Area Spotlights

St. George Catches Up With the Times

by Gary Daughters

St. George is one of the country’s fastest growing metro areas.

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Or is it the other way around?

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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A Smarter Global Platform

Two advanced developments in Honduras connect forward-thinking companies to worldwide markets.

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Twin Engines

AstraZeneca and MedImmune continue to find Maryland optimal for pipeline development.

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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.

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Mark Siegel, president of Advance Broadcast Solutions, says the combination of convenient transport and a pro-business philosophy by the local government was enough to convince him to relocate his company to the City of SeaTac.

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Workforce Within Reach

Kansas universities keep higher education within reach for the state’s workforce.

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Want Big Projects?

by Adam Bruns

New York Governor Says Big Site Prep Is Essential

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Utilities’ Role in Economic Development: Getting Plugged In

W hen national electronics retailer Best Buy needed to place a regional distribution center in the Southeast, the Georgia Center for Site Selection played a pivotal role. What’s unique about the GCSS? It’s operated by a utility cooperative association — the Georgia Electric Membership Corp. (GEMC) in Atlanta. The center helps […]

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Oregon Revisited

Oregon’s tourism industry gets a boost after the pandemic slow-down.

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North American Reports, Site Selection Magazine, November 2003

From Site Selection magazine, November 2003 NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS Milwaukee’s Waves of Change This summer, hundreds of thousands of Harley Davidson motorcycles roared into their birthplace to celebrate the Milwaukee company’s 100th anniversary. But Milwaukee is spending a lot less time looking back these days. To be sure, manufacturing’s presence in […]

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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.

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Top Deals: 1999’s Very Honorable Mentions

America Online, Prince William County, Va.: The online king of clicks that swallowed Time-Warner searched nationwide before siting this $520 million, 200-employee technology center in this Northern Virginia county, which also bagged Covad Communications’ 1,000-employee technical center. Ameritrade, Fort Worth, Texas: Also part of the clicks-to-bricks brigade, Ameritrade will meet burgeoning online demand with this […]

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Back to the future? Tesla, DeLorean taking Texas There

by Ron Starner

Tesla, Delorean Taking Texas There

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Losing Pounds and Gaining Partners Key to North Carolina Life Sciences Momentum

A $4.1 billion investment from Denmark’s Novo Nordisk offers a view into a strong ecosystem of higher education partnership and support.

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You Can’t Cut Wood with a Hammer

Building successful Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is extremely difficult. The 2020s have been a bad decade for many SEZs.

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Breakthrough Deals: New Trend

Breakthrough Deals: New Trend-Setting Corporate Locationsb y T I M V E N A B L E Auto plants in Detroit. Financial services offices in New York City. Distribution centers in Chicago. Those cities and facility types go together like bread and butter, the result of decades of business success. But the world […]

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Tens of Billions Invested in Greater Phoenix Mark Watershed Moment For U.S. Chip Manufacturing

Read exclusive insights from Taiwan Semiconductor about their $12 billion investment; Greater Phoenix Economic Council Preside

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Steel Titans Betting Billions On Arkansas

Mississippi County will soon take over as the top steel producer in the country.

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The Lone Star Lifestyle

by Savannah King

Five reasons life is larger in the Lone Star State.

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From the Small Screen To the Big Box

Online orders boost need for e-commerce retailers to expand their West Coast presence.

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Sun and Wind Projects Debut in Northwest Ohio

A new manufacturing plant will create 500 jobs, while a new wind farm creates electrons for GM.

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Turner Properties’ Full Plate: $1.2 Billion in Atlanta Expansions

The workplace plate just got very, very full for Turner Properties, which manages the multifaceted real estate empire of Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System (TBS at www.turner.com). TBS has announced that it’s spend US$1.2 billion over the next five years on Atlanta projects that will accommodate 3,800 new employees. Those 3,800 new jobs represent a whopping […]

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Reinvesting in Recreation and Wildlife Preservation

From dam removal to new camping sites, outdoor projects receive major funding boost.

