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Manufacturing Innovation Center To Open in ’17

by Mark Arend

Portland, Oregon

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A new Manufacturing Innovation Center will benefit companies and the Northwest.

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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 […]

Healing the World

The biggest breakthrough in fighting the global battle against diabetes didn’t come in a lab in San Diego, Boston or one of the other well-known U.S. life-science clusters.

COVER STORY: RESEARCH & SCIENCE PARKS

COVER STORY: RESEARCH & SCIENCE PARKS From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 Reservations for Research High-profile partnerships support high-flying visions. by JOHN W. McCURRYjohn.mccurry bounce@conway.com The Hong Kong Science Park is being developed in three phases. The second phase’s layout is dominated by a unique ovoid auditorium. Douglas Muzyka, president – DuPont Greater China […]

Startup Hotspot

Venture capital? Check. Incubators? Check. Accelerators? Check. Learn why every box for entrepreneurship is checked in Minnesota.

Return to the Waterfront

For most New Yorkers, 'underwater' triggers bad memories of Hurricane Sandy or the financial crisis. For this one, it signaled opportunity.

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Closing the Perception Gap

by Adam Bruns

Experts weigh in on the weight of the Midwest’s past and the momentum of its future.

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Workers Revive Flint Economy

by Ron Starner

Students at UM-Flint are part of the city’s bright future.

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Automotive industry firms build advanced manufacturing plants in Vehicle City.

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Perception and Reality

Basket case or horn of plenty? California is both — it depends on whom you ask. The Golden State’s business-climate burdens are well documented in the business press — including in these pages, where interviews with corporate executives

Dana Holding Corp., UNWTO, AstraZeneca and more.

World Reports includes stories about Dana in Italy, tourism hot spots, Milacron in the Czech Republic, AstraZeneca in the UK and JLL's top cities for direct real estate investment.

Hub and Spokane

Life sciences and the science of good living offer a heady blend in Washington.

CENTRAL AMERICA: Semiconductor Supply Chain Progress Doesn’t Pause

The region that welcomed the new U.S. Secretary of State on his first trip abroad is making headway in the semiconductor supply chain, among other areas.

Connecticut: The Land of Steady Habits Rises to the Occasion

Venerable Connecticut may be more dynamic than you think it is.

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Airbus Project Adds Lift to Mobile’s Aerospace Sector

by Mark Arend

Airbus will assemble up to four A320 family passenger aircraft per month at its Mobile Manufacturing Facility.

Photo courtesy of Airbus Americas, Inc.

A former Air Force base is where to chart the regional cluster’s progress.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: THE MARITIME INDUSTRIES

t used to be that site selection was a fairly straightforward calculation when it involved shipping of raw materials and products from overseas locations, at least from a regional perspective. If a company was targeting the Asian market, it would usually opt for a West Coast manufacturing or distribution facility; if it involved European markets, […]

Quality Personified

Griffin Land, the owner-operator of almost 3 million sq. ft. of commercial space on land holdings of nearly 4,000 acres in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, is seeing its tobacco nursery heritage supplanted by its choice reputation as a developer and partner.

Be Well

LEED certification is soooo 2012. WELL certification, says one real estate developer, is what’s next, as employers aim to bring as much good energy to your health as they bring to your workplace.

Open Arms

Ernst & Young’s 2012 attractiveness survey found that Germany is the sixth most attractive country in the entire world for investment, and the first by far in Europe. Just as attractive is its global reputation for industrial ingenuity, from top-shelf automotive and high-tech machinery manufacturing to the latest techniques in tracking the carbon footprint of that activity.

High-Tech Executives Ponder The Brave, New World of Corporate Real Estate, Site Selection Magazine, November 2002

C orporate real estate executives from most of Silicon Valley’s high-tech companies gathered in early June in Redwood City, Calif., to participate in one of two Jones Lang LaSalle Leading Edge Series 2002 events to take place this year. Besides high-level presentations on economic forces influencing business decisions, the impact of changes in accounting rules […]

Building a Better Future

Oklahoma Works hits milestones in addressing work skills gaps.

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A Step Ahead, A Step Above

High school students earn science degrees and employment in half the time through the Missouri Innovation Campus.

COUNTRY OF GEORGIA: New Reports Salute Growth In Global Trade, Innovation And Business Friendliness In the Country of Georgia

In March, John Pearson, CEO of DHL Express, and Prof. Steven A. Altman of the NYU Stern School of Business (lead author of the DHL Trade Atlas), shared in-depth analysis of global trade and regional connectedness as part of their ongoing research that tracks countries by both speed and scale of trade growth.

