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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. […]

ore Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico,” was Felipe Calderon’s challenge as he entered his term as President of Mexico.    There is no doubt that President Calderon and his administration is business friendly. The Mexican Government is moving ahead with aggressive plans to invigorate the Mexican economy, with the introduction […]

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 […]

n early 2007, Toyota selected a 1,700-acre site in Blue Springs, Miss., to build its eighth North American vehicle assembly plant. The $1.3-billion plant, to be located just outside of Tupelo, will have the capacity to build 150,000 vehicles annually of Toyota’s popular Highlander sport utility vehicle. Production is scheduled to begin by 2010. Toyota […]

A SITE SELECTION EDITORIAL PROFILESAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    A worker at IFC Composite GmbH is part of a rapidly growing automotive supplier cluster in Saxony-Anhalt. Automotive manufacturers find plenty of horsepower in Saxony-Anhalt’s work force and infrastructure. Precision Performance by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com H einrich von Nathusius is what you […]

SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Highly skilled technicians tend to the production line, above, at G24i’s new plant and headquarters in Cardiff, Wales. Welsh Gambit A California solar entrepreneur chooses Walesas a launch pad to the developing world. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com N eed to charge your mobile phone in Kenya? G24i‘s […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    GIS Tool Quickens Searches SiteTech Systems will offer service in major southeast markets. SiteTech Systems’ OneSource software is a GIS-based system that allows users to gather in-depth information about a property. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. lists […]

TOP TEN GROUPS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Triumph of the Heartland Middle America sets the pace in economic development performance. Todd Mahaney, assembly center plant manager for Soo Tractor Sweeprake, is part of a talented and expanding work force in the American Heartland area known as Siouxland. Encompassing parts of Iowa, […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Freudenberg Debuts Shanghai Facility P&G Plant Makes Scents in Singapore Ecolab Taps Zurich for EMEA HQ Frankfurt Airport Readies for A380 Jets Solar Demand Drives Japan Expansions   Yahoo Speeds Global Moves Yahoo opened a new lab in Haifa, Israel, in March. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Setting Sail in Hamburg A leading publisher brings its efforts aboard a single vessel for the first time. The $165-million building that will house Spiegel Verlag’s newly consolidated head office was one of the biggest leases of 2007 in Hamburg. Images courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects […]

TOP INDUSTRIES OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Sticker Shock? Not for these powerhouse industrial sectors. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com S ix billion dollars here, seven billion there. Before you know it, you’re talking real money, goes the saying, or a version of it. And lots of real money is flowing in Site […]

TOP METROS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Life at the Top Chicago captures the Top Metro crown for the third straight year. by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com Home furnishings superstore calls Chicago home: Pernille Spiers-Lopez, as president of IKEA North America, has overseen a rapid expansion of the Swedish retail giant across […]

TOP MICROPOLITANS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Newcomer Claims Checkered Flag Thomasville-Lexington unseats entrenched incumbent to become the nation’s No. 1 Micropolitan Area for corporate projects. by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com Richard Childress Racing is expanding both its corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Welcome, N.C. F or Richard Childress Racing, winning […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Are You Good at GIE? Embraer Grows at Home   All in One Visionary projects aim to protect environment and protect us from it. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  I n late January, William McDonough, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, […]

AWARDS UPDATE From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Attention, Corporate Real Estate Executives and Service Providers H elp Site Selection launch the 1st Annual Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards by nominating a key staff member or corporate real estate client whose work deserves industry recognition from the leading U.S.-based corporate real estate and […]

COMMENTARY From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Will Growth Control Zones Be Choice Sites of the Future? The biggest problem on Planet Earth today is control of population growth. The United Nations has failed to establish a workable global program. Few nations other than China have even attempted to launch their own plans. The […]

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Querétaro Project Helps Firm Mark Golden Anniversary in Mexico Digital Media Find Fertile Ground in Connecticut, Chicago and Canada   One Niche Spurs Another? The aseptic processing area (right) is an important and soon-to-be-growing part of Bioniche’s campus in Belleville, Ont., located on the Bay […]

COVER STORY From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com Victory Lap! Illustration by Bob Gravlee Ohio’s second consecutive Governor’s Cup is proof positive that manufacturing-intensive states can diversify their economies and retool their labor supplies enough to win Site Selection‘s annual corporate-facilities race.     T his time around, Gov. Ted Strickland […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   ‘Strange’ Statements Ahead How will a new lease accounting standard affect the lease-vs.-buy decision? by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com F orthcoming changes to FASB and IASB rules may capitalize operating leases. The change may still be two years away. But what does the prospect of this new […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, March 2008   Winner Takes All “There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.” – Alfred P. Sloan M aybe it’s because the election season is in full swing, with primaries nearly every week and candidates rising and falling in the process. Maybe it’s because […]

t used to be that site selection was a fairly straightforward calculation when it involved shipping of raw materials and products from overseas locations, at least from a regional perspective. If a company was targeting the Asian market, it would usually opt for a West Coast manufacturing or distribution facility; if it involved European markets, […]

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SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Nuclear Future Means Growth Today in Chattanooga T Richard Pangrazzi (inset) U.S. director of marketing for Alstom Global Power Sales, says picking Chattanooga was a matter of optimum market reach, existing river piers and heavy-duty lifting capability and the heavy lifting executed by supportive community officials. by […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, March 2008    Bayer Buffers Churn How one pharmaceutical company simplifies big moves. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W orkplace churn can present major headaches for corporate managers. That’s particularly true with firms in industries in flux such as the pharmaceutical sector, whether it’s movement brought on by […]