2010: The Era of Green Building
This year is not only the start of a new decade, but the beginning of a new era in the way we think about the built environment. In 2000, the U.S. Gre...
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Current Status of Corporate Headquarters Relocation
One of the most dramatic episodes in the history of any corporation is the relocation of its headquarters. In such moves, the life-blood of the organi...
2010 CiCi Awards - Corporate Investