NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2007 The site of Google’s new $600- million server farm in Lenoir will sit across Highway 18- 64 from a row of furniture factories representing the county’s traditional industrial base. Photo by David Rodwell Google Arrival Boosts a North Carolina County by JOHN McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com C ity […]
O hio has reclaimed the Governor’s Cup for new and expanded facilities announced in 2006, ending Texas’ two- year run of winning the ’04 and ’05 cups – when the Buckeye State finished second. Ohio’s winning the 2006 Governor’s Cup is one bookend on the Texas story; the other one is the 2003 Governor’s Cup, […]
recent article from the consultancy Oxford Analytica (www.oxan.com), “Financial Power Shifts Away From U.S.,” makes the case that the U.S. is at risk of losing its preeminence as a financial-services center to markets in Asia and Europe, particularly the United Kingdom. But it’s for different reasons than why the U.S. allegedly lost its manufacturing sector […]
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D eborah Rochkind recently stepped out of the whirlwind that was AOL TimeWarner’s real estate group after seven years managing AOL’s 5- million- plus square- foot (465,000- sq.- m.) portfolio in 15 countries. Most of her time at the Internet giant was spent working on financial management, mergers and acquisitions, lease negotiations Deborah Rochkind and […]
Finance Partners Supply the Package Behind the Project P ublic and private development finance agencies and partnering lending institutions play a critical role in the corporate real estate process. In most communities, the economic development marketing, attraction and business retention efforts are led by groups, agencies and other entities that represent both the business and public side […]
sk that baby boomer facing retirement or the Gen X and Y techie: One year or so out from the beginning of the biggest retirement surge in history, the United States could be about to experience a titanic shift that could turn “Any Town USA” into a quality- of- life locale. Sure, the usual indices […]
TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, March 2007 Lease System Manages Construction, Too by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Troy Dowling is a senior systems analyst with American Airlines and is Horizon administrator. A merican Airlines’ real estate portfolio encompasses more than 300 properties around the globe, including 165 in the U.S. This includes […]
T he usual suspects are back on the list of the top industries of 2006, based on Conway Data Inc.’s New Plant database of qualifying new and expanded facilities announcements. Computer and electronic product manufacturing replaces plastics and rubber products manufacturing, but the other four are regular staples on the list. (See chart on p. […]
A sk Kudo Tsunoda to explain why EA Sports selected Chicago for a new regional headquarters, and the executive at the global video game giant speaks in frank business terms: “The city is freaking awesome. It has such a vibe and pace to it.” At Electronic Arts, the world leader in electronic sports games, talk […]
T he Statesville- Mooresville area’s economic developers don’t have to blow their own horn in touting the North Carolina community’s success. The area’s companies do it for them. Hans deBot, founder and owner of racing components manufacturer DeBotech, says he wouldn’t do business anyplace else. “I’ve been doing business for about eight years in Mooresville. […]
WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2007 edited by JOHN McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Location, Infrastructure Boost Dutch Logistics The Betuweroute is a freight- only railway running from the Port of Rotterdam to the German border. The project will officially open in 2007. U.S. biotech firm Amgen chose Breda, Netherlands, for its European Logistics center […]
