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I f you haven’t heard by now, the inaugural conference of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) in October was an unqualified success – highlights of the meeting in Savannah can be found in this issue’s IAMC Insider. Attendees, who included corporate real estate executives and service providers, participated in a […]
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Multiple projects show why Oak Ridge National Lab is a catalyst behind resurging interest in nuclear power.
If a driver were as dominant in NASCAR as Statesville-Mooresville is in economic development, the officials who run the sport would likely start building more challenging tracks.
The ability to monitor production from start to finish led Japan’s oldest pharmaceutical company to put down roots in Minnesota.
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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From Site Selection magazine, January 2003 WORLD REPORTS edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Survey Says European Companies Prefer Switzerland as Headquarters Site Dr. Herbert Wanner A recent Arthur D. Little survey indicates European companies consider Switzerland to be the most attractive place for global headquarters location in Europe. The study also found that headquarters are […]
Read MoreMeanwhile, the commissioner of a prominent collegiate athletic conference tells us why D.C. attracted the organization’s headquarters.
Arkansas offers a unique and beautiful setting for a growing number of film and TV productions
Exports to global markets fuel a surge in Kentucky's aerospace sector.
Highlights from Site Selection ? December 1997/January 1998 Nokia Wirelessly Takes on the World by Jack Lyne Helsinki-based Nokia has achieved a remarkable business turnaround. After losing US$213 million in 1991-92, the old-line Finnish conglomerate, founded in 1865 as a forest-industry operation, has totally transformed itself. Now, Nokia is the No. 2 world player in […]
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Pro-Business Bipartisanship Brings SCIENX Plant to Upstate N.Y. Politics may make for strange bedfellows. A major New York site selection decision, however, made for surprisingly cordial ones. There on the dais, a mere six days before November’s elections, were Gov. George Pataki (R) and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), linked […]
Read MoreLong-time Paper Mill Avoids Closure Through Pivot to Brown Paper Market.
Competition in the EV space is intense. Could this mega-project in Georgia fall victim?
From automotive manufacturing to the chemicals and life-sciences sectors, few factors are more important to global competitiveness than speed to market. In fact, for some industrial companies, the presence of a superior transportation and logistics network is the most critical component of all. In Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, logistics is at the heart of the state’s business growth strategy — and a world-class transportation network is the driver.
"Truth is stranger than fiction," Mark Twain once said. Especially when it happens for the first time.
Over time, the Corporate Active membership has become a community whose members share information with a high degree of confidence.
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“I was very impressed with the content of the sessions. In each one, there was at least one nugget I could take away and apply to my own situation.” – Charles Veley, Director, Global Real Estate, United Technologies Corp., on the proceedings of the inaugural IAMC Forum in Savannah, Ga. Westin Innisbrook Hotel, […]
Read MoreInterested in investing in or benefiting from new South American infrastructure? Here’s the lowdown on the first half of what will be $23 billion in projects aiming for completion by 2027.
For the nation hosting this year’s World Cup for the first time on African soil, it only makes sense that two of its largest corporate facility projects are measured in football fields.
When a metro area has accounted for nearly half of its entire state’s corporate facility locations and expansions since the beginning of 2008, it’s hard to ignore.
We’ve all heard about the resurgence in US manufacturing by now, and we are familiar with examples of the reshoring phenomenon now several years old.
Population growth is helping meet a growing demand for labor in the Lehigh Valley.
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D evelopers of new facilities have a very basic decision to make at the outset of a project, be it a new manufacturing plant, a distribution center or any other facility. Will its impact on the environment be negative or positive in the long term? Those who choose to design and build a project that […]
Read MoreNOVEMBER 2006 Infineon Inaugurates $1B Malaysian Fab (cover) Hong Kong Air Cargo Hub Gets ‘SuperSized’ N.C.-Based Textile Firm Opens Factory In China; Let Europe Eat Cake Brewer Puts Latin Projects on Tap; Survey Says London Is Still Hard to Beat Give Us Your Opinion! WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Infineon Inaugurates $1B […]
A wave of economic opportunity crashes into Mississippi’s shores.
U.S. policy makers need to take a series of actions to keep the nation in its perch as the global leader in the biomedical industry. That’s the conclusion of a recent report by the Milken Institute.
NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, November 2008 Clean Energy In, Clean Energy Out Québec Lands Billion-Dollar Plant from REC Silicon The clean hydropower available at Bécancour Industrial Park helped lure REC to choose the site for the manufacture of polysilicon (inset) for the solar and semiconductor industries. Image courtesy of Bécancour Industrial […]
In the “Information Age,” telecommunications is as much a part of a community?s backbone as is its highways, railways and waterways. Now, businesses study not only an area?s physical and human infrastructure when locating a facility, but its telecom capabilities as well. And as telecommunications activities increase in the fast-paced global economy, the need for […]
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S ynthetic leasing by its very nature is two-faced, an adjective most corporations are scrambling to avoid in today’s scandal-plagued environment. A corporate user gets to be the owner of an asset for income tax purposes and gets to treat it as an operating lease for financial reporting purposes. What could be better? The rent […]
Read MoreFrom Site Selection magazine, May 2005 WORLD REPORTS Middle East Outlook Infrastructure, Research Parks, LNG Plants Among New Projects The incessant turmoil of the Middle East notwithstanding, the region is the scene of many planned major investments that bode well for its economic future. These include historic infrastructure projects, major research parks and a number […]
Once known as Plum Point before incorporating in 1853, Osceola, Arkansas, has become the plum spot for steel.
A new project in West Lafayette continues a long tradition of innovation and industry collaboration at Purdue University.
One of the biggest pork processing facilities in the country is all systems go, even as its leaders navigate the challenges of potential tariffs, immigration and workforce development.
Whether a community is directly involved or not, expansion of the shale energy industry in Ohio has far-reaching consequences for statewide economic growth.
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E ight corporate real estate service provider companies have won Site Selection/ William Dorsey Service Provider Awards for work they did in 2002 that exceeded the expectations of their clients. These awards, now in their fourth year, recognize those companies that are helping evolve the definition of client service in the corporate real estate context. […]
Read MoreEven as the science behind global warming research is thrown deeper into doubt by the recent email debacle at the U.K.’s East Anglia University
Canada, Australia and South Korea lead the way internationally.
A major automotive investment continues South Carolina’s streak of big deals.
Recent new franchises, new venues and new affiliations provide top-notch sports competition and entertainment.
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A new global corporate entity in animal health makes its home in Maine.
In 2021, the state broke film production revenue records at $630 million, surpassing its 2019 record by $70 million.
AEDC’s Executive Voice campaign gets close to these executives and their decision to work in Arkansas.
A banner year for the Volunteer State came to an end as the man responsible for a large portion of Tennessee’s economic success stepped down from his post to return to the private sector. On the same day that Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist announced that his state had achieved a record […]
Known as the birthplace of fintech, Arkansas demonstrates leadership in the field.
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T he most likely candidate for a location decision involving a new or expanded facility will be in the manufacturing sector, according to corporate executives surveyed by Development Counsellors International (DCI), a New York?based economic development marketing firm. More than 280 corporate executives participated in the exercise. Forty-four percent of the […]
Read MoreThe back 40 are a living lab for high-tech farming in the Bluegrass State.
Organizing trade missions to Asia and setting up rural economic development programs around Texas are all just part of a normal day’s work for Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos.
Gwinnett County in metro Atlanta emerges as major player in growing high-tech industries.
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From Site Selection magazine, November 2002 NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS Edited by ADAM BRUNS Lilly Growing in Puerto Rico Too NOTHING COULD BE FINER: Eli Lilly executives join with local residents and community officials to break ground on a $450-million facility in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The plant is Lilly’s third major facility announcement of 2002, with […]
Read MoreMAY 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 […]
Two-Wheeling in Southeast Asia; European Auto Plants Rev Up; Color for Scandinavia; Tunnel-to-Tunnel Bridge Debuts In China
Still looking for a reason to attend the 2019 TrustBelt Corporates & Consultants Forum being held August 19-21 in Louisville, Kentucky? Here are 10.
