Behind the Sun

If returning to the early darkness of standard time has you down, Hoboken and Buffalo will show you the light.

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IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, January 2004

  Dear IAMC members and prospective members: Fifty years ago, McKinley “Mac” Conway founded what would become Site Selection, the premier publication in its field, then and now. Not long thereafter, he and a few pals founded an organization of industrial developers interested in furthering the fields of economic development and corporate real estate through […]

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Staying Power

Cluster and venture capital data show where longstanding strength provides the backbone for feisty startups.

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Working With Business, Gatwick Diamond Looks to Shine in London Airport Debates

Jeremy Taylor has an unconventional way of opening monthly networking meetings of Gatwick Diamond Business, a 350-member group promoting the area around London’s second largest airport.

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Energy’s Profile Grows in the Public-Private Partnership Arena

Among the priorities of the new US presidential administration is infrastructure. New data on global funding trends and a new study in Michigan shed some light on the way forward.

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NY Loves Knowledge

And companies adore the state’s infrastructure for talent, R&D and expertise. Overlay a map of the Empire State’s vast reserves of higher education and institutional firepower with a map of corporate and industrial R&D, and chances are you’ll see two things: a legacy of innovation, and an interwoven network ripe with opportunities for more.

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Incubating Ideas

Can a former automotive assembly plant drive technology transfer and economic development transformation throughout an entire state and region?

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Build To Suit; Build To Grow

 O ver the past decade, build-to-suit (BTS) commercial real estate has proven to companies that expansion or relocation requirements can be better filled by going beyond finding available market vacancies. Whether the company’s main consideration is to have its name on a cornerstone or to move into a commercial or office facility that’s individually tailored […]

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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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Decision Data: Watching Where Your Money Goes

Relocation: What’s Your Currency Conversion? How far will your employees’ current salaries go in a new location? Homefair’s Web site (www2.homefair.com) provides online assistance in that important currency conversion. We randomly picked 10 U.S. cities and calculated how far a US$100,000 salary in relatively low-cost Peoria, Ill., would go in each. And $100,000 of Peoria […]

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Missile Plant to Launch Expansion

Springtime in Paris means an aero-defense industry project back home.

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Clean & Green: How One County is Taking the Lead

With major investments, San Bernardino County has
become a hotbed of cleantech and renewable energy.

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Economic Powerhouse

Studies reveal the potential impact of the Great Lakes region as a clean-energy manufacturing center.

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Solid State

Ohio assembles the prototype for the EV ecosystem.

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STATE OF STEEL

The strong business climate in Kansas makes the state a hero in the heartland.

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The Crossroads of Commerce

Many factors go into Illinois’ position of global leadership.

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MILITARY BASE REDEVELOPMENT

s Congress mulls giving its nod to the 2005 round of BRAC (Base Realignment & Closing), which targets 33 major U.S. military bases for closure and 29 others for realignment, many communities affected by previous BRAC rounds are doing quite well in their redevelopment efforts.    BRAC communities have created more than 100,000 jobs so far, […]

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IAMC INSIDER

JULY 2008 Independence Day (cover) Special Report: All Ashore People & Projects IAMC Reaches Membership Milestone Request Information

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Facebook’s Multiplier Effect

Projects requiring hundreds of workers per site are increasingly common in The Land of Enchantment.

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The Five Key Mistakes Amazon Made

While some have gleefully heaped criticism on New York over the demise of the Amazon HQ2 deal on Long Island, the world’s largest Everything Store might consider something new.

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Galapagos Evolves in France

Galapagos Evolves in France reports that a Paris-area life sciences hub moved fast to meet a Belgian biotech firm's needs.

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2015 Top Investment Promotion Agencies

The editors of Site Selection and a distinguished panel of global foreign direct investment experts and site consultants are pleased to announce the Top Global Investment Promotion Agencies for 2015.

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This is Not The Same Old Kansas Anymore

Operating by a new playbook, the Framework for Growth, Kansas excels.

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Behind the Big Data Rush to Montréal

Hydropower and brainpower combine to lure Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

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Greener Pastures

The EB-5 immigrant investor program is surrounded by questions. Some see it as one of the answers.

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Optimistic Outlook

Energy and new agribusiness give Canada's Atlantic Provinces reason to smile.