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That Grand Taste of Tradition

Notes from Kentucky’s unstoppable bourbon boom.

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Made in Texas

by Savannah King

Manufacturing in Texas sets a high bar.

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Financial Literacy is a Workforce Win-Win

Citi is one of the most engaged financial services companies in the Cincinnati region when it comes to workforce development.

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Workers are An Automotive Projects Magnet

Why Ford chose Tennessee for its biggest single EV investment.

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The American Imperative: Why to Invest in America

What’s driving the U-turn in capital investment project trajectories from offshore locations back to U.S. sites – and to the Midwest in large measure?

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Digital Talent Comes of Age in PUERTO RICO

A look at three growing institutions tells you why.

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Project Bulletin: January 30, 2024

The last few weeks have been filled with news of major data center investments touching down in the U.S., among them Google’s $845 million Fort Wayne, Indiana, project and Meta’s $800 million Jeffersonville, Indiana, announcement.

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Frequent Flyers

by Adam Bruns

Aerospace and Defense Companies Keep Reinvesting in Texas

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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The Right Place Arrives at the Right Time

Consumers Energy partners with Grand Rapids leaders to respond to COVID-19.

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Turbine Tally

Last week the US Dept. of Energy released two new reports showcasing record growth across the U.S. wind power market. According to the DOE, in 2012 wind energy became the number one source of new U.S. electricity generation capacity for the first time - representing 43 percent of all new electric additions and accounting for $25 billion in U.S. investment.

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Climate Change

Northeast states grapple with perceptions, and reality, concerning tax structure.

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Get Out, and Come Back Soon

Late last month, for only the second time ever, a sitting U.S. president formally blocked a foreign acquisition, due to purported security concerns involving the foreign firm’s deployment of wind turbine technologies near a 47,000-acre (19,021-hectare) U.S. Navy test and training site in Oregon.

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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. […]

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Sports Just Go Bigger in Texas

by Ron Starner

Nowhere is the Lone Star State’s enthusiasm for sports more evident than in Frisco.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Records Are Made to be Broken in Kentucky

Having passed the pandemic slump, bourbon production and tourism soar to new heights.

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View from Space

The University of Oklahoma was awarded a $166-million grant from NASA that could change the agriculture industry in the US.

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Geared for What’s Next

"Since Northwest Georgia is our home, it matters a lot to us to expand here.”

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Editor’s View: Tales from the Cryptocurrency

Nothing bitcoin-related appears on a list of topics readers want to see more coverage of, but I bet it will in future years.

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IT Sector Poised to Prosper

Columbus and Cincinnati are both ranked
in the Top 20 for tech talent.

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International Update

DESIGNED FOR TOMORROW

by Adam Bruns

A new architectural staircase has become “the geographic, social, and symbolic heart” of the Business Development Bank of Canada’s headquarters in Montréal.

Photo by P. Karwoski courtesy of Atelier TAG and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architects via v2com

As organizations do all they can to lure and retain talent, award-winning design projects shine a light on the evolving workplace.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Where to Fill ‘Er Up

Where’s a biodiesel pump when you really need one? And what good’s an electric vehicle if you can’t find a place to plug in?

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Tunisia, European Know-How at a Competitive Cost

This market of 10 million will not be deterred. Two years after its revolution, which sparked the Arab Spring, Tunisia is emerging as an island of economic stability, and even one of relative political stability.

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Hand in Hand:

Air Transshipment in Puerto Rico is the Perfect Complement to the Island’s Near-Shoring Value Proposition

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WORLD REPORTS: May 2025

The dozen happiest countries; a data center JV in London; AstraZeneca R&D in Beijing; Hitachi Energy in Finland; Maruti Suzuki in Gujarat, India; Kingspan Group in Ukraine.

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Mini Mill, Major Project

D rive along the southern edge of Lake Michigan, and the steel legacy of northern Indiana becomes inescapably apparent, in both the best and worst of senses. Much of the industry’s looming gray capacity has gone dormant, but there is still a core that thrives. And where big steel has suffered, little steel is doing […]

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