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WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2007 edited by JOHN McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Location, Infrastructure Boost Dutch Logistics The Betuweroute is a freight- only railway running from the Port of Rotterdam to the German border. The project will officially open in 2007.    U.S. biotech firm Amgen chose Breda, Netherlands, for its European Logistics center […]

anufacturers increasingly are taking advantage of the benefits of locating plants inside U.S. Foreign Trade Zones, according to a new report by Greg Jones, senior consultant to the Foreign- Trade Zone Corp.    In the 66th Annual Report of the Foreign- Trade Zones Board to the U.S. Congress, Jones states that shipments received at General- Purpose […]

COVER STORY: BUSINESS CLIMATE RANKINGS From Site Selection magazine, November 2006    Synchronicity A survey of site selectors and new-plant performance match third-party analyses of North Carolina’s winning business climate. by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com I f North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley had waited just a couple more weeks to announce his state’s strong performance […]

hen it comes to the value of continuous learning and study, there is no shortage of studies. A common finding of most of them may be the most agreed- upon but least acted- upon facet of the United States’ growing concern over its skills deficit: The primary importance of work- force training. Those cities, regions […]

orest City Enterprises, a Chicago-based developer of biotech parks nationwide, would not necessarily have selected the Denver area for a new biosciences park several years ago. The company’s first park was built 20 years ago adjacent to MIT in the heart of one of the most pre-eminent biotech clusters in the country, says Michael Rosen, […]

ob retention efforts are important on different levels, not the least of which is that job loss is devastating for both individuals and communities. While it may be too early to evaluate the effectiveness of certain job retention programs, the states’ efforts have provided policies that may affect positive change.    To put the issue in […]

MAY 2006 Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to the Bottom Line (cover) Capital Lease Funding Expansion at Lexington Corporate Properties Trust Net Lease Capital Advisors Branches Out U.S. Realty Advisors’ Flexibility Big Increases at Capital Lease Funding Request Information SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONSALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS   Removing Real Estate from the Books Can Add to […]

MARCH 2006 Warning: Disasters Ahead (cover) Conway Disaster Impact Scale Disaster Sites in the United States Give Us Your Opinion! NATURAL DISASTERS Warning: Disasters Ahead A new look at site risks around the world. If you travel, invest or plan for the future you need to read this. by McKINLEY CONWAY editor bounce@conway.com 2005 ? Hurricane Katrina […]

CLIENT SERVICE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2006 Appearance Matters by MARK AREND “With the added pressures of new governance legislation and rules like Sarbanes-Oxley, it is clear that clients need an unprecedented degree of rigor, process orientation and transparency.” ? Equis Corp. M aking the client look good to his or her superiors […]

aving forfeited its three-year claim to the Top Business Climate ranking in 2004, North Carolina is back on top. And Texas, which unseated the Tar Heel State in last year’s contest, finished a more than respectable second. Texans should find some consolation in placing first in the survey of corporate site seekers, which counts for […]

From Site Selection magazine, November 2005 WORLD REPORTS New Investment Transforms Nicaragua N icaragua, Central America’s largest country, is hoping a new revolution of investment and jobs will sweep away the lingering memories of the 1980s when civil war and the Iran-Contra hearings dominated the news.        Today, Nicaragua is pushing itself as […]

ncreasing focus on core competencies is far more than just a pie-in-the-sky ideal for corporations today. A firm’s core business must always be its primary concern for survival in today’s often harsh economic environment. So, frequently, companies seek ways in which to Michael Naughton, executive vice president of New York, N.Y.-based U.S. Realty Advisors free […]

orporate real estate executives like the impact that Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is having on the reporting Bob Zane and management of facility performance. They just wish that compliance with the law cost less time and money.       That’s the bottom line of a new research study conducted by the Atlanta-based Industrial Asset Management Council. […]

axadvantagegroup (tag) professionals have helped implement tax credit and incentive programs for hundreds of companies across a variety of industry sectors. From our experience, we’ve seen the corporate and public sector opinions about the incentive process change as the recession has lingered. To gain more insight about the incentive process, tag launched a study of […]

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From Site Selection magazine, November 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Automakers Revving Up South American Production Several major European auto builders plan to increase or resume production in South America’s two largest countries. The projects will serve the Mercosur market.        Renault is investing US$70 million in a new production […]

Real estate education programs are as varied as the deals they teach you to make. The Urban Land Institute’s Directory of Real Estate Development and Related Education Programs is currently in its ninth edition, and includes 60 programs in the United States and abroad. Of that sample, only a handful mention corporate real estate as […]

A Pfizer patent attorney may have won the 2004 World Series of Poker, but his Connecticut-based Global R&D facilities colleagues work best when their hand is showing to everyone at the table.         That’s why they travelled the world to assess their assets firsthand following the 2002 announcement of their pending acquisition […]

orporate America is increasingly seeking ways to move real estate assets off balance sheets and free up capital for operations. The sale/leaseback model is a resourceful way to gain immediate access to cash and decrease debt. Sale/leaseback arrangements improve a firm’s debt-to-equity ratio and reduce depreciation and interest costs. What’s more, by selling a real […]

From Site Selection magazine, May 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Europe Emphasizes Other Means to Power Alternative energy continues to draw more emphasis in Europe. Two recently announced projects take aim at harnessing power from the wind and sun and a third is studying the feasibility of building a power plant based […]

A myriad of property management software is available today to handle account and reporting needs of industrial sites. One product that has been around awhile and continues to draw favorable reviews for its latest version is Skyline II. SS&C, a Windsor, Conn.-based software developer for a variety of applications, is the creator of Skyline.   […]

ant to gain an edge over your global competition? Consider locating your next plant in a Foreign-Trade Zone.         If you thought that FTZs were only for distribution centers and freight-forwarding facilities, think again. Locating in an FTZ can save your operation millions of dollars per year, and you can do a […]