Rating Best Places: Going Beyond Real Estate in Making Location Decisions

A fter a period of rapid growth, company managers may step back and ask if their current facilities structure — often haphazardly cobbled together through mergers and acquisitions and building on existing operations — can be rationalized in a strategic manner to more efficiently and cost-effectively meet the needs of the integrated firm.     […]

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Arkansas Aims to Grow Firearms Industry

Why the Natural State is right on target to continued growth within the firearms industry.

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Please Don’t Go

As the global economy struggles to recover from the worst recession in recent memory, persistent high unemployment and low investment have begun to redefine the way economic development policy makers think about employment goals. The simple but harsh math of economic development starts with a basic premise: There can be no job growth before first retaining existing employment.

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The Power of Persuasion

How TVA helped recruit a Belgian bus maker to a town in Tennessee.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: INTERSTATE CORRIDORS

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: INTERSTATE CORRIDORS From Site Selection magazine, March 2009   Access for Success The roles of routes may map out your community’s future. by MARK FARMER editor bounce@conway.com  B egun in the 1950s, the Interstate Highway System forever changed the economic landscape of the United States. Getting a handle on just how big […]

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Take Me to Your Leader

Texas corners the market on corporate HQs.

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Crunching the Numbers

How Illinois’ data center boom became a race for power.

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Why People and Companies are Moving to Greater Phoenix

Chris Camacho, GPEC president and CEO, lays out the case

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Export Juggernaut

In 2017, the Lone Star State blew away all comers to further cement its reputation as the No. 1 exporter in the US.

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Will the EV Transition Pull Mexico’s Automotive Industry Out of Industrial ‘Long COVID’?

Parts and components have felt fine all along.

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‘Outlier’ No More

The newest multinational among many to find the Aegean Free Trade Zone in Izmir, Turkey, is Cummins Inc.

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Making the Business Case for Colorado

Gov. Hickenlooper brings his private enterprise background to state government as he builds a climate attractive to commerce.

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STATE OF THE STATES 2012

The status of the United States as a nation owes much if not most of its character to the livelihoods of its individual members. In 2011, for the first time in 10 years, states reported that they cut taxes more than they increased them, reports the National Council of State Legislatures.

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Riding the Wave

The shale revolution is lifting the fortunes of Gulf Coast ports.

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The Power to Make a Difference

With a “standing army of 4,000 of the smartest people on the planet” the US Department of Energy’s largest open science lab is solving the world’s problems.

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INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDEX

SITE SELECTION / NAI GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDEX From Site Selection magazine, March 2005 C H A R T Site Selection / NAI Global Industrial Location Index PDF Format, 140 KB TOP OF PAGE Top of Page | Cover | Letter to Editor | Site Selection Online | SiteNet | ©2005 Conway Data, Inc. All […]

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Hops City

Asheville, N.C., knows its hops and grains. The city has been voted Beer City USA four years running in an unofficial national poll, this year tying with Grand Rapids, Mich., for first place. An annual beer festival in the city quickly sells out. The area is home to more than a dozen craft breweries and brew pubs. And beer aficionados held the city’s first-ever Asheville Beer Week across 11 days in late May and early June this year because seven days apparently aren’t enough to celebrate the city’s culture of cold ones.

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Tulsa Is Reinventing Itself

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

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Digital Destination

Toronto is making a concerted effort to become Canada’s next nexus of digital media. .

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Agritech Rises in Kentucky

Emerging industry combines Kentucky’s strengths to address a global food shortage and create careers at home.

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Looks Like We Have Companies

One year after Alcoa announced the permanent closure of a smelter in the ultimate company town, Alcoa, Tenn., is on the rise, thanks to a slew of companies finding what they need in the region that now likes to call itself "Innovation Valley."

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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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Africa: Digital Giants Unveil Billion-Dollar Data and Skills Plan for Kenya and East Africa

Digital Giants Unveil Billion-Dollar Data and Skills Plan for Kenya and East Africa

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Legacy of Innovation Lives On

In her 1969 book “The Economy of Cities,” Jane Jacobs reminded her readers that 19th-century New England supplied the entire nation with everything

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2023 Top Industries: Top Three Industries See Major Boost

Global project numbers rose in every leading sector throughout 2023.

