Clean as a Whistle

by Ron Starner

How cleantech jobs are transforming the economy of the Centennial State.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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How to Build a Better Business Climate

Dixon: Cut red tape, streamline regulations, lower taxes, fund innovation and train workers.

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Highlight Reel

Toyota moves from three HQs to one, FDI continues to flow, and Mexico continues to welcome top dollar.

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Sudden Gust

Not knowing whether the wind production tax credit would be renewed or not, a megaload of wind farm projects and expansions came online just before the finish line in 2012.

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Transforming India @75

Driven by Demand, Demographics, Development (3Ds) - the world’s largest democracy is set to emerge as a global business and investment destination as it turns 75 by 2022.

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The Elephant Re-Awakens!

Prime Minister Modi’s new government has its work cut out for it to stem the flow of outward capital investment. But early indications point to the re-emergence of a key global economy.

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Kentucky’s EV Ecosystem Begins to Take Shape

by Adam Bruns

One secret to being green? A material known as black mass.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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New Solar Census, No Sunny Consensus

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

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Build It Big and They Will Come: ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ Reshape the Location Landscape

Call it “physiostructure.” We might as well, since “infostructure” is now an established part of the site selection lexicon. In fact, much of this SS issue is a veritable hymn to how information infrastructure has dramatically altered where, when and how we work, transforming a 9-to-5 workplace that was as tightly defined as the facility […]

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King of the Hill

No beef about it, Texas is tops for farms and ranches.

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International Companies’ Oregon Operations Expand

FDI deals are a gold mine in Oregon.

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Ship to Shore: A Love Story

As a little girl, Susan Gibbs remembers visiting her grandmother’s coastline home in Rockport, Mass. There was the bronze bust of her grandfather, William Francis Gibbs, positioned as if he were staring off to sea. It would later prompt curious expeditions to the attic, where old newspaper clippings and photographs were pulled from trunks.

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Duke Energy’s Community Connections Are Live and Powerful

by Adam Bruns

When the Duke Energy Foundation and Duke Energy Florida’s Economic Development team awarded strategic economic development grants in November 2022…

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Hampton Roads Answers the Call

A savvy workforce hits the sweet spot for back-office operations.

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Michigan, Midwest Set Fast-Track Pace in 1997’s Record U.S. Race for Corporate Facilities

Highlights from Site Selection ? February/March 1998 Michigan, Midwest Set Fast-Track Pace in 1997’s Record U.S. Race for Corporate Facilities by Jack Lyne Let the good times roll. That ancient war cry is a particularly appropriate touchstone in analyzing 1997’s U.S. corporate location patterns. Economic good times earmarked rolled expansively through Main Street, Wall Street […]

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State of Mobility

Mississippi State University is among 12 North American universities participating in the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge.

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E-Commerce & Logistics: Logistics Industry Is All In on Texas Growth

From New Year’s Day 2021 to mid-November 2023, Site Selection’s Conway Projects Database has tracked 6,282 U.S. facility investments with a logistics function.

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Life After Cabela’s: How Sidney Plans to Rebuild its Economy

When a company town loses its dominant employer, the logical question to ask is: where does the community go from here?

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Investment Reports

Site Development: A Bedrock Principle

by Adam Bruns

A Bedrock Principle

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Higher Learning, Higher Earning

When companies need traction, universities often provide the best proving grounds, test tracks and launch pads.

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A Brazilian Aviation Bet: 8 Mega Airports, 800 Regional Ones

The world’s been paying attention to the mega projects that are under way in Brazil as part of the nation’s latest economic expansion and its preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. Monstrous stadiums, a bullet train between Rio and São Paulo, super highways, new deep sea oil rigs, and of course, huge seaport and airport expansions all are in the works.

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Supporting The Hands of Innovation

Entering a new era of early-stage business
funding, KY Innovation prioritizes startup funding and entrepreneurial success.

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Home and Away

In earning Site Selection's Canadian Competitiveness Award this year, British Columbia's Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training jumps up from a second-place finish last year to snare the prize.

