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In the first of four stories we're posting over the next two weeks about site consulting and the Amazon HQ2 process, site selectors tell us job skillsets are the driving factor in most location decisions.

Site Selection and Conway, Inc. mark our 65th anniversary by looking back at our best (and worst) covers, and reintroducing ourselves to you one face at a time.

Brief stories deliver news about ski slopes in Shanghai; Samsung's showcase in Bengaluru; outbound real estate investment leaders in Asia; Ecobank Ghana's award; and a satellite communications complex in the Australian town of Kapooka (you know, the one near Wagga Wagga).

It's an annual tradition that this year takes on special meaning after Amazon's ballyhooed HQ2 site selection. Let's just say a grizzled, wise senior executive from up north with decades of global experience under his very wide belt would never split up his HQ.

Quick-hitting stories update you on where the largest U.S. warehouse leases are; why a view from your office matters; Jaguar Land Rover's new digs in New Jersey; tariffs and farmers; the fastest-growing U.S. airports; and the Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Even in boom times like now, it pays to look back in order to plan ahead.

An engineering pioneer brings a unique perspective to the Empire State's infrastructure needs.

Spain's Talgo commits to create more than 1,000 jobs in Scotland, and a UK-centered railway vision that goes way beyond the UK.

Executives from the booming business process outsourcing sector shed light on the value Jamaica brings to the table.

Autonomous vehicle R&D is popping up everywhere. We sort through the list to bring you snapshots of some of the most promising AV clusters worldwide.

An "incredibly complicated process" led the world's largest social media company to connect in Greater Omaha.

Madhur Aggarwal, an India-based managing consultant for Tractus Asia, explores the strategic, demographic and policy factors contributing to an economic boom.

Madhur Aggarwal, an India-based managing consultant for Tractus Asia, explores the strategic, demographic and policy factors contributing to an economic boom.

Laurentino Cortizo, a candidate in the May 2019 Panamanian presidential election, talks to Site Selection about the “Panama Papers” misnomer, and why his country is ideally situated for business.

In an exclusive contribution, respected incentives expert Timothy Bartik, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, recommends four reforms that could help governments dial back incentives to sustainable levels.

In an exclusive contribution, respected incentives expert Timothy Bartik, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, recommends four reforms that could help governments dial back incentives to sustainable levels.

In an exclusive contribution, respected incentives expert Timothy Bartik, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, recommends four reforms that could help governments dial back incentives to sustainable levels.

An Enhanced Use Lease strategy proves key to growth and to the mission of Falcon Hill and Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

Entrepreneurship is making a mark in Montana.

Senior Editor Gary Daughters talks to leaders in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware about why they performed so well in “Top States for Business” rankings from CNBC.

For logistics thought leadership, we turned to our friends at IAMC and SIOR for an excerpt from their latest DesignFlex2030 series of whitepapers on the flexible industrial distribution facilities network of the future.

Quick-hitting stories deliver news about a port’s growth in Vancouver, Washington; Duke Realty’s new Indy HQ; Michigan winning out over Tennessee; U.S. job growth; and the retracing of a 150-year-old corporate relocation journey.

Ron Starner lets go of the wheel and discovers firsthand how Torc Robotics engineered a leading position in self-driving vehicle tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Even without right-to-work, Missouri Governor Mike Parson and his cabinet leaders are out to refresh the state’s economic development vision, one town and one project at a time.