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Commercial Real Estate

Commercial Real Estate

The growing influence of community leaders, government organizations, citizen action groups, environmental activists, and smart growth movements can s...

Real Estate

Real Estate

Finding the optimal locations for a new manufacturing or warehouse facility often involves a series of tradeoffs. Among these tradeoffs are acceding t...

Community Impact - 2006 CiCi Awards

Community Impact - 2006 CiCi Awards

Rounding out coverage of our first-annual Capital Investment & Community Impact (CiCi) Awards 2006, Trade & Industry Development proudly presents the ...

Site Selection Network

Site Selection Network

The Site Selection Network (SSN) of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) serves as a single-source resource for new business lead sourcing,...

Labor - Succeeding in an Era of Labor Shortages

Labor - Succeeding in an Era of Labor Shortages

With all of the news about layoffs in the automotive industry and its suppliers, you wouldn’t think that the United States and European Union are ente...

Retail Distribution Center Site Selection

Retail Distribution Center Site Selection

Consumer demands, global sourcing challenges and limited capacity across multiple transportation modes force every retailer to take continuous looks a...

Future Bright for the Warehouse-Based Logistics Industry

Future Bright for the Warehouse-Based Logistics Industry

Despite business pressures from record fuel prices, skyrocketing health care costs and new technologies, warehouse-based logistics firms are thriving ...

Mississippi Proves Tough Contender in the Development Game

Mississippi Proves Tough Contender in the Development Game

With recent headline-grabbing locations and expansions like Nissan, Northrop Grumman, FedEx and, most recently, SeverCorr, Mississippi has been on a h...

Who Moved My Profit? Location Selection for the Food and Beverage Industry

Who Moved My Profit? Location Selection for the Food and Beverage Industry

Look beyond the company name, nutrition facts and headquarters address on your product’s label. Are you being faced with shifting markets, consolidati...

Update on the Food Industry

Update on the Food Industry

Despite dire predictions of escalating food price inflation in the wake of the busiest hurricane season on record in 2005, the inflation rate for food...