Management Strategy: Brownfields’ New Allure, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

O ABOVE: In January 2003, crucial green lights from both the city council and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enabled brownfield redevelopment work to move forward on this bundle of some 250 former industrial properties along the Rio Salado in downtown Tempe, Ariz. – the largest piece of undeveloped land left in the entire city. […]

Fresh University R&D Data Reveal California Is No. 1

Home to institutions such as the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, the University of California San Francisco is part of the 10-campus University of California.

Web

M anaging and communicating information regarding industrial construction projects to maintain accountability has long been a challenge for company owners. By providing fast access to centralized project information, Internet collaboration platforms are gradually gaining acceptance as a way to increase efficiencies, improve communications and curtail cost overruns. Constructware (www.constructware.com), an Alpharetta, […]

Let the Sun Shine In

Oklahoma’s emerging solar energy industry is ready to power up.

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GOVERNOR POWER PARTNERSHIPS: Mississippi’s Power Play

Gov. Reeves makes a bold Power Play for more energy in Mississippi.

People Pleasers

“We are a people business,” says Alicia Laszewski, spokesperson for C3, a Florida-based company that’s investing in a whole bunch of people in Twin Falls, Idaho.

No Nukes, No Problem?

Two years ago, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and a successful ramp-up of renewable energy subsidies, the German government decided to permanently shut down eight of its 17 nuclear power plants and pledged to gradually close the remaining nine by 2022.

OHIO

When a state is recognized for economic development success, as is the case with Site Selection’s annual Governors’ Cups (one for total capital investment projects the previous year and one for total projects per capita), the big projects that create thousands of new jobs near major metros naturally come to mind.

Smart Cities: Switzerland and U.S. West Coast Display Superior Smarts

Smart Cities: Switzerland and U.S. West Coast Display Superior Smarts.

Cleared for Take Off

The sky’s the limit for Oklahoma’s aeronautic industries.

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European Facilites: Fallout from the Fallback

T he queues were shorter, but the destinations more varied. That is one conclusion to draw from the annual “European Investment Monitor” report from Ernst & Young. European new facilities and expansions dropped 12 percent in 2001, but it was a good year nonetheless for “gatecrashers, EU (European Union) accession countries […]

Netting Results

In 2013 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the state legislature demonstrated a financial commitment to future economic development by allocating $86.6 million in funding for business incentives in the state’s biennium, the two year budget cycle covering fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015

Driver Not Needed

How Torc Robotics engineered a leading position in self-driving vehicle tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Texas: What Large Power Users Need to Know About

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Scaling New Heights

An overhauled tax code, a revamped incentives package and a reinvigorated energy plan are making the Northeast U.S. one of the most closely watched regions of the country.

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Changing the World. Again.

by Adam Jones-Kelley

Dr. Fabian Klink won the Hugo Jungers Award for Most Innovative Alliance in 2014 while working at M3DP.

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Saxony-Anhalt is printing parts for space — and your face.

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Working From Our Strengths

Boston’s already a global business gateway. Other cities are carving their own paths to prosperity.

Sun 2.0

We is the world’s largest example of solar thermal heating utilization by an office building?

New Style, Familiar Purpose

O ne of the challenges businesses face in the New Economy is adapting to changing times without losing their core values – those character qualities that define who they are. The task is no less real for Site Selection magazine as we enter our 48th year of publishing. Launched by McKinley […]

Drones ‘R’ Us

While public perception of drone aircraft is driven by accounts of their military use in bombings and spying, legitimate public safety and agriculture are recognized as the primary markets for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the commercial marketplace.

Tar Sands Thruway

On June 30, 2010, TransCanada commenced commercial operation of the first phase of the US$12-billion Keystone Pipeline System,

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The Race For The Workforce of Today

by Gary Daughters

Tennessee’s successes bring challenges and opportunities.

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Can the supply of skills required by advanced industries meet Tennessee companies’ demand for them?

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COVER STORY

JULY 2006 When to Hold ‘Em (cover) Look Inside First Atypical Approach Regional Choices, International Scope Shaw Team Engineers Solutions Give Us Your Opinion! COVER STORY When to Hold ‘Em Shaw Industries Repurposes Assets, Reinvigorates Towns by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com “We have embraced the 21st century by entering such cutting-edge industries as brick, carpet, insulation […]

Brisbane: Growing Port City Lures Business Down Under

C orporate real estate executives seeking a site for Asia-Pacific regional headquarters operations are taking a second look at Brisbane. The state capital of Queensland on the East Coast of Australia, Brisbane is rapidly joining the ranks of Sydney and Melbourne as a true economic powerhouse in the Land Down Under. […]

SHOVEL – READY SITES: New Mexico the Latest to Jump on The Product Development Bandwagon

There’s a reason that, after electrical power and workforce skills, the supply of ready sites was No. 3 on the list of most important site selection factors when we queried site seekers in fall 2024 for Site Selection’s annual Business Climate rankings.

Amazon vs. Walmart

E-commerce and brick-and-mortar expansion continue their cautious dance toward one another.

PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Setting Sail in Hamburg A leading publisher brings its efforts aboard a single vessel for the first time. The $165-million building that will house Spiegel Verlag’s newly consolidated head office was one of the biggest leases of 2007 in Hamburg. Images courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects […]

Features

Parcel Delivery

by Adam Bruns

Dan French, CEO. Brownfield Listings, LLC

Big sites are all about the land — and the water, too.

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Huge Opportunities Begin to Turn Real in Opportunity Zones

The dollar amount invested in Federal Opportunity Zones climbed to another high in the third quarter of 2022, according to figures released in late October by Novogradac.

New Mexico: All About Albuquerque

There’s a lot of movement happening within the borders of New Mexico and that movement appears to come from opportunities — job opportunities, to be specific.

Leadership Begins Here

Southern Oregon University’s micro-credential program creates key connections in the Rogue Valley.

Biggest Names in STEM Fly North For Talent

Investment into Canadian workforce doubles down in three major industries.

Leading in a Time of Crisis

How Texas EDT mobilized to help businesses respond and recover in wake of COVID-19.

International Update

Ports Are in a Storm,

by Adam Bruns

What containerized cargo throughput in this region portends for 2017.

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Watching Where Your Money Goes

Watching Where YourMoney Goes Lowest-Cost EU Labor in Portugal, Greece, Ireland Europe’s lowest hourly labor costs are in Portugal (US$6.25), Greece ($9.83) and Ireland ($14.13), while Germany, Austria and Belgium are Europe’s highest-cost labor locations, reports Eurostat (www.europa.eu), the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Hourly rates vary as much as $20 among the 14 […]

JobsOhio Leads From the Front

Under the leadership of J.P. Nauseef, state agency reels in a record haul.

A City To Live In

The Texas mystique is real, but its economic dynamism could just as easily be said to come from the distinct characters of its many successful cities.

Making Mississippi Mighty Is Job One For Gov. Reeves

Investments into infrastructure, broadband, workforce and site development form the foundation.

FDI in America: Is FDI Still Booming?

On balance it is, and the US is a much more welcoming recipient of that investment than ever before.

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Already Risen

by Adam Bruns

Atlanta’s infrastructure for innovation is moving full steam ahead.

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WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Global Robot Sales Decline in 2006 Switzerland-based Stäubli is a major industrial robot manufacturer. Here, Stäubli’s RXPaint robot applies a high-tech coating on automotive injection molded parts at a plant in Germany. by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he use of industrial robots around the […]

Campus Quarters

A Chinese solar company has big plans for a former IBM R&D facility. Linuo Solar Group expects to start shining new light in 2012 into the long-vacant IBM West Campus in East Fishkill, N.Y

The US-Mexico Border Economy In Transition

From small rural agricultural and ranching communities to large urban centers of innovation and advanced manufacturing, the border is based in both tradition and the crossing of boundaries.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

Sites along the new I-69 Corridor in southwest Indiana won’t stay vacant for long.

Food for Thought

Mars Food North America is transforming. Mississippi is the place the company has chosen to transform in the process.

International Update

In The (Free Economic) Zone? Probably.

by Mark Arend

Much of South Korea is a free economic zone, if going right to China isn’t in the cards.

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Intellectual Energy

Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans bolster Louisiana’s vision of a technology ecosystem.

Textiles, Robotics Among Sectors to Gain R&D Funding

Awards include $1 million to support the new ARMada initiative, which will enhance the offerings of the Fabric Discovery Center to include robotics.

Solving the Workforce Puzzle

Midwest states are finding solutions to ongoing workforce challenges.

Opportunities Along the New Silk Rail Route

In the last five years, the number of operational rail services on the New Silk Rail Route between China and Europe has grown to about 150 rail shuttles per week.

TRADE EDUCATION: Lay the Foundation, Build the Future

America has a massive shortage of trained workers in the trades. Here are some places that are fixing that.

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The Freedom to Fly

by Ron Starner

In 2015, a total of 509,809 tons of air freight were shipped from ONT, including freight delivered by FedEx. ONT is the 15th largest cargo airport in the US.

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‘Local control’ proves to be an important milestone for Ontario International Airport and San Bernardino County, California.

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Why People and Companies are Moving to Greater Phoenix

Chris Camacho, GPEC president and CEO, lays out the case

Back in the Ground

Canada’s oilsands are unique because the sand granules are surrounded by a skin of water, making the oil outside that layer that much easier to procure. The oil in those sands was first identified in the late 1700s, when it was used by First Nations natives in a mix with pine pitch on canoes.

Enabling The American Dream

Economic development in the United States has historically meant job attraction, retention and expansion as the way to ensure sustainable prosperity for residents of a community.

