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Congestion can really get you down. No, we’re not talking about the sniffles going around. More like the cargo and people who aren’t.

If time spent in traffic by your company’s employees and products is important to your location decision-making for growth (or consolidation), then you’ll want to factor into your matrix the data in the INRIX 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard released earlier this month. Among the findings by the Kirkland, Washington-based firm (located in the 10th worst congested city of Seattle):

  • “Ten U.S. cities made the Top 25 worst congested cities in the world as employees return to the office,” led by sharp increases in trips to city cores in Houston (+25% year over year), Chicago (+13%), Dallas (+12%) and Atlanta (+10%).
  • “Congestion resulted in American drivers losing an average of 43 hours to traffic jams in 2024, equal to about one work week, costing $771 in lost time and productivity. Drivers in the most congested cities, New York and Chicago (102 hours), lost more than $1,800 in wasted time.”
  • “The country’s biggest increase in traffic congestion came from 15th-ranked Denver, where residents saw a 19% increase in traffic delay compared to 2023.”
  • The busiest traffic corridor was I-95 southbound in Stamford, Connecticut, followed by I-93 in Boston. Five of the top 10 busiest corridors were in Chicagoland.

“While the U.S. is still behind pre-2020 levels of traffic,” said Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX and author of the 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard, “a pullback of remote and hybrid work models, specifically in tech-heavy areas like San Jose, San Francisco, and Seattle, brought a large jump in downtown trips, which is a good sign for metropolitan economies. The data also shows more economic activity Saturday and Sunday evenings as the downtown core returns to life.”

But with life comes waiting in lines.

“Traffic can be an indicator of economic boon,” Pishue said, “but ironically, it’s a hamper on economies in of itself. Each minute spent waiting in traffic results in money and productivity lost.” (INRIX will host a webinar about its results at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 23.)

Motivated by that waste, new congestion pricing went into effect in New York City on January 5, with daily tolls to access Manhattan ranging from $9 for passenger vehicles ($2.25 during off-peak hours) to $21.60 during peak hours for large trucks and tour buses. New Jersey, where Gov. Phil Murphy has loudly opposed the tolls, already has countered with a new incentive program announced this week called the New Jersey Re-assigning In-State Employees Program(NJ RISE), administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. It will provide grants to businesses who re-assign New Jersey residents working in another state (such as New York) to a New Jersey location.

“NJ RISE is a $20 million pilot program that will provide grants to businesses principally located out of state that re-assign New Jersey residents currently assigned to work in a state that employs the ‘convenience of employer’ income taxation rule to work in a New Jersey location,” the NJEDA explains. “The grant is equal to the amount of New Jersey Gross Income Tax withholdings of the re-assigned resident employees during one tax year of the business, not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate per business.”

“From the beginning, I vowed to fight congestion pricing, because New York should not balance its budget on the backs of New Jersey families,” said Governor Phil Murphy in a press release on Tuesday. “Back in 2023, I signed legislation establishing a grant program that would incentivize businesses in states like New York to reassign their New Jersey resident employees to work in our state. This would not only cut down on costs and travel time for commuters, but would keep their tax dollars in New Jersey. Our fight against congestion pricing isn’t over and we won’t allow another state to line its coffers with our hard-earned money.” (Watch for Site Selection’s report on regional traffic congestion and commuting patterns and beyond in the Northeast Regional Review in the March issue.)

New York City is no longer No. 1 in the world for congestion, says INRIX. That dubious honor now goes to Istanbul, which saw a 15% year-over-year increase in traffic congestion to 105 hours of delay per driver, just above the 102 hours in New York and Chicago, 101 in London and 97 in Paris and Mexico City.

