The Start of Something Big?

Federal Tech Hub status stokes Nevada’s clean energy dreams.

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A Very Thai Massage

After more than 24 hours of violently emptying my stomach in Singapore, my body was in quite a state, so my first order of business upon arriving in Bangkok was to indulge in a traditional Thai massage.

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When Disaster Strikes . . .
How to Manage a Successful Comeback

by Douglas G. Karpiloff, CPP When a deadly car bomb exploded beneath the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, Douglas Karpiloff was General Manager of Tenant Services. His experiences during the disaster recovery offer valuable lessons for facility managers everywhere. The commercial real estate world changed forever on Feb. 26, 1993, with the […]

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Software Upgrade Reflects User Demands, Site Selection Magazine, May 2004

A myriad of property management software is available today to handle account and reporting needs of industrial sites. One product that has been around awhile and continues to draw favorable reviews for its latest version is Skyline II. SS&C, a Windsor, Conn.-based software developer for a variety of applications, is the creator of Skyline.   […]

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How Wisconsin Is Tackling the Labor Shortage

Talent attraction efforts receive a big boost in the Badger State.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

MAY 2006 Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to the Bottom Line (cover) Capital Lease Funding Expansion at Lexington Corporate Properties Trust Net Lease Capital Advisors Branches Out U.S. Realty Advisors’ Flexibility Big Increases at Capital Lease Funding Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONSALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS   Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to […]

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Predisposed to Help

Formerly known as BremnerDuke, Duke Realty’s healthcare division has developed more than $1 billion in healthcare facilities for hospitals and health systems nationwide. But it’s the philanthropic work spun off from all those projects that is extending the firm’s reach beyond the U.S.

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COVER STORY: BUSINESS CLIMATE RANKINGS

COVER STORY: BUSINESS CLIMATE RANKINGS From Site Selection magazine, November 2006    Synchronicity A survey of site selectors and new-plant performance match third-party analyses of North Carolina’s winning business climate. by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com I f North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley had waited just a couple more weeks to announce his state’s strong performance […]

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ASEAN’s Optimal Principal Hub Location

Multinational companies (MNCs) look for several key factors when seeking the ideal location in which to establish a regional base of operations.

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Moving Along

A strong logistics network and vibrant cities drive growing global companies to thrive in Washington.

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'99's Top Deals: Case Studies in Fast

If you build it, will they dot.com? Not necessarily. More accurately, if you dot.com it, you’d better build. 1999, you see, was the year in which some of the Internet’s leading lights decided that they needed big-time bricks to make their clicks work. That concrete lesson in real estate realities is part of the story […]

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Finland Adapts to a New Technology Landscape

ICT hubs like Tampere offer a unique mix of skills, research and innovation.

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Talent Attraction Efforts to Focus on Custom Solutions

A new strategic alignment aimed at talent development is just one way Indiana is building on four consecutive record-breaking years for economic development.

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From Mind to Marketplace

From creating the most pioneering business environments to mentoring students who build life-saving mobile-apps, Kentucky’s colleges and universities are turning students and entrepreneurs into the next great innovators.

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Hungary Fills the Sweet Spot of Europe

What do a major international automotive manufacturer and one of the world’s top-selling furniture companies have in common?

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Round Rock: Where quality of life and opportunity meet.

Home to some 133,000 people and a growing cluster of leading tech companies, Round Rock has proved ideal for families and corporations alike.

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A Better Mousetrap

If the path being beaten to Texas’ front door is any indication, there’s a better way to do things in the Lone Star State. Giving businesses some certainty with which to risk investment capital and expand their enterprises has been central to the state’s economic success.

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Hale & Hearty

Missouri’s bioscience and health innovation companies are leading the way to life saving research and scientific advancements.

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Running With Gazelles Keeps Service Providers in Shape

One way to virtually ensure superior service from companies charged with solving business problems — service providers — is to stress your shop’s high-growth company characteristics. (That’s not a stretch for most high-tech and telecom companies.) Why? Because service providers are bending over backwards to retain the business of such players in the hope they’re […]

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The Main Ingredient

When it comes to customer contact centers, workforce matters.

