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by Gary Daughters
Coveted young workers are making demands.
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Attracting talent means tuning in to what millennials and Gen Z have to say.
Read MoreGary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
Allen & Overy is one of the world’s most active law firms, with more than 5,000 employees in 26 countries,
New industrial urbanism calls for reassessing the relationships among cities, people and industry.
Today we examine which metro areas and cities have the most fast-growing companies. These Top 10 correspond closely with the most recent Census Bureau list of the most populated metro areas — only the Bay Area and Greater Boston are not also among the nation’s 10 most populous metros:
Long before the nation’s reshoring phenomenon took hold, there was an actual shoreline doing its part for the US economy.
A global pharma giant is looking to supplement its huge philanthropic and humanitarian efforts some straightforward corporate facility and talent investment.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
There are so many options in Texas outside of the Golden Triangle.”
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
“Wages, logistics and taxes are three big advantages for South Florida.”
Siemens is investing around €200 million to a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany.
Aha, Michael Jordan, so it wasn?t the shoes after all, eh? It was the work space. Or maybe it was the work space at Converse, where basketball master Jordan originally assumed he?d sign for his 1984-85 pro rookie season. Then, however, he visited Converse?s offices and decided ?they just looked traditional.? So the fiercely innovative […]
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
Laredo’s binational community enjoys robust collaboration between the private and public sectors.
Photo courtesy of Laredo EDC
Gene Lindgren adores his adopted home of Laredo, Texas.
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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
here is a new wave striking at the shores of company distribution and transport networks. It’s called optimization, and its permutations range from consolidated and re-purposed warehouses to entire economic zones that one logistics expert calls by such terms as “technopolis” and, yes, even “multifunctionopolis.” Those terms were coined by Franco […]
I n an economic downturn, inexpensive, capable labor becomes even more important. India has both and offers call center site selectors the added bonus of a workforce dedicated to making a career within the call center industry. “India offers a workforce of highly-dedicated, well-educated, English-speaking professionals, and the infrastructure needed to […]
A new generation of commercial transport changes the rules of where facilities supporting this bellwether industry are located. Airbus has opened a new, 650-employee facility in Broughton, Wales, where wings for the A350 XWB will be manufactured. Boeing has not yet determined where it will build its new 737 MAX airliner. Renton, Wash., has been home to 737 production for decades, but the aerospace giant is also considering other locations.
Congratulations again to Texas and Kentucky for their 2015 Governors Cups
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
This San Angelo mosaic in Firefighter’s Memorial City Park was created by city workers and firefighters using a retired firetruck as part of Art in Uncommon Places.
Photo courtesy of San Angelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
If asked where the most distinctive art in Texas is to be found, some might point to Marfa.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Pfizer and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) official broke ground on Nov. 21 for the new location of Pfizer's Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases (CVMED) and Neuroscience research units in Cambridge.
Our annual 50-state guide updates you on news from the past year, and what to watch for in the year ahead.
Not all buildings in use today can be LEED-certified or smart or even efficient from an energy perspective. But even older buildings have a shot at being “high-performance,” maintains a leading HVAC provider.
From airplanes that run on renewable power to sharkskin-like material that blocks airborne bacteria, new technology is giving Colorado a lift.
According to a recent survey of CEOs and CTOs of innovation companies, less than a fifth of these companies say they are ahead of the curve .
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
Camfil USA is investing in Synergy Park in Kilgore, where steady infrastructure investment has occurred side by side with the warm, engaging atmosphere of Elder Lake at the park’s heart.
Photo courtesy of Kilgore EDC
With nearly 1.5 million people within 60 miles and quick access to the DFW metro area via I-20, Kilgore’s location in northeast Texas already has a lot going for it.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) has $1.5 billion plans to add its second EV battery manufacturing facility in South Carolina.
ompetition among commercial real estate service providers to serve the requirements of corporate America has never been greater than it is today. More than ever, service providers must find new and innovative ways to differentiate themselves in the market in order to compete for business, which is becoming increasingly more sophisticated across all lines of […]
More new or expanding operations in Oklahoma include an aerospace company, a glass manufacturer and a wind farm.
