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Boston Bounty

The BIO International Convention held in Boston June 18-21 — at least the exhibition part of it — seemed to be about economic development pitches by states and nations as much as it was about science. The 34 country and 26 state pavilions all served as recruiting beachheads, manned by personnel trying to lure companies to their respective areas.

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IAMC Insider: Hard Work and Patience

Months or years may be what it really takes. We’ve all seen impatience lay waste to slow-developing but highly valuable work.

Energy Matters: A compendium of recent energy-related news briefs for the busy executive.

2023 Top Metros- Tier 3: Industrial At Heart

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Work Force Incentives Deserve a Closer Look

W hen manufacturer Superior Walls of Central Illinois opened for business in the Springfield Enterprise Community, it created job opportunities for 42 low-to-moderate-income neighborhood residents. “These employees show great pride in producing a quality product,” says Springfield developer Mike Suhadolnik, owner of Superior Walls. Suhadolnik’s enthusiasm is matched by that of […]

3 Cities to Watch in the Desert Southwest

Water keeps flowing as manufacturers flock to growing communities.

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Seeking Partners

Collaboration is one of the primary objectives of many biotech firms attending the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization convention, held this year in Boston. One promising company with that objective is Pluristem, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies based in Haifa, Israel.

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TOP METROS OF 2007

TOP METROS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Life at the Top Chicago captures the Top Metro crown for the third straight year. by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com Home furnishings superstore calls Chicago home: Pernille Spiers-Lopez, as president of IKEA North America, has overseen a rapid expansion of the Swedish retail giant across […]

The Ring of Gratification

From mega-boxes to last-mile terminals, e-commerce real estate requirements continue to evolve.

The E

Traditional businesses can rest easier: NASDAQ’s recent violent nature is a symptom of the impending collapse of dozens of former online darlings. As it turns, out solid business plans, management-team depth, effective business models (however boring), customer service, competitive advantages, and (duh) profits really do matter. The dot-com’s e-retail strategy — spending millions of dollars […]

America Is Moving To Arkansas

The numbers prove it, and here’s why.

Bright Light

Understandably overshadowed by horrific human rights news in the country, a major renewable energy agreement was signed last week in Nigeria that could spell a bright future for solar energy in a nation looking for ways to wean itself from overdependence on oil.

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Biotech’s Booming in Texas

As home to more than 3,400 biotechnology R&D firms and manufacturing companies, Texas is one of the leading biotech states in the country. More than 84,100 workers are employed in the biotech sector in Texas, and dozens of global biotechnology companies, such as Novartis, Allergan, Inc., and Endo Pharmaceuticals, have major operations in the state. A concentration of highly trained biotech workers, multiple top-tier medical and research institutions, and a top-ranked business climate all strengthen the state’s status as a biotechnology leader.

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Revenge of the Nerds

Location analysis in the creative and digital media sector becomes more accessible with the help of online tools.

Presenting a United Front

The communities in northeast Oklahoma work and play well together.

Gear Here

Idaho’s outdoor recreational equipment firms abide by the same maxim as any other company:
Go where your customers are.

The Trust Belt

With Upper Midwest cities like Cleveland and Ann Arbor recently winning significant headquarters projects, it may be time to rebrand the region with a new moniker: the “Trust Belt.”

North American Reports

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration in August released a report on the nation’s busiest Interstates that shows people drove more than 84.7 billion miles on California highways in 2011 — more than 900 times the distance from Earth to the Sun — making the Golden State’s highways the nation’s busiest.

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Further Action

by Adam Bruns

Last week more than 200 people from around the country attended an event at Willow Run, a signature automotive brownfield site in Ypsilanti, Mich., and one of 89 former General Motors properties in 14 states under the aegis of the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response (RACER) Trust. It’s the factory where the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter worked, and a site that has been called “the world’s largest room” for its massive assembly floor space.

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Life in the Fast Lane

Malaysia is now the go-to market for automobile manufacturing in Southeast Asia.
Global investors in this key sector explain why.

Jacksonville Lends a Healing Hand

The nation's largest provider of advanced wound-care services found the perfect prescription for growth in Jacksonville, Fla.

An Evergreen Focus on Innovation

Commerce Director sees new technology as key to growth in Washington.

Electron Immigration

The $1.6-billion Northern Pass Transmission project continues to pass milestones on the journey toward making New England power cheaper with Canadian hydroelectricity.

New Energy Projects in Africa Highlight Powerful Opportunities

Progress in Rwanda, Senegal and other African nations strengthens the grid while puncturing misperceptions.