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Working From Our Strengths

Boston’s already a global business gateway. Other cities are carving their own paths to prosperity.

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Recycling: Regulation, Innovation or Combination?

In July the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) submitted comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s request for public input on its Draft...

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Energy Procurement Tools for Property Asset Managers

 C ompanies whose business is not producing, but rather using, energy have discovered the havoc which volatile energy costs can play upon one’s financial statements. Perhaps with the possible exception of labor costs, few other elements of variable corporate expenses have been paid such attention as energy recently.         This has been […]

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Got Milk? New York Does.

The state’s invaluable milk supply secures major project wins.

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Project Bulletin: March 11, 2024

A joint venture worth $11 billion is set to begin construction this year in India’s western state of Gujarat.

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Turner Properties’ Full Plate: $1.2 Billion in Atlanta Expansions

The workplace plate just got very, very full for Turner Properties, which manages the multifaceted real estate empire of Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System (TBS at www.turner.com). TBS has announced that it’s spend US$1.2 billion over the next five years on Atlanta projects that will accommodate 3,800 new employees. Those 3,800 new jobs represent a whopping […]

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I Am the Slime

Algae are so simple they don’t even technically qualify as plants. But if a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee recommendation moves forward, algae-derived biofuels can now stand tall next to their biofuels counterparts in qualifying for tax credits.

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Still Ahead

Milken Institute’s fifth edition of its biannual State Technology and Science Index, issued this spring, revealed that competition at the top was getting more fierce. But that didn’t keep Massachusetts from ranking No. 1 for the fifth time in five tries over the past decade — this time by a wider margin.

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Sunny Side Up:

Former Steel Plant To Make Solar Energy Equipment

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Youth Is Served Here

Employers flock to San Bernardino County in search of young, highly trained workers.

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Lower Cost of Living Means More Prosperity

An in-depth look at how wages and costs work together to build wealth in Ohio.

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Want a Better Bottom Line?

Team Massachusetts can help.

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Central Casting

The mutual benefits that corporations and higher learning institutions can confer on one another were illustrated in December when Lilly Endowment awarded $5 million to Indiana University, one of a series of grants totaling nearly $63 million.

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The Big Leap Forward

How Gov. Phil Bryant moved the Mississippi economy to unprecedented heights.

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1998’s Top 10 Deals: Dovetailing Development Excellence with Corporate Strategy

From Site Selection magazine, May 1999 1 9 9 8 ‘ s     T O P     1 0     D E A L S Dovetailing Development Excellence with Corporate Strategy b y     J A C K     L Y N E From Boeing to UPS, 1998’s top 10 deals cut a wide industry […]

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New Economy Forces Are Key To Sustained Economic Growth

World business climates in late 2000 are, for the most part, fair. But some forces are at work that could change that in the New Year. Energy prices in Western markets, particularly the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, are exerting pressure on businesses that manufacture and transport goods. A scarcity of skilled labor is a […]

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Illinois: Where Great Ideas Come to Life

Groundbreaking discoveries are a dime a dozen in Illinois.

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All About Albuquerque

There’s a lot of movement happening within the borders of New Mexico and that movement appears to come from opportunities — job opportunities, to be specific.

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Health Care As Incubator

Expanding health care environments offer growth and attraction opportunities for science.

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Leader of the Pack

Washington’s Governor shares insight into factors that created the state’s leading status.

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West Virginia Builds Life Sciences Cluster

When Mylan Pharmaceuticals merged with Pfizer’s Upjohn division to form Viatris in 2021,

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Points in Transition

It’s game on in Lebanon, Indiana.

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Utah Wins

It didn’t take long for games and gaming to surge to the forefront of Utah’s winning economy; games with which you likely have a personal connection.

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2000’s Top Deals: Chip Plants Deliver Big Bucks

I t’s no secret where the big bucks migrated in last year’s economic development race for large corporate facilities. The biggest deals, by far, involved the location of semiconductor manufacturing plants for the computer chip industry.         Just as processing speed and computing power continually increase with breakthroughs in wafer fabrication technology, […]

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Trimming Taxes in Arkansas

Personal, corporate income tax cuts accelerated in Arkansas.

