Investment Profile

Shell of Its Future Self

by Adam Bruns

A speculative building by definition brings risk before reward. It’s also a great conversation starter.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

The Benefits of the Valiant Veteran

Top U.S. companies look to harness the talent held by the country’s armed forces.

Read Issue

Growing Young

Ohio’s vibrant metro areas are producing more than their share of downtown remakes and re-visions. Funded by a range of public-private entities, TIF arrangements and incentives, these projects’ campus-style atmospheres often have direct ties to university campuses.

Read Issue

Fields of Dreams

Long before Facebook, Google and Yahoo became household names, the central U.S. was laying the foundation for what would become the most vital infrastructure of the world's three biggest Internet companies.

Read Issue

Other Top Development Organizations: Honorable Mentions from 1998

From Site Selection magazine, May 1999 Other Top Development Organizations: Honorable Mentions from 1998 TTaken from the many nominations received for this year’s Site Selection list of top 10 development groups, here are profiles of other worthy organizations from 1998: Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, Bowling Green, Ky.: Played a key role in attracting […]

Read Issue

Top Metros: Strength in Diversity

Frank Sinatra once famously crooned, “My kind of town, Chicago is.” These days he would be joined by a chorus of business and industry executives who have chosen to invest in the Windy City.

Read Issue

Area Spotlights

Aerospace Cluster: Hiring On All Cylinders

by Gary Daughters

Cessna’s Greensboro Service Center services Citation, King Air and Hawker aircraft.

Photo courtesy of Textron Aviation

PTI has become much more than a regional passenger airport.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

2018 Mac Awards

Site Selection’s Mac Conway Awards for Excellence in Economic Development recognize the top local and regional economic development agencies in the US.

Read Issue

Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs

How robots and automation are disrupting virtually every industry, its workers and site selection.

Read Issue

Hungry For More

“Welcome to NikeTown!,” read the signs outside the Oregon state capitol in Salem in December.

Read Issue

Project Bulletin: February 26, 2024

Battery manufacturer EnerSys has plans to invest $500 million at Augusta Grove Business Park located in Greenville, South Carolina.

Read Issue

Sky’s the Limit

Global Logistic Properties has grown up fast.

Read Issue

TrustBelt

Fishers Test Kitchen Chefs Announced

Three food concepts led by chef-entrepreneurs announced for Fishers Test Kitchen, located at Sun King Fishers Innovation Brewery at The Yard at Fishers District.

TrustBelt

Down on the Farm, a Simple Retail Formula Still Works

How Tractor Supply thrives and multiplies in rural America.

Warp Speed

From Haas Automation to Virgin Hyperloop to aerospace, southern Nevada’s manufacturing leadership is leaping forward fast.

Read Issue

Making an Impression

Pennsylvania leads from the front in innovative manufacturing technologies.

Read Issue

Top 20 U.S. Facilities, 1999

1999’s U.S. Location Leviathans b y J A C K L Y N E The very big U.S. business expansion equaled very big facilities: That’s the nutshell tale of the 20 largest corporate facility deals announced in the United States in 1999, as the nation edged toward its longest sustained economic expansion. 1999’s […]

Read Issue

Study Reveals British Columbia’s Low Call Center Labor Costs

W hoever said ignorance is bliss obviously wasn’t looking to site a facility, especially not a call center. And when ignorance means missing out on 40-50 percent in labor costs savings … well it could mean blissful unemployment. But on behalf of those not knowing that Canada’s British Columbia (BC) could save their firms that […]

Read Issue

Closer to Home And Closer to Clients

You can have the best of both worlds in Colorado.

Read Issue

TrustBelt

How Not to Mess Up a Site Selection Deal

by Ron Starner

Prominent consultants give frank advice to communities at TrustBelt.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

View Author Profile

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS : March 2025

Apple’s $500 billion bet on the United States; GlobalFoundries in New York; a new lithium refi nery in Oklahoma; CBRE’s 100 largest o ce leases; Diageo in Alabama; Novva Data Centers in Arizona

Read Issue

Industrial Demand Skyrockets In San Bernardino County

Fortune 500 firms find fertile ground for maximizing growth in Southern California’s new golden market.

Read Issue

The Main Ingredient

When it comes to customer contact centers, workforce matters.