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IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, July 2003

Dear Fellow Professional: IAMC has just completed its first year of existence and we already have more members than our most ambitious and optimistic founders thought possible in this time frame. Moreover, we already have two incredibly successful Professional Forums under our belt and have our third Forum ready to […]

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Features

Duke Energy Makes a Big Leap To Support Florida’s Economic Development Momentum

by Adam Bruns

In parallel with Florida’s dramatic population growth, the expansion of Duke Energy Florida’s economic development team from three savvy professionals to 11 signals a renewed commitment to communities across Duke territory.

The legacy of Duke Energy’s economic development efforts in Florida goes back nearly 125 years, beginning with the founding of Florida Power…

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Career Program Finds Tomorrow’s Workforce TODAY

Abilene, Texas is taking the next step in developing the workforce of tomorrow.

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How Corporate Location Decision-Makers Choose Smart Cities for Facility Investment

Smart cities harness technology to improve their urban efficiency.

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Brighter Horizons

After tying for first place with Georgia last year, North Carolina pulls into the top spot.

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The Shift Is On

Puerto Rico’s recently changed tax scheme is just one of many topics under the microscope after an election that has produced a new governor and a groundbreaking call for a status upgrade.

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The Assembly Line Effect

Some folks may be wondering why Michigan, Ohio and Indiana are winning a disproportionate share of automotive assembly plant investments these days.

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Records Are Made to be Broken in Kentucky

by Gary Daughters

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

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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The 3D City

How an upstart Austin suburb became a magnet for additive manufacturing.

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Now or Never

High-speed internet service brings immediate results to Hoosier Energy co-op territories, at a watershed moment for rural economic development.

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Labor on Demand

A region with thousands of college graduates, many in the life sciences sector, now has the work force for the jobs requiring technical skills.

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Certified Sites: Class I Railroads Continue to Roll Out Sites and Results

If railroads are the industrial circulatory system, ready-to-develop locations along their routes are the vital cells of the national economy. The past year has seen those...

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Can Nevada Become the Lithium Capital Of America?

Mining investors line up to take part in the new rare earth mineral rush.

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Cover

Machinery Keeps On Churning

by Adam Bruns

Machinery and food & beverage finish No. 1 and No. 2 for 2022 behind strong surges over 2021 totals.

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Even MORE ROBOTS Are Coming

Asian nations and Germany are among the leaders blending automation and human beings into a new manufacturing mindset.

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Almost, But Not Quite

Online Insider: Almost, But Not Quite

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It’s Time to ‘Diversify Our Economic Suite.’

Film and TV production, clean energy, education and small-town infrastructure lead the agenda of newly elected Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

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The American Dream Reimagined

The American Dream Composite Index lays out a better blueprint for measuring economic development achievement.

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On the Trail of Innovation

The region has built momentum as high-tech companies and consortia grew alongside expanding resources.

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Area Spotlights

Building Upon Billions

by Alexis Elmore

Spartanburg landed $3.2 billion in industrial investment in 2022.

Photo courtesy of One Spartanburg Inc.

South Carolina spent 2022 raking in new investment.

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Microchip, Quantum Projects Are Among Germany’s Notable Wins

Foreign direct investment in Germany grew by 37.5% in 2023 to the equivalent of $38 billion.

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SHOVEL – READY SITES: New Mexico the Latest to Jump on The Product Development Bandwagon

There’s a reason that, after electrical power and workforce skills, the supply of ready sites was No. 3 on the list of most important site selection factors when we queried site seekers in fall 2024 for Site Selection’s annual Business Climate rankings.

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Cooking up New Ideas in America’s Breadbasket

Kansas is home to multiple R&D operations, influencing everything from farm fields to after-school snacks.

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Decision Data: Go West, Young Entrepreneur

T he “Wild, Wild West” mentality of Nevada may not be kind to your pocketbook if you’re a high-stakes gambler, but it just might be your best friend should you decide to launch and grow a business there. According to the annual Cognetics ranking of “Entrepreneurial Hot Spots,” Nevada is the […]

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Bolting into Action

LA-to-Vegas train puts San Bernardino County on the fast track.

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Area Spotlights

Where Efficiency Borders Success

by Alexis Elmore

Above, vehicles line up to pass through New Mexico’s Santa Teresa Port of Entry.

Photo courtesy of Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance

The state’s Borderplex region leverages assets to drive economic growth.

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Where Dreamers Become Doers

Who’s achieving the American Dream and who’s not? A unique survey sheds light on both.

