Two financial asset management firm CEOs tell Ron Starner why St. Petersburg, Florida, is the best place for their headquarters.
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Shovel-Ready Infrastructure and Shovel-Ready Industrial Sites Go Hand in Hand
The St. Louis regional ports reported early this year that they had moved from No. 3 to No. 2 for inland port total tonnage, handling 37.4 million tons of commodities over the course 2018, a 13.2% increase.
Photo courtesy of St. Louis Regional Freightway
Could they work in tandem to lend a hand to a recovering economy?
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IAMC Insider: IAMC Supports You
IAMC Chair Colleen Caravati details the ways IAMC is there to support its members during the pandemic. John Salustri talks to company leaders about force majeure and getting along with landlords.
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Desjardins Brings an Iconic Tower and a Neighborhood to Life
Key to the transformation of the Montréal Tower was removal of its original prefabricated concrete panels to make way for a glass curtain wall covering 60% of the façade.
Photos by Stéphane Brügger courtesy of Provencher Roy and v2com newswire
The financial giant has moved more than 1,300
employees into the Montréal Tower originally built
for the 1976 Olympic Games. More are on the way.
The Connected City: How a New Pier is Bringing Everyone Together in St. Pete, FL
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is passionate about a lot of things when it comes to discussing his city of 265,000 people on the Gulf Coast of West Central Florida. But he seems to get especially animated when asked about the recent opening of the new St. Pete Pier.
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Are We Better Than This?
“Racism exists in nearly every corner of the world. It is most toxic, most socially destructive, in America.”
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Area Spotlights
Utah: UVU’s Model for Tomorrow Is Available Today
Bridge-building at Utah Valley University is both a metaphor and a concrete project, as the I-15 pedestrian bridge links rail transit service UTA FrontRunner’s Orem Central Station with campus.
Image courtesy of UVU
Utah Valley University President Dr. Astrid Tuminez brings her unique experience to bear on a vision for higher education.
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Features
Car Makers Turn on a Dime to Manufacture Healthcare Solutions
Weiss Memorial Hospital receives a shipment of VOCSN critical care ventilators Friday, April 17, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. The ventilators were produced at the General Motors manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana through a partnership with Ventec Life Systems.
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo courtesy of GM
Pivots by these four North American OEMs demonstrate a legacy of innovation and ingenuity.
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How Texas Trains Workers for Today and Tomorrow
Leading in a Time of Crisis
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Investment Profile
How SRP Meets IT Clients’ Sustainable-Energy Requirements
Photo courtesy of EdgeCore
SRP answers the challenge from data center and IT companies looking for creative solutions that include and go beyond sustainability expertise.
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Area Spotlights
A Virtual Peloton Through Rural Iowa
Photo of 2019 RAGBRAI ride courtesy of The Des Moines Register
Checking in on economic development news in the towns where those thousands of RAGBRAI riders would have stopped overnight.
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Investment Profile
Pasco: Where Life-Science Firms Incubate & Grow
TouchPoint Healthcare HQ in Pasco.
Thriving med-tech cluster is emerging about 20 minutes north of Tampa.
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Area Spotlights
Meet the Dean of Hemp
Murray State University’s Tony Brannon was way ahead on how to grow hemp. Now he’s a man in demand.
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Investment Profile
Sink or Swim
Come to southwestern Indiana and you’ll find an 8,000-acre megasite with all the bells and whistles and a rock-solid workforce ready to help their region and nation bounce back.
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Area Spotlights
Scottsdale Airpark Evolves into an Urban 18-hour City
The Cavasson project at the Greater Scottsdale Airpark will include 500,000 sq. ft. of office space for Nationwide Insurance Co.
Photo courtesy of Nationwide Realty Investors
A Colliers report outlines a renaissance at the airport park that today is home to 3,300 companies.
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Investment Profile
The Park That Thought of Everything
MAIP partnered with the USA BMX Foundation to open the Mayes County BMX track, the first such venue in the nation to build its ridership based on STEM programs.
In February, MAIP opened its 25,000-sq.-ft. Center of Excellence dedicated to technology, training and career opportunities.
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Investment Profile
Hungary:Europe’s E-Mobility Nerve Center
Budapest, Hungary
Photo: iStock
Only in a market as agile, well-educated and competitive as Hungary can an established ecosystem, like the automotive industry, transform into its logical extension — e-mobility.
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Area Spotlights
What You Need to Know About the Buckeye State
Columbus, Ohio
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Dr. Bill LaFayette is who you turn to for in-depth, on-the-ground and candid analysis of the cost of doing business in Ohio, among other topics.
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