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The 2022 Governor’s Cups

Kansas claims a second consecutive Cup and Texas an 11th in our annual tally of total and per capita project wins the previous year.

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World Reports: Robust Times For Robotics

From Site Selection magazine, January 2005 WORLD REPORTS Robust Times For Robotics Automakers, New Applications Boost Demand by JOHN W. McCURRY Craig Jennings has a problem most presidents of manufacturing companies would love to have: Market growth for his products is so great that he’s constantly looking at ways to boost capacity around the globe. […]

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The Telecom Connection: How It's Rewiring the New Economy's Location Rules

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1998 The Telecom Connection: How It’s Rewiring the New Economy’s Location Rules by Jack Lyne “Infostructure” is dominating and changing many location criteria, perhaps nowhere more clearly than in corporate call centers’ swelling ranks. “The ‘digitized infrastructure’ connecting office buildings and factories has become as important as bricks, mortar and hard walls,” says a […]

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The Perfect Storm?

As if mergers and acquisitions weren’t keeping biopharma-sector real estate managers busy enough, the ground is shifting beneath their feet

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: NEW YORK

ost people who have observed the economy of the northeast United States are familiar with the decline of manufacturing jobs in New York State. Of course, New York State had more manufacturing jobs to lose than most other states, being the leader in industrial employment beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. By the […]

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Angola Awakens

Angola has still to catch up with being oil rich and at peace with itself. A decade has passed since its long civil war ended, and in many ways it has made remarkable progress. Yet much remains to be done – from building infrastructure to reviving agriculture and raising much of its population out of poverty.

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Waste Not, Want Not

Among other factors, new regulations are helping a $4-billion project come to fruition in North Dakota.

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Putting Down Roots

Regardless of which stage of life Missourians may find themselves, the state has something for everyone.

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Keeping It Real: Germany, Illinois and Toledo Top the 2021 Sustainability Rankings

Germany, Illinois and Toledo Top the 2021 Sustainability Rankings

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Finland; ICT in Central/Eastern Europe; Western Canada; Investment Profile: Turkey; Next Growth Markets and Much More!

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2009   De-Conversion Means Jobs in the Land of Enchantment by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com N These gas systems comprise a portion of the germanium tetrafluoride FEP (Fluorine Extraction Process) system patented by International Isotopes. Photo courtesy of INIS orth-central New Mexico may appear to have a corner […]

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Cluster Cultivation

Bioscience is one of the fastest growth sectors in the U.S. economy. But by most accounts, Oregon has been a bit tardy to come to the bioscience table.

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How Illinois Built a Dream Home for Data Centers

The incentives bill that passed three years ago turned the state into an open house.

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One for the Ages

While over-the-top and in-your-face as only an Amazon could pull off, HQ2 is very much in sync with the heightened trend of corporate headquarters mobility.

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Docs and Post-Docs

A new CBRE report on 'Eds & Meds' shows the ultimate economic vital sign may be stability itself.

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Billions of Dollars Breathe New Life into Old Spaces

A spirit of repurposing and renovation is fortifying carmakers’ sense of purpose and innovation, bringing billions of dollars into play across North America.

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SMALL STATES Win Big: Bio, IT Projects Land in Rhode Island, Connecticut

Bio, IT Projects Land in Rhode Island, Connecticut

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Ignition

The countdown of the phaseout of the 29-year old Space Shuttle program is in its final stages.

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A to Zed, Part Two

A chat with AstraZeneca's head of real estate and asset strategies offers a glimpse into the company's global growth strategy and focus on quality workplaces.

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You’ll Never Walk Alone

A successful facility expansion marks the beginning of Kentucky’s strategy to help companies thrive, not the end.

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Records Are Made to be Broken in Kentucky

Trying to describe the Kentucky business climate is like trying to define the legacy of Kentucky Wildcats basketball. Sometimes it’s easier to look at the reaction of the fan base.