A community that made its fortune making furniture for the world is now the No. 1 small town in America when it comes to corporate facility expansion projects.
he global economy is completely reliant on an optimized transportation system with little room for failure of each vital link in the supply chain. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ or Zone), while thought of as bastions of job creation and tax savings schemes in the manufacturing process, also allow for flexibility and fluidity in the inherent […]
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
McPherson Cellars is one place where the “unusually friendly” people in Lubbock like to get together.
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Remember BRAC? People living in 136 communities across the nation who sure do.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
St. Louis: Innovation and tradition meet in St. Louis
T he global business scene is full of paradoxes. Here’s one: The market’s getting bigger, and the world is getting smaller. In the semiconductor industry, this yin-yang trend plays out in its own fashion. First, the wafers are getting bigger while the chips that come from them are getting smaller. Second, the plants that make […]
As Gov. John Kitzhaber was finishing out his two previous terms as the state’s governor from 1994 to 2002, he helped recruit the relocation from Palm Springs, Calif., to Portland of the North American headquarters for wind energy giant Vestas, bringing 75 jobs to the state.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
Photo by austin360photography.com, courtesy of Marble Falls EDC
There are 44 small towns and counties across the 267,000 square miles of Texas who rallied together a few years ago as the Texas Economic Development Connection.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Recycling waste into energy is becoming big business in the Peach State.
From aerospace to chip manufacturing, the state is gaining substantial investment in vital industries.
Abbott Laboratories added to its Singapore and Southeast Asia property portfolio on May 5 with the opening of its Abbott Asia-Pacific Nutrition Research & Development Center at Singapore’s Biopolis Research Park.
Texas Governor Rick Perry is proud to have won the latest pick-up basketball game with his fellow governors.
Employers looking to hire the best and brightest don’t have to look far when they choose to set up shop in Kansas.
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by Ron Starner
Employers and consultants gave candid advice at the World Forum for FDI.
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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity are the branches of computer science seeing the most activity in 2021,
Head south to Tampa Bay, say execs at growing financial services firms.
SEPTEMBER 2008 Take a Giant Step (cover) Meet a Member People & Projects Request Information
John Carver, Jones Lang LaSalle's vice president for port, airport and global infrastructure, says there will be four East Coast ports ready to receive the mammoth post-panamax ships in 2014.
The team members who work for the 2018 Top Utilities in Economic Development wear a lot of hats, and that’s just fine.
by Adam Bruns
In Tupelo, it’s always manufacturing season.
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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Pete Abair, executive director of MassEcon, lists a few competitive advantages that you might not know about the commonwealth.
For the second straight year, chemical/pharmaceutical facility investment has outpaced transportation equipment.
Ohio's talent pool is enriched by industry and institutional collaboration.
From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 Industry Comparisons for New Manufacturing Plants 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.
Companies and workers find the best of both worlds in this Gulf Coast city.
by Mark Arend
Mississippi added itself to the list of states producing electric vehicles (EVs) in February.
Read MoreMark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine
Over the past several years, Florida’s bioscience industry has continued to grow, attracting some of the world’s leading research institutes.
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.
There’s never been a better time to do business in the State of Illinois.
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 […]
Area Spotlights
by Mark Arend
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Oklahoma will soon be home to the Americas’ first rare earth metal and manufacturing facility, giving it a head start in the U.S. as companies bring such operations stateside.
Read MoreMark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine
Two large motor coaches were required to transport Airport City Conference and Exhibition (ACE) delegates from the conference site in Ekurhuleni, South Africa, to the Denel Campus in Kempton Park on April 24th.
A Michigan County known for its strength in the automotive sector shifted its employment efforts into high gear recently by posting the country’s largest gain in manufacturing jobs over an 18-month period.