Energy Report

Test CITE

After a selection process pitting one area of the Land of Enchantment against another, the Center for Innovation, Testing & Evaluation (CITE), a 20-sq.-mile (52-sq.-km.) project from Pegasus Global Holdings, is destined for the EnergyPlex near Hobbs, N.M.

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‘Planets Align’ for Discovery in Downtown Phoenix

If you’re searching for reasons why CBRE ranked the City of Phoenix among the top five emerging bioscience markets, try these numbers on for size

TOP UTILITIES 2007

TOP UTILITIES 2007 From Site Selection magazine, September 2007 Business Climate Changers These top utility economic developers know how to renew the economic portfolios of the regions they serve. $500 million in environmental controls, many to be installed at its Sioux Plant (pictured) in St. Charles, Mo., are part of Top Utility Ameren’s $1-billion […]

Governors Flock to BIO Convention

The annual BIO International Convention is always a big draw for governors keen on promoting their states as a prime spot for biotech investment.

Blazing a Trail

Count on California for forward-looking energy solutions backed by real actions.

Texas: What Large Power Users Need to Know About

What Large Power Users Need to Know About

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Not Set in Stone

On June 7 a celebration took place in honor of St Marys Cement Inc.’s Bowmanville Plant in Ontario receiving North America’s first International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 50001 certification. St Marys was officially registered as the first North American recipient of ISO 50001, a new standard for industrial facilities seeking to manage their energy use, on November 15, 2011. The plant is located within the municipality of Clarington, located just northeast of Oshawa along the shoreline of Lake Ontario.

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Where High-Tech Enterprises Thrive

The Science City of the Future adds a new industrial zone as biopharma, solar module manufacturing and other clean-tech projects take shape.

MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

orporate real estate executives like the impact that Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is having on the reporting Bob Zane and management of facility performance. They just wish that compliance with the law cost less time and money. That’s the bottom line of a new research study conducted by the Atlanta-based Industrial Asset Management Council. […]

Urban Renewal 21st Century Style

There's a revival going on in the Northeast as companies across the industry spectrum are discovering anew the location advantages of dense population centers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The Shape of the Cloud

A business-friendly climate continues to attract major data centers to Iowa.

The Tug of The Art Land

A place where ‘nothing happens’ and its lessons from the galaxy.

Energy Report

Shale Gas Gets a Move On

Approximately 70 percent of the nation’s goods are transported by truck, and the cost of this mode of transportation is heavily dependent on the price of oil ($80/bbl at this writing), increases in which quickly ripple through to the cost of gasoline or diesel fuel.
With the current cost of gasoline around $3.53/gallon and the cost of diesel fuel around $3.72/gallon (as reported by EIA), the cost of transporting products remains an important factor in many manufacturing location decisions. Transportation costs also play an important role in consumer, business and government budgets as well.

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Come On Over

No matter whose side you’re on, Ontario and Canada are on one side of an open door.

Asian Stars Shine Again: Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand

What’s upbeat, on the rise and ranges between 4 and 6.3 percent? Answer: current gross domestic product forecasts for four of Southeast Asia’s biggest economies. Indeed, the 2000 economic outlook for Malaysia (where growth over 1999 is expected to hit 6.3 percent), Singapore (6 percent), Thailand (5 percent) and the Philippines (4.5 percent) is decidedly […]

MIDWEST: Jetting to the Heartland

Ron Starner talks to top executives at a sustainable aviation fuel maker and an AI cloud hyperscaler about why they’re betting big on small Midwest towns.

Putting Down Roots

Regardless of which stage of life Missourians may find themselves, the state has something for everyone.

Made In America, But Not In My Backyard

I’ve been in the room when a company’s leaders met with a state’s economic developers to plan a flashy, scripted news conference announcing the latest and greatest manufacturing project.

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Labor Days

Most buyers of Ford Motor Co.’s 2013 Escape won’t know specifically where their new mini-SUV was made. But, in fact, they will have Louisville labor and a labor-friendly Kentucky business climate to thank for their ride. Ford invested $600 million in late 2010 in its Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP). The project is adding 1,800 jobs to the 1,100 already in place.

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Sweden Tops Global IT Ranking; U.S. Slips to Fourth

N EW YORK — Sweden defended its ranking this year as the world’s dominant information economy, according to the 2001 International Data Corp. (IDC)/World Times Information Society Index (ISI). For the second straight year, the ISI ranked Sweden No. 1 in the ability to access and absorb information and information technology. […]

Delaware: Think Ahead to Stay Ahead

Future predictions within the health care field can send a chill down the spine of both industry professionals and patients around the nation.