Top 25 Most Congested Global Cities

2024 Impact Rank (2023 Rank)Urban AreaCountry2024 Delay per Driver (hours)2023 Delay per Driver (hours)Change from 2023Downtown Speed (mph)
1 (6)IstanbulTUR1059115%15
2 (1)New York CityUSA1021011%13
3 (5)ChicagoUSA102966%14
4 (2)Mexico CityMEX97961%13
5 (3)LondonGBR101992%13
6 (4)ParisFRA97970%13
7 (10)JakartaIDN896537%13
8 (7)Los Angeles USA8889-1%22
9 (9)Cape TownZAF948313%14
10 (12)BrisbaneAUS847414%21
11 (14)BangkokTHA746317%16
12 (8)BostonUSA7988-10%13
13 (13)PhiladelphiaUSA776912%14
14 (11)MiamiUSA74706%20
15 (16)DublinIRL817213%15
16 (15)RomeITA71693%15
17 (19)HoustonUSA66626%17
18 (20)BrusselsBEL74689%12
19 (21)AtlantaUSA65617%18
20 (28)WarsawPOL706115%17
21 (22)MelbourneAUS65625%18
22 (18)Washington, DCUSA6263-2%12
23 (27)SeattleUSA63589%18
24 (25)MilanITA64607%18
25 (17)TorontoCAN6163-3%13

Rankings data courtesy of INRIX

“Four cities in the Global Top 10 alone saw double-digit increases in traffic delay compared to 2023,” said INRIX. “For comparison, only five cities in this year’s U.S. Top 25 saw double-digit increases, with zero coming in the top 10. Additionally, three out of four cities in the 2024 Global Top 25 that saw year-over-year decreases in traffic congestion came from the U.S.”

The INRIX study also lists the top 25 busiest traffic corridors. Seven of them are in New York and the rest mostly are distributed in other large metros, with exceptions such as No. 1 Stamford and No. 15 Lexington, Kentucky (the city’s “chicken-lane” stretch of Nicholasville Road at evening rush hour).

Top 25 Most Congested U.S. Cities

2024 Impact Rank (2023 Rank)Urban Area2024 Hours Lost (2023)Delay Change2024 Cost per Driver2024 Cost per CityDowntown Speed (mph)
1 (1)New York City NY102 (101)0.01$1,826$9.5 B13
2 (2)Chicago IL102 (96)0.06$1,826$6.6 B14
3 (3)Los Angeles CA88 (89)-0.01$1,575$8.5 B22
4 (4)Boston MA79 (88)-0.1$1,414$2.7 B13
5 (6)Philadelphia PA77 (69)0.12$1,378$3.3 B14
6 (5)Miami FL74 (70)0.06$1,325$3.4 B20
7 (8)Houston TX66 (62)0.06$1,181$3.5 B17
8 (9)Atlanta GA65 (61)0.07$1,164$2.9 B18
9 (7)Washington DC62 (63)-0.02$1,110$2.8 B12
10 (10)Seattle WA63 (58)0.09$1,128$1.8 B18
11 (12)Nashville TN63 (56)0.13$1,128$1.0 B23
12 (11)San Juan PR58 (57)0.02$1,038$109 M22
13 (14)Baltimore MD48 (44)0.09$859$1.0 B14
14 (13)San Francisco CA46 (45)0.02$823$1.3 B14
15 (22)Denver CO44 (37)0.19$788$1.0 B15
16 (17)Dallas TX41 (38)0.08$734$2.4 B18
17 (20)Stamford CT47 (40)0.18$841$300 M15
18 (15)Pittsburgh PA43 (43)0$770$700 M20
19 (18)Honolulu HI45 (42)0.07$806$300 M18
20 (16)Charlotte NC41 (41)0$734$800 M19
21 (25)San Antonio TX39 (35)0.11$698$700 M18
22 (21)Austin TX39 (38)0.03$698$700 M17
23 (19)Portland OR38 (39)-0.03$680$700 M16
24 (24)New Orleans LA39 (37)0.05$698$400 M17
25 (28)Tampa FL34 (32)0.06$609$800 M25

Rankings data courtesy of INRIX

For comparison’s sake, it’s a worthwhile exercise to hold up the INRIX results next to the Top 100 Bottlenecks report issued annually by the Atlanta-based American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), whose focus is on the nation’s trucking industry. While Chicagoland is still well represented with five of the top 25 bottlenecks, metro Atlanta (including the stretch of I-75 in McDonough) takes the cake with six.

Oddly, Miami, No. 6 on the INRIX list, had no bottlenecks in the ATRI Top 100. ATRI Vice President Jeffrey Short this morning explained the reasons why.

“Our research uses ATRI data that generates exclusively from freight trucks, so our findings are focused on impacts to those vehicles,” he writes in an email. Overall, Miami is a very congested place.  For congestion costs to the trucking industry, it is ranked second among metro areas. But it is not a crossroads like Atlanta, for instance. Atlanta has much higher truck volumes and concentrated congestion at critical interchanges (e.g. I-85 at I-285). Miami is not a crossroads — it is a start or end point — and the congestion is more dispersed.”

