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by Adam Bruns

The Ammon Pinizzotto Biopharmaceutical Innovation Center will house the future NIIMBL headquarters starting in early 2020 on the University of Delaware’s STAR campus (pictured).

Image courtesy of Bancroft Construction

NIIMBL aims to help biotech move — you guessed it — faster and more effectively.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Indiana: An Underdog No More

A Hoosier’s 25-year trek in semiconductor manufacturing brings him back home to Indiana.

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Clean Machine

They could be … the most interesting men in the world.

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Blue Hen Blockbuster

Thanks to its friendly and straightforward laws, Delaware is known as the place to domicile your company, as well as the place to declare it bankrupt.

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Telling the Distribution Center Story

It's a fact. Communities would rather have manufacturers and corporate headquarters than distribution centers.

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Editor’s View: The Awards We Bestow – And One We Don’t

We don’t bestow awards for courage in our annual Best to Invest suite of location honors each May. So we couldn’t honor Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó with one.

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TrustBelt

Can Developers Breathe New Life into Dead Malls?

by Ron Starner

Retail experts share their prescription for curing dying properties.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Huntsville Goes to Work

Mazda-Toyota’s site decision sparks ‘fast and furious’ response in northern Alabama.

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H ungering for some good Tex-Mex cuisine? Well, you’re not alone. Some of the world’s largest companies soon will be buying a lot of food in Texas and Mexico, which together captured four of Site Selection’s Top Ten Deals of 2003. From Texas Instruments and Toyota in […]

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Found in Translation

After looking at some 50 sites, Roche last week announced it would bring 200 jobs to the new center at the Alexandria Center for Life Science – New York City, formerly known as East River Science Park.

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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 […]

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Project Bulletin: April 15, 2024

China-based solar module manufacturer Seraphim Energy Group announced last week that it would be investing $829 million in the Huadu district within China’s Guangdong province.

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TrustBelt

Gambling on Growth

Measuring casinos’ economic contribution to the TrustBelt economy.

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Quantifying the Impact of Foxconn

by Ron Starner

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer is already reshaping the landscape of 2 states.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Allen: The New Boomtown of Texas

Jobs engine emerges in a North Dallas suburb known for high school football.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Querétaro Project Helps Firm Mark Golden Anniversary in Mexico Digital Media Find Fertile Ground in Connecticut, Chicago and Canada One Niche Spurs Another? The aseptic processing area (right) is an important and soon-to-be-growing part of Bioniche’s campus in Belleville, Ont., located on the Bay […]

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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 […]

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International Business Climates: A European Incentives Update

E conomic slowdown and uncertainty is increasing pressure on companies to improve margins. Within Europe, one response of multinational corporations has been to initiate cost reduction through consolidation/rationalization /relocation projects of both manufacturing and service activities. Government financial incentives are available for these projects (as well as typical new/greenfield investments) and […]

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Texas Hold’em

Guess which state has an ace in the hole in corporate recruiting.

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TrustBelt

Banking on the Business of Sports

by Ron Starner

From the Green Bay Packers to the 2020 Ryder Cup, Northeast Wisconsin seeks big wins on and off the field.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Battle: Film Incentives

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

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Collaborating to Compete: One Canadian Cluster’s Bench-to-Bedside Approach

Quick: Where were both insulin and stem cells discovered? If you said Canada's largest city, give yourself a red maple leaf.

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One Big Greenhouse

Iroko Pharmaceuticals was little more than a seed five years ago. But it planted itself in two of the most fertile growth media for life sciences: Greater Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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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.

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North American Reports: Honda’s Sure Thing

From Site Selection magazine, September 2006 NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS Honda’s Sure Thing A new assembly plant in southeast Indiana is just part of the solution for both a region and a company. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com D uring his first weeks as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President George […]

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Area Spotlights

Straight from the Source

by Gary Daughters

What state manufacturing experts want you to know.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Waste Not

Could a harmonic smart-grid convergence be at hand in Japan? The seemingly intractable problem of storing renewable power might be solvable via, of all things, a large tract of landfill and a steady stream of used batteries.