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Site Selection Highlights August/September 1998 Issue

Highlights from August/September 1998 COVER STORY AOL’s Balancing Act: The Need for Nearness vs. ‘Virtual Space’ When AOL hit cyberspace hell in 1996, it’s problems were rooted in old-fashioned physical space. But the online king has come back, centralizing brainpower and technology to fuel rapid global expansion. pg. 638 Corporate Real Estate Can Be a […]

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How Kiwis Will Avoid Traffic Jams

Wisk, an urban air mobility joint venture, is working with Boeing and NASA on the world’s first all-electric, self-flying air taxi.

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Heavy Duty

Wisconsin-based Manitowoc Cranes announced in February that it would establish its first Latin American manufacturing beachhead in Brazil.

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Europe or Bust

Biomass projects — many of them expected to produce wood pellets for shipment to the U.K. and other European countries for power production — continue to dot the southeastern United States.

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The Ultimate Ground Game

How Ohio followed a fundamental plan to build a true macropolitan economy.

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New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 8

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 New Facilities & SIC Comparisons 1993 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1994 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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The Great Space Race

Mississippi supports public and private aerospace ventures at Stennis Space Center.

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Top 10 Green Building Trends for 2011

Earth Advantage Institute, a nonprofit green building resource and research organization that has certified more than 11,000 sustainable homes

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Piping Hot Talent

OSUIT prepares Oklahoma’s students for lucrative careers in energy-related fields.

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Finding Her Place

Texas remains a prime U.S. location for women-owned businesses and entrepreneurship.

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Full Circle

The return of bicycle manufacturing to American shores might seem improbable with nearly 99 percent of all bikes sold in the U.S. now made in China, Taiwan or other low-wage Asian countries.

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The Parks That Herald Omaha’s Return to the River

The exact date isn’t clear, but about 10 years ago two high-powered Omaha business leaders paid a call on the city’s new mayor, Jean Stothert, to make an audacious request.

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FB’s Bay Area Home to Expand Across Street, Double Shot of Growth From GlobalFoundries, and more

The Menlo Park City Council in late March approved all requested land use entitlements and agreements for the Facebook West Campus Project, and introduced ordinances approving the development agreement and rezoning the property to accommodate design requirements surpassing existing height limits.

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Texas: Home Base for Space Exploration

Projects from SpaceX, Axiom and BAE Systems are just the beginning.

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SITE VISIT

SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, May 2009   ‘I Know … Let’s Put on a Show’ Production projects aim to transform old shells with entertainment magic. by Adam Bruns adam.bruns bounce@conway.com W hen disaster strikes, the film industry may not be far behind.       Such has been the result in Louisiana, where events, incentives and star-powered […]

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Networking

Fisker Automotive is in bankruptcy. Coda's story has reached its own bankruptcy coda. And Better Place's vision for an electric car network has gone to a better place.

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Strategic Reserve: That’s Canada’s Way of Competing

Ontario again tops all provinces, and we name our Top 20 Canadian regions.

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5 Workforce Factors to Consider in Site Selection

Asking the right questions leads to the best outcomes, especially when it comes to your future workforce.

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Evergreen Opportunities

Washington’s universities offer diverse programs and strengths.

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Nine Reasons to Choose Utah’s Workers

Increasingly, companies are finding the talent pool in Utah to be filled with highly skilled and educated workers.

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Global Perennial

How Bloom Energy's garden grows

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How to Select an Optimal Distribution Site

Common business wisdom used to hold that if you built a better mousetrap, the world would beat a path to your doorstep. But that was before people started shopping over the Internet and expecting almost instantaneous delivery of the products they ordered. Today, a growing number of customers demand exceptional logistics service from their vendors. […]

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Growth Cultures

Paris-based pharmaceutical company Ipsen is moving forward with two major expansion plans with Biomeasure, its U.S.-based subsidiary. Ipsen is expanding in Milford, Mass., and is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Brisbane, Calif., to Bridgewater, N.J.

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Economic Immunity

A global pharma giant is looking to supplement its huge philanthropic and humanitarian efforts some straightforward corporate facility and talent investment.

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