Read Issue

Aerospace Company Sierra Nevada Corp. is Poised for Growth in Colorado

The Nevada-based company is investing at its Colorado locations in Louisville and Colorado Springs.

Read Issue

Work Life Balance. Find it Here.

So, whether it’s a weekend getaway to Lake Erie shores or an evening at the symphony, Ohio’s tourism offerings coupled with a low cost of living makes Ohio an ideal destination for work life balance.

Read Issue

TrustBelt

Help Wanted: Workers Who Speak Robot

by Ron Starner

Help Wanted – Workers Who Speak Robot: As investment in automation accelerates, workforce training programs must keep up.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

View Author Profile

Innovation Begins in The Bay State

Six industries lead the way in Massachusetts.

Read Issue

Going Big? Go to Asia.

For the second straight year, chemical/pharmaceutical facility investment has outpaced transportation equipment.

Read Issue

‘No Two Days Are the Same’

Just because your state has the No. 1-ranked business climate, it doesn’t mean you’re going to escape the consequences of COVID-19 and its corresponding economic earthquake.

Read Issue

Southeast Georgia’s Next Generation Is Ready for Growth

A look into the eyes of the next generation in Effingham County is a look into the confidence face of tomorrow.

Read Issue

Benchmark Setter

Xcel Energy sets ambitious goals and then reaches them. It looks to help customers and communities do the same.

Read Issue

Investment Profile

Milk It For All It’s Worth

by Gary Daughters

A new processing plant could be a game changer for Michigan.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

New Facilities 1990 (Charts), page 6

From Site Selection magazine, February 1991 New Facilities 1990 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1991 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

Read Issue

Mid-Atlantic: Powering Through the Pain

Offshore wind doubles down against adversity.

Read Issue

Powered Up in Southeast Texas

A key player in the global energy industry, Southeast Texas is home to the world’s largest oil refineries.

Read Issue

Sweet Spot

Denmark's Novo Nordisk may soon be expanding further in the United States.

Read Issue

Welcome Mat, Version 2.0

A new incentive targets multinationals’ higher-end regional operations.

Read Issue

Area Spotlights

Placemaking is Nice. Places to Live are Nicer.

by Adam Bruns

Bjarke Ingels Group’s concepts for Google’s “Caribbean” campus in Sunnyvale.

Images from public planning documents courtesy of City of Sunnyvale

It’s all hands on deck as California communities, employers and citizens seek to afford the roofs over their heads.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Tulsa Adds Canoo Plant To Its EV Credentials

Add Oklahoma to the list of states where electric vehicle manufacturing is getting under way.

Read Issue

Report Examines Regional Impact of NIH

A coalition of top research institutions, patient and health advocates, and companies earlier this year published its annual analysis of jobs and economic activity supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding distributed to all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Read Issue

Fresh Blood

Emeryville welcomes renewed investment from Spain’s Grifols in a legacy site.

Read Issue

Base Load

To industry observers and participants alike, it is becoming increasingly clear that the U.S. military is taking an aggressive role in turning to renewable energy sources for a variety of reasons. And that bodes well for the solar industry.

Read Issue

This Little Light of Mine

An industry leader says ‘Smart Rural Communities’ are the first step to economic growth in small-town America.

Read Issue

Investment Profile

SITE Visit: Don’t Fence Me In

by Mark Arend

Companies in this part of the San Antonio metro find the business climate and land where they can grow affordably without the big city delays.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Investment Prevails Despite ‘Time of Turbulence’

Switzerland, Austria and Germany have retained their rankings in the World Economic Forum’s third annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index.

Read Issue

Donnelley’s HQ Move Displays Business Climate Punch

N orth Carolina is fertile turf for expansion-minded companies, finishing No. 1 in Site Selection‘s 2003 business climate rankings. The Tar Heel State’s potent site-selection kick was amply evident in R.H. Donnelley‘s decision to consolidate its headquarters in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (reported earlier as the SiteNet/IAMC Dispatch‘s August Incentives Deal of the Month). In the end, […]

Read Issue

The Medical MECCA

Illinois offers assets that attract companies in the life sciences.

Read Issue

Utah: The Best State for Business

A concerted approach to pro-growth policy has made Utah into an economic force.