W hen manufacturer Superior Walls of Central Illinois opened for business in the Springfield Enterprise Community, it created job opportunities for 42 low-to-moderate-income neighborhood residents. “These employees show great pride in producing a quality product,” says Springfield developer Mike Suhadolnik, owner of Superior Walls. Suhadolnik’s enthusiasm is matched by that of […]
When businesses are ready to grow quickly, Missouri’s Certified Sites Program is there to help them find the perfect site for their expansion or relocation needs.
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From Site Selection magazine, November 2002 WORLD REPORTS edited by ADAM BRUNS Alcoa Moving Forward on Icelandic Mega-Project In a deal worth an estimated US$1 billion, Alcoa Executive Vice President G. John Pizzey, Iceland Minister of Industry Valgerdur Sverrisd?ttir and national power company Landsvirkjun‘s Managing Director Fridrik Sophusson signed a memorandum of understanding in July […]
Read MoreLeading voices from around the state of Michigan weigh in on the connections between regional culture, higher education and talent attraction.
Welcome to the 4th Quarter 2001 Johnson Controls USA Office Occupancy Costs Index, which provides a snapshot guide to the cost of providing and operating property and facility management services in the USA. This cost index briefing is published twice a year and has become a powerful and dynamic business reference […]
A concerted approach to pro-growth policy has made Utah into an economic force.
Satirists Draw Scorn For Creating Actual Jobs.' "No way to treat loyal scoffers," says straight-faced applicant.
EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, September 2007 EDOs: Are You Ready for Your Close-up? O ne reason this issue of Site Selection is so large is because it contains one editorial survey and four editorial profiles. Profiles are shorter versions of a survey, but they do much the same thing, which is to […]
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Dear Colleague: The Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) was founded this year to better meet the professional development needs of executives with corporate real estate and asset management responsibilities. As the organization’s first chairman, I am proud to be a part of the IAMC and to be associated with an extremely talented and dedicated […]
Read MoreToday, it is clear that the leaders of the Exit campaign had no plan, and were indeed surprised to win.
Selected from the many nominations received for this year’s Site Selection list of top development groups, here are profiles of 10 other worthy organizations from 1999: Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, Robertsdale, Ala.: Instrumental in attracting more than 1,000 new jobs and US$37 million in capital investments to its service area of 132,000. Major investments […]
I n an economic downturn, inexpensive, capable labor becomes even more important. India has both and offers call center site selectors the added bonus of a workforce dedicated to making a career within the call center industry. “India offers a workforce of highly-dedicated, well-educated, English-speaking professionals, and the infrastructure needed to […]
Billions of dollars in projects from companies are moving forward in the Phoenix region despite a 25-year megadrought.
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E rnst & Young’s six-month update to its annual European Investment Monitor report shows a slight rise in projects compared to the same period in 2001, driven by the resilience of the manufacturing sector, particularly in the automotive and software sectors. Unemployment in the Euro Zone’s 12 countries hovered at 8.3 percent at the end […]
Read MoreInvestment into Canadian workforce doubles down in three major industries.
Two projects announced in recent weeks will generate approximately 1,150 new jobs in the two Arkansas towns that won them.
The state is doing its part to connect more homes and businesses to broadband.
OFFSHORE WIND: Keeping Up with the Jones Act:
Rand McNally reports that Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri, holds the title of America’s Most Beautiful Small Town.
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W estern states are proving to be a natural habitat for gazelles, according to some recent research — not zoological research, but rather location research from Cognetics (www.cogonline.com), a Waltham, Mass.-based consultancy. Gazelles are rapidly growing, publicly traded companies whose revenues have grown at an average annual compound rate of 20 […]
Read MoreBaltimore, Maryland is the location of two new headquarters projects — one involving construction of a new waterfront office complex for Constellation Energy Group, which is merging with Chicago-based Exelon, and one the expansion of Under Armour’s headquarters in the Locust Point area.
A pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle program takes on in North Dakota, while an earthmoving equipment company expands in South Dakota.
Key transport upgrades are increasingly connecting the Bayou State to global markets.
Outdoor recreation is a $13.2-billion industry in Colorado — and it’s not just the tourism side of the sector.
Processing critical minerals domestically is ramping up as companies invest in facilities designed to bring the supply chain home from overseas.