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Snapshots of Excellence

When schoolwork comes first, a qualified workforce follows.

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Surfing MIPIM: Euro Real Estate Web Sites All the Rage

C annes, FRANCE — Europe is sprouting a daisy chain of real estate Web sites likely to move much of the corporate real estate sector online continentwide in a bare few years. Typical of the fragmented linguistic patchwork of markets, each country is developing its own national approach. But from Viking “full-market access” to Gallic […]

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MIDDLE EAST: AI Is Only the Beginning Of Saudi Arabia’s Leap Forward

Tens of billions of dollars in projects are headed to Saudi Arabia. Many are in the surging AI space, and one big one is in HVAC.

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The Strategic Art of the Deal

APRIL/MAY 1998 The Strategic Art of the Deal: SS‘s 1997 Top 10 by Jack Lyne Spanning four continents, 1997?s top 10 deals illustrate billion-dollar investments, multimillion-dollar incentives and savvy facility location strategy. These 10 deals were chosen by Site Selection?s editorial team as 1997?s top facility location deals. Here are capsule looks at those 10 […]

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Area Spotlights

A Blueprint For Building What Matters

by Mark Arend

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Photo: Getty Images

An annual Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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The “New China” Is Asia’s Next Emerging Giant

In an exclusive contribution to Site Selection, the experts at Tractus Asia tell us why various factors are making India more attractive.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

ood fences make good neighbors,” poet Robert Frost once observed. Tell it to Pixar, Bob: The red-hot computer-animation company (“Finding Nemo,” “Toy Story”) may add 1,300 jobs in a US$325-million, 20-year expansion of its San Francisco-metro headquarters in Emeryville. Then again, Pixar may pack up and leave town. And […]

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Everybody Knows This Is Somewhere

An economic development veteran makes the case for ‘Nowhere, America.’

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STATE OF THE STATES 2012

The status of the United States as a nation owes much if not most of its character to the livelihoods of its individual members. In 2011, for the first time in 10 years, states reported that they cut taxes more than they increased them, reports the National Council of State Legislatures.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: EMERGING LOGISTICS HUBS

he U.S. transportation industry will experience yet another year of solid growth in 2006, led largely by gains in the trucking sector, according to a report released Nov. 22 by an Atlanta-based consulting firm that tracks and predicts global logistics trends. The ground parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) categories are projected to experience shipment growth of […]

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Online Insider

The Digital Age is Alive and Thriving

by Alexis Elmore

Audiences prefer entertainment from the comfort of home, but the industry still needs places to produce.

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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A Heartland Recipe for Wellness

A governor with an ambitious agenda is proving that Iowans are even more resilient than he thought. Battling recession, floods and misperceptions, Gov. Terry Branstad is ahead of schedule in reaching his four main goals.

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Governor Kim Reynolds On Iowa’s Next Chapter

Governor Kim Reynolds is determined to make Iowa the go-to state for businesses reshoring their operations and for those seeking low taxes and fiscal predictability.

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Nevada: The Start of Something Big?

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

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People of Precision

Advanced manufacturers in San Bernardino County rely on continuously improving educational and training systems to deliver globally competitive workers.

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Machinery Keeps On Churning

And the big wheels of logistics keep on turning.

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Features

Revival of a Legend

by Gary Daughters

Fort Ritchie played a pivotal role in World War II.

Image courtesy of Cascade Properties

The home of a storied spy operation is relevant again.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Boots On the Ground

There are so many options in Texas outside of the Golden Triangle.”

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Small Town Packs Big Logistics Punch

From Medline to Amazon, large end-users like what they find in Wilmer.

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Talent Incubator

A company that began as a University of New Mexico spinoff in 1993 now makes high-tech products used on all seven continents and in outer space.

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California Recovery Strong, if Uneven

Last year unemployment in California fell to the lowest level since 2009, as companies put 240,300 people to work, leading the nation in job growth.