GLOBAL R&D HUBS From Site Selection magazine, July 2009 Australia’s Biotech Hub Victoria lays the groundwork for life sciences. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he Australian State of Victoria has invested heavily in recent years to provide the infrastructure for its growing research and development cluster in biotechnology. That investment, about A$3 billion […]
Winnepeg, Manitoba, is the overall lowest-cost city of 26 Midwestern US and Western Canada metros.
Breaking down outmoded boundaries: It’s a key element in the ongoing revolution in corporate real estate service delivery. And boundary-breaking is precisely what’s driving the creative alliance between Cleveland-based KeyCorp (www.key.com) and service providers Johnson Controls (www.johnsoncontrols.com) and Trammell Crow Corporate Services (www.trammellcrow.com). Formed in September of 1997, the KeyCorp Real Estate Enterprise (KREE) is […]
Area Spotlights
by Adam Bruns
EEW workers at South Jersey Port Corporation’s terminal in Paulsboro unload a test monopile for offshore wind.
Photo courtesy of EEW
How Growth and Sustainability Can Coincide in New Jersey
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
There is nothing like new competition to keep a player on his game. And there are new kids on the aviation services block in Southeast Asia that other contenders in the region will want to keep an eye on.
Tech innovation is thriving across the East Valley. Plus a peek inside Axon’s ultimately successful fight to build a new world headquarters campus in Scottsdale.
MAY 2006 Fast Action (cover) More Than Just a Helping Hand The Other Environment Next Steps Knowledge Multipliers Give Us Your Opinion! COVER STORY Fast Action Intel’s multiple blockbuster projects illustrate where global corporate competition and territorial competitiveness collide. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com The cranes are dancing at Ocotillo, the site in Chandler, Ariz., where […]
The U.S. outdoor recreation economy is booming, and several western states are capitalizing on that momentum.
Area Spotlights
by Gary Daughters
Merchants Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis is to reopen in 2022
Courtesy St. Louis Regional Freightway
St. Louis is building a better platform for transport & logistics.
Read MoreGary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
No longer relegated to the sidelines, cybersecurity moves front and center in corporate strategic planning.
irports have long been economic development engines for local areas and regions, but their potential economic significance is only now being understood by area developers, corporate site seekers and urban planners. Like never before, airports are central to businesses’ ability to compete given the heightened role of logistics and distribution in meeting customer and shareholder […]
Dropping gas tax revenues, rising costs and growing needs: Can Congress solve the transportation funding crisis?
Projects from GM and Gestamp highlight the EV revolution taking place in Tennessee.
Area Spotlights
by Gary Daughters
GE Wind’s Haliade-X was tested at LM Wind in New Orleans.
Image courtesy of GE Wind
The nation’s first offshore wind farm may have been built off the coast of New England, but it came to fruition with a healthy measure of Cajun ingenuity.
Read MoreGary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
Looking through the Alltech lens provides a global perspective on the business of feeding the world.
TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Software Expedites Tax Time for High-Tech Manufacturer by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W hile its name may brew visions of hops and grains, CoorsTek is in fact a high-tech ceramics manufacturer with facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Once part of the Adolph Coors […]
COVER STORY From Site Selection magazine, May 2009 The year?s top projects testify to a renewable vigor in industrial development. The Tata Nano (pictured above left) will eventually be made at a new plant in Sanand, Gujarat, that was literally moved from the initial plant site in West Bengal after civil unrest there threatened the […]
Today, at a site near the Mississippi River in Tunica County, Miss., just south of Memphis, Tenn., the company is gaining its first manufacturing perch in North America
by Adam Bruns
One week in January 2022 told you all you need to know about the attractiveness of Mississippi for logistics, distribution and e-commerce fulfillment operations.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
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?
From Haas Automation to Virgin Hyperloop to aerospace, southern Nevada’s manufacturing leadership is leaping forward fast.
Salt River Project is turning the Arizona desert into an oasis of high-end data centers.