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Nevada and five other sites are chosen for UAV development work

Silver State officials explain the significance of being a winning site; 25 proposals from 24 states were in competition

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New England’s IT Hub That Punches Above Its Weight

If only there were a metro in the Northeast that had the economic, transportation, higher education and cultural assets of New York and Boston, but without the congestion...

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Changing Course

Thailand can’t seem to catch a break. To outsiders recently, it appears to be in a state of constant turmoil, with violent political protests and natural disasters making the news with regularity. Consider the most recent flooding, in late 2011, which was one of the worst in the past 50 years. The main river, the Chaophraya, literally was overwhelmed and changed its course to submerge much of the northern Bangkok metropolis.

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Beating the Spread

Chicago, like many cities, is seeing a return to the city center from corporations and regular folks alike. But Chicagoland by definition encompasses 15 Illinois counties other than Cook County (21 if you count northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin).

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The Carbon Capture Race Is Heating Up In Nebraska

The builder of a $2.5 billion pipeline moves from Dallas to Omaha to oversee the project.

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A Country, a Zone & a Future: How Qatar Plans to Win

A historically isolated nation used to overcoming the natural embargoes of sand and sea, Qatar has managed to look to the future despite the constraints.

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Big Skies, Open Questions

Corporate site selectors want to see a single digit next to states in rankings designed to shed light on their suitability for investment.

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Move Along Now

Rail Parks and Inland Ports: Move Along Now: Railport Momentum Builds Across the Nation: A new project in West Lafayette continues a long tradition of innovation and industry collaboration at  Purdue University.

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A Goldmine for Startups

Known as the birthplace of fintech, Arkansas demonstrates leadership in the field.

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COVER STORY

n December 22, 2004, Dell Inc. and North Carolina officials were gathering at a podium in Winston-Salem to announce the company’s investment of more than $100 million in a new assembly plant. State transportation workers at that moment were on the ground at Alliance Science and Technology Park staking rights-of-way for the project, in preparation […]

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A Texas Economic Artery’s Course Of Treatment

Interstate 35 runs from Duluth, Minnesota, to Laredo, Texas, making it a key north-south artery through the central United States for moving imports and exports to and from Canada and Mexico. Besides the state capitals of St. Paul, Des Moines, Oklahoma City and Austin, I-35 links Kansas City, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio and the […]

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The Chosen

Deep pockets will fuel pockets of prosperity in these locations, thanks to major commitments from global corporations.

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Getting Schooled

Forging new collaborations between universities and corporate investors is the linchpin behind the new business growth strategy of the desert Southwest.

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Real Estate Services, Site Selection Magazine, July 2002

Grubb & Ellis Growth in Services and Affiliates Inspires Investment Real estate investment firm Kojaian Ventures, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has agreed to stake $15.2 million on the growing fortunes of real estate services firm Grubb & Ellis, a measure that would grant Kojaian the voting power of a majority stockholder. The investment will […]

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The Bluegrass State:

America’s Agritech Capital

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IAMC Insider: Growing Toward DEI

IAMC members celebrated an exciting few days in Boise recently during our Fall Forum, and I hope you walked away from the conference as energized as I was. I thank everyone for their support as I took the gavel from Karen Shchuka. She has made the transition easy, and I thank her for all of […]

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Why Illinois Is a Top Destination For Global Companies’ U.S. Operations

The world loves to do business in and with Illinois.

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World Reports, Site Selection Magazine, July 2002

From Site Selection magazine, July 2002 WORLD REPORTS   | SOUTH KOREA | MEXICO | AUSTRIA | PORTUGAL | SINGAPORE | SCOTLAND | Incheon Stakes Its Claim as Intelligent City In the first-ever U.S.-South Korean real estate joint venture, The Gale Co. has been tapped as a partner in developing the US$12.5-billion New Songdo Intelligent […]

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From Houston to the Globe

A region once focused predominantly on oil and gas has since grown into a highly sought-after location for global corporations across a wide swath of industries.

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Macomb County Near Detroit Leads Nation in Manufacturing Job Growth

A Michigan County known for its strength in the automotive sector shifted its employment efforts into high gear recently by posting the country’s largest gain in manufacturing jobs over an 18-month period.