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Lights Out

Hurricane Maria hobbled drug makers in Puerto Rico. The new US tax law could hit them, too.

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Let’s Get Crackin’

How the Shell Ethane Cracker Will Impact the Commonwealth’s Economy and Environment

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How Millennials Are Changing the World of Work

Want your company to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace? Throw away every stereotype you have about millennials.

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The Intangibles of Cool

An uber-hip tech scene rises from Utah’s Silicon Slopes.

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Editor’s View: These Are Not the Good Old Days

“Perhaps we’re all a little trepidatious heading into the new year,” writes Editor in Chief Mark Arend.

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In Position

Young brainpower, ambitious centennial goals and 20 years of public-private partnership make Turkey a land of ample opportunity.

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Topeka’s Sweet Tooth

Ground-breaking Mars plant continues to expand.

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Manufacturing MOMENTUM

As the self-proclaimed “Air Capital of the World,” Wichita, Kansas needs no introduction to the world of advanced manufacturing.

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Industrial Strength

Add the importance of the Mexican market itself to companies' lists of reasons to open operations in Mexico.

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Mountain Air Boosts Longevity

Nashville in central Tennessee, Union City in the state's far northwest and several other communities have claimed important new capital investment projects in 2013.

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STATE OF THE STATES 2012

The status of the United States as a nation owes much if not most of its character to the livelihoods of its individual members. In 2011, for the first time in 10 years, states reported that they cut taxes more than they increased them, reports the National Council of State Legislatures.

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Tempting Thailand

Fifteen years after the Thai government shrewdly relaxed monetary policy and allowed its currency, the baht, to drop against the dollar, corporations investing in Thailand are reaping the benefits, accessing a low-cost and educated work force at the crossroads of Asia.

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Ports Are in a Storm,

What containerized cargo throughput in this region portends for 2017.

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European Rent Increases Cool Slightly, But Most of These Cities Remain Hot

Rotterdam-based HousingAnywhere in July released its Q2 2023 International Rent Index, a practical tool for professionals and students looking for a place to live in Europe.

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There’s Plenty of Ground to Cover in Illinois

World-class culture, outdoor adventure and food make Illinois a destination for all seasons — even in challenging times.

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Above and Beyond

Singapore-based developer Ascendas has been active in China for 20 years, creating space to meet clients’ evolving real estate requirements.

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Industrial Strength

Add the importance of the Mexican market itself to companies' lists of reasons to open operations in Mexico.

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The Park That Thought of Everything

In February, MAIP opened its 25,000-sq.-ft. Center of Excellence dedicated to technology, training and career opportunities.

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Question & Insight: Congress Warms to D.C. Real Estate Group’s Message

PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSOR ? CLICK ABOVE JANUARY 1999 Congress Warms to D.C. Real Estate Group’s Message This January, the 106th Congress convenes to begin what will likely be one of the most contentious sessions of Congress in recent memory. It begins amidst possible impeachment proceedings against the president and will end at the height […]

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Workforce Within Reach

Oregon’s institutions of higher education keep the talent pipeline flowing.

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Study Reveals British Columbia’s Low Call Center Labor Costs

W hoever said ignorance is bliss obviously wasn’t looking to site a facility, especially not a call center. And when ignorance means missing out on 40-50 percent in labor costs savings … well it could mean blissful unemployment. But on behalf of those not knowing that Canada’s British Columbia (BC) could save their firms that […]

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Colorado: The Final Frontier?

The data are indisputable as the state positions
itself as a leader in the aerospace industry.

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COVID-19 – Suffocating the global medical supply chain …

The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the vulnerabilities of the United States’ reliance on imported medical supplies and equipment.

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Site Selection Highlights February/March 1998 Issue

Highlights from February/March 1998 COVER STORY Michigan, Midwest Set Fast-Track Pace in 1997’s Record U.S. Race for Corporate Facilities 1997’s annual Site Selection scoreboard tallied a record 10,571 U.S. facility and expansion announcements. pg. 24 European Union: How Europe Is Rewriting Its Site Location Rules pg. 22 IDRC’s Service Delivery Best Practices Award: Ford Motor […]

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The Life and Death of Enterprise Florida

For three decades, Florida looked to EFI to lead economic development. What went wrong?

