March 7, 2013
Putting a Charge into an Old Facility
Meeting the electrical power needs of expanding Midwest companies is work that sometimes leads to expansion projects of its own.
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March 6, 2013
The Trust Belt
With Upper Midwest cities like Cleveland and Ann Arbor recently winning significant headquarters projects, it may be time to rebrand the region with a new moniker: the “Trust Belt.”
March 5, 2013
A Robust Turnaround
A few years ago, folks in Southwest Louisiana talked about the long road toward economic recovery following devastating hurricanes, an historic oil spill and a global financial crisis that would severely test the mettle of an entire region
March 4, 2013
Press Release
Contact: Mark Arend (770) 325-3438 tel (770) 263-8825 fax mark.arend@conway.com 6625 The Corners Parkway, Suite 200 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 • USA www.siteselection.com Press Release Texas Wins Site Selection Magazine’s Governor’s Cup Award for 2012 Top Metros and Top Micropolitans for Corporate Facility Location Also Named Atlanta, March 4, 2013: Texas has won the 2012 […]
March 4, 2013
Top Micropolitans: Speed Racer
RK Motors decided to put pedal to metal when the vintage muscle-car restoration business needed room to expand beyond its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.
March 4, 2013
Top Metropolitans: ‘Houston, We Have a Winner’
America's energy boom has been kind to Houston, the country's fastest-growing job market. As new discoveries of underground shale rich with pockets of natural gas create fertile fields of exploration and harvest for many of the world's largest energy companies, Houston is reaping a windfall of investment.
March 1, 2013
How To Win, Texas Style
Not so fast, Buckeyes. Texas is back in a big way with a commanding first-place finish in the 2012 facilities race to claim the Governor’s Cup after a 34-project loss to Ohio last year. Not only did Texas reclaim the coveted trophy, but it did so with a whopping 761 projects, 270 more than first runner-up Ohio, which held its own relative to last year’s tally with just seven fewer projects (491).
February 27, 2013
There’s Something In the Air
Perhaps it's the incentives directed specifically at aerospace company investment. Perhaps it's the presence of three national laboratories and dozens of others, three Air Force bases and three test facilities.
February 27, 2013
Jamaica Plans an Air & Sea Logistics Hub
The Government of Jamaica has unveiled ambitious plans that will build the Caribbean into a Global Logistics Hub for the Americas and position it as a regional trading mecca similar to Singapore, Dubai and Rotterdam.
February 27, 2013
Stockholm To Unveil its New Airport City Development
A new "unique urban design strategy" has been announced for the area surrounding Stockholm Arlanda Airport, in a bid to transform the region into "an attractive international meeting point for businesses, logistics and transportation".
February 26, 2013
Engineering a Future
When the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) first convened in
1880, present in the room were Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse, George Ferris, Alcoa founder Alfred E. Hunt and William Metcalf, an engineer and draftsman with Fort Pitt Foundry and Crescent Steel Co. who was also the president of the Duquesne Club, a premier social club that still exists today in downtown Pittsburgh.
February 26, 2013
Jacksonville Lends a Healing Hand
The nation's largest provider of advanced wound-care services found the perfect prescription for growth in Jacksonville, Fla.
February 26, 2013
Trial Runs
If you’re a French contract research organization looking to grow in North America, then Montreal and Newark appear to be prime places to splash down.
February 25, 2013
Shot in the Arm
Quick: Where is France's leading port for both ore and coal imports and containerized fruit?
February 25, 2013
Philly’s Resurgent Refineries
Greater Philadelphia's refining industry is experiencing a rebirth. It’s a remarkable turnaround for an industry that seemed to be on the rocks only 18 months ago.
February 20, 2013
Conscious Decisions
The International Facility Management Association supports about 23,000 members who manage more than 37 billion sq. ft. (more than 3.4 billion sq. m.) of property in 78 countries.
February 14, 2013
Crossroads
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo was able to crow at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, as his nation reaped a host of honors: Belgium was named the fourth most open economy in the world by Ernst & Young’s Globalization Index, while also coming in fourth among 123 countries in the Conference Board’s annual report on worker productivity.
February 13, 2013
Meanwhile, Morocco
In the past two years, the dramatic changes in Arab countries have been a primary focus of attention.
February 13, 2013
Celtic Future: More Tortoise Than Tiger?
Everyone loves a tiger. Powerful, elegant – yet tricky to manage. Ireland was the Celtic Tiger during the boom of the ‘zeros.
February 7, 2013
Mutual Benefit
Along the banks of what once was called the world’s most crooked river, a straightforward property deal closed in January in southeastern Michigan that will help keep a hometown company home and maintain a special community’s home all at once.
February 4, 2013
Domestic Arrangements
“You’re going to see the development of these resources. The money is too big to even have the politics squash it.” So says Arthur P. Hall, founding executive director of the Center for Applied Economics at the University of Kansas School of Business, of the quickly evolving energy plays across North America.
January 30, 2013
Stoking Ingenuity
The shift away from the dependence on foreign oil has opened an opportunity for rapid growth in the cleantech industry.
January 30, 2013
Trade-Off Tracker
Energy comes in many forms. It's not as simple as electricity or gas. It's electricity made from coal, nuclear, solar, biomass, hydro or wind. Vehicle fleets can be powered by electricity, gasoline, diesel or compressed natural gas. All of these energy forms provide communities and energy producers with options, and for many of these options site selection is the critical link from proposal to production.
January 30, 2013
Lithium – The Mineral of the Future
More than half of the world’s known reserves of lithium are located in three countries. Argentina, Bolivia and Chile have the potential of living a modern-day manufacturing miracle if they take the right steps and harness their lithium potential.