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Where Credit Is Due

Selangor, Malaysia's most populous and developed state, has much to contribute to the national business climate.

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Commentary: Can Illinois Get Back in the Fight Before it’s Too Late?

Will Amazon overlook the toxic business climate that is Illinois and pick a Chicagoland location for its second headquarters? It could.

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I n this 21st century world of virtual reality, virtual learning, virtual tourism — virtual everything, it’s entirely logical that site selection should have been transformed into a virtual activity. The hard-pressed corporate executive seeking new international facilities in far-flung overseas destinations need surely look no further than a mouse button and modem.     […]

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The Science of Economic Development

STEM education is still the rage.

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Hot Dog! Here Come the Fungi

Watch out, Chicago dogs; Illinois is now breeding an upstart plant-based alternative.

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Fertile Ground, Active Minds

Centuries of innovation cement Thuringia as leader in advanced manufacturing. Bosch Solar Energy AG has more than tripled the size of its work force here in only three years.

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Mega-Region Momentum

Since January 2012 the Kentucky Golden Triangle of Louisville, Lexington and Northern Kentucky has welcomed 120 corporate facility projects to the three metro areas. The triangle is neither equilateral nor Pythagorean, but it might be isosceles: Greater Lexington and Northern Kentucky tally 30 projects each, while Greater Louisville tallies 60. But each side has its points, so to speak. And each gains strength from the other communities in its ambit.

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Governor Andy Beshear:

‘We are on the greatest economic development win streak of my lifetime’

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Foreign Investment Travels Nonstop to Georgia

Foreign investment is big business in Georgia.

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The Glow of Knowledge

By all indications, Georgia’s talent base is at the top of its game, higher education is a primary factor, and companies around the globe are paying close attention.

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High 5

Massachusetts’ robust industry network expands across all five of its regions.

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Web

Editor’s note: A former president of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world’s preeminent corporate real estate (CRE) association, Michael Bell (right) is a widely recognized industry leader. His Gartner Group (www.gartner.com) research focuses on workplace transformation and the virtual enterprise — specifically, the workplace impact of information technology (IT), including corporate strategy formulation, […]

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

eptember 2004 saw hurricanes on two coasts and a major earthquake on another, but it was a federal appeals court decision in the U.S. heartland that packed an economic development wallop still awaiting measurement.       On Sept. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit —whose jurisdiction encompasses automotive corridor states […]

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Just Compensation; Can’t Google This Yet; On the Move and No Reservations About Nashville

New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals trends in total compensation (wages, salaries and

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Huge Opportunities Begin to Turn Real in Opportunity Zones

The dollar amount invested in Federal Opportunity Zones climbed to another high in the third quarter of 2022, according to figures released in late October by Novogradac.

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IDRC Survey Measures Corporate Real Estate Practices

 T he International Development Research Council’s Annual Survey of Corporate Real Estate Practices is a one-of-a-kind resource for tracking corporate real estate and facility management trends. Since first conducted in 1993, the survey has provided insights into how these corporate functions and their service providers operate.         Here’s a survey nugget for […]

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The Approaching Industrial Land Shortfall

Much of the US is running out of attractive, properly prepared industrial land. Twenty-five years ago, the issue of site availability for expanding companies was not usually a major concern. When a client needed a fairly conventional property of perhaps a hundred acres, there was usually a range of choices. Virtually every community or region […]

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Sweet Suites in Hershey

Building on the success of a previous project, the Hershey Center for Applied Research

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Waste Not

Could a harmonic smart-grid convergence be at hand in Japan? The seemingly intractable problem of storing renewable power might be solvable via, of all things, a large tract of landfill and a steady stream of used batteries.

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AN UNMATCHED QUALITY OF PLACE

Living the good life is easy to do in Mississippi.

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Less Energy, More Dollars

A new ranking salutes cities across three population tiers for their energy-efficient building portfolios.

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Cameron County’s Economic Mosaic

Take a closer look at Cameron County’s big picture.

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Best Supporting Actors

The awards go to two industries — medical devices and aerospace — with long careers ahead of them.

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Automotive, Steel and Other Sectors Pave this Region’s Road to Recovery

Alabama’s very good August leads the way in a region defying the pandemic with major projects.