Kentucky Product Development Initiative

Investment in quality sites and buildings positions the commonwealth for statewide growth.

Trainer of Green-Collar Workers Chooses Site in Colorado

Forget white-collar and blue-collar jobs. A new two-year technical college in Colorado targets the green-collar workers of the future

U.S. Border Corridors, Site Selection Magazine, July 2003

I ndustrial activity south of the Rio Grande and north of the Great Lakes tends to rise and fall with the U.S. economy. In Mexico, border regions are beginning to benefit from optimistic manufacturers hopeful of a break in U.S. economic doldrums. Up north, regional organizations are working to alleviate traffic headaches and improve infrastructure. […]

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Technology InSITE: Nestlé Uses Nimble Tax System

Managing personal property taxes and compliance across multiple states can be an ongoing challenge for large corporations. Nestlé USA has a diverse portfolio of more than 40 manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and office buildings, plus vending equipment, that requires a robust system.

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Staying Power

Cluster and venture capital data show where longstanding strength provides the backbone for feisty startups.

The Tide Turns for Oil & Gas and for Wind

How the election is recalibrating energy prices and hot spots.

Numbers Tell Story in Chicago, Boston

I t’s no secret that two of the hottest corporate real estate markets in America are Chicago and Boston. What you may not know is why. After nearly a decade of record US economic expansion, why do these two diverse and yet similar metropolitan markets continue to top the charts for corporate users of industrial […]

3 Ways Companies Can Combat The Child Care Crisis

The biggest barrier to work for many American adults is lack of child care.

Building on a Breakthrough

Twenty years later, Nissan’s success is the gift that keeps giving.

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Made For the Future

Is it just coincidence that companies are realizing pioneering renewable energy success along Great Lakes shorelines? Or that territories in two nations are seeing progressive energy policies blend with their industrial heritage to spawn growth in corporate investment?

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The Deep End Of the Labor Pool

Just nine years remain before Vision 2020 — Malaysia’s blueprint for achieving fully industrialized status — is to take effect. Former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad set the Southeast Asian nation of 28 million people on the Vision 2020 course in 1991, complete with nine strategic societal challenges to be overcome in order to become fully developed by the end of the decade.

Madison Catalyst

Exact Sciences’ new HQ could catapult a company and a research park to the next level.

2022 Global Best To Invest

The 14th annual Global Best to Invest rankings showcase the top countries and metro areas in terms of their outlook for corporate investment.

On the Make

Northwest Ohio is a mecca for manufacturing.

Please Don’t Go

As the global economy struggles to recover from the worst recession in recent memory, persistent high unemployment and low investment have begun to redefine the way economic development policy makers think about employment goals. The simple but harsh math of economic development starts with a basic premise: There can be no job growth before first retaining existing employment.

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Utah In a Laffer

The state of Utah not only offers the best in outdoor activities. We have also found that the people who live here are very well educated and innovative,” says Albert Modrovsky, vice president of strategic initiatives for L-3 Communication Systems Group. “They tend to thrive in an environment of teamwork and are more than willing to mentor other employees by sharing their work experiences and industry expertise.

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Resounding Victory

The Thunder may not be in the NBA Finals, but OKC’s GE project win is just beginning to reverberate.

Roadmap to Recovery: How Louisiana Is Doing It

From virtual site tours to adjusting workforce training, from water technology to the oil and gas sector, you can learn a lot from a conversation with Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson.

Illinois by the Numbers

Illinois depicted in facts and figures.

Norway’s Trump Card

Statoil’s busy in more than 30 countries (including the US), but its main pipeline of oil, gas and wind projects continues to churn between the North Sea and the Arctic Circle.

Project Bulletin: March 18, 2024

AstraZeneca plans to build upon its operations in China’s Jiangsu province with a $475 million investment.

Area Spotlights

A Familiar Face

Iowa Gov. Branstad has a four-point plan to boost his state’s business climate. Branstad touts Iowa’s strong Midwestern work ethic, a robust job training program, a favorable tax climate and its status as a right-to-work state as among its biggest draws, but he says the key to continued success is getting companies to notice the state.

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Biggest Names in STEM Fly North For Talent

Investment into Canadian workforce doubles down in three major industries.

Small Towns On the Hunt

Snapshots from the megasite family photo album.

