in client service, which ultimately means doing more than the client expected and delivering value that was not contracted for in the […]

Making Real Estate Pull Its Corporate Weight

D uring the closing months of 2001, activity in the real estate sale-leaseback market surged as more and more corporations sought to raise cash in a declining economic environment. W. P. Carey & Co., LLC, completed US$185 million worth of transactions in the fourth quarter of 2001, nearly half of the […]

Super Sites: Size Isn’t Everything, Site Selection Magazine, January 2004

T hey travel under cover of the night, their missions concealed under code names like Rosewood, Valentine, Heaven, Beach and Diamond. Their quest? A mega-site to call home for a mega -project, one that could bestow economic laurels on its suitors and their citizens for generations to come. First, though, these […]

The Letter and the Law

INCENTIVES From Site Selection magazine, September 2009 The Letter and the Law Tax treatment of government grants has win-win potential. by BARBARA S. de MARIGNY editor bounce@conway.com Barbara S. de Marigny is a partner in the Tax Practice Group for Houston-based law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. For more information, visit www.gardere.com. “C ongratulations. Our […]

Technology Blooms in the Cowboy State

How Wyoming pulled off an impressive reversal in a key industry.

Area Spotlights

‘A Place Where You Can Connect’

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has been in office only a few short weeks, and already his economic development program is on quite a roll.

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Clean Economy

New investments keep Pennsylvania green.

Investors, Tenants Seek More Sustainable Locations

The 2018 Sustainability Rankings highlight an evolving sense of the term, as government and corporate policies converge for the betterment of the world.

Life Sciences Like Ireland

Medtech in particular takes a fancy to the island, where two major companies alone employ more than 8,000.

Poised for Growth

How the Oklahoma business climate attracts industry and improves incomes.

Northeast: New Talent, Meet Old Buildings

Helped by supportive policies, redevelopment projects put a new shine on landmark properties.

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Forward Thinking

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston’s new sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, La., has hit a sweet spot in terms of sustainability.

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Companies Stay Future-Focused in Alabama

The closing out of 2023 was lucrative for the state of Alabama.

Let?s Make a Strategic Deal: 1996?s Top 10

The deal. For expansion-minded firms, it?s the alpha and omega of economic enterprise, the rocket fuel of business growth. Good deals deliver: capacity, jobs, profits and prosperity. Every day, development projects evolve into good deals for both the company and the community, and thousands are sealed every year. Some of the best, though, are object […]

Modes and Nodes

Shipping and location data offer distinct vantage points on what’s hot and what’s next.

Weathering the Trade Storm

Chris Clark, the typically sunny president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, appeared unusually pensive discussing global trade tensions during a half-hour media briefing commenced via Zoom in mid-April.

Ohio Claims the Top Two Emerging Hubs for Biotech Research

CBRE’s U.S. Life Sciences Research Talent 2023 report named not one but two Ohio cities among the top emerging hubs for researchers. Out of the nine clusters ranked, Columbus and Cincinnati, No.1 and No.2, were the only cities included from the same state. Both represent robust research institution networks that have received significant support through […]

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Windy Days Ahead

Wind energy production activity was light and variable in much of 2010.

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How PGE Helps Firms ‘Friend’ Oregon

Delivering green power and cost savings gives BUSINESSES an edge.

Mover Program Legislation Helps Brazil’s Automotive Sector Move Right Along

Mover Program Legislation Helps Brazil’s Automotive Sector Move Right Along

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS: Will AI Help Save Lives?

Could AI save lives? Deployments by Moderna and Amgen will offer evidence. Arnold & Porter’s Global Life Sciences lead shares insights on the convergence of AI and life sciences.

University System Has Big Plans For a Former Pill Plant

When one door closes, another one opens, goes the saying.

New Investments in Manufacturing and Agriculture Sweep Into the Dakotas

Over the next few years, with the help of innovative practices, the processes behind farming and food production will take a new direction that optimizes resources...

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SITE Visit: Renewable Promises

Located in County Fife across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh, Dunfermline is known as the ancient capital of Scotland.

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Unifying Force

Ameren’s economic development team bridges two states to help employers and communities prosper.

Brand Awareness

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

Where Water Resiliency Is at Full Pool

Billions of dollars in projects from companies are moving forward in the Phoenix region despite a 25-year megadrought.

NMTCs Bring New Fuel for Growth to Low-Income Urban and Rural Areas

NMTCs Bring New Fuel for Growth to Low-Income Urban and Rural Areas Rodgers Wade Manufacturing of Paris, Texas (whose replica Eiffel Tower is pictured here), is one of hundreds of manufacturers whose expansions have benefited from NMTC financing. Photo: Getty Images Last week $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits […]

RESOURCES FOR GROWING BUSINESSES FAST

The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded Tech Hubs designations in October to 31 entities around the U.S., making them eligible to apply for Tech Hubs Phase 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity grants worth $40 million to $70 million across several projects.

Area Spotlights

Transformers

‘Project 21’ is the latest of many projects to land in Memphis.

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Central California’s Affordable Option

More than 770,000 people call San Joaquin County home.

Bull’s Eye

Markets, prowess and multimodal options are among the reasons distribution operations cluster in the nation’s center.

U.S. – MEXICOBORDER: Drivers of the Economy

What is impacting economic activity at the U.S.-Mexico border?

How Did Malaysia Do That?

How did Malaysia outperform South Korea in a recent global competitiveness ranking? How did it perform better than Germany, Japan and Taiwan in another, measuring ease of doing business? In the first case, Malaysia ranks 21st in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, beating South Korea by three places.

The Incentives Innovator

How Iowa plans to seed an emerging industry via tax credits.

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Schiphol Ups the Ante

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is considered the gold standard of 21st century airport cities, the one frequently cited as the paradigm by airport executives hoping to turn their own facilities into engines of regional economic growth. Well over 60,000 people work at nearly 70 businesses sited at or adjacent to Schiphol, from aerospace companies to air […]

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The Benefit of Doing Business with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Incentives and a skilled workforce invite opportunities for corporate expansion on Native lands.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: AIRPORT COMMERCE From Site Selection magazine, January 2009 General Aviation … Look to the Skies The small airport may be your community’s most underdeveloped asset. by BARRY RONDINELLA editor bounce@conway.com I n these tough economic times it is wise for small and medium-sized communities to look to their community airport for […]

What America Can Learn from Lynchburg, Virginia

This south central Virginia city did not set out to become a model for regional rebirth, but things changed.

Turn for the Better

Louisiana’s energy-driven economic health has never been more robust. Now may be the time to bring human health — and the life sciences, medical tourism and healthcare sectors — along for the ride.

To Buy or to Lease: A Taxing Situation

C ommercial real estate taxes are nothing to sneeze at. In a medium-sized city like Pittsburgh, taxes on a commercial office building in the central business district can easily run between US$2.50 and $3 per square foot, or about $4 million a year on a 1.5-million-sq.-ft. (139,300-sq.-m.) building in the heart of the city. Taxes […]