Read Issue

Have You Seen Hamilton?

Not the musical. The city that’s been leading Ontario in company project attraction over the past year.

Read Issue

International Update

A Country, a Zone & a Future: How Qatar Plans to Win

by Adam Jones-Kelley

Ras Bufontas Free Zone is set to become an advanced technology and logistics hub for the region.

Rendering & photos courtesy of QFZA

A historically isolated nation used to overcoming the natural embargoes of sand and sea, Qatar has managed to look to the future despite the constraints.

Adam Jones-Kelley

View Author Profile

Tech Talent Base Fuels Innovation in the Region

Startups in Greater Phoenix enjoy longevity and new opportunities

Read Issue

Talent Factories

The 12 public universities in Illinois form the backbone of a higher education roster that knows few peers.

Read Issue

Right in Tune?

The state and provincial governments of the Pacific Northwest already are known for their strong environmental positions when it comes to development and permitting.

Read Issue

Interconnection Brings Central Arizona Economy to Life

For SRP, the concept supports sustainability and prosperity all at once.

Read Issue

Here Come The Kings

St. Louis, Missouri, and Blytheville, Arkansas, top this year’s cumulative and per-capita rankings for metro regions along the Mississippi River.

Read Issue

Investment Profile

Charging Toward the Future

by Adam Bruns

Deqing County, part of the Huzhou region, is home to the United Nations Geospatial Information Management Forum and its annual World Congress.

Photo by Cai Jun

Huzhou’s attractions include technology and manufacturing alongside the ‘invaluable assets’ of its natural beauty.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

All in Favor?

Asked in 2013 to what degree they agreed with the statement “The oil and gas industry provides significant benefits for the whole country,” only 54 percent of those polled in Québec somewhat or strongly agreed.

Read Issue

Sanofi and Solvay Make Moves in Italy

Sanofi-Aventis continues to expand its plant in Brindisi in southern Italy.

Read Issue

Site Selection Magazine Online – The 1998 Governor’s Cup

MARCH 1999 SITE SELECTION GOVERNOR’S CUP • COVER PAGE • MOTOWN RULES • 1998 PROPORTIONAL PERSPECTIVES • METHODOLOGY • NEW CORPORATE FACILITIES AND EXPANSIONS • THE LONG VIEW: MICHIGAN • 1999 FORECAST • 1998 TOP 20 U.S. FACILITIES by J A C K &nbsp L Y N E 1998’s SS Scoreboard demonstrates why […]

Read Issue

Closing the Cybersecurity Talent Gap

From the largest multinational corporation to the smallest mom-and-pop shop, organizations must devote more attention and resources to strengthen their cybersecurity readiness.

Read Issue

Coastline View

Projects up and down the seaboard help companies look outward and inward all at once.

Read Issue

Departments

IAMC Insider: Planning with a View Toward Inclusion and Transparency

New technologies appear set to change the face of the real estate industry.

Ahead of the Curve

“They always seem to be there when we need them,” says Jim E. Mentesti, president of the Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) in Quincy and Adams County, Ill., when asked about his community’s partnership with Ameren Corporation.

Read Issue

Bookends

Boosted by projects — often in multiple phases — from such companies as ExxonMobil, Shintech, Honeywell and Westlake Chemical, East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana tops the project tallies of all counties along the Mississippi River from July 2010 through December 2011.

Read Issue

How Mississippi Keeps the High Seas Safe and Secure

MDA, community colleges support growth of leading shipbuilders.

Read Issue

Whole Lotta Makin’ Goin’ On

In Tupelo, it’s always manufacturing season.

Read Issue

COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE

COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 I n coming years, it may not be that far-fetched to observe a range of products from traditional manufacturing industries supporting the job-creating potential of their former service providers in environmental services, energy management and green building. Such is the powerful, […]

Read Issue

Interchange for a Nation

by Adam Bruns

Infrastructure is integral to the Illinois economy. Pick your national transport mode, and you’ll find it intersects in Illinois.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, May 2009 Instant Space End users eye quick-build facilities. by JOHN W. McCURRYjohn.mccurry bounce@conway.com C Intel used a Sprung Instant Structure for its initial offices in Costa Rica, then later converted it into a company cafeteria. ompanies in the offshore call center and BPO sector often need a quick option […]

Read Issue

Tempting Thailand

Fifteen years after the Thai government shrewdly relaxed monetary policy and allowed its currency, the baht, to drop against the dollar, corporations investing in Thailand are reaping the benefits, accessing a low-cost and educated work force at the crossroads of Asia.

