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irports have long been economic development engines for local areas and regions, but their potential economic significance is only now being understood by area developers, corporate site seekers and urban planners. Like never before, airports are central to businesses’ ability to compete given the heightened role of logistics and distribution in meeting customer and shareholder […]

oximity to customers remains a key factor in site selection decisions made by providers of logistics and transportation services. One of the latest examples is TNT Logistics’ new facility in Brownstown, Mich., which exclusively serves Ford Motor Co.’s new Dearborn Truck Plant.       TNT’s 340,000-sq.-ft. (31,586-sq.-m.) facility is a US$7.7-million investment and employs […]

tility economic development departments from 21 U.S. states and a Canadian province replied to this year’s Utility Survey in order to be considered for Site Selection’s sixth annual Top Utilities ranking. Based on 2003 project results from their territories drawn from Conway Data’s New Plant Database, the rankings examined four distinct criteria: total capital investment, […]

tilities don’t just help lure other companies’ facility investments. They create their own, either directly or via spinoff effects. And the project portfolio goes well beyond power plants.       In Atlanta, multi-utility holding company Southern Company will be moving into a new corporate headquarters in 2005. Developed by Barry Real Estate Companies, the […]

orking closely with our economic development partners, the River Valley Business Solutions Group is prepared to support your successful relocation to the family friendly communities, and the vibrant business corridors west of Chicago.       In an era when your employees’ families or partners typically have more than one wage earner, we recognize that […]

uild the shell and eventually the business will come.       That wasn’t the original plan, but it turned out to be the path Infineon Technologies took before fina lly greenlighting its US$1-billion investment in Richmond, Va., to expand manufacturing capacity of advanced DRAM chips on 300-mm. wafers. After three years on hold, Infineon […]

iotech is big, big business, and cities, counties, and states across the United States are vying to attract what is believed to be the most dynamic economic growth industry of the 21st century.       A new study by the Battelle Memorial Institute and the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) for the Biotechnology […]

by MARK AREND eader research we conducted recently accomplished two things. It confirmed my hunch that Site Selection remains the most authoritative publication in its niche. And it provided clues about how to keep it that way going forward. It yielded many other benefits, as well, but these are the points I want to stress […]

From Site Selection magazine, September 2004 Site Selection/NAI Industrial Location Index    As the economy rebounds, more boxes of widgets, gizmos and thing-a-ma-jigs will need to be stored. As a result, we are very optimistic about the industrial sector. The majority of U.S. industrial markets that are tracked by Linneman Associates are expected to strengthen through […]

ood fences make good neighbors,” poet Robert Frost once observed. Tell it to Pixar, Bob:       The red-hot computer-animation company (“Finding Nemo,” “Toy Story”) may add 1,300 jobs in a US$325-million, 20-year expansion of its San Francisco-metro headquarters in Emeryville. Then again, Pixar may pack up and leave town.       And […]

IAMC Insider Cover Insider News Insider News Continued IAMC People & Projects IAMC Board Members IAMC Web Site From Site Selection magazine, September 2004   Welcome to Memphis. Now Let’s Get Down to Business. After all, that’s what distinguishes IAMC: a professional focus that only continues to improve in resolution and results.       […]

ith more than 80 manufacturing facilities around the globe, plus thousands of retail operations, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has plenty of real estate to oversee. Looking for a way to increase efficiencies in its asset management procedures, Goodyear is now the beta test site for a new product from Intuit, the Mountain View, […]

by MARK AREND T his issue of Site Selection marks the second annual IAMC Special Report edition — a look at where the corporate real estate industry’s hottest new association has been, and where it’s going. Each issue carries news about the Industrial Asset Management Council’s members, Professional Forums and research initiatives in the “IAMC […]

From Site Selection magazine, May 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Heineken Brews Expansion Plans Thirst for good suds knows no geographic boundaries. Increased demand has Amsterdam-based Heineken, the world’s second largest brewer, contemplating several major expansion projects.         Heineken plans to increase its capacity by more than 50 percent […]

eyhole Corp.’s latest enhancement of its Web-based 3-D interactive map of the world figures to increase its value as a site selection and economic development tool. The new development allows users to integrate and manipulate their own data.       Using a combination of aerial photography and satellite imaging, Keyhole (www.keyhole.com) has mapped the […]

IAMC Insider Cover IAMC Active Member Fact Sheet Insider News Continued Insider News Continued IAMC People & Projects IAMC Board Members IAMC Web Site From Site Selection magazine, May 2004   H+M Leading Way on Bodine Project for Toyota In April 2004, IAMC member company H+M, along with joint venture partner McCarthy Building Co., was […]

I t didn’t take long for the Industrial Asset Management Council to hit full stride. In just its second year, IAMC has grown to nearly 300 dues-paying members and carved out a niche in industrial corporate real estate management.         IAMC defines itself as “the premier professional association for corporate real estate […]

When BASF AG’s first quarter numbers came in, its chemical division’s sales volume had boosted net income by 17 percent. BASF Chairman Juergen Hambrecht said, “We are seeing synchronized growth in the global economy, driven by the dynamically growing economies in the Far East – especially in China – and by solid growth in North […]

he U.S. and Canadian plastics industry was generally flat in 2003. Resin sales and production each fell by half a percent, according to figures from the American Plastics Council (APC).       End-use manufacturers continue their drift to East Asia and other low-cost regions with their suppliers often tagging along. This continues a trend […]

From Site Selection magazine, July 2004 NORTH AMERICAN BORDER CORRIDORS Two Stripes Not so parallel U.S. borders present different sets of opportunities and challenges. by ADAM BRUNS T en years ago, said Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Ernesto Derbez at the Business of the Americas conference in Atlanta in May 2004, trade constituted 20 […]

I talian business application software firm Finmatica, looking to site its customer support services operation for the European and Middle East markets, did what a number of international firms do when they peruse Europe for potential sites. Finmatica chose a relatively compact operation filled with highly skilled, multilingual agents offering value-added services to clients around […]

ig incentive packages have received a lot of media attention recently, and have been a major discussion topic around the water cooler in the economic development community. But, in the big picture, are incentives good or bad? The axiom, “Incentives never made a bad deal good, only a good deal better,” is absolutely correct.   […]

ne reason you don’t find many labor lockouts in the Southeast U.S. is because global manufacturers are locked in on the region’s right-to-work status.       Even as governors in the Northeast and Midwest bemoan the loss of manufacturing jobs to overseas locations, the American South reaps a whirlwind of factory activity. Experts who […]

ven with an enviable transportation infrastructure, the Bayou State has lost out on much of the capital investment pouring into the South in recent years, particularly with respect to automotive industry projects. The bordering states of Texas, Arkansas (see the Spotlight on p. 528) and Mississippi all have seen huge investments on the part of […]