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Incentives: Corporations Exert New Pressure on Agency Coffers

C ompanies facing earnings pressures are taking public-sector incentives more seriously during these challenging economic times, according to a survey recently completed by Stadtmauer Bailkin Biggins (SBB), L.L.C [a firm where the author is a principal]. The study, which queried both corporate real estate executives and economic development agencies on developing trends in incentives, was […]

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Finding the Right Mix

by Gary Daughters

Driven in part by the presence of 33 federally funded labs, Colorado is the No. 2 state for technology and science and welcomed $1.75 billion in higher education R&D in 2021.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Safety in Numbers

How can a borderzone best employ its bi-national economic character for the good of both territories? Experiments now under way seek the answers.

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Energy Injections

A region defined by its days of sun capitalizes on them with technology as well as tourism. But the economies of the Desert Southwest display their energy awareness in many forms: Some save it, some generate it, and some purport to move it where it needs to go.

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Power Priorities

A new survey sheds light on the next energy frontiers for data center operators.

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Suddenly Solar

The Upper Midwest is not the first region of the U.S. that comes to mind when looking at the burgeoning solar-energy sector, but significant projects are happening across the region.

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Buckeye State Comeback, 2003 Governor’s Cup, Site Selection Magazine, March 2004

E conomic development officials in Ohio are hoping their capture of the 2003 Governor’s Cup is the beginning of a repeat of the state’s three-year claim to the prize 10 years ago. In 1993 and for the next two years, Ohio won Site Selection‘s highly coveted Governor’s Cup, which recognizes the state in which the […]

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Built to Last

by Alexis Elmore

Irving-Las Colinas ranks in the top 50 best U.S. cities to live.

Photo courtesy of Visit Irving

Irving-Las Colinas cements its role in the region’s biotechnology and life sciences sectors.

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Alternative Protein Facilities Gain Traction

“Alternative protein facilities will become their own category of corporate real estate,” says one expert about a market expected to reach $27 billion by 2027.

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Michigan: Consumers Energy

Michigan is Putting Chips On the Table

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First Investments Add Lift To New Airport City

A key component of the Iskandar Malaysia project in Johor took a key step forward earlier this year when the Senai Hi-Tech Park (Senai HTP) signed its first tenants.

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Mixed-Use Project Aims For Destination Status in West Central Ohio

In his time growing up in Utah, attending medical school in New York City, serving residencies and traveling the nation as a leader...

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Where Credit Is Due

Selangor, Malaysia's most populous and developed state, has much to contribute to the national business climate.

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Investment Profile

Canada Shows Its Stuff

by Gary Daughters

Project Arrow is a nationwide Canadian collaboration.

Source: APMA

Project Arrow is confirmation of the talent and technology abundant in Canada.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Power Ties

What was once a decidedly unclean signature industry is reinventing itself in Indiana.

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The E

Traditional businesses can rest easier: NASDAQ’s recent violent nature is a symptom of the impending collapse of dozens of former online darlings. As it turns, out solid business plans, management-team depth, effective business models (however boring), customer service, competitive advantages, and (duh) profits really do matter. The dot-com’s e-retail strategy — spending millions of dollars […]

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IAMC Insider: Growing Toward DEI — Part 2

Growing Toward DEI — Part 2

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License Reform Removes Barriers for Employment

Last summer, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson began removing barriers to employment by signing a bill that expanded licensing reciprocity in the state. House Bill 2046 allows workers licensed in others states to be licensed in Missouri and work in the state. Before the bill’s signing, Missouri only allowed license reciprocity if the license was awarded in […]

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Top Industries: Let’s Go to the Map

Site Selection’s analysis of the Top Industries for corporate facility investment in 2014 reveals the Top 10 projects by capital investment in each of the five leading sectors.

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Features

Magna Fires On All Cylinders With Pan-Ontario Investment

by Adam Bruns

Among the six Ontario investments announced by Magna in mid-February is a C$265 million, 560-job plant in Brampton that will make electric battery enclosures.

Photo-rendering courtesy of Magna

Even as the all-Canada-made Project Arrow EV grabbed headlines with its debut early this year (see p. 32), a global Canadian automotive power continues to flex across the entire…

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Campus Tour

A number of new districts, neighborhoods, incubators and campuses are taking shape across the United States.

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Diverse Population Drives Dynamic Economy

Washington’s diversity runs as deep and wide through its history and economy as the Columbia River runs across its landscape.

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Quiet Giant: Milliken & Co. Products are Everywhere

But the pioneering company’s longtime home is in one place: Spartanburg County.