Read Issue

No Doubting ‘Thomas’

A new locomotive factory from GE gets the Texas fast-track treatment.

Read Issue

Get In the District

In November, the International District Heating Association (IDEA) released a new planning guide for community energy, or thermal networks, customized for the Canadian market.

Read Issue

Look What’s Growing in Nebraska

An entrepreneurial ecosystem is rapidly taking shape.

Read Issue

Talent Factories

by Adam Bruns

The 12 public universities in Illinois form the backbone of a higher education roster that knows few peers.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

The Aerotropolis EMEA Conference Report, Part 3:

Africa, Edge City Developments and Keys to Aerotropolis Success

Read Issue

Billions Banking on The Bayou

Louisiana cleans up while helping the world meet its clean energy goals.

Read Issue

What’s Old is New Again

NYC’s historic Brooklyn Army Terminal is breeding modern manufacturers.

Read Issue

Project Bulletin – July 15, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: The project records appearing every week in the Site Selection Project Bulletin are pulled from the Conway Projects Database, a proprietary resource with tens of thousands of records of corporate end-user facility investments across all industry sectors and all world geographies. Want to look for our projects yourself? Look here. Positioned For Wellness […]

Read Issue

Texas Soars

Texas Governor Rick Perry is proud to have won the latest pick-up basketball game with his fellow governors.

Read Issue

No Tech Bubble Here: WWT Bets Big on Edwardsville

by Ron Starner

Fast-rising supply chain solutions provider investing $115M in SW Illinois.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

View Author Profile

Jubail Sets Example for Emerging Economies

I n the new global supply chain — reduced by globalizaton and falling trade barriers — the crunch to shrink costs is driving world-class industries to position production facilities strategically closer to raw materials sources. Low-cost development zones are emerging to accelerate the reverse migration and few industrial sectors have been […]

Read Issue

Rich Vein

As MicroVention comes home to Aliso Viejo, its Japanese parent company feels increasingly at home in California.

Read Issue

Aircraft Production Returns to Oklahoma

When Kratos Defense and Security Solutions announced plans for a major expansion in Oklahoma City, the head of the company’s drone division was clear on why.

Read Issue

Location Tax Incentives: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

Periods of economic crisis are the worst of times and the best of times for state and local business location tax incentives. These tax expenditures, like all expenditures, face an uphill battle when revenues have collapsed and the number of needy residents requiring assistance has increased. At the same time, economic stringency and lack of revenue sharpen government appreciation for business development and job creation. If a crisis combines danger and opportunity, the current downturn could offer an opportunity to improve these incentive programs.

Read Issue

True Story

TVA’s designated data center sites have plenty to lure corporate interest, but the story was the hook that caught a big fish named Google.

Read Issue

Bringing Illinois to the World

by Ron Starner

State leaders hit the road to be globetrotting messengers of commerce.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

View Author Profile

Key to Fulfillment

Kansas is keeping apace of the new speed of delivery.

Read Issue

In the Middle of Everything

Small town makes a big impression in Southwest Ohio.

Read Issue

Amenities & Priorities

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

Read Issue

European Union: How Europe is Rewriting Its Site Location Rules

Highlights from Site Selection ? February/March 1998 European Union: How Europe is Rewriting Its Site Location Rules by Mark Arend On January 1, 1999, the euro will emerge as a negotiable currency, replacing several Western European currencies — the exact number of which will be determined in the coming months. “It is very likely that […]

Read Issue

Cybersecurity Talent Gives Locations an Edge

No longer relegated to the sidelines, cybersecurity moves front and center in corporate strategic planning.

Read Issue

Investment Profile

Logistics Park Expedites Midwest Supply Chains

by Ron Starner

The CSX Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio.

Photo courtesy of JLL and NorthPoint Development

NorthPoint teams up with JLL, CSX and BNSF to deliver an industrial game changer.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

View Author Profile

How Wisconsin Builds a Construction Workforce

Pandemic does not slow down ABC’s approach to job training.