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Question and Insight: Growing Where You’re Transplanted, Site Selection Magazine, January 2004

D ennis Cuneo may be one of the most sought-after site seekers in the world. But enter “Cuneo” in a search engine, and you’re likely to read a lot about a province in northern Italy or an Arizona feng shui master before you find any trace of the Senior Vice President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing […]

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Why They Come, and Why They Stay

Texas firms will hire 1.4 million new workers by 2026. Here’s how the state does it.

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On a Higher Plain

Colorado’s colleges and universities compete to win on the national stage.

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Illinois Turns 200

As part of the bicentennial celebration underway this year in the nation's 21st state, we take a look at seven companies with a major presence in the Land of Lincoln.

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Crypto Cowboys

by Savannah King

Wyoming is leading the drive in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Savannah King

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Longtime Partner

A new project in West Lafayette continues a long tradition of innovation and industry collaboration at Purdue University.

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STATISTICAL PROFILE: Mighty Numbers

Mississippi by the numbers.

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Rolls-Royce Picks Delta TechOps for Key Engine Work at ATL

Utah Aerospace Pathways Program Takes Flight, UK Airport City Plans Manchesterto- Beijing Link, ‘China Cluster’, GKN Aerospace Brings Jobs to Pierce County, Washington

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Top Service Providers 2002: Site Selection Names Eight Client Service Award Winners, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

E ight corporate real estate service provider companies have won Site Selection/ William Dorsey Service Provider Awards for work they did in 2002 that exceeded the expectations of their clients. These awards, now in their fourth year, recognize those companies that are helping evolve the definition of client service in the corporate real estate context. […]

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Arizona Focuses on Encouraging Innovation, Not Regulating It

By welcoming new technologies, Arizona creates a successful environment to launch, scale and test new ideas.

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Area Spotlights

Local Capital, Greenhouses Lure Plant Science Investment

by Adam Bruns

Image by Getty Images

Benson Hill follows a clearly marked trail of life sciences innovation to a new home in St. Louis.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS : January 2025

Amgen in North Carolina; Amazon in Fort Myers; a plastics pioneer in Fort Worth; Eli Lilly in Wisconsin; an automotive company in Michigan; a printing facility turns into a data center in Kansas City.

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The Pendulum Swings Back

Mitigating Risk through Regionalism in Asia

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The Main Ingredient

When it comes to customer contact centers, workforce matters.

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How Texas Trains Workers for Today and Tomorrow

It starts with solid leadership and a multi-faceted approach.

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The Ring of Gratification

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

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Area Spotlights

From Moscow With Love

by Ron Starner

Rendering of Emsi’s new 70,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in downtown Moscow.

Photo courtesy of Emsi

How a location data firm found its new HQ in its hometown.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Where to Find Business Solutions in the Northwest

Greater Portland is a mecca for business services firms.

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Who Declared Amazon the Chief Rule-Maker? Rethinking Economic Development in the Wake of HQ2

With Amazon’s scavenger hunt for a second (and third) headquarters now a thing of the past, lingering questions have been left in its wake, especially surrounding the water cooler aspects of the hunt.

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Editor’s View: Is the Labor Pool Half Empty or Half Full?

Just how bad is the workforce shortage in the U.S.? We report on huge new projects and expansions in every issue. Are there skilled workers to fill them all?

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New Facilities 1995, page 4 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 New Facilities Index 1987-1996 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.

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Open Invitation

Is there any business more Canadian than Tim Hortons?

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Features

The Building Blocks of Industries

by Adam Bruns

Tire production at the Continental plant in Korbach.

Photo courtesy of continental.com

The Deep South and the global south top the charts in tire and chemical project investments

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Mid-Atlantic: Legacy Food Firms Aren’t Stuck in The Past

Nor are a range of other companies growing in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.

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Locations of the Future

Where site selectors are most likely to invest in the next five years.

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DATA CENTERS: Stars Align In Wonder Valley

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary bets $70 billion on a new AI park in Alberta.

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Food and Beverage Steeped in Hampton Roads

Global food and beverage companies continue to make major investments in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metro area.

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Beyond China and India

Tips on building an effective resource allocation strategy for investing in ASEAN provinces and states

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Area Spotlights

The Silver State, Version 2.0

by Mark Arend

The Silver State positions itself for high-tech investment and as a professional sports center.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Certified Sites Reduce Risk for Growing Companies

When businesses are ready to grow quickly, Missouri’s Certified Sites Program is there to help them find the perfect site for their expansion or relocation needs.