Five of the top 10 worst traffic bottlenecks for truck drivers identified last year by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) are in the top 10 most congested U.S. cities identified this month by INRIX.

Map courtesy of ATRI

How does logistics activity factor in? Last year, the logistics report published Site Selection’s January issue featured charts culled from the Conway Projects Database documenting which states and metros led in attracting their share of the 6,282 U.S. facility investments with a logistics function documented between New Year’s Day 2021 and mid-November 2023: 

Texas, Illinois, Georgia and California make the top five by number of facility investments and by number of truck bottlenecks. Ohio is the exception — a sign of the exceptional work at keeping the goods movement sector moving that resulted in the state’s No. 1 ranking in Site Selection’s Global Groundwork Index ranking of U.S. states in September 2024.

In December, ATRI reported that traffic congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022. “The total hours of congestion decreased slightly in 2022 from record 2021 highs due to a softening freight market, but the cost of operating a truck during this period increased at a much greater rate,” ATRI stated. “As a result, the overall cost of congestion increased by 15.0 percent year-over-year. This level of delay is equivalent to more than 430,000 commercial truck drivers sitting idle for one work year and an average cost of $7,588 for every registered combination truck.”

ATRI has found that the top 10 states in delays each experienced costs of more than $8 billion, led by Texas ($9.17 billion), California ($8.77 billion), and Florida ($8.44 billion). “Combined, the top 10 states ultimately account for more than half (52%) of trucking’s congestion costs nationwide,” said ATRI. “Additionally, the metropolitan areas with the highest congestion costs included New York City ($6.68 billion), Miami ($3.20 billion), and Chicago ($3.14 billion).

“With rising costs putting pressure on businesses and consumers alike, minimizing delays caused by congestion is more important than ever,” said A. Duie Pyle COO of Supply Chain Solutions Frank Granieri in an ATRI press release. “Addressing these challenges requires a shared commitment to modernize our infrastructure and strengthen the backbone of our economy: resilient and efficient supply chains.” — Adam Bruns

Hilco Real Estate Sales this month announced March 7, 2025, as the qualifying bid deadline for a portfolio of 812 land parcels located throughout the West and South Side neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois, where the Chicago Transit Authority’s $5.75 billion Red Line Extension will alleviate congestion and make some of those properties more attractive.

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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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Think Globally, Hire Locally

Foreign direct investors are behind much of the Commonwealth's surge in new jobs in 2014.

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Segue Under Way

Michigan is incrementally converting pockets of its once vast automotive manufacturing engine into the green economy.

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The Spirit of Kentucky

Photo Gallery: The Spirit of Kentucky

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Project Bulletin

Project Bulletin, Jan. 20, 2025: Fort Worth, Texas; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Columbus, Ohio

by Alexis Elmore

Bell Textron expands in Fort Worth to support U.S. Army long-range assault aircraft production. Photo courtesy of Bell Textron

Bell Textron increases its range in Texas; Agristo plants roots in North Dakota; Anduril makes single largest job creation investment in Ohio.

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Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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TOP DEALS OF 2005

MAY 2006 Here and Abroad (cover) Top North American Deals of 2005 North American Honorable Mention Top International Deals of 2005 International Honorable Mention Class By Themselves Give Us Your Opinion! TOP DEALS OF 2005       Here and Abroad   The Top Deals of 2005 show that the climate for global corporate investment is […]

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New Reliable

A January foreign direct investment update from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development found that, after a decline in 2009, FDI inflows to Southeast Asia were booming again in 2010

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Sale/Leaseback Transactions, Special Advertising Section, Site Selection magazine, May 2004

orporate America is increasingly seeking ways to move real estate assets off balance sheets and free up capital for operations. The sale/leaseback model is a resourceful way to gain immediate access to cash and decrease debt. Sale/leaseback arrangements improve a firm’s debt-to-equity ratio and reduce depreciation and interest costs. What’s more, by selling a real […]

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‘Every New Business Begins With a Tourist’

Here’s how Kansas is turning tourism into economic development.

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Dual Advantage

If you’ve just launched the nation's first specialized, bundled insurance program for commercial-scale solar installations, it only makes sense to try it out yourself first.

