Fast-growing QTS brings a data center to Cedar Rapids; Vinton Steel grows in the El Paso Borderplex region; BAE Systems invests $65 million to expand in the Greater Binghamton area.
Amgen in North Carolina; Amazon in Fort Myers; a plastics pioneer in Fort Worth; Eli Lilly in Wisconsin; an automotive company in Michigan; a printing facility turns into a data center in Kansas City.
While filming in Cape May, New Jersey, last spring, Timotheé Chalamet and Elle Fanning rode a vintage 1964 Bonneville T100 just like the one Bob Dylan himself rode.
Photo courtesy of Triumph Motorcycles
As the final build-up continues toward the 97th Academy Awards next Sunday, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority has taken the cue of eight nominations for “A Complete Unknown” to remind everyone the Bob Dylan biopic was filmed almost entirely in New Jersey over a period of more than 60 days, used the state’s Film Tax Credit Program, spent $81 million and hired over 4,700 crew members.
The production was filmed in 17 municipalities across New Jersey, said an NJEDA release, including Hoboken, Jersey City, Paterson, and Cape May. Locations in the state doubled as New York City, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, Washington D.C. and Northern California. “According to the Film Tax Activity Report, ‘A Complete Unknown’ and over 190 productions to date have recently been attracted to New Jersey by the state’s Film Tax Credit Program,” NJEDA stated.
Two recent news releases have documented successful projects on former landfill sites. Massachusetts-based Ameresco in January announced the progression of the Nethermains and Shewalton solar farms on former landfill sites in North Ayrshire, Scotland (above). Not only do the projects repurpose waste management sites and produce clean energy, their design was also tweaked in order to account for badger habitat in the area.
Meanwhile, 4,500 miles to the west, the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) earlier this month announced it has acquired the 770 acres of the former North Temple Landfill (below) on the west side of Salt Lake City from the Utah Trust Lands Administration. “The site, which has remained largely unused since its closure in 1978, is set to become a hub for automated and advanced manufacturing in the Northwest Quadrant,” the UIPA stated.
Balfour Beatty announced early this month that its delivery of the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s $60 million Harkers Island Bridge Replacement had earned the firm a 2024 Pinnacle Award from Carolinas AGC. The project involved constructing a new 3,200-foot fixed-span bridge connecting Harkers Island to mainland North Carolina, replacing the aging Earl C. Memorial Bridge and Bridge No. 96. “The new structure eliminates the accessibility challenges that plagued the previous swing-span bridge, which required mechanical opening for marine traffic and experienced periodic breakdowns that isolated the island community,” said a Balfour Beatty release. “Despite facing significant challenges, including a strict annual in-water work moratorium and the project’s remote location 25 miles from the nearest concrete plant, the Balfour Beatty team completed the bridge 308 days ahead of schedule.”
