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Tammy Propst, President, taxadvantagegroup uring periods of economic crisis, some states take the approach of expanding incentive programs to further enhance job creation, such as Alabama’s Act 2009-722 that offers existing incentives to a variety of white-collar industries; while other states limit incentive programs to better manage budgets, such as Iowa’s F 483, which caps […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE-LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS From Site Selection magazine, May 2009 Utilizing the Sale-Leaseback Transaction Structure in Today’s Capital Constrained Market by GARRY WEISS, SIOR, CCIM and RENE CIRC editor@conway.com H istorically, for a corporation, real estate assets have had one primary application: operational necessity. Companies have been regularly leasing, developing, buying and even selling facilities […]

THE 2008 BEST TO INVEST RANKINGS From Site Selection magazine, March 2009 The 2008 Global Best to Invest Rankings by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com T he Site Selection editors are pleased to introduce the first annual Global Best to Invest rankings. Three prestigious data sources were mined to ascertain which national investment promotion agencies, regional […]

n a world of Blackberries, the Internet, and e-mail, the speed of business has vastly changed over the past decade. This change is seen not only in the way in which people communicate, but also in the way in which business decisions are made. Michelle Comerford, Senior Location Consultant, Austin Consulting       Companies today are pressured […]

s the world flat or round? I guess that depends on which book you are reading at the moment. Regardless of shape, one thing is certain: U.S. companies are facing difficult global supply chain challenges. Challenges are coming from tightening of our borders, rising energy costs, reliability of suppliers in an uncertain economy –and the […]

ork-force training programs are designed to either support new job creation or increase the skill level of the incumbent workforce. Work-force training monies flow through reimbursable programs or tax credit programs funded by various sources including: Unemployment Insurance Taxes (“UIT”), General Fund Appropriations, Future Payroll Taxes, or Income and Franchise taxes.       Generally, to secure reimbursable […]

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, September 2008   Excellence Is its Own Reward by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com S ite Selection Magazine editors and members of the Editorial Advisory Board wrapped up a months-long evaluation of nominations for the first annual Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards in August. The nominations were […]

hether it’s $1 billion in Massachusetts, hundreds of millions of dollars in Florida or a proposed $1.1 billion in Maryland, states and counties are unleashing their coffers with a variety of packages to boost their regional biotechnology sectors.       Brilliant strategies to build up a lucrative industry clusters, or a potential drain on taxpayers? Critics of […]

lawback – the word invokes images of scary, bony fingers from a horror movie scene. Is the image a fair one? Can – and do – the bony fingers of clawback provisions reach into the pockets and wallets of companies and take back investment incentive monies? Are clawback provisions … safe? Tracey Hyatt Bosman, Grubb […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Sale/leaseback strategies in tough times by GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chairman and CHRISTIE ALEXANDER, Principal, NAI Realvest, Orlando, FL I n times of economic uncertainty, cash is a preferred asset because it can provide a hedge against the unknown.    Commercial real estate properties owned by […]

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Coming Soon… Publication aims to give credit where credit is due. F or more than 50 years, Site Selection has been reporting on industrial real estate and infrastructure projects around the world, from automotive assembly to alternative fuel production, distribution centers to desalination plants […]

COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   I   n coming years, it may not be that far-fetched to observe a range of products from traditional manufacturing industries supporting the job-creating potential of their former service providers in environmental services, energy management and green building.    Such is the powerful, […]

he global economy is completely reliant on an optimized transportation system with little room for failure of each vital link in the supply chain. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ or Zone), while thought of as bastions of job creation and tax savings schemes in the manufacturing process, also allow for flexibility and fluidity in the inherent […]

orcester, Mass., has RNA expert Craig Mello, this year’s Nobel laureate in medicine. Phoenix, Ariz., has Jeffrey Trent, a noted genomics researcher. San Jose, Calif., has Guy Miller, an expert in treating “orphan” diseases and entrepreneur. Houston recently wooed Stephen Wong, a noted inventor and expert in molecular imaging, from Boston, Mass.    For many regions […]

ny discussion of the U.S. economy and strategies to confront global competition for jobs and investment must invariably address the workplace and how it is being transformed by knowledge-centered and technology-driven skills and occupations. More often than not, such dialogue takes on an almost apocalyptic tone, painting scenarios of a society verging on a demographic […]

2007 GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   At 1,680 ft. (512.1 meters) on July 21, 2007, the 141-story Burj Dubai, developed by Emaar Properties, attained official status as the tallest building in the world, besting Taipei 101 in Taiwan by 13 ft. (4 meters). Emaar and its 5,000-plus construction workers and […]

2007 GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT From Site Selection magazine, September 2007   The Infrastructure Dilemma Will the U.S. follow the world’s lead in turning to private-sector investment? by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  and ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com A ssessing the world’s infrastructure needs is a daunting task. Even more daunting for governments is developing formulas […]

ncentives exist at various levels of government, and may even be found from sources outside of the traditional economic development agencies. Even locations that claim to have nothing to offer are mistaken in that assertion. The incentives that can be offered by the federal government exist on a nationwide basis and are often overlooked. This […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS From Site Selection magazine, May 2007    THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE: For tenants and investors, sale/leaseback arrangements can address a broad array of objectives. Sale/leasebacks can occur on any kind of commercial property – from paper mills to movie theaters, from medical offices to shopping centers. There are even […]

   Finance Partners Supply the Package Behind the Project P ublic and private development finance agencies and partnering lending institutions play a critical role in the corporate real estate process. In most communities, the economic development marketing, attraction and business retention efforts are led by groups, agencies and other entities that represent both the business and public side […]