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Char: Baked, Not Broiled

What if it were possible to take the woody debris left behind from harvesting, logging or mine site-clearing and develop it into a substance that could be added into soil, not only making the soil more productive and able to retain more moisture, but to stabilize it against erosion?

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Going Clean?

Michigan Delivers Energy Advantages and More

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Borders Into Bridges

As the United States and Mexico focus on a number of key bilateral and domestic economic efforts, the US-Mexico border region's economy finds itself at a time of potentially enormous transition.

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How Shale Gas Is Redefining the U.S. Energy Landscape

Game-changing increases in natural gas supply require pipeline networks of game-changing reach and new facilities from which to export much of it to high-demand regions globally. In 2009, the United States passed Russia to become the world’s leader in natural gas production.

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Huge Opportunities Begin to Turn Real in Opportunity Zones

The dollar amount invested in Federal Opportunity Zones climbed to another high in the third quarter of 2022, according to figures released in late October by Novogradac.

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Michigan: Detroit Dynasty Dominates Governor’s Cup

D ETROIT — It wasn’t that long ago that pundits and pols alike were lamenting the demise of the Motor City and the state to which it belongs.         There is little such talk now. Winning Site Selection magazine’s coveted Governor’s Cup for a record fourth year in a row (see the […]

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CLIENT SERVICE AWARDS

CLIENT SERVICE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2007   MC Industrial begins work on two of 13 slip- formed silos at Holcim’s new cement plant in Missouri. New and Improved A new measure for recognizing exceptional client service takes shape. by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com  S ite Selection‘s editorial team took a new approach to selecting […]

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Re-Tooling on the Fly

In a year of solid investment, Michigan’s auto industry builds momentum.

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An Exclusive Look At Emerging Africa

A new report from KPMG sheds light on Sub-Saharan opportunities.

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Manufacturing and Logistics Growth in Texas

Ecommerce growth means plenty of new warehouses in Texas.

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Site Selection October Highlights

More and more states are getting the message: Create a positive business climate — or else. Else what? Well, else be prepared to watch helplessly while neighboring states win the battle for new corporate facility investments and the jobs and economic growth that accompany them. That?s what. Site Selection?s 31st annual ?50 Legislative Climates? survey […]

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How to Make $3 Billion

Iowa says it has the blueprint, and it’s in advanced manufacturing.

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Unconventional Wisdom: Still Open for Business

The jury is out on whether boycotts and bluster truly impact a state’s business climate.

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Columbus Tech Masters Change the Retail Game

From Jifiti to Chute Gerdeman, the new wizards of retail call Ohio’s capital region home.

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How the Bay State Became A Juggernaut

Investors and metrics point to a top business environment.

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Clustered Power Attracts Powerful Cluster

The colossal data centers racking up in Western North Carolina have not gone unnoticed in the server world.

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Why You Should Think Kentucky

Rather than tell you why you should consider Kentucky for your next business expansion, Kentucky would rather just show you.

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These Texas Towns Pack a Wallop

There are 44 small towns and counties across the 267,000 square miles of Texas who rallied together a few years ago as the Texas Economic Development Connection.

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EDITOR’S VIEW

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, January 2009   by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Thinking About Tomorrow Y es, 2009 has barely begun, but in economic terms it already looks a lot like 2008. So let’s pick another year to think about for a moment – like 2020.       In mid-December, I came across a survey […]

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How Oregon Health & Science University is TRANSFORMING PATIENT CARE

Health and wellness get a boost in Oregon.

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Learning By Doing

Next month, on Sept. 29, the the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council will lead the first ever Green Apple Day of Service, which will call on green building professionals and volunteers from across the country and internationally to participate in a service project to green a school or campus in their community.

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Gold Dust in the Wind

Will wind energy bring big profits in Kansas? Investors think so.

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The 2021 Regional Workforce Development Rankings

See which states lead the way in talent cultivation, training and attraction across seven U.S. regions.

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Economist: Barriers to Trade and Immigration Hurt Rural Communities in U.S.

The Midwest will suffer if proposed U.S. trade barriers with other nations remain in place for long, says a noted economist with considerable experience in global trade.

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Clean & Green: How One County is Taking the Lead

With major investments, San Bernardino County has
become a hotbed of cleantech and renewable energy.

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