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Behind Boeing’s Flight Plan

W hen Boeing Co. touches down in Chicago and opens its new headquarters on Sept. 4, the world’s largest aerospace firm will teach corporate asset managers everywhere a valuable lesson: Don’t be afraid to leave home. Rather, base every real estate decision according to how your company is structuring itself for the future. […]

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Poised for Growth

How the Oklahoma business climate attracts industry and improves incomes.

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To the Moon, Alice!

Need a ride outside the troposphere? Commercial air service will only get you so far.

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New Facilities 1988 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1989 New Facilities 1988 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1989 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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T-Minus Two Weeks

Online Insider: T-Minus Two Weeks

Latin America’s Success Counters Global Drop in FDI

We give growing countries in the region — Colombia, Chile and Costa Rica among them — the respect they’re due.

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Shining a Bright Light on Illinois Solar Expansion

When it comes to solar power, looks can be deceiving.

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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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Creating the Talent of Tomorrow Today

Missouri’s four-year universities are educating and training the workforce of tomorrow.

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CenterPoint Energy: A $40 Billion Jack Of All Trades

When it comes to supporting economic development in Texas, CenterPoint Energy qualifies as the jack of all trades. A diversified, $40-billion energy company headquartered in Houston, CenterPoint serves more than 7 million customers in six states with electric and natural gas energy and employs around 9,000 people. In one form or another, this company has […]

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Area Spotlights

3 Cities Bucking the Tide of Midwest Talent and Population Loss

by Ron Starner

Photos: Getty Images

Where jobs and people are growing, you’ll find 7 things these locations have in common.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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What Gets Measured

Four snapshots demonstrate what can happen when data, energy and square footage meet.

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Conduits for Change

To attendees of the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London (not to mention Londoners themselves), the most important underground asset is the city’s venerable Tube, operated by Transport for London. Due to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, the system carries more than 1 billion passengers a year (more than the entire National Railway Network), and is in the midst of a major upgrade of all its lines.

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Arkansas Has Been Building Businesses For 200 Years

Find hidden jewels in every corner of the state.

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The Arkansas Advantage: Relationships Build an Ecosystem for Growth

If you want to know why so many companies thrive in Arkansas, it pays to listen to the people who run these firms.

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SeaTac City Emerges As an Epicenter for Economic Activity

With its unmatched connectivity and transit-connected housing, this could be the home of your new headquarters in the state of Washington.

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Features

Amenities & Priorities

by Adam Bruns

Alexandria’s continued expansion of The Eastlake Life Science Campus in Seattle includes 1150 Eastlake Avenue East and 1165 Eastlake Avenue East, where Adaptive Biotechnologies just signed a 12-year, full-building lease.

Renderings courtesy of Alexandria

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

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Thinking Ahead

Northeast States: There are reasons that New Jersey (second), New York (sixth) and Pennsylvania (ninth) all place among the top 10 states in total R&D. Certainly the region’s strength in the nation’s leading R&D recipient sector, chemicals, and its pharmaceuticals subsector is one.

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Could a Post-Pandemic National Industrial Strategy Advance the Cause of Advanced Manufacturing?

A new report urges the U.S. government to develop a national industrial strategy.

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Less Energy, More Dollars

A new ranking salutes cities across three population tiers for their energy-efficient building portfolios.

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Meet Massachusetts’ Chief Business Builder

Yvonne Hao brings her unique perspective
to economic development.

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A Sweet Deal

Mars Chocolate North America likes to say that “Snickers really satisfies.” The 100-year-old confectionary company may soon be saying that “Topeka really satisfies Mars.”
The city of Topeka, Kan., received a sweet treat of its own when Mars announced a $250-million, 200-job plant investment in the capital community.

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Area Spotlights

Ready to Rise, Once Recognized

by Adam Bruns

"Singer," a mural by Suzy Schultz, adorns an overpass along the Atlanta Beltline's Westside Trail at Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., named for the civil rights leader.

Photo courtesy of Atlanta Beltline Partnership

Southeast: Ready to Rise, Once Recognized

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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FDI In America: ‘Friends & Allies’ To Thank For Gains In U.S. Investment

July 2023 data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show that foreign direct investment (FDI) into the United States grew $216.8 billion at year-end 2022 to $5.25 trillion.