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A Concierge for the Innovation Ecosystem

The Iowa Innovation Corporation makes the right connections for start-ups in The Hawkeye State.

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How To Land Projects in California

Municipalities find ways around Golden State barriers to attracting capital investment.

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Green Bay Takes the Lambeau Leap into Entrepreneurism

Titletown Tech, joint venture of Packers and Microsoft, is a first for Wisconsin.

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Canada And Texas Top The 2021 Global Groundwork Index

CG/LA Infrastructure’s chairman says we’re on the cusp of an 'Infrastructure SuperCycle.'

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Top Groups: Staying the Course

While other community agencies retrenched in 2009,
the winning organizations redoubled their economic development efforts and grabbed the prize.

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Editor’s View: OLYMPIC-LEVEL EXCELLENCE

MEMORIALS TO TOMORROW

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How Louisville Competes for Talent in the Med-Tech Space

When you think of the big biotech hubs in the U.S., which cities first come to mind?

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Durable Skills Are Todays Human Resources Currency

Editor in Chief Mark Arend takes a close look at the Portrait of a Graduate visioning process developed by North Carolina and Battelle for Kids to ensure high school graduates...

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A Biotech Empire Rises in Inland Southern California

Activity around Loma Linda University and a big investment from Medline point to a true life sciences cluster taking shape in San Bernardino County.

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Australian for Infrastructure

Australia's Lend Lease participated last week in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new Healthcare Center in Kernersville, N.C., part of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point metro area.

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The Rich Get Richer

According to JLL’s newest Life Sciences Outlook, the favorites are still winning the race despite rising costs.

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Standing TALL

A longtime partnership with the military opens new economic opportunities.

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World Reports: Europe, China, Australia

From Site Selection magazine, May 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Europe Emphasizes Other Means to Power Alternative energy continues to draw more emphasis in Europe. Two recently announced projects take aim at harnessing power from the wind and sun and a third is studying the feasibility of building a power plant based […]

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Oklahoma’s ‘Total Package’ Leads to Multiple Announcements

In Oklahoma, the wide-ranging industry sector of professional, scientific and technical services has become a top performer.

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Making Room for Making Things

Energy businesses such as Norway’s Aker Solutions and U.S. firm FMC Technologies are landing more jobs on Scottish shores, as well as in London. Food companies such as Kraft are growing from Ballymena to York. Car companies Jaguar Land Rover, Lear and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (a unit of BMW) are growing and steel is rolling.

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The Aerotropolis EMEA Conference Report, Part 1:

The Aerotropolis Defined; Manchester Airports Group Case Study

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Preparing Mississippians for the Jobs of the Future

State’s new governor earmarks $100 million for training a modern workforce.

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Cluster Comes to Fruition

Oregon: Cluster Comes to Fruition

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How Kentucky Became the Work Truck Capital of America

There are trucks, and then there are trucks.

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World Reports, Site Selection Magazine, May 2003

Visteon Builds Facility in France Automotive supplier Visteon has invested 30 million euros (US$33 million) in its new factory next to the PSA Peugeot-Citroen assembly plant in Noyal/Chatillon-sur-Seiche near Rennes, France. The 177,600-sq.-ft. (16,500-sq.-m.) facility will support current and future business with PSA. The plant will employ 400 at full production, manufacturing and assembling HVAC […]

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You Are Cleared to Land

Where mobility assets on the ground add lift to R&D operations.

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Making High Performance Buildings Cost Less

Our friends at Pattern r+d describe how one project in Atlanta aims to balance cost and energy goals.

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Race to the Starting Line

Say "Petronas" out loud and most people will think you're talking about Harry Potter's animal spirit ("patronus"), which has helped him out of any number of tight situations.

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Editor’s View: Use Your Words: The Value of ‘Natural’ Intelligence

The Value of ‘Natural’ Intelligence: If you’re like me lately, your sentences are being finished for you by more than your immediate family members.

