October 31, 2012
In major urban areas, nearly 80 percent of energy is consumed by buildings. Tenant spaces account for over half of a commercial office building’s total energy use, and building owners are starting to pay attention.
October 17, 2012
Now that the last medal has been awarded, the crowds have gone home and the stadium lights have been extinguished, what will determine if the 2012 London Olympics were truly a success will be the legacy the Games leave behind for the U.K. According to market intelligence firm Euromonitor, an estimated £25 billion (US$39 billion) was spent preparing London for the Games, including stadium construction, regeneration, infrastructure projects and marketing — is this money well spent?
October 2, 2012
Nevada leaders rethink their economic development efforts as the state adjusts to a changing economy.
September 28, 2012
After looking at some 50 sites, Roche last week announced it would bring 200 jobs to the new center at the Alexandria Center for Life Science – New York City, formerly known as East River Science Park.
September 26, 2012
Energy is an issue that is critical across the nation, superseding competitive issues of cities and regions. As states — and as a nation — we may rise and fall on the way we innovate and build this essential part of our economic development foundation.
September 24, 2012
Winston-Salem blends its tobacco past with a biotech future. After an 18-month, US$100-million makeover, two former R.J. Reynolds tobacco warehouses in downtown Winston-Salem re-opened in February 2012 as a 242,000-sq.-ft. (22,482-sq.-m.) state-of-the art biotech center that houses medical research departments affiliated with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and an incubator for fledgling biotech firms.
September 18, 2012
Shale oil and gas deposits have cast energy-related site selection and the oil and gas supply chain in a new light. It now turns its transformative power to inland logistics and transportation networks. Shale plays around the country are requiring mass quantities of commodities and equipment that must be transported by rail or highway. The thousands of wells being drilled in places ranging from Pennsylvania and Ohio in the northeast to Mississippi and Louisiana in the south, to North Dakota and Wyoming in the west require extensive resources to drill and produce.
August 1, 2012
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June 7, 2012
. Most of the world’s rare earths are produced and hoarded in China, whose government uses the elements as a lure to global manufacturers. (Molycorp, situated near substantial deposits in Mountain Pass, Calif., is among the few exceptions). But a new project might help rare-earth consumers and miners get their groove on in North America.
June 6, 2012
Iraqi opportunities. These two words don’t seem a good match, unless perhaps in the context of the oil or security businesses. But the phrase makes sense in Iraqi Kurdistan, the autonomous northern region of Iraq, where early commercial investors are now on the scene. Across many areas of Iraq, peace is fragile and daily life can still be unpredictably dangerous. But growth is returning to Iraqi Kurdistan led from its capital, Erbil. Brands such as Sheraton, Hilton, Porsche and Sony are entering Kurdistan looking to access the potential of this region of 4 million people. Nissan has opened its largest service center in the Middle East, and its new airport, opened in 2005, has one of the longest runways in the world.
June 6, 2012
The Johor Bahru region in southernmost Malaysia is emerging as a key regional oil and gas hub, and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), which is overseeing the 2,217-sq.-km. (856-sq.-mile) Iskandar Malaysia development project, will play an important role in fostering this sector. Iskandar Malaysia comprises five component areas, or flagship zones, that in their own right will bring forth new commercial, residential, educational and industrial developments designed to transform south Johor into an economic engine for Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
May 16, 2012
Steve Ostrenga believes it’s time for some fairness in solar manufacturing. Ostrenga is CEO of Milwaukee-
May 1, 2012
Site Selection is pleased to present its fourth annual Best to Invest rankings of nations and metro areas for investment-attraction activity in 2011. The national Investment Promotion Agencies recognized here were particularly successful in 2010 at attracting capital investment projects — both expansions of existing facilities and new projects — from investors at home and abroad.
April 16, 2012
Capital investors should take note of Central America’s economic growth and stability, says an expert.
April 11, 2012
In recent years, Brazil has emerged as the top destination country for foreign investment in Latin America, attracting a third of foreign investment projects into the region, and creating 50,000 new jobs in 2010. Brazil increased six positions as a global destination of foreign projects, reaching fifth place in 2010, after the U.S. and the rest of the BRIC countries, according to the IBM-PLI Global Location Trends report 2011.
March 28, 2012
When you’re a US$68-billion company with more than 300,000 employees across multiple industries, it’s always possible for asset disposition to be an internal affair. It’s also possible to seek out sunnier climes when shadows are lurking at home.
March 22, 2012
Data on repurposed automotive plants, the U.S. vs. the world in compensation levels, energetic trends in state GDP, Nissan in Mexico, EB-5 and visa trends, and worldly schools and students.
March 21, 2012
If all you know about Nebraska is that cattle is our biggest industry — we lead the nation in commercial red meat production — or if your knowledge relates only to the Huskers’ chase for the college football championship every year, then you may be startled to learn that the bioscience industry is one of Nebraska’s fastest growing industries.
February 29, 2012
A re-engineered approach to business development with a return-on-investment focus is already bearing fruit in Ohio Governor John Kasich’s new administration
February 27, 2012
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.
February 22, 2012
If North Dakota’s booming economy and 3.5-percent unemployment rate is any indication, there is prosperity to be mined in domestic energy production, and the rest of the Central Plains states are on the brink of realizing some of that prosperity. Much will depend on where the political football that is the Keystone XL pipeline project lands in the coming weeks as federal approval of the project rides the fortunes of pending legislation.
February 1, 2012
Fifty-six counties and parishes define the U.S. shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, simultaneously dishing up the Gulf’s bounty and taking what it dishes out. Between October 2009 and October 2011, Greater Houston’s Harris County showed the most new plant and expansion activity among those jurisdictions by a very long shot, followed by Baldwin County, Ala., a slew of Louisiana parishes, and Pinellas County in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.
January 10, 2012
Today’s corporate sustainability has a broader mandate, and a stronger focus on results. The name of the green game today is energy efficiency, cost reduction and return on investment (ROI).
December 29, 2011
Protecting your site has always been a requirement to ensure the continuity of your business. Physical security is a given. Spending money and time to obtain land, build structures and protect tangible assets is expected. Physical security, just like operational safety, protects against an easily quantifiable loss. Loss is measurable and understood.