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Multiple Visions

The billions and the visionaries keep flocking to Buffalo. Really.

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Tales and Trails

From genealogy to health and wellness, Oklahoma is luring visitors for unique reasons.

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The New Land Rush

A retooled approach to business development and renewed investment into infrastructure are winning corporate facility projects in Oklahoma.

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Good Prognosis

Korea’s economy is exhibiting encouraging signs as 2009 draws to a close. FDI announcements for the first nine months reached US$8 billion, up 8 percent from 2008.

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Minority Report: Atlanta

by Adam Bruns

Black perspectives on economic development, technology and startups in the city too busy to hate.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Mexico Has New Angles on NAFTA Trade Equation

“W e really haven’t started to see the entire impact from the NAFTA agreement,” says Jim Bruce, a consultant with Flur Daniel in Atlanta. The NAFTA agreement is eight years old, but there are new components of the trade agreement equation that have business on all sides of the U.S. and […]

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Servicing the Wind

Hubs develop to handle cargo and meet the wind power
sector’s manufacturing and service needs.

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Plugging in From the Desert:

New Projects from Facebook Connect to Worldwide Goals

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Automation is One Thing, AI is Another

New Brookings analysis shows which areas of the country are most and least exposed.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: LEADERS IN INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE

JULY 2006 What Does It Take to Become a Leader In the Field of Industrial Real Estate? (cover) Client Service Focus Keeping Up With the Ever-evolving Industrial Real Estate Marketplace Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION LEADERS IN INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE What Does It Take to Become a Leader In the Field of Industrial Real Estate? Corporate […]

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Investment Profile

The Best of Both Worlds

by Ron Starner

Historic downtown Lufkin

Photo courtesy of Lufkin EDC

Lufkin offers BIG-CITY amenities in a SMALL-TOWN package.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Would You Go to Work Here?

Amazon’s ‘The Spheres’ highlights the trend of making the workplace more compelling — even as it seems to find its hometown more repellent.

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Behind the Cape

With Wilmington leading, Cape Fear steps out of the shadows.

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The Brightest Ideas Are Coming from Austin

Ever heard of Volcon, Ayro or Hyliion? They’re just a few of the lesser known firms trying to make the Austin region the electric vehicle capital of the world.

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IAMC INSIDER

May 2006 The Knowledge Team (cover) Meet a Member Incentives: The Devil’s in the Details Developer: Be Flexible, Global and Political A Sleeper Project Request Information

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Hale & Hearty

Missouri’s bioscience and health innovation companies are leading the way to life saving research and scientific advancements.

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Features

License to Build

by Gary Daughters

Terrace Lofts, by Tideline Partners, is within walking distance of public transit and downtown Vista, California.

Image courtesy of Tideline Partners

Circulate San Diego’s Mobility Certification is giving a boost to transit-oriented development.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Repaying Nature’s Bounty

Of the more than 750 food-sector facility projects tracked around the world by the Conway Data New Plant Database between January 2009 and April 2010, nearly 15 percent had something to do with adult beverages

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Growth Curves

Volkswagen’s global head of factory planning explains how the company’s Tennessee site facilitated LEED-Platinum certification. In late March Volkswagen announced it would add 800 more jobs to the payroll at its new plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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A Perfect Fit

“The Tesla Killer” locates its new luxury electric automobile plant in Case

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TRIED AND TRUE

Illinois’ strengths prove invaluable to growing businesses.

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PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: Building a Bigger, Better Texas

A new Statewide Economic Development Strategic Plan aims to unify Texans around a common goal: Ensure that Texas remains the best state for business into the year 2030 and beyond.

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Investment Profile

DHL Commerce Gateway Demonstrates Turnkey Approach to Logistics

by Mark Arend

When customers begin moving into the DHL Commerce Gateway, they’ll be doing more than merely occupying space near the Port of Charleston.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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‘A Place Where You Can Connect’

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

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Blown On Course

In January, using new employment data from 123 countries and the European Union, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said that in 2012, employment in renewable energy worldwide stood at 5.7 million with the potential for adding 11 million jobs in the years to 2030, with 2.1 million of the new jobs coming from the wind sector.

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