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Small Ponds Will Soon Be Home to Some Big Fish

Two projects announced in recent weeks will generate approximately 1,150 new jobs in the two Arkansas towns that won them.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: BELGIUM

hen Google announced plans to invest up to €300 million in a new European data center, competition between various European regions was fierce. The project would create up to 300 construction jobs, and 120 new jobs in programming, security and maintenance. In addition, attracting one of the world’s leading IT companies offered significant marketing power. […]

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Some Wounds Heal with Digital Help

by Ron Starner

The health tech sector is changing medical care in Colorado and beyond.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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COVER STORY

COVER STORY From Site Selection magazine, March 2009 Eyes on the Prize Ohio claims its third Governor’s Cup in a row, thanks to the Strickland Administration’s focus on taking the steps necessary to be competitive, even in a challenging economic environment. These include investing in infrastructure and such key industry sectors as advanced energy. Above […]

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Editor’s View: What is Florida Doing Right?

The Renaissance of the South is, by now, an old story. From Atlanta to Charlotte to Raleigh-Durham, the metropolitan areas of the Southeastern U.S. experienced unprecedented economic growth during the 1980s and 1990s. What may not be so well known is the economic resurgence of the Old South’s southernmost state: Florida. From Tallahassee to Jacksonville […]

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An Emerging Science Ripens, and the Ad Industry Will Benefit

The back 40 are a living lab for high-tech farming in the Bluegrass State.

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Programs that Work for People Who Work

A peek into the latest data shows where certified logistics skills are most plentiful.

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Green Everywhere You Look

From wind power to bio-renewables, Illinois creates alternative energy solutions for the world.

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Records Are Made to be Broken in Kentucky

by Ron Starner

Trying to describe the Kentucky business climate is like trying to define the legacy of Kentucky Wildcats basketball. Sometimes it’s easier to look at the reaction of the fan base.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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The Tech Connection

To serve customers and help them grow, FPL and the state it calls home look to high-tech solutions.

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Complexity Simplified

Nine years after selecting Tampa over Atlanta to open its first-ever Southern Business Center, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. announced this spring that it will expand its Florida operation by up to 255 jobs with total average compensation of nearly $100,000.

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NEBRASKA: ImagiNE That!

ImagiNE Nebraska, the state’s newest incentive program, is paying dividends. Just ask 3M and Mutual of Omaha.

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CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Coming Soon… Publication aims to give credit where credit is due. F or more than 50 years, Site Selection has been reporting on industrial real estate and infrastructure projects around the world, from automotive assembly to alternative fuel production, distribution centers to desalination plants […]

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Life Sciences Oasis

An increasingly valuable square mile gives rise to innovation in Aurora.

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There’s No Room For Politics in Job Creation

by Mark Arend

Governor Andy Beshear is seeking a second term leading the commonwealth in 2023, and he has big plans for Kentucky’s future.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Start Me Up

How Columbus acts like a magnet — and a greenhouse — for tech entrepreneurs.

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Renewal in the Air

Snapshots of a city on the remake.

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Grants Boost Rural Participation In The Digital-Focused Economy

Governor Laura Kelly announced in March 2021 the Broadband Acceleration Grant Program, which will improve access to highspeed internet for homes and businesses in communities statewide.

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Building Back Better

$3 billion initiative aims to help communities recover and improve after pandemic.

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Data Center Location Myths To Avoid

States and localities line up to lure data centers, and in doing so, are exploding some myths about what companies can demand.

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Investment Profile

Where ESG and Diversity Cultures Thrive

by Mark Arend

A rendering of CoStar Group’s new research headquarters in Richmond

Image courtesy of CoStar Group

The extent to which locations support companies’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts is an emerging criterion companies and site consultants are using to shorten…

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Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Way Better in Washington

Washington State is No. 1 in the nation for quality of life.

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Solidifying Seattle

Two massive projects target the city’s vulnerability to earthquakes. The 1950s-era viaduct was showing signs of age and deterioration before the 2001 earthquake further weakened the structure, but the earthquake heightened the need for its replacement. corporate real estate, economic development

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Macro-Data Micro-Climates

What do Equinix, Latisys and RagingWire have in common? All elected to expand their sizable data center operations in Loudoun County, Va., home to a rapidly growing cluster of co-location facilities.

