AI IN SITE SELECTION
Could AI help you pick your next major facility location or expansion? Here’s what two site consultants at Biggins, Lacy, Shapiro and Company think, and how one AI professional responds.
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Two signs of Malaysia’s fintech and financial services ambitions include an entire new zone on an island being developed by a Chinese concern.
A new report from an industry association and an interview with two global corporate services veterans at Newmark tell you all you need to know about how to approach the semiconductor opportunity at hand.
By exclusive arrangement, we share insights from the Cresa Logistics Index, plus a Q&A with Cresa Head of Research Craig Van Pelt.
As the Eras Tour ends, Alexis Elmore talks to those in the front row for the economic impact of Swiftonomics.
Beans as snacks? Gary Daughters takes the pulse of one innovative company in Manitoba.
Mark Arend shares compelling insights on megasite development and strategy from his conversations with site selection experts at JLL and Wadley, Donovan, Gutshaw Consulting.
China’s global leadership in clean-tech and renewable energy is undeniable. An expert from the China office of Tractus explores why it may be worth finding paths toward collaboration, even amidst geopolitical turmoil.
Find out how states are performing across a set of measures that gauge workforce-related aspects of a state’s overall employment climate.
Knitting together hard infrastructure and talent data sets from TeleGeography, CBRE, CompTIA and our own data, we present the inaugural North American Tech Hub Index.
Georgia claims top spot in annual consultants’ poll, followed by the Carolinas.
Site 36’s transformation marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Wyoming, Michigan. Previously a General Motors stamping plant and cornerstone of the city’s economy, the 75-acre site sat vacant for nearly 15 years following the plant’s closure in 2009.
When a state is recognized for economic development success, as is the case with Site Selection’s annual Governors’ Cups (one for total capital investment projects the previous year and one for total projects per capita), the big projects that create thousands of new jobs near major metros naturally come to mind.
Realizing a promising opportunity requires a level of commitment equal to the promise — commitment of time, belief, work, capital and people.
Most of us dream of one day launching a new business and being our own boss.
If you were a North American company leader and could pick a European business services location that’s literally the closest to home, did you know Portugal would be your first landing spot across the Atlantic?
If you want to know why so many high-growth companies and the talented people they employ are moving to San Bernardino County in the Inland Empire of Southern California, the answer can be summed up in one word: opportunity
A biomanufacturing pioneer selects Queensland for its first industrial facility.
A senior manager at Siemens in Saskatoon is among those who see a horizon full of promise on Canada’s western tech frontier.
Insights on Chinese inward FDI from MOFCOM’s most recent report.
How two major companies are helping Colombia go green.
A leader in EMEA Forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield sees optimism and opportunity in Europe’s office sector.
Years ago, I was invited to a major Canadian city to present our competitiveness award for province-level success.
Snapshots of the past and future on a stretch of road the author grew up traveling.
Technology means more here. Just ask the folks behind chip and quantum projects up and down the corridor.
Multiple projects show why Oak Ridge National Lab is a catalyst behind resurging interest in nuclear power.
Larry Lewis and Kim Caudle Lewis are a power couple with purpose in northern Alabama
Ron Starner talks to top executives at a sustainable aviation fuel maker and an AI cloud hyperscaler about why they’re betting big on small Midwest towns.
How Michigan engineered a lightning-fast turnaround in its talent pool.