Fueling the Future of Colorado’s Life Sciences Sector

A group of 22 partners representing Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem have banded together to fund a new national economic development campaign to bolster Colorado into “America’s epicenter for life sciences innovation.” Launched in February, the Colorado Hub for Healthcare Impact comprises entities from each level of the state’s life sciences network The campaign highlights six […]

Grid Transformers

A new report ranks the 50 states on their degree of electrical grid modernization. Are customers modern enough to swallow the cost?

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Flyover States Fly High

by Gary Daughters

Why — and where — the heartland is getting hipper.

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Flinging food in Beijing

My new definition for a successful meal is one in which I do not fling food across the room with my chopsticks.

Upstate New York: IBM Goes All In on Chips

Big Blue’s $20 billion investment is transformative for Upstate New York.

Letter from the Publisher: Top International Company of the Year

Last month Conway, publisher of Site Selection magazine, was named the Top International Company of the Year, small business category, an honor bestowed by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Georgia Department of Economic Development and World Trade Center.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SERVICE PROVIDER SHOWCASE

ndustry Expertise.” “Global Breadth.” “Client Focused.” You hear these descriptions often, but what do they mean? More importantly, are these true qualities in a top- notch service provider? Is a global provider superior to a smaller boutique shop? These days, qualifying corporate real estate service providers is a different ballgame. The players are new, and […]

HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES CENTERS: Fast Times in Winston-Salem

The Innovation Quarter brings new life to Winston-Salem. And a new health care door opens in Upstate South Carolina.

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The Tide Turns for Oil & Gas and for Wind

by Adam Bruns

How the election is recalibrating energy prices and hot spots.

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Changing Minds

Greater Fort Lauderdale alters perceptions of business executives around the world. Payoff comes in headquarters, plants and other expansions including a British tobacco company.

Commercial & Industrial Projects Dominate

Developers pounce on available sites.

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.

A New Day Dawns in New York

It’s time to take a closer look at the tech world’s rising heavyweight.

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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Campus Tour

by Adam Bruns

A number of new districts, neighborhoods, incubators and campuses are taking shape across the United States.

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Whole New Level

Regeneron was a fledgling biotech firm employing four people when it moved to the Landmark at Eastview campus in Tarrytown, N.Y., a little more than 20 years ago

The Clean Energy Sector Gets Its Second Wind

Washington leads the way, led by Jefferson, King and Benton counties. Meanwhile, companies and a new research hub are growing in Bellingham.

Where to Get Vertical

The American public may be familiar with the two most heavily used U.S. government-owned launch complexes: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida (located on the same piece of land as NASA's Kennedy Space Center, from where the Space Shuttle launched) and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

IAMC Insider: The Trust Factor

Successful service provider relationships; the industrial surplus property challenge; and corporate cybersecurity tips.

Mobile Momentum

More analysis, cloud computing and smarter buildings are among industry trends. Mobility of corporate real estate technology is a top priority these days as software developers rush to meet demand. Industry observers say there is still reluctance by corporate IT types to embrace the technology, but it will be widely deployed within a few years.

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Feeling Better?

by Adam Bruns

Two new rankings assess US states by overall well-being and by healthcare system flexibility. See where they overlap, and where they don’t.

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That Grand Taste of Tradition

Notes from Kentucky’s unstoppable bourbon boom.

Battle: Film Incentives

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

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Write the Check, Get a Green Card by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com T hat’s what the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services’ Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, known as EB-5, did for 779 foreign individuals and their 2,227 dependents in the most recently concluded fiscal year. All told, […]

Nortel Adapts to New Era of Uncertainty

A TLANTA — When Nortel Networks announced Feb. 15 that it would eliminate 10,000 jobs — or more than 10 percent of its global work force of 94,500 — it was further evidence that the economic slowdown had spread beyond the dot-coms. The dreaded “L” word — layoffs — had reached […]

Where All the Money Goes

Drilling down reveals the top 10 regional locations for defense spending.

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Brexit, Schmexit*

by Adam Bruns

In deciding to invest in the UK, Novo Nordisk finds that hundreds of years of history weigh a lot.

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Why the World Comes to Oregon

A Globally diverse population calls the Beaver State home.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

MAY 2006 Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to the Bottom Line (cover) Capital Lease Funding Expansion at Lexington Corporate Properties Trust Net Lease Capital Advisors Branches Out U.S. Realty Advisors’ Flexibility Big Increases at Capital Lease Funding Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONSALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to […]

Looking for Innovation Locations? Take a Dive Into the Patent Data.

Necessity may be the mother of invention. To lure and cultivate corporate investment, a territory’s knack for invention and innovation is a competitive necessity.

Nature vs. Nurture

Whether you're lucky with climate or good at policy, low-cost power can be an economic development driver.

Push and Pull

Driven by its innovation ecosystem, California is golden again.