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Clear Air Ahead

In May, West Star Aviation announced plans to plans to invest roughly $15 million this year in expanding its presence at current sites in Grand Junction, Colo. (GJT), East Alton, Ill. (ALN), and Columbia, S.C. (CAE).

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Poised to Prosper

Higher education infrastructure and a new incentives regime nurture a new generation of R&D in Portugal.

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Puerto Rico

Sun, Sand and Life Sciences

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Rethinking the Role Of the Research Park

Abbott Laboratories added to its Singapore and Southeast Asia property portfolio on May 5 with the opening of its Abbott Asia-Pacific Nutrition Research & Development Center at Singapore’s Biopolis Research Park.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SERVICE PROVIDER SHOWCASE

ndustry Expertise.” “Global Breadth.” “Client Focused.” You hear these descriptions often, but what do they mean? More importantly, are these true qualities in a top- notch service provider? Is a global provider superior to a smaller boutique shop? These days, qualifying corporate real estate service providers is a different ballgame. The players are new, and […]

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New Research Charts a Cyber Course for Brokers

 D ALLAS – If the financial securities industry is any indication, traditional brokerage models are in for a rude awakening. The success of online trading services for institutional and individual investors should not be lost on brokers in other industries, including the commercial real estate industry, where brokers are facing inevitable change in how they […]

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The Collaboration Score: Why Site Selectors Should Use It

The next time you conduct a site search for the optimal location for a business operation, consider adding the “collaboration score” of each community to your matrix.

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Medicine on Fast Forward

A top-notch design team offers its take on the flexible biopharma facility of the future.

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Arab Youth: A ‘Wellspring of Untapped Potential’

Firms want to employ the region's potential workforce, but these youth's may have bigger plans.

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Atlanta Stakes Claim As Soccer City USA

We won’t know who won the 2026 World Cup until all the matches are played two years from now in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

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Capital Improvements

The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District last fall became the first in the world to be certified LEED-Platinum as a community. That’s just the beginning for this catalytic neighborhood.

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IDRC Abstracts, March 2001

A bstracts of major presentations of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world’s preeminent corporate real estate association. “Digital Darwinism: Strategies for Evolving, Adapting, Surviving and Thriving in an e-Business World,” Florida World Congress, Nov. 6, 2000:         The companies that evolve the quickest and adapt to the new e-business landscape […]

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Golden State County Goes Green

High-tech recycling firms choose San Bernardino County as their home base.

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The Home Office Vs. the home office

How the Pandemic Altered REI’s HQ Vision

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Made in Kentucky: How Manufacturing Drives The State’s Economy

How manufacturing drives the state’s economy.

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Intelligence^2

Cybersecurity is in the national headlines, after serious data incursions, an executive order from the White House and, in February, accusations of data theft from U.S.

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Where Foreign Companies Enter The U.S. Market

In October 2018, Governor Mike Parson underscored Missouri’s commitment to attracting foreign investment by signing the state’s first Open Investment Policy statement.

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Global and U.S. Giants

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A Board as Big as Texas

Meet the CEOs who comprise the TxEDC Board of Directors.

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Design Experts Shed Light On Workplace Performance Measures

Ever since Michael Hammer, the guru of Business Process Re-engineering, made the observation years ago that the business world has not adequately considered the effect re-engineering has on the notion of workplace, work space design experts have struggled to understand the relationship between the two concepts. What role does workspace really play in productivity? Can […]

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Credentials Count

One credential at a time, California’s community colleges are doing their part  to raise the state’s education attainment  levels and close gaps in equity.

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Texas Soars

Texas Governor Rick Perry is proud to have won the latest pick-up basketball game with his fellow governors.

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When the Land Is Loud

When the Land Is Loud: A gust of oil development sweeps across North Dakota, where people know what land is really worth.

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NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

uto makers in North America continue to bemoan the burden of competition: “In view of further reductions in model lifecycles and continuing over-capacity, DaimlerChrysler does not expect any alleviation of the intensely competitive pressure in the automobile industry,” read a typically cold statement in 2005.    John Engler, president of the National Association of Manufacturers and […]

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Maryland: A Ticket to the Game

A look inMaryland’s bid to lure global startups is hitting paydirt. Just ask executives with entrepreneurial firms coming from places such as Seoul and London.