Whether it’s the Mississippi Delta or East Mississippi, rural opportunities abound in the state’s non-metro areas.
Location analysis in the creative and digital media sector becomes more accessible with the help of online tools.
by Ron Starner
Shipbuilders for the Navy and Coast Guard embark on large expansion projects.
Read MoreRon Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
Set to reach 800 locations by 2026, Wichita-based Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is one of many companies choosing to locate their headquarters in the Sunflower State.
Among its goals set in 2010 for the year 2020, the region already has surpassed its target of generating 150,000 net new jobs and has achieved its goal to attract $8 billion in capital investment.
It is difficult to overstate how crucial workforce development is to a state’s economic health.
The US Trade Representative and PhRMA are too.
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.
Investment Profile
by Ron Starner
Kolbe Farms by InTown Homes, a Frank Liu company, in Spring Branch Management District.
Courtesy of Spring Branch Management District
Spring Branch bears fruit with a rich harvest of expanding companies.
Read MoreRon Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
The Brookings Institution’s Martha Ross and Mark Muro explore how federal, state and local leaders can leverage the CHIPS and Science Act as a landmark workforce opportunity.
Satirists Draw Scorn For Creating Actual Jobs.' "No way to treat loyal scoffers," says straight-faced applicant.
Over the last 20 years of American economic history, if you asked site consultants which region was the number one investment destination they’d probably have said “the Southeast.”
No state likes to play, compete & win more than Texas.
San Bernardino County lays out a roadmap for the movement of commerce.
Investment Profile
by Adam Bruns
Projects are afoot to improve quality of life and boost Colombian competitiveness along the Canal del Dique, first constructed in the 1600s.
Photo courtesy of Government of Colombia Adaptation Fund
Colombia’s nearshoring strategy is one of many routes to helping companies and communities reach their sustainability goals.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Contenders for Silicon Valley’s Top Ranking Abound in Global Startup Ecosystems Report 2022
by Douglas G. Karpiloff, CPP When a deadly car bomb exploded beneath the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, Douglas Karpiloff was General Manager of Tenant Services. His experiences during the disaster recovery offer valuable lessons for facility managers everywhere. The commercial real estate world changed forever on Feb. 26, 1993, with the […]
From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 Industry Comparisons for New Manufacturing Plants 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.
From Site Selection magazine, February 1991 New Facilities 1988-90 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.
I f you haven’t heard by now, the inaugural conference of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) in October was an unqualified success highlights of the meeting in Savannah can be found in this issue’s IAMC Insider. Attendees, who included corporate real estate executives and service providers, participated in a […]
Investment Profile
by Ron Starner
Patricia Bedford, Suga’s Cakery
Entrepreneurial spirit, diverse workforce fuel business success in Pflugerville.
Read MoreRon Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
For the third year in a row, Chicago, Omaha and Sioux City are No. 1 in their respective population categories.
MARCH 2006 Most Important Rx for Health Care: People (cover) World Class Medical Hub Relocating or Expanding? Companies Turn to Experts Your Business. Your Venture. Our Expertise. Rapid Growth of Life Sciences Continues in Northeast Florida Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION TOP HEALTH-CARE SERVICES LOCATIONS Most Important Rx for Health Care: People W hat’s the most important […]
Although many disagree on exactly where to trace the origins of the modern special economic zone, just about everyone would agree that zones have seen tremendous changes since the 1980s.
A survey of global energy projects provides these snapshots of new solutions to age-old challenges. Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) demolished the twin striped stacks and 7,500-ton boilers at its nearly 50-year-old power plant to make way for construction of FPL’s US$1.3-billion Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center.
Investment Profile
by Ron Starner
Ceres Site B at Ceres Research and Industrial Complex in Warren County.
Photo courtesy of MDA
How do you put a price tag on speed to market?
Read MoreRon Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
Citi is one of the most engaged financial services companies in the Cincinnati region when it comes to workforce development.