Go Toward the Light

Need some help in your data center decision-making? Let the data itself show you the way.

Healthy Outlook

Connections to Asia and to collaboration fuel smart economic development in Seattle, Portland and beyond.

Ford’s BlueOval City Is the Prow of the Ship

Ford Motor Co. broke ground in September 2022 on its nearly 6-square-mile BlueOval City mega campus in Stanton, Tennessee.

Investment Profile

A Heartland Recipe for Wellness

A governor with an ambitious agenda is proving that Iowans are even more resilient than he thought. Battling recession, floods and misperceptions, Gov. Terry Branstad is ahead of schedule in reaching his four main goals.

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Charlotte Is Trending Young, Diverse and Next-Level

Young people want to move there.” Those are the words of Durham, North Carolina–based entrepreneur Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, founder of Bee Downtown.

California Cultivates Food Projects: & 4 more reports

North American Reports: California Cultivates Food Projects: & 4 more reports

Play Ball

Follow-through is one way Hoosier Energy helps companies stay on top of their game.

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.

Innovation Central

Innovation districts across the state are inspiring the next generation of new ideas and technologies.

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Magnetic Attraction

by Adam Bruns

. Most of the world’s rare earths are produced and hoarded in China, whose government uses the elements as a lure to global manufacturers. (Molycorp, situated near substantial deposits in Mountain Pass, Calif., is among the few exceptions). But a new project might help rare-earth consumers and miners get their groove on in North America.

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Patrimony and Progress

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

An Oasis of Innovation

How one Southern California county is acting like a greenhouse for entrepreneurs.

Education Ecosystems with an Edge

Mississippi punches well above its weight in its ability to deliver skilled workers to the many advanced manufacturers doing business in the state.

A Bigger Leadership Table Can Accelerate Innovation

Consider the governance structure of the research or science park with which your organization is most closely affiliated.

Watching Where Your Money Goes

European Office Costs: Brussels a Bargain Brussels is Europe?s office bargain at US$29.62 per sq. ft. a year, while London, with comparable costs of $116.70, is the land of the big occupancy-cost spenders, according to CB Richard Ellis? (www.cbcommercial.com) recent survey. Of 17 major European cities, Rome and Vienna respectively ranked Nos. 2 and 3 […]

International Update

Kurdistan: Where Pioneer Investors in Iraq Get Started

Iraqi opportunities. These two words don’t seem a good match, unless perhaps in the context of the oil or security businesses. But the phrase makes sense in Iraqi Kurdistan, the autonomous northern region of Iraq, where early commercial investors are now on the scene. Across many areas of Iraq, peace is fragile and daily life can still be unpredictably dangerous. But growth is returning to Iraqi Kurdistan led from its capital, Erbil. Brands such as Sheraton, Hilton, Porsche and Sony are entering Kurdistan looking to access the potential of this region of 4 million people. Nissan has opened its largest service center in the Middle East, and its new airport, opened in 2005, has one of the longest runways in the world.

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Signature Deal

Boasting more than US$27 billion in revenues and more than 4,200 employees at such firms as Kindred Healthcare

Crunching the Numbers

How Illinois’ data center boom became a race for power.

The 2021 Regional Workforce Development Rankings

See which states lead the way in talent cultivation, training and attraction across seven U.S. regions.

Durable Skills Are Todays Human Resources Currency

Editor in Chief Mark Arend takes a close look at the Portrait of a Graduate visioning process developed by North Carolina and Battelle for Kids to ensure high school graduates...

Companies Are Investing In Arkansas

The results speak for themselves.

International Update

Refinery Complex Adds Heft To Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Aspirations

The Johor Bahru region in southernmost Malaysia is emerging as a key regional oil and gas hub, and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), which is overseeing the 2,217-sq.-km. (856-sq.-mile) Iskandar Malaysia development project, will play an important role in fostering this sector. Iskandar Malaysia comprises five component areas, or flagship zones, that in their own right will bring forth new commercial, residential, educational and industrial developments designed to transform south Johor into an economic engine for Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

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A New Business Neighborhood

Three Latin American locations have a rare combination of international air service, adjacent higher education resources and available sites – a powerful combination for the right site selector.

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Kentucky-Made Makes a Difference

From the moment you wake up until the sun begins to set, chances are you’re encountering products made in the Commonwealth.

Thinking Big

Listen to the numbers and they’ll tell you: The world’s economic center of gravity is shifting, and emerging markets are the bull’s eye.

India’s Mobility Sector: Why the Time is Now for Global Manufacturers

Why the time is now for global manufacturers to invest in India’s mobility sector.