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T hey say misery loves company. When everybody is having a bad year, then one company’s troubles don’t look so bad. But even in relative terms, Lucent Technologies, along with its telecom equipment and networking rivals, has endured more than most. Lucent’s challenge of spinning off non-core businesses would have been […]
Read MoreWho says offshore wind towers and components need to be built on the coast?
Which Asia-Pacific cities deserve a spot on site selectors’ short lists of potential international headquarters locations?
Mayors from 10 US cities on November 15 announced that they are joining 10 previously named cities in the City Energy Project (CEP), an effort to address energy use and climate pollution caused by buildings.
Generous incentives help fuel the innovation coming out of Golden State firms.
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C orporate real estate executives from most of Silicon Valley’s high-tech companies gathered in early June in Redwood City, Calif., to participate in one of two Jones Lang LaSalle Leading Edge Series 2002 events to take place this year. Besides high-level presentations on economic forces influencing business decisions, the impact of changes in accounting rules […]
Read MoreStudents, professionals and educational leaders see skills training from tech giants like Amazon as much more than window dressing. It’s a door to everyone’s future.
The world’s largest e-commerce market is set for a boom in hyper-scale data centers.
PTI has become much more than a regional passenger airport.
A strong and competitive state business climate is part of the story.
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S teps taken to make the Tar Heel State even more competitive with surrounding states are paying off. For the second year in a row, North Carolina has claimed the top slot in Site Selection‘s annual business climate ranking. Among the measures helping to boost the state’s allure was passage in the state house of […]
Read MoreGov. DeWine invests in education, quality of life and site infrastructure.
MAY 2006 ‘Shovel-Ready’ Saves Time, Money (cover) Barilla America to Open Pasta- Manufacturing Facility Empire State Development Kentucky’s Shovel- Ready Sites Are Just a Click Away Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development “Perfect Location” for Your Business and for Your Family Buttonwood Gateway Berks Economic Partnership ShovelReady Oklahoma’s MidAmerica Takes Shovel- Ready Sites to the Next Level […]
We sit down with two pros to get their take on the future of manufacturing in the region.
Investments from key players will boost activity in a critical Montréal-area industry.
Of the more than 750 food-sector facility projects tracked around the world by the Conway Data New Plant Database between January 2009 and April 2010, nearly 15 percent had something to do with adult beverages
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S tate budgetary shortfalls have mirrored the U.S. economy at large over the past year, prompting many legislatures to adopt stringent measures to curb spending and maintain the tax base. Many held special legislative sessions in order to achieve some fiscal progress. While some economic development branches have been streamlined, most […]
Read MoreLooking to align with China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative? Meet one company with a plan of its own.
Incentives, headquarters, semiconductors and workforce training headline some of the stories in a state chock-full of them.
For SRP, the concept supports sustainability and prosperity all at once.
Few locations in China can claim as many benefits to industrial investors as the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND) established in November 1992 on the northern side of the city of Changzhou.
PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, September 2007 It Tolls for Thee PPP or not, transportation projects seek to monetize assets. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com “A ccording to the Federal Highway Administration, $131.7 billion and $9.4 billion is needed respectively every year over the next 20 years to repair deficient roads and bridges.” […]
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H opes were high at the beginning of the year that 2002 would see the start of a sustained economic recovery in Europe and the rest of the industrialized world. The figures for the first few months appeared to show that the optimism was well founded. The leading global economies grew at 2.4 percent in […]
Read MoreKulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), Malaysia’s first high-tech industrial park, opened in 1996 as a key component in the nation’s plan to be fully industrialized by 2020.
From child care to automation, labor faces challenges on a whole new scale.
Early this month Ford Motor Co., as part of an aggressive electrification strategy that includes the launch of five electrified vehicles in North America by 2012 and Europe by 2013, named its “20 Cool Places to Charge in the U.S.”
As part of the bicentennial celebration underway this year in the nation's 21st state, we take a look at seven companies with a major presence in the Land of Lincoln.
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C ompanies facing earnings pressures are taking public-sector incentives more seriously during these challenging economic times, according to a survey recently completed by Stadtmauer Bailkin Biggins (SBB), L.L.C [a firm where the author is a principal]. The study, which queried both corporate real estate executives and economic development agencies on developing trends in incentives, was […]
Read MoreWashington State’s Centers of Excellence secure a skilled workforce for in-demand industries.
