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The Multiplier Effect

The Phoenix East Valley awaits the implications of landing Apple’s $2-billion command center; Boeing uses cost competitiveness to thread the sequestration needle.

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Tech Companies New & Old Land in Chicago

In the Downtown Chicago Loop, start your morning at one of a dozen airy boutique cafés and watch the kayakers on the Riverwalk from behind the window. Turn 90 degrees and choose which billion-dollar startup you want to explore that day.

Destination Bahrain

The hidden gem of the Arabian Gulf offers a rich history and a flair for all things modern.

Arkansas Timber & Forestry Keep Growing

What the state’s sustainable approach to wood production means for the future.

One Scandinavian Country Tops Two New Rankings

Two new reports this month offer different perspectives on country-level economic performance.

International Plants Dot America’s Smaller Towns

It’s become evident that rural and remote are not synonymous.

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Focused on Relationships

For Hoosier Energy and its rural electric distribution partners, accolades are welcome. Making connections is even better.

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2018 Global Best to Invest Report

The 10th Annual Global Best to Invest Awards salute the regions leading the way in corporate facility attraction and expansion.

P3 Market Outlook: Robust Pipeline Ahead

To understand where the United States Public-Private Partnership (P3) market is going, you have to review where it came from.

One Community at a Time

It started as a search to find the healthiest communities, but Blue Zones are becoming a movement.

Workforce Within Reach

Oregon’s institutions of higher education keep the talent pipeline flowing.

WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, September 2007 Swedish Auto Supplier Opens Plant in Romania German Axle Maker Rolls Into Australia Germany Powering Up As World’s Solar Leader Phoenix-based First Solar has opened a solar module plant in Frankfurt an der Oder in the former East Germany. The plant is located in a […]

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The Doraville Explorers

by Adam Bruns

Hopes are high for the multimodal, multifaceted redevelopment of a former GM assembly site in Greater Atlanta, beginning with a new entertainment production studio.

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Surge Protection

Qadruple backup power and a move-in-ready building made the New Orleans area the logical choice for the WorldWinds Inc. super-computer.

International Plants Dot America’s Smaller Towns

It’s become evident that rural and remote are not synonymous.

Kansas Universities Capture Investors’ Attention

Million-dollar investments are a recurring theme in Kansas’ higher education system.

How Ohio Rebuilt its Factory Base

If you’re looking for lessons on how Ohio rebuilt its factory base, Dayton is a good place to start. Convincing younger workers to relocate has played a big role.

Pillars of Strength

Germany’s economy has proven more recession-proof than most of the rest of Europe, with economic growth rising past the 2 percent mark in recent weeks.

Aerospace Report

US, Global Locations Ranked For Manufacturing Attractiveness

US, Global Locations Ranked For Manufacturing Attractiveness: Business costs, talent availability are key metrics to watch.

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Getting From Here to There – A Blueprint for Economic Prosperity

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

New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 11

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 Top 20 Facilities 1993 | 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.

What Makes a Business Climate Good?

Two of the issues critically important to site selectors — work force and incentives — came into sharp relief in December, thanks to a Michigan governor and a New York Times reporter.

COVER STORY: 2008 BUSINESS CLIMATE

COVER STORY: 2008 BUSINESS CLIMATE From Site Selection magazine, November 2008 Pedalto theMetal Gov. Mike Easley explains how North Carolina has clinched the top business climate slot in seven of the past eight years. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com G reat incentives. Low taxes. A receptive economic development department. That’s how one corporate site seeker […]

Editor’s View: Harbors Are Safe, But Ships Were Meant to Sail

Editor in Chief Mark Arend reflects on Adam Jones-Kelley’s legacy of leadership and friendship.

On the Move

With so many efficient ways to transport goods, the Texas logistics sector is speeding toward growth.

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Amenities & Priorities

Alexandria’s clusters showcase where campus lifestyle and corporate responsibility meet.

Perseverance Pays For Greensboro

Proving once again that good things come to those megasites who wait.

Nevada’s Best Incentive: A Pro-Business Climate

Because Nevada’s overall tax environment is so business-friendly, the state is able to woo companies with more sensible incentive packages.

Medicine on Fast Forward

A top-notch design team offers its take on the flexible biopharma facility of the future.

