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AI Challenges Traditional Site Selection
Could AI help you pick your next major facility location or expansion?
Foot Locker Packs its Bags for St. Pete
The iconic sneaker seller is trading in the Big Apple for the Sunshine State.
Fender Stays in Tune with Greater Phoenix
Legendary guitar firm picks redeveloped mall site for new HQ2.
Snapshot
Drilling Down on Main Streets
We comb through the data from Cushman & Wakefield’s report on the world’s priciest retail avenues. This year a European shopping district beat out New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue for the first time as Via Montenapoleone in Milan, Italy, was declared the world’s most expensive retail street.Photo by Andrei Domanin: Getty Images If you associate […]
November 27, 2024: Go Play Outside
Participation in snow activities increased by 10% in New Mexico between 2022 and 2023.Photo by Evan Green courtesy of New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division Step out onto the planet.Draw a circle 100 feet round. Inside the circle are 300 thingsnobody understands and,maybe, nobody’s ever seen. How many can you find? — Lew Welch, “Hermit Poems,” […]
New World Bank ‘Business Ready’ Rankings Offer a More Transparent Version of ‘Doing Business’
Singapore tops more than one ranking of business environments, including the new Business Ready rankings from the World Bank.Photo of Clarke Quay courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board Time was when the World Bank Doing Business rankings were a standby resource, whether we were examining the rise of India or putting together a composite index for […]
Gift Bag of New R&D Data Features Microbusiness Insights
Given California’s R&D prowess, it was no surprise that early this month the city of Sunnyvale (home to Applied Materials’ forthcoming Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization Center, pictured) was announced as the expected location for the CHIPS for America Design and Collaboration Facility.Rendering courtesy of Applied Materials It’s that time of year. Not the […]
Site Selection Snapshot: Slicing and Dicing the Academy
Slicing and Dicing the Academy Oxford University is No. 1 in the world for the ninth consecutive year. Photo by Chinyup Wong: Getty Images Earlier this month at Times Higher Education’s World Academic Summit in Manchester, UK, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 were unveiled. A total of […]
Project Bulletin
Project Bulletin: São Paulo, Brazil; Isando, Gauteng, South Africa; Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Pulp producer Suzano expands in Brazil; PepsiCo grows in South Africa; Taihan Cable doubles down on South Korea location
Project Bulletin, Nov. 25, 2024: Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Johnstown, Ohio; Warren, Arkansas
Alexis Elmore reports on the construction of North America’s largest Asian food manufacturing site; Cologix’s latest data center announcement in Johnstown, Ohio; and Weyerhaeuser’s plans for a new engineered wood products facility in Warren, Arkansas.
Project Bulletin, Nov. 18, 2024: Waco, Texas; Visp, Switzerland; Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alexis Elmore reports on Mexico-based Electrolit’s establishment of its first U.S. operations; a Lonza expansion in Lisp, Switzerland; and the arrival of a new Nokia manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Project Bulletin, Nov. 11, 2024: Greensboro, North Carolina; Rochester, England; Moorhead, Minnesota
Alexis Elmore reports on a UK-based semiconductor company’s project in North Carolina; BAE’s expansion in Rochester, Kent, UK; and a massive $5 billion sustainable aviation fuel project from DG Fuels in Moorhead, Minnesota, part of the bistate Fargo metro area.
Project Bulletin, Nov. 4, 2024: East Donegal Township, Pennsylvania; Kenilworth, New Jersey; Penang, Perak, Malaysia
A DOSE OF EXPANSION About 93 miles west of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania’s East Donegal Township, pharmaceutical and biotechnology company GSK has plans to expand its nearly 20-year-old facility. The vaccine packaging plant will welcome $800 million from GSK in a move that marks the company’s largest U.S. investment. The expansion project includes a new 270,000-sq.-ft. […]
Investor Watch
Investor Watch: December 5, 2024
Shopping Streets; U.S. Southwest; India; Wisconsin; Big NYC Lease; Illinois Data Centers; Regional Illinois Highlights; Texas-to-California Move; Tribute to a CFO
Investor Watch: December 2, 2024
Brazil; South Africa; South Korea; Germany; Kansas; Clean Investment Monitor; EVs and FDI in Illinois; Tort Costs; Scottsdale Molecules
Investor Watch: November 27, 2024
Southeast; World Reports; South Dakota; Ohio; Arkansas; University Entrepreneurs; Illinois; Infrastructure Law Impact; Yonah Mountain
Investor Watch: November 25, 2024
Southeast; World Reports; South Dakota; Ohio; Arkansas; University Entrepreneurs; Illinois; Infrastructure Law Impact; Yonah Mountain
Investor Watch: November 21, 2024
Business-Ready Countries; Aerospace & Defense; Spokane; Palmdale, California; Chips in Japan; Illinois; Green Building Reports; Port Houston
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