A new generation of commercial transport changes the rules of where facilities supporting this bellwether industry are located. Airbus has opened a new, 650-employee facility in Broughton, Wales, where wings for the A350 XWB will be manufactured. Boeing has not yet determined where it will build its new 737 MAX airliner. Renton, Wash., has been home to 737 production for decades, but the aerospace giant is also considering other locations.
OREGON AIMS FOR THE SKY IN MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH.
If the Midwest needed a wake-up call, it was delivered in a big way on Nov. 26 when General Motors announced that it would schedule five automotive plants for closure and lay off 14,500 workers.
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D rive along the southern edge of Lake Michigan, and the steel legacy of northern Indiana becomes inescapably apparent, in both the best and worst of senses. Much of the industry’s looming gray capacity has gone dormant, but there is still a core that thrives. And where big steel has suffered, little steel is doing […]
Read MoreTwo of the nation’s leading professional sports leagues are deepening their roots in Manhattan with major office leases in Midtown.
With six consecutive Top Business Climate wins to his credit, Gov. Nathan Deal reflects on overcoming state transportation challenges, how to invest wisely in education and workforce resources, and his hope that Georgia’s business climate benefits businesses and their workers long after he’s gone.
Two advanced developments in Honduras connect forward-thinking companies to worldwide markets.
Highlights from Site Selection ? December 1997/January 1998 Contract, Expand, Adapt: The Auto World’s All-at-Once Imperative by Karen E. Thuermer Today’s auto industry is getting a very mixed message: Contract and expand and adapt . . . quickly. On one hand, sluggish North American and European sales have made retooling and streamlining imperative. Simultaneously, emerging […]
How Wichita Falls is winning the race for
high-tech facility expansions.
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S tates across America are developing strategies for cloning the biotechnology industries that have emerged in California, Massachusetts, and Maryland over the past 30 years. In the wake of the burst high technology bubble, biotech offers them the promise of renewed economic growth. Or does it? According […]
Read MoreBased on a partnership with Chevron, a California-based firm helps companies and communities turn mountains of garbage into fields of wattage.
From small rural agricultural and ranching communities to large urban centers of innovation and advanced manufacturing, the border is based in both tradition and the crossing of boundaries.
Oklahoma’s Commerce Secretary, Deby Snodgrass, works to grow a base of highly educated workers in the Sooner State.
Greater Houston, Texas, which in 2011 secured 195 corporate facility expansion projects, is increasing the size of its metropolitan economy at a rate that leads every other metro area on the continent, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution.
Long known for its tourism appeal, DC reasserts its business magnetism.
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W ith a new round of U.S. military base closures on the not-too-distant horizon of 2005, more communities will be dealing with the accompanying job losses and subsequent base redevelopment. But that’s not necessarily bad news. Dozens of previously closed bases have been reinvented as centers of industry and research. Since […]
Read Moresk that baby boomer facing retirement or the Gen X and Y techie: One year or so out from the beginning of the biggest retirement surge in history, the United States could be about to experience a titanic shift that could turn “Any Town USA” into a quality- of- life locale. Sure, the usual indices […]
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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T ry to image a more daunting task than relocating a plant to another location. Better yet, to another country. Building a new plant is just part of the task. Relocating a plant also involves moving equipment, materials and production lines to the new facility — and disposing of the original site. […]
Read Moresia figures to be the high-growth region for call center activity for years to come by most accounts, as companies continue to offshore operations in India and the Philippines and head to China to serve the local market. A recent Datamonitor report predicts the number of call centers in the Asia-Pacific region […]
From advanced mobility to solar, investments by the federal government are hitting home.
Among the companies to have found both advantages in the Pelepas Free Zone at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) are Flextronics, JST Connectors, Schenker Logistics, CIBA Vision and many others. MNCs with locations at PTP, in the Iskandar Development Region in Malaysia’s southernmost point, seek a southeast Asian base from which to serve the region cost-effectively and efficiently.
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston’s new sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, La., has hit a sweet spot in terms of sustainability.
Agriculture feeds the state’s economy while keeping the nation’s grocery store shelves stocked.