Risk Mitigators

The newest healthcare hubs from UPS show the logistics needs of life sciences firms can run hot and cold.

Aerospace Report

The Multiplier Effect

The Phoenix East Valley awaits the implications of landing Apple’s $2-billion command center; Boeing uses cost competitiveness to thread the sequestration needle.

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Start Me Up

How Columbus acts like a magnet — and a greenhouse — for tech entrepreneurs.

Top Industries: Driving Still in Driver’s Seat, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

W ith 591 projects, the transportation industry again dominated the rankings of top new and expanded U.S. manufacturing facilities by industry sector in 2002. The headlines were led by the new Hyundai plant in Alabama, and backed by just-as-major plant expansions, including three in the top 10 from Michigan. It marked the fourth consecutive year […]

Web Site Describes the Reach of the Y2K Bug

Those looking for immediate insights into real estate-related risk exposure tied to the Y2K bug can find extensive coverage of the topic at www.y2krealestate.com, a Web site operated by Millennium Strategies Group, LLC, a Denver, Colo.-based consultancy. The site lists building operating systems at risk and provides links to numerous articles detailing the various technical […]

Bahrain? Bank on It

Bahrain and banking used to go together. That is not so much the case now. The "bank king" of the Gulf has been dethroned. Before the global financial crisis and the Arab Spring, Bahrain was the banking and finance centre for the Gulf and the wider Middle East. The United Arab Emirates has now become the go-to location for many activities in this sector.

Round Rock

The High-Tech Hub of Central Texas

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Staying Close to Home

An Iowa manufacturer finds plenty of reasons to keep operations nearby.

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Dancing with Greatness

Illinois sports legends stand the test of time.

The Shale Revolution

The abundance of shale gas in Pennsylvania is reducing energy costs across the state and lending a hand to the already robust manufacturing sector.

Ohio River Corridor: Metro Louisville Tops Them All

After tying with its regional rival Cincinnati last year, metro Louisville, Kentucky, has taken the crown as top metro in this year’s Ohio River Corridor rankings.

On the Map

The Rural Jump-Start program has boosted companies on the Western Slope, and stands ready to help firms get a foothold across rural Colorado.

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 […]

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Region on the Rebound

A diverse industrial base with a resurgent automotive sector, vibrant cross-border trade linkages and an improving North American economy are the main drivers of this region’s contribution to North American economic output.

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Seeking Purchase:

Insights into Corporate PPAs and East Coast Wind

Green Crude

Projects aimed at producing fuel from algae continue to advance around the globe with the help of private and government funding. If and when algae-based fuels become commercially viable on a large scale, New Mexico could be one of the major centers of production. Sapphire Energy has built a large research and development center in Las Cruces and plans to commission a 100-acre algae field this spring near the southern New Mexico town of Columbus.

Keeping Our Head Above Water

Positive jobs numbers since the end of the recession mask a dire lack of skilled labor throughout the US. How much longer can this be the case?

Even the Deals are Bigger in Texas

You don’t become the eighth-largest economy in the world by doing small things. You get there by doing things that are big, bold and audacious. Consider Texas. With a $2.4 trillion economy that accounts for nearly 10% of U.S. GDP, the Lone Star State continues to outpace the nation by landing record investment deals. Over […]

Meeting of the Minds

In late May, Intel announced the launch of the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities in partnership with Imperial College London, University College London and the emerging Tech City cluster of East London.

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Smart Plays

Denver is the choice for a sustainable city concept first planted in Japan to blossom in the United States.

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From Paris to Palatka: Why a Global Giant Picked a Small Town in Florida

A French conglomerate is investing $235 million to double gypsum capacity in Putnam County.

Resounding Victory

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

Duke Energy Makes a Big Leap To Support Florida’s Economic Development Momentum

The legacy of Duke Energy’s economic development efforts in Florida goes back nearly 125 years, beginning with the founding of Florida Power...

PACIFIC NORTHWEST: POWER PLAY

Hydroelectricity helps deliver the EV revolution to central Washington.

Dawn of an Era

When German silicon producer Wacker Chemie AG originally announced the selection of Cleveland, Tenn., as the site of a new US$1-billion, fully integrated polysilicon factory in February 2009, it represented the second solar industry announcement for the state that winter.

