Investor Watch

In remarks at the recent IAMC Forum in Boise, Idaho, a CBRE strategist finds silver linings in an otherwise cloudy forecast.

“The more central business districts in large urban cores empty out,” writes Ron Starner, “the more attractive it becomes to move the workplace closer to the workers.”

Experts say many factors changed following the advent of the pandemic.

California is leveraging new floating technology to bolster its energy future.

Snapshots of UPS, DHL, Amazon and Ryder project activity and a ranking of global connectedness accompany our look at which U.S. states and metros have attracted the most logistics projects over the past five years.

In addition to exclusive insights from Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Stephanie Yarbrough, this news roundup from the Lone Star State also includes a close look at Frisco; the $1.2 billion controlled environment agriculture investment from Plant-AS in West Texas; and energy project updates from solar to LNG.

Seeking terrain and resources essential to America’s clean energy transition, corporations affiliated with the EV industry are investing in Nevada, creating thousands of jobs in the process.

Canada, Australia and South Korea lead the way internationally, in our annual look at where both private-sector employers and public-sector infrastructure projects are advancing for the good of their regions and nations.

Read IAMC Chair Karen Shchuka’s thoughts on preparing the business case. Gain insights from experts on achieving true diversity, equity and inclusion in commercial real estate. And start counting down to the Fall Forum of the Industrial Asset Management Council taking place in two weeks in Boise, Idaho.

A June report finds immigration and positive net migration from other provinces added more than 120,000 to the region’s population over the last two years. Many are working in Atlantic Canada’s surging digital economy.

From advanced mobility to solar, investments by the federal government are hitting home.

In a follow-up to our report last summer on big plans for the former Mylan Pharmaceuticals plant in Morgantown, Lindsay Lopp finds out how West Virginia University and investing companies are breathing new life into the former pill plant.

Maine expands its network of clean energy companies and resources.

SRI International finds the state’s manufacturers have a “tremendous opportunity” to be a “critical epicenter” of the EV supply chain … if the right public/private investments are made.

Raritan Valley Community College is at the center of a region’s workforce development aspirations in the life sciences.

Who is at the table steering the direction of a research or science park so that all stakeholders and the location itself benefit?

If you can’t fill out your IT security staff, maybe have a look within.

Upstate South Carolina, as one interview subject puts it, “is a perfect example of green space, recreational space and business space cohabitating.”

A French conglomerate is investing $235 million to double gypsum capacity in Putnam County.

CBRE says these markets are focused on how to provide renewable energy for data centers. Plus, we list top global territories for recent data center development.

Here’s why folks are fleeing the bright lights of the big city and loving it.

Independence Day may now be in the rear-view mirror, but these leading counties can keep waving their flags as the top corporate facility attractors in the nation, according to the inaugural edition of a new Site Selection ranking.

Turn here first to reach out to the right economic development teams in these states, provinces, metros and countries.

For three decades, Florida looked to EFI to lead economic development, reports Site Selection Executive Vice President and veteran Florida journalist Ron Starner. What went wrong?