Whirlpool’s plans in southwestern Michigan go well beyond a $60 million refurbishment of its technical center in St. Joseph.
Even after the November 2012 election results were known, non-US-based companies looked forward to investing capital in US facilities in 2013.
Gov. Scott Walker has undoubtedly brought considerable national attention to Wisconsin during his first few months as governor.
Investment Profile
by Gary Daughters
Outlook Company’s new studio in East Baltimore.
Courtesy of Outlook Company /Jo Stallings
With his massive, tatted arms, hulking torso and all-around swagger, Trevor Pryce might at first seem less the studio captain he is today than the NFL lineman he was for 14 seasons.
Read MoreGary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
Investment promotion officials in Brazil are hoping global sporting events, mounting middle class spending power and a favorable political and economic climate will help the country realize more of its enormous potential in the travel & tourism sector.
Alive-action model of the clean energy economy’s circularity can be found in Kansas, where common-sense, middle-of-the-road policy and costs complement the state’s middle-of-the-country location and sensibility. They also complement the goals of a $4 billion megaproject.
Site selectors give nod to policy changes coming out of Columbus and Indy, as concerns about taxes and regulations dominate annual survey.
California companies seeking greener pastures often cast a wistful eye at Texas and Colorado.
by Mark Arend
Mississippi is central to the nation’s advances in space exploration and aerospace technology.
Read MoreMark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine
Louisiana cleans up while helping the world meet its clean energy goals.
Welspun's trail of investments in its home country is more than a well-spun tale.
Many western companies with international expansion ambitions are looking to expand their operations in Asia and considering where to focus.
When economic development is approached as a team sport, Texas scores.
Paris-based pharmaceutical company Ipsen is moving forward with two major expansion plans with Biomeasure, its U.S.-based subsidiary. Ipsen is expanding in Milford, Mass., and is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Brisbane, Calif., to Bridgewater, N.J.
Investment Profile
by Adam Bruns
Tech talent in Greater New Orleans knows how to balance screen time with real-world time in beautiful places like this one in St. Tammany Parish, known for its quality of life.
Photo courtesy of St. Tammany Corp.
High-tech lifestyle, quality of life and life sciences converge in Southeast Louisiana.
Read MoreAdam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
From Site Selection magazine, May 1999 T O P D E A L S 1998’s Very Honorable Mentions A hot year for the world economy, 1998 saw a dizzying array of top-flight facility deals, too many to be crammed into one top 10. Here are a few other eminently worthy deals Site Selection cites […]
What’s smart about connecting talent, innovation, technology, education and government? Everything.
Drilling down reveals the top 10 regional locations for defense spending.
Flexibility. What?s it worth to your firm? Try US$5 billion. That?s what General Motors? (GM) originally wanted from Volkswagen (VW), alleging that Jose Ignacio Lopez stole file cabinets full of flexible designs before joining VW. The GM-VW brouhaha marks the most manifest sign of flexibility?s very high market value. ?There is no alternative for becoming […]
Recent data suggest that employers fed up with seeing empty offices have decided to issue mandates.
Features
by Gary Daughters
The cast of “Grease” at Alma, Georgia’s Beacon Theatre
Courtesy of Bacon County Development Authority
When it comes to rural economic development, Georgia’s the word.
Read MoreGary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
W ASHINGTON — It didn’t take long for President Bush to face his first “crisis” in the Oval Office — how to deal with California’s widespread energy shortages. One group that hopes Bush acts quickly is the Building Owners and Managers Assoc. International (BOMA), the nation’s largest lobbying organization for corporate […]
H ead East is the name of a semi-famous 1970s rock band that was founded in St. Louis and continues to tour the clubs of the heartland some 30-plus years later. Today, head east might best describe the mindset of automobile makers as they assess the lay of the land in Europe. […]
The same location criteria that drove your site decisions last year still apply this year. But the textbook has changed.
Utah, Idaho and Wyoming are betting that nuclear energy will define the next era of industrial competitiveness.