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Snapshot

Retail Success Is All About Making Connections

by Ron Starner

Mixed-use retail will succeed in the current marketplace to the extent that the development ties in with the community around it and connects to parks, amenities, neighborhoods and other desirable features of the town.

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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Interior Reaches Out

Companies involved in all aspects of traditional or renewable energy development are seeing a lot of action from the US Dept. of the Interior since former REI President and CEO Sally Jewell was sworn in as its new Secretary in April.

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It Only Starts with Atlanta

Georgia is much more than its dynamic capital.

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Something Ventured

Dig into the national data and you’ll find Kansas playing a more and more prominent role in sparking innovation.

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Seeing Nebraska From a New Perspective

Gov. Ricketts serves as chief architect of a  Heartland business expansion boom.

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How Kiwis Will Avoid Traffic Jams

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

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Features

SEMICONDUCTORS & SUPPLIERS

by Mark Arend

Photo: Getty Images

A new report from an industry association and an interview with two global
corporate services veterans at Newmark tell you all you need to know about
how to approach the semiconductor opportunity at hand.

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Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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California Climbs to No. 1 Slot in Site Selection?s Business Climate Rankings

It?s official, already: The glow is back on the Golden State?s business climate. That?s the scoop from the top of Site Selection?s business climate rankings for 2000. California this year moved all the way up to No. 1 from 1999?s No. 5 finish. The Golden State ranks as a perennial business location powerhouse, of course, […]

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Top Global Projects

T wo independent sources of foreign direct investment intelligence essentially concur where business expansion and relocation in 2003 is concerned. Both Conway Data’s New Plant database, which has tracked such activity for 40 years, and IBM Business Consulting Services-Plant Location International’s (IBM-PLI) GILD (Global Investment Location Database) make the same case: Corporations are not shutting […]

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Mississippi: Taking Care of Your Needs

Liebherr Group lands in Tupelo, and a new medical cannabis program launches at the University of Mississippi.

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Investors Find a Hidden Gem in Portland, Texas

Companies and workers find the best of both worlds in this Gulf Coast city.

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Hit by a Tram in Prague

I recall stepping out into a Prague street. I recall lying on my back, staring up into the underside of a tram as pain seared through my body. I just don't recall what happened in between.

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Area Spotlights

How Michigan Engineered a Lightning-Fast Turnaround in its Talent Pool

by Ron Starner

Michigan is the state that produced the fastest production car in American automotive history. The Ford Mustang GTD recorded the first sub-7-minute time of any U.S. production sportscar on the famed Nürburgring racetrack in Germany. The GTD was developed in secrecy in a skunk works in Allen Park, Michigan, and then built at Ford plants in Dearborn and Ontario.
Photo courtesy of Ford Motor Co.

How Michigan engineered a lightning-fast turnaround in its talent pool.

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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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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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Tapped Ohio

A couple of Scottish “punks” choose Ohio for building their craft brew empire – complete with beer-themed hotel.

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Rhode Island Renaissance

Warwick, R.I., might not be as well known as Providence, its neighbor 10 miles (16 km.) to the north, but it is starting to get attention for its new intermodal hub at the Warwick Station Development District near T.F. Green Airport.

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Locations of the Future

Site Selection’s recent Locations of the Future survey respondents project the future.

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Changing Tax Climate Affects Plant Movement

The November elections weren’t the only topic of conversation at the Mid-America Economic Development Council (MAEDC) 2010 Competitiveness Conference in Chicago last month, but they continued to reverberate through many of the subjects discussed by a panel of site selection consultants.

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Features

E-Commerce & Logistics: Occupiers Only, Please

Despite its growth, Austin, Texas, is ranked the most tenant-favorable market out of 100 U.S. markets in the latest Cresa Logistics Index.
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By exclusive arrangement, we share insights from the Cresa Logistics Index,
plus a Q&A with Cresa Head of Research Craig Van Pelt.

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Interns Fuel Our Future

While many businesses and industries evaluate their next-generation work force after colleges and universities graduate students, in the Carolinas the energy industry follows another path.

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The Plain Jane Alternative

Territories reward all manner of renewable energy use and green behavior. But the ultimate renewable, however unglamorous, may be the innovative technologies and policies that drive better energy efficiency.

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The Shot Heard Around the World

In corporate real estate, the closest thing to a slam dunk occurred when New Jersey overwhelmed competition from around the U.S. to retain the North American headquarters of Panasonic.