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Summer Reading

Three new reports from the International Energy Agency offer global insights into future investment needs, the next shale booms and the tremendous energy wasted by our 24/7 devices.

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KY MAKES

From Hot Pockets to Corvettes, products made in Kentucky have become household names and customer favorites around the world.

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Features

Will This Year Beat Last Year’s Record Investment?

by Mark Arend

Downtown Indianapolis

Photo: Getty Images

It was 22 in ’22. That’s $22 billion in capital invested in Indiana in 2022.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Entrepreneurs Serve Up Farm Fresh from Florida

In the innovative world of food & drink startups, a coastal town is making waves.

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Hungry for More

By adding certified sites to the mix, Northwest Ohio looks to build on an already robust supply chain in agribusiness.

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The Century Mark: It’s a Start

Batson-Cook Construction, founded in 1915, provides commercial general contracting, preconstruction, construction management, and design-build services to a wide range of clients throughout the southeastern United States.

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And the Winner Is…

Mahindra keeps ’em guessing about its new assembly plant.

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Economic Recovery ‘Highly Unusual’

GM’s economist weighs in on the strange and positive qualities of the post-Recession economy.

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Features

A CLEAN JOBS SWEEP

by Alexis Elmore

Photo: Getty Images

Prioritizing the future of clean energy resources attracts innovation and investment to the Land of Lincoln.

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Actions Speak Loudest

Governors continued to advance renewable energy, energy efficiency and other forms of clean energy during their 2013 state legislative sessions, according to a report released Oct. 21 by the National Governors Association (NGA).

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The Dawn of Solar City, Indiana

Crossing into Indiana on Interstate 70, a driver might notice solar parks on either side of the highway.

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The Next Era of Transportation Comes Together in Joliet, Normal and Decatur

Zero-emission vehicle maker Lion Electric CEO and Founder Marc Bédard recently observed that Lion had increased its delivered electric trucks, buses and minibuses for the sixth quarter in a row.

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Decision Data: Watching Where Your Money Goes

Labor Pay vs. Consumer Income: Connecticut No. 1 in Both Cost-juggling: It’s often a major concern in locating operations, particularly the distribution facility juggle of calculating labor costs vs. the nearby market’s buying power. Connecticut, though, ranks No. 1 for both personal income per resident and average annual salary, according to the Statistical Abstract of […]

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Where’s the Beef? Not in These Facilities

Where's the Beef? Not in These Facilities

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Departments

Expanding Your Strategic Reach

As real estate professionals, we typically share a common challenge.

Yes, Virginia, Publix is Betting on You Too

The supermarket chain’s inexorable march north includes a $300-million investment in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Take Me to the Pilot

Ford takes first steps toward solar energy use at manufacturing sites.

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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 […]

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Keeping Our Head Above Water

Positive jobs numbers since the end of the recession mask a dire lack of skilled labor throughout the US. How much longer can this be the case?

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How Utah Succeeds

On April 3rd, Gov. Gary Herbert hosted The Governor’s Utah Economic Summit 2014 in Salt Lake City.

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Investment Profile

Bolstered & Better

by Ron Starner

Bayou Rum distillery in Bayou Rum plant in Lacassine, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.

Courtesy of Bayou Rum

The transformation of Greater Lake Charles was borne of adversity.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Region on the Rise

Birmingham’s city center revs the growth engine of an area leading the UK in startups, FDI and talent.

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EDITOR’S VIEW

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, September 2008 The Call to Excellence by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com O ne of the many benefits of our Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards program is the inspiration we can gain from the winners’ achievements. Take DFW International Airport’s John Terrell, for example (see coverage of the […]

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No Jacket Required

The casual coastal lifestyle of Corpus Christi pervades the region.

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How to Keep the Skills Pond Stocked

Ask any corporate site selector or location consultant what their chief location requirement is, and it will have to do with availability of skills.

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IDRC Abstracts

Abstracts of major presentations of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world’s pre-eminent corporate real estate association. “Leveraging Technologies in an Internetworked Economy,” Seattle World Congress, May 14, 2001: “The power of the chip has doubled about every 18 months,” said Robert J. Herbold, executive vice president and chief […]

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