Read Issue

In-House Power

Anthony Perdigao, VP of Operations at Zotos (fourth from right), leads the team and local officials in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the company’s $7-million, 3.3 MW wind-energy project, the largest wind plan of any manufacturer in the U.S. Joining him are New York State Senator Michael Nozzolio (fourth from left); state Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (third from right); and Geneva Mayor Stu Einstein (second from right). Also joining them are the Zotos wind project team, including Mark Massa of Plant IQ (far right); Ross Gansz, senior director of procurement/operations at Zotos (third from left); Jack O’Donnell, director of finance at Zotos (second from left); and Al Hawker, senior manager, environmental and safety at Zotos (far left).
New York photos courtesy of Zotosn the tranquil Finger Lakes community of Geneva, N.Y., the company known for inventing the machine-less permanent wave 80 years ago

Read Issue

Trimming Taxes in Arkansas

Personal, corporate income tax cuts accelerated in Arkansas.

Read Issue

Down Time May Be Investment Time in South America

“I ‘m very optimistic about the economy and about what’s happening here in Mexico,” says Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. The software giant announced in August that it plans to invest US$60 million to train 20,000 Mexican software developers. The company will team up with 3,000 computer and technology professors to help Mexico develop a software […]

Read Issue

Nevada: The Start of Something Big?

Federal Tech Hub status stokes Nevada’s clean energy dreams.

Read Issue

Area Spotlights

Good Problems to Have

by Gary Daughters

The challenges facing the leaders of three fast-growing Texas cities

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Core Value at the Country’s Core

Missouri’s southwestern corner is the nation’s reman capital.

Read Issue

Michigan-Based Partnerships Propel Toyota into a Cleaner, Greener Future

Backed by a nearly $50 million investment, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is constructing a new automotive battery lab at its North American R&D headquarters...

Read Issue

Where Investors Reap the Biggest Returns

Want to grow your company? California offers the most fertile soil.

Read Issue

How Kansas Is Bridging the Digital Divide

More than 150,000 Kansans do not have access to high-speed internet, according to the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD), an agency created by Governor Laura Kelly in 2020 that resides in the state’s Department of Commerce.

Read Issue

Answering The Call

The information and communication technology industry accounts for three percent of total U.S. electricity consumption, half of which is attributed to telecommunications. With this is mind, Verizon has been looking at ways to power its facilities using reliable and sustainable technologies.

Read Issue

Area Spotlights

Bring it On

by Gary Daughters

Texas state capital Austin continues to be one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation.

Photo: Getty Images

Businesses are flocking to Texas. Governor Greg Abbott still wants more.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Cameron County’s Mission To Mars

Space-focused businesses take off in Cameron County.

Read Issue

Middle Class, Development Zones Drive FDI to China

Of the five countries attending March's BRICS summit in South Africa, only one could boast a growth rate significantly higher than 5 percent.

Read Issue

New Facilities 1995, page 8 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 Top Industry Groups for 1995 Facilities Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1996 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

Read Issue

The Multi-City Approach

Sale-leaseback works for strategies being implemented by State Farm and BlueLinx.

Read Issue

Beating the Spread

Chicago, like many cities, is seeing a return to the city center from corporations and regular folks alike. But Chicagoland by definition encompasses 15 Illinois counties other than Cook County (21 if you count northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin).

Read Issue

Investment Profile

New Day Dawning

by Adam Bruns

With the goal of being the best in the Midwest, a cascade of changes has set Missouri on a new economic development course. Try to keep up.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Living History

Expanding museums are doing their part to place veterans and their stories front and center.

Read Issue

California: A ‘Eureka’ Moment For Offshore Wind

California is leveraging new floating technology to bolster its energy future.

Read Issue

IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, March 2003

Palm Harbor Program Finalized The Spring 2003 IAMC Professional Forum, slated for April 6?9 in Palm Harbor, Fla., has adopted the theme “Getting it Done Right: Industrial Asset Management Approaches to Proficiency and Profitability.” Building on the success of the inaugural IAMC Professional Forum in Savannah, Ga., the keynote speakers […]

Read Issue

Public, Private Investment Grew Kansas’ Biotech Sector in 2022

Biotech: Public, Private Investment Grew Kansas' Biotech Sector in 2022

Read Issue

Consumers Energy: ‘Let’s Move Some Dirt’

Michigan takes another road to industrial site development.