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Focused on STEM

Missouri S&T ranks highly for engineering program and value.

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How to Land The Big One

IBM’s new Technology Center in Baton Rouge will benefit the software development sector on the local, state and regional levels.

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Project Bulletin

Project Bulletin, Jan. 13, 2025: Meridian, Mississippi; Singapore; Muhafazat al Qahirah, Egypt

by Alexis Elmore

As the data center operator, Compass Datacenters will receive 10-year state income and franchise tax exemptions. Getty Images

Compass Datacenters arrives in Mississippi; Micron boosts Singapore’s semiconductor ecosystem; SAIC Motors expands global portfolio into Egypt.

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Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Wichita State

Top University for Aerospace R&D

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Why Canada Beckons

Site Selection Managing Editor Mark Arend recently met with Canada’s new consul general in Atlanta, Astrid Pregel, who takes charge of her nation’s economic interests in an increasingly important U.S. region to Canada. The southeastern United States is in the geographic center of what may soon be a free trade zone covering all of the […]

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More Enchanting

Measures taken to make New Mexico more business-friendly are paying off.

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Oregon Puts Its Chips on the Table

This state has put its chips on the table in support of the semiconductor industry.

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The 2019 Global Groundwork Index

Looking for places where major employers and major populations both have a strong chance of being served by continuing infrastructure investment?

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Investment Profile

OHIO

by Mark Arend

Youngstown, Ohio
Photo: Getty Images

When a state is recognized for economic development success, as is the case with Site Selection’s annual Governors’ Cups (one for total capital investment projects the previous year and one for total projects per capita), the big projects that create thousands of new jobs near major metros naturally come to mind.

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Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Blue-Chip Solution

Retailers top — but don't monopolize — the list of largest corporate solar power users.

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Next Level: Incorporating Workforce Data Into Site Certification Programs

Incorporating Workforce Data Into Site Certification Programs

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Opportunity Knocks

Iowa looks to leap, post-COVID.

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Oregon’s Oncoming Windfall

BY EXPANDING ITS CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO, OREGON INCHES CLOSER TO ITS CARBON NEUTRALITY GOAL.

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Tradition Addition

Construction is set to begin this month on Mann Research Center’s first phase in the Tradition Center for Innovation (TCI), reflecting the high demand for space within the planned 44,000-sq.-ft. (4,088-sq.-m.) Mann Medical Office Building (Mann Medical One).

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International Update

ASIA

by Adam Bruns

Taihu Lake in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, the top Chinese province by realized value of FDI in 2023.
November 2024 photo by Zhang Mengyang: Getty Images

Insights on Chinese inward FDI from MOFCOM’s most recent report.

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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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‘It’s Not Like They Need the Money’

An accountability watchdog says some of Site Selection’s Top Deals belong at the bottom instead.

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In Ohio, Innovation is a Team Sport

Innovation is a Team Sport

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Mann Research Center Eyes 2011 Construction

Mann hopes to break ground by early 2011 on its Mann Research Center in the Florida Center for Innovation at Tradition, a privately developed research park in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

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‘Gold Mine’ Or Flash In The Pan?

The number of practical applications developed thus far for graphene can fit on the head of a pin … a very tiny pin.

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5 Workforce Factors to Consider in Site Selection

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

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Snapshot

Data and Conversations Point the Way to Better Education-Jobs Linkage

by Adam Bruns

It can be difficult to align post-secondary education goals with the goals of employers who — despite the growing array of certificates, degrees and other credentials — are still having a hard time filling high-skill, high-wage roles. For students who may have affordability and other challenges, the question is even more direct: Is it worth it for me to even pursue post-secondary education?

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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Supercomputer’s First Task Is Vision-Testing Simulation

Research and Development: Supercomputer’s First Task Is Vision-Testing Simulation

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More Than Monuments

Long known for its tourism appeal, DC reasserts its business magnetism.

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Letter from the Governor: Louisiana: Stronger Than Ever

How Louisiana is coming back stronger after the 1000 year flood.

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Heart of the Americas

Panama and Costa Rica lead the way in a region aiming to boost its standard of living along with its global competitiveness.

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How Mississippi Became a Thriving Hub for Startups

Dig beneath the surface and you’ll find innovation popping up all over the state.

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