September 20, 2011
Powerful Partnerships
In Florida and the Carolinas, Progress Energy’s network ties various groups together to get deals done.
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September 20, 2011
Night Walks
Property management teams tend to focus on operations when
the building is occupied and experiencing normal conditions.
After all, that’s when staff members are most likely to be on
site, and when they’re likely to be getting tenant feedback
on comfort issues. But for the majority of the year – likely
between 5,000 and 6,200 out of 8,760 hours – buildings are
unoccupied.
September 20, 2011
Shining a Light
In addition to its multiple investments in manufacturing plants this summer, General Motors also is doing its part for renewable energy, smart grid and electric vehicle technology.
September 20, 2011
In This Together
The center of a tornado is characterized by a dramatic drop in pressure. It’s the twister’s aftermath that brings high pressure to bear.
September 14, 2011
Back in the USA
Dean Sbragia had been in the medical products distribution business for 23 years when his company, Med-Fit Systems, purchased the commercial assets of fitness equipment builder Nautilus in February 2010.
September 13, 2011
Churn Stokes Upturn
Churn Stokes Upturn: At the confluence of fun and money, water recreation can be an economic catalyst for downtown riverfronts.
September 13, 2011
Ahead of the Curve
“They always seem to be there when we need them,” says Jim E. Mentesti, president of the Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) in Quincy and Adams County, Ill., when asked about his community’s partnership with Ameren Corporation.
September 13, 2011
Ready and Waiting
The U.S. Midwest is neither the unemployment capital of the U.S. any longer nor a manufacturing wasteland littered with shells of businesses that moved to China. Many certainly did move operations there, but that’s changing.
September 7, 2011
Safe at Home
Expanding firms find access to capital, knowledge workers and pro-growth incentives in Greater Philadelphia.
September 6, 2011
Points of Advantage
Online sales are booming for many retailers such as Macy’s. As its online business has grown, Macy’s has put together a regional logistics approach with three large, strategically placed distribution centers.
September 6, 2011
Green Light
When a province is creating more than half the new jobs for its nation, chances are it’s a leader in competitiveness.
September 2, 2011
Site Selection July 2011
Site Selection Online, the July 2011 edition of Site Selection – the magazine of corporate real estate strategy and area economic development. Cover story: Technology Centers
August 31, 2011
Good Company in Cork
A steady personnel pipeline keeps life sciences thriving in Ireland.
August 31, 2011
Report Forecasts the Future Of BioPharma R&D in India
Boston Consulting Group research explains where new value-generation opportunities await, and how to value-invest for greater return on Subcontinent location plays.
August 31, 2011
Arizona’s Bio Momentum
When you think of Arizona you may picture scenic vistas, some of the world’s greatest golf courses, the nation’s largest public university (ASU) and lots of sun.
August 30, 2011
The Deep End Of the Labor Pool
Just nine years remain before Vision 2020 — Malaysia’s blueprint for achieving fully industrialized status — is to take effect. Former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad set the Southeast Asian nation of 28 million people on the Vision 2020 course in 1991, complete with nine strategic societal challenges to be overcome in order to become fully developed by the end of the decade.
August 30, 2011
Real Projects Mean Real Progress
The most powerful utility economic development teams are backed by corporations that don’t just move power around. They wield it.
August 29, 2011
Make Way
A survey of global energy projects provides these snapshots of new solutions to age-old challenges. Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) demolished the twin striped stacks and 7,500-ton boilers at its nearly 50-year-old power plant to make way for construction of FPL’s US$1.3-billion Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center.
August 24, 2011
Up From the Brine
Peruvian firm Li3 Energy, Inc., in May closed on its acquisition of 60-percent ownership in a group of six private companies that own the Maricunga Project in northern Chile, believed to be one of the top 10 lithium projects in the world.
August 24, 2011
Analysis: China, Not the U.S., Will Lead Electric Vehicle Markets
Advances in internal combustion engines will blunt the impact of rising electric-vehicle market share in the world’s major economies, and the U.S. will not be the top EV market, according to a recent report.
August 24, 2011
Crossing Boundaries
Founded by a man from Denmark, currently based in the UAE, and with offices in such locations as Moscow and Johannesburg, energy storage and smart grid firm Rubenius is nothing if not global.
August 24, 2011
Happy Feet
In Portland, Ore., there’s a burgeoning sub-cluster of footwear companies, now more than two dozen strong. Part of a larger and ever expanding cluster of athletic and outdoor (A&O) companies, this growth has turned the region into the North American go-to industry hub.
August 24, 2011
Growing the Next Crop of Arkansas Jobs
In a recent interview with Site Selection, Maria Haley, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, outlined her team’s economic development strategy and addressed other key trends in Arkansas.
August 10, 2011
Fair Weather Ahead
It may be early in the season for county fairs, but it’s not hard to find job fairs in Louisiana