Read Issue

International Update

China Foreign Investment Law Takes a New Direction

China’s new law addresses IP protection while remaining vague about other investment concerns.

Regional Hub Status Clearly Within Reach

Sectors succeed when industry and government are on the same page.

Read Issue

Startup Launchpad Opens in Booming Big Apple Cluster

As the 2016 Life Sciences Outlook from JLL reported in December, the Big Apple's life sciences cluster is growing rapidly.

Read Issue

XCEL Energy: Pioneer & Partner

Xcel Energy’s economic development vision is as clear as its power portfolio is clean.

Read Issue

Dynamic Destination

Only five years after accession to the European Union, Poland was the only EU nation to show GDP growth in 2009, as the rest of the EU and most of the world faltered.

Read Issue

Colorado: The Final Frontier?

The data are indisputable as the state positions
itself as a leader in the aerospace industry.

Read Issue

Features

Critical Mass

by Savannah King

Massachusetts’ dense life sciences ecosystem continues to be a driving force in the state’s economy — even out west.

Savannah King

View Author Profile

Gamers Have Georgia On Their Minds

Chris Rickwood may not be a household name to music enthusiasts around the U.S., but that may be only because they are listening to music through traditional media.

Read Issue

Where Data & Business Processes Converge

When it comes to a growth economy, the name of the game these days is IT, ICT or the IoT— even in an industrial plant in the countryside.

Read Issue

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: ZONES OF OPPORTUNITY

conomic Development Zones go by many different names across the country, including Enterprise Zones (Virginia), Renaissance Zones (Michigan), Keystone Opportunity Zones (Pennsylvania), or Empowerment Zones (Federal Government). While names may vary, so also do the benefits to the corporate user. Essentially, these zones serve a similar purpose wherever they exist. The primary purpose behind the […]

Read Issue

Cincinnati’s ‘Living Room’ Boosts Regional Performance

A renaissance in the Queen City’s downtown is just one aspect of this bi-state region’s economic development momentum.

Read Issue

Around the Real Estate World in 80 Minutes

Where do real estate consultants go for their expertise before meeting with corporate real estate professionals to plot strategy? Besides drawing on their own professional credentials, many attend educational meetings of The Counselors of Real Estate, a Chicago-based association of real estate consultants. The group’s Midyear Meeting in Seattle, held April 18-21, was a good […]

Read Issue

Investment Profile

Talent: Where Supply Meets Demand

by Mark Arend

Tao Xingzhi, a renowned 20th century Chinese educator and reformer, founded Nanjing Xiaozhuang University in the heart of Nanjing, in 1927.

Photo by Mark Arend

Nanjing’s many universities and other higher education institutions are meeting and exceeding investors’ human resources requirements.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

The Steel Behind India’s Economic Surge

The steel behind India’s economic surge.

Read Issue

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.

Read Issue

New Solar Census, No Sunny Consensus

A new tally of solar jobs nationwide debuts just as new tariffs kick in.

Read Issue

Japan’s Corporate Evolution Is Creating New Opportunities

Identifying Sector-Specific FDI and Export Locations

Read Issue

How to Select an Optimal Distribution Site

Common business wisdom used to hold that if you built a better mousetrap, the world would beat a path to your doorstep. But that was before people started shopping over the Internet and expecting almost instantaneous delivery of the products they ordered. Today, a growing number of customers demand exceptional logistics service from their vendors. […]

Read Issue

Departments

Editor’s View: Complex Calculus Simplified

by Mark Arend

Editor in Chief Mark Arend ponders the math behind recent predictions of recession.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Central Virginia Workforce Fuels Nuclear Firm’s Growth

Lynchburg-based BWXT is expanding on multiple fronts, with part of that growth designed to one day propel astronauts to Mars.

Read Issue

Newsmaker of the Month: St. Joe Company

W hen people think of Florida, most probably envision sandy white beaches, family-oriented theme parks and lots of retirement communities. When business people think of Florida, the hot spots of Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Orlando and Jacksonville readily come to mind. But what about Northwest Florida — or the region locals like […]

Read Issue

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles

Related Articles