Life Sciences

Time for Planting

by Adam Bruns

Medicago scales up at its home base.

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Trust — It Does an Economy Good

A new report from the Inter-American Development Bank finds that mistrust is an acute problem that limits socioeconomic development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Fantastic Four

Collectively, the four Arkansas companies featured in the 2024 Fortune 500 saw more than $733 billion in revenue in 2023 and employed more than 2.2 million people — that’s more than 7.3% of the entire Fortune 500’s employment base.

Ladies First

Texas is dedicated to becoming the No. 1 state for women-owned businesses.

‘We Will Be the Crown Jewel in the Manufacturing Sector’

Gov. Matt Bevin outlines his vision for the Kentucky economy and its people.

Into the Stratosphere

Citing a highly skilled workforce, the cost of doing business and the number of aerospace companies already located in the state, a report released in December 2013 by PricewaterhouseCoopers proclaimed Florida number one in aviation manufacturing attractiveness.

Life Sciences

Let It Snow

by Adam Bruns

Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom grooms the slopes for foreign investors.

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Now, Rochester

Talk to enough corporate real estate and facility executives around the world and you'll be astonished at how often big projects and decisions hinge on the unglamorous subject of parking.

Welcome to the Family

A new solar power plant in Utah joins the global project lists of Google and Norway's Scatec Solar.

Peachy Keen? The World Says Yes

Nearly half of all investment in Georgia hails from other countries.

Maryland: Top Projects Dot Maryland’s Top-Performing Metros

Collection of year-end data for this issue allows a closer look at high-ranking metros within the state and the projects that make them so.

Deck These Halls

Tourism surges as Ohio expands iconic Halls of Fame.

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Patrimony and Progress

by Adam Bruns

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

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Why Texans Are Living Bigger & Better Than Ever

In August 2016, Business Insider ranked the top American cities with the best quality of life. The state with the most cities in the top 25 was Texas.

Utah Finds Gold in Steel

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

Not Waiting For the World to Change

FCR pivots to diversity, remote work and a host of new locations in one fell swoop.

The Shifting Landscape of Business Incentives in Europe: New EU incentives rules will likely be stricter and favor smaller companies in the Continent’s less developed regions.

Government financial support for corporate facility investment and expansion continues to be a common practice in most parts of the world.

Why Ohio is Losing the Trade War

The impact of trade tariffs is being debated in many corners, but a team of researchers has found evidence that Ohio is bearing the brunt of the backlash.

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Walk & Don’t Look Back

New research shows Greater Boston is thinking ahead.

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Opportunity Arises in the Great Outdoors

The U.S. outdoor recreation economy is booming, and several western states are capitalizing on that momentum.

Meeting of the Minds

MindMixer finds talent its needs in Kansas City; Gov. Nixon says Missouri has only just begun.

Going for the Baker’s Dozen

How Governor Greg Abbott keeps pushing Texas to new levels of achievement.

Shot In the Arm

A new vaccine supply chain partnership is just one sign of life sciences and healthcare progress coming out of Davos this week.

Smart Money

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

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Sweet Spot

Trinidad and Tobago are leaders in industrial diversity.

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Governor Kim Reynolds On Iowa’s Next Chapter

Governor Kim Reynolds is determined to make Iowa the go-to state for businesses reshoring their operations and for those seeking low taxes and fiscal predictability.

Nashville Rising

Nashville Rising: A year after devastating floodwaters struck Music City, we take a look back at a model local disaster response, and why one area company decided to rebuild instead of relocate.

The Global Best to Invest Report

Site Selection is pleased to present its sixth annual Best to Invest rankings of nations and metro areas for investment-attraction activity in 2013.

Atlanta’s Mother of All Water Projects

How the city got ahead of a potential emergency and ensured clean water for a century.

Beyond the Black Belt

Investments Build Out Mississippi’s Agricultural Infrastructure

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Unconventional Wisdom: Good State or Bad State?

Site selectors offer their thoughts to companies and states navigating the dicey waters of economic development and social legislation.

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Training Funds Get the Job Done

When Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in February 2022 announced more than $2.2 million in funds and credits to support training nearly 9,500 Kentucky workers, it was the continuation of a commonwealth tradition that’s nearly as old as the 44-year-old governor himself.

WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2009 Tire Plants Gain Traction In China Korea-based Kumho Tire has opened a new tire plant in Nanjing, China. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com G lobal tire manufacturers continue to site production facilities in China to serve that country’s growing demand for tires. Two major names […]

Everybody Knows This Is Somewhere

An economic development veteran makes the case for ‘Nowhere, America.’

Merck Plants a Research Stake in the Bay Area

The company is the latest explorer seeking discovery in the DNA of South San Francisco.

Incentive Programs Feel the Heat

S oftening economic conditions are bringing into focus the role of incentives in closing large project deals, according to experts who follow trends in this area. Several years of economic expansion and high demand for real estate have tempered municipalities’ need to stress incentives in their negotiations. “Across the board, the […]

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OHIO: How To Fix the Skills Gap

Start by getting students jazzed about manufacturing careers early on.

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Why Global Capital Investors Pick Texas

Worldwide, investors are beating a path to make deals in Texas.

Flight Plan

Look past the Canadian Rockies and their travel and tourism draw, and even past Alberta’s booming bituminous sands region, and you’ll find Western Canada’s next signature industry — aerospace.

Milking It For All Its Worth

What’s your first thought when you hear “Idaho”? You’ll be excused if you answered “potatoes,” Idaho’s being world famous.

EDITORS’S VIEW

ince 60 percent of our readers are chief executives or comparable, it’s likely you also subscribe to Chief Executive magazine. If so, you may recall coverage recently of their “Chief Executive CEO Confidence Index,” which revealed a healthy optimism where the U.S.’s economic prospects are concerned. For example, 55 percent of CEOs expect hiring to […]

No Fanfare Please

Equatorial Guinea remains one of the lesser known destinations for investment in West Africa.

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Counterattack

New sites and new research aim to identify where the next codebreakers will emerge.

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The Other Side of the Story

Many companies, especially aerospace companies, are discovering reasons to invest in Puerto Rico.

Illinois Hits the Spot

Leading U.S. food brands continue to select the state for business reach and growth.

Industrial Redux

West Virginia offered the right mix to land, Gestamp, a major automotive project for an idled plant in South Charleston.

‘The Box That Must Be Checked’

As this issue went to press in February, site selectors in the U.S. and globally were busy recasting their lists of finalist locations for manufacturing projects to include Indiana. The state may well have ranked high on some of those lists already — its business climate is considered robust by many evaluators of Midwest states, given its record of fiscal conservatism that includes a predictable and competitive tax structure among other measures.
But becoming the 23rd right-to-work state has energized Hoosier State efforts to escape the stigma, or at least perception, of Midwestern locations being less than business friendly to companies hoping to cultivate a work force free of union requirements their workers don’t embrace.

A Global Scorecard for Startups

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017 reveals how successful tech innovation is being led by young entrepreneurs all over the world.

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Best of the Bunch

JLL and the world’s top companies see eye to eye when it comes to certain spots on the globe.

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Project Bulletin: November 14, 2023

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

Trading Up

How one HVAC firm in Virginia remastered training for skilled trades.

Utah: UVU’s Model for Tomorrow Is Available Today

Utah Valley University President Dr. Astrid Tuminez brings her unique experience to bear on a vision for higher education.

Plugging in From the Desert:

New Projects from Facebook Connect to Worldwide Goals

IAMC Insider: Finding Strategic Leverage

A letter from the chair and a report on the impact of disruptive events on corporate real estate strategy.

Investment Profile

The Incentives Innovator

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

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Records Made to Be Broken

In Innovation Valley, setting new benchmarks of economic performance is a way of life.

Presenting a United Front

The communities in northeast Oklahoma work and play well together.

Dynamic Data Duo

Google likes to use the power usage effectiveness, or PUE, metric to calculate the energy costs of housing and cooling servers on server farms such as the one located in Lenoir, N.C.

Power Plays

States that exempt or abate property and sales taxes on computer and telecom equipment will soon make the short lists of data center site selectors.

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.

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Next Level

by Adam Bruns

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce moves fast with reforms so that new FDI will move faster to his homeland.

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My Shanghai Addiction

Shanghai is responsible for one of my latest addictions.

Site Selectors Survey: Here Come the Boys from the South

Site selectors keep Southern locations at the top of their short lists.