Biotech to the Rescue

With its vigorous life sciences ecosystem, Maryland takes aim at COVID-19.

Water Works

‘Community Fit’ seals a bottling plant deal.

International Update

The Case for Changzhou

Two Atlanta-based companies are making the case that not all new investment in China is heading to the hinterlands, where many believe more advantageous labor rates can be found relative to coastal sites. An eastern China location still delivers the labor availability and logistics edge they require as the country’s huge domestic market takes on a more central role in these companies’ growth strategies.

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The Future is Texas

The imminent global impact of innovative activity conducted in the state will be one to watch.

Turning the Switch On

Consumers Energy delivers creative solutions to complex industrial challenges.

New Ingredients

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

How Illinois Is Building a Better Business Climate

From new incentive programs to unmatched market access, the Land of Lincoln leads.

Editor’s View: No Time To Wallow in the Mire

With apologies to The Doors, welcome to what might be called the “Governors Issue” of Site Selection.

World Reports

Two-Wheeling in Southeast Asia; European Auto Plants Rev Up; Color for Scandinavia; Tunnel-to-Tunnel Bridge Debuts In China

Two-Wheeling in Southeast Asia; European Auto Plants Rev Up; Color for Scandinavia; Tunnel-to-Tunnel Bridge Debuts In China

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Sunlight Fuels Power Surge

From Tempe to Tucson, solar power investments are transforming the energy landscape of Arizona.

Project Bulletin: November 14, 2023

Power management company Eaton is preparing to double its production capacity in both El Paso and Nacogdoches, Texas.

Home-Grown, Globally Competitive

‘We speak business out here.’ In Fulton County, a community of 43,280 people west of Toledo, manufacturing companies are experiencing robust growth thanks to a home-grown but globally competitive work force.

Skating Out of the Dark

Sure it’s cold, but Ottawa’s tech connections still glow.

Nine Nodes and Growing

Economic developers are gearing up to compete in the $1.1-trillion clean economy marketplace.

International Update

Where MNC Subsidiaries Excel

Québec-based IT executives at multinational computer services giants attribute the success and expansion of their enterprises to being located in Québec. An increasingly bilingual and skilled work force, higher education resources, proximity to Europe and the U.S. Northeast and a business climate that encourages capital investment are some of the assets they identify as drivers of their ability to compete. More specifically, they compete successfully with other subsidiaries of their parent companies worldwide for capital investment, or they complement those subsidiaries as no other operation can, they maintain.

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Destination Scorecard

A report from the United Nations documents where tourists come from, and where they're going.

Rolling Out The Red Carpet

New Jersey gives its film and media industry the star treatment.

Broadband Is Just One Aspect of Washington’s Forward-Thinking Infrastructure Vision

On April 5, 2021, President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., tweeted three words that Washington state took to heart long ago:

How a Small State Supports A Big and Growing Aerospace Sector

Aerospace: How a Small State Supports a Big and Growing Aerospace Sector

Kentucky Aluminum

Kentucky is already known for its horses and bourbon. Now there’s another industry that’s making waves in the Commonwealth: aluminum.

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The California Connection

When Silicon Valley Bank scoured the U.S. for an information-technology and operations location, it didn’t take long for the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company to find what it needed in Tempe, Ariz.

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There’s Black Gold in Them Thar Hills

When it comes to minerals gleaned from the earth, there is perhaps no place in America more important to the national and global economy than West Texas.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION — LEADERS IN INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE

oday’s economy is often referred to as “lukewarm” or, more creatively, the “Goldilocks” economy because it’s not-too-hot and not-too-cold. But what exactly can Goldilocks bring to the industrial real estate table? Building on strong returns from 2004, it looks like she’ll bring prosperity instead of porridge, because warehouse demand should increase this year in the […]

Best State Sites for Site Seekers

T he Internet is helping all of us to work faster and better, right? Well, yes and no. Development organizations have created hundreds of Web sites targeting site selectors, but are they really getting the job done any better or faster than the hundreds of brochures, CD-ROMs and videos that came before? To find out, […]

The Connected City: How a New Pier is Bringing Everyone Together in St. Pete, FL

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is passionate about a lot of things when it comes to discussing his city of 265,000 people on the Gulf Coast of West Central Florida. But he seems to get especially animated when asked about the recent opening of the new St. Pete Pier.

The Safe Harbor in the Storm

How San Bernardino County became Inland Southern California’s supply chain king.