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Pyramid Power

A real estate deal was the precursor to Switch’s $5-billion investment in the Grand Rapids area.

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Birmingham Airport Adds Runway Length For Longer-Haul Flights

Birmingham Airport (BHX) officially marked the start of its runway extension development November 28th. The project will see the existing runway length increase 405 metres (1,328 ft.) to 3,003 metres (9,850 ft.), giving aircraft unlimited range from the Midlands. Aircraft will be able to take off from Birmingham with more fuel and fly direct to destinations currently out of reach, such as China, South America, South Africa and the West Coast of the US.

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IAMC INSIDER

MARCH 2009 So, What Is Your Board Up To? (cover) People & Projects Request Information

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PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, November 2007   Interest High in No-Interest Option Islamic finance achieves a higher profile in the industrial world. by ADAM BRUNS,adam.bruns bounce@conway.com T hrough the second quarter of 2007, the global issuance of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, had reached a record level of US$24.5 billion, and showed no signs […]

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Scaling New Heights

For San Bernardino County, the conditions for industrial growth have never been stronger.

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The Right Climate for Startups

How a move across state lines changed everything for the founder of Banjo

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‘Potent Formula’

Pfizer and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) official broke ground on Nov. 21 for the new location of Pfizer's Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases (CVMED) and Neuroscience research units in Cambridge.

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MEGASITES

Mark Arend shares compelling insights on megasite development and strategy from his conversations with site selection experts at JLL and Wadley, Donovan, Gutshaw Consulting.

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Where Water Resiliency Is at Full Pool

Billions of dollars in projects from companies are moving forward in the Phoenix region despite a 25-year megadrought.

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Re-evaluating Value

When a part of a multinational in one country transfers (i.e. sells) goods, services or know-how to another part in another country, the price charged for these goods or services is called the transfer price.

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Where Dreamers Become Doers

Who’s achieving the American Dream and who’s not? A unique survey sheds light on both.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: WORK-FORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS

hen it comes to the value of continuous learning and study, there is no shortage of studies. A common finding of most of them may be the most agreed- upon but least acted- upon facet of the United States’ growing concern over its skills deficit: The primary importance of work- force training. Those cities, regions […]

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Sealing the Deal

States trying to get a big corporate facility project across the goal line sometimes have to call special legislative sessions to approve incentive packages or other special statutory measures designed to cinch the deal. But in the interest of speed, recent years have seen an increase in discretionary incentive funds established for just this purpose.

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Panhandle Plays: Where FDI Is Landing in the Mountain State

What do an Italian producer of building materials and a Canadian maker of natural gas compression equipment have in common?

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Hubs of Innovation

A vigorous, modern economic system requires a thriving marketplace.

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Australia’s Magnet For Green Hydrogen Investment

As if there were a year-end deadline, renewable energy projects made a beeline for Queensland in late 2021

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FDI Rises in Europe: H.B. Fuller Opens Nanjing Plant: The Longest Tunnel Progresses and more.

Germany recorded the highest percentage gain in an inward investment rebound in Europe in 2010, according to Ernst & Young’s ninth annual European Attractiveness Survey.

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Eastman Kodak?s Strategic Best Practices

Eastman Kodak?s Corporate Real Estate strategy focuses on maximizing shareholder value through continuous, financially oriented, business process improvements, which are designed to optimally align the company?s existing and future investments in real estate with business strategies. Best Practices: Eastman Kodak An army of innovative strategies relentlessly links Eastman Kodak?s corporate real estate program with its […]

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The New Daredevils

The same Snake River Canyon made famous by motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel is making a new name for itself courtesy of some innovative thinking.

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The Arkansas Advantage: Relationships Build an Ecosystem for Growth

If you want to know why so many companies thrive in Arkansas, it pays to listen to the people who run these firms.

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China’s Zhengzhou Aerotropolis Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

  On March 7, 2023, the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (ZAEZ), crowned “China’s Aerotropolis” by the People’s Daily in May 2019, celebrated its 10th anniversary.

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