Editor’s View: Here’s the Deal: Business Climates Matter

Eight of the top 10 are Southeastern, and that’s not a new phenomenon anymore — just an affirmation that their formula for attracting investment is working.

How to Build a Better Business Climate

Dixon: Cut red tape, streamline regulations, lower taxes, fund innovation and train workers.

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ituated in the middle of the nation, MidAmerica Industrial Park finds itself well-suited to the demanding needs of businesses that rely on “same-day or next-day” logistics to fuel their growth. A recent logistics study commissioned by MidAmerica, Oklahoma’s largest industrial park, delivers data that qualifies the park as a major distribution center […]

A Climb to the Top:

by Crystal Villarreal

The Tale of a Biotechnology Pioneer

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Ports of Call

Why volume is migrating to East Coast seaports.

PENNSYLVANIA: Designed for Industries Of the Future

If you build it, they will come. This sentiment rings true for economic developers as much as it does for farmers building fields of dreams.

TOP UTILITIES 2003

tility economic development departments from 21 U.S. states and a Canadian province replied to this year’s Utility Survey in order to be considered for Site Selection’s sixth annual Top Utilities ranking. Based on 2003 project results from their territories drawn from Conway Data’s New Plant Database, the rankings examined four distinct criteria: total capital investment, […]

Saskatchewan BioSciences Industry Overview: Building on Firm Foundations

Change and uncertainty are a reality these days, but in the case of Saskatchewan biosciences, the only uncertainty is whether we can grow fast enough to take full advantage of opportunities.

A CEO’s Insights on Central Indiana

"With AIT Bioscience, there are no surprises."

Spearheading Innovation

The Texas technology industry is robust and growing.

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Coming Up Roses in Southeast Missouri

Cape Girardeau came to be known as The City of Roses when a popular 9-mile stretch of road through town was once lined with dozens of rose bushes.

The Rise of the ‘Multilatinas’

The term Multilatina might have been coined very recently, but the formation and evolution of these companies has been going on for years.

Protecting Kentucky’s Big Ideas

Intellectual property is safeguarded in Kentucky with KYIPA.

Hot High

M ONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Can the building blocks of life become the foundation of a new economy? They can if the companies mapping the human genome happen to be in your own backyard. In Rockville, Md., Celera Genomics Group captivated the attention of the scientific world on Feb. 12 when […]

Arizona’s High-Tech Appeal

How Arizona is attracting high-tech manufacturing companies, from electric vehicles to semiconductors and everything in between.

A Competitive Edge

Texas sharpens its workforce through public/private partnerships.

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Sweet Suites in Hershey

Building on the success of a previous project, the Hershey Center for Applied Research

Why Investors Pick New York: Talent

New York is the ideal location for innovative companies that are forward-thinking and poised to grow quickly.

A University Research Consortium Has a Blueprint for R&D Success

Has a Blueprint for R&D Success

Linchpin Locations

We sorted through the list of more than 1,300 intermodal sites listed in the Intermodal Association of North America’s directory to find the top states and cities by number of intermodal facilities.

COVER STORY

sset disposition is hardly a plum assignment at most corporate real estate organizations, especially industrial ones. A new coat of paint on the front door does little to make industrial assets more attractive to potential buyers, and most corporations are loathe to spend money on the paint in the first place. So sites are unloaded […]

The Fight Begins

by Ron Starner

Gov. Greg Abbott advocates for an even stronger Texas economy.

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Championships Are Just The Beginning

No state likes to play, compete & win more than Texas.

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ig incentive packages have received a lot of media attention recently, and have been a major discussion topic around the water cooler in the economic development community. But, in the big picture, are incentives good or bad? The axiom, “Incentives never made a bad deal good, only a good deal better,” is absolutely correct. […]

New Facilities 1992 (Charts)

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Top Small Towns 2002: Traversing to the Top, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

W hen Graceland Fruit announced the US$15 million, 60,000-sq.-ft. (5,574-sq.-m.) expansion of a food-processing plant in the Traverse Bay area of Michigan in 2002, the news only confirmed what many corporate executives already knew about this location. It’s the Top Small Town in America. According to the Conway Data New Plant […]

Aerospace Cluster Sets Altimeter Higher in 2011

Investments from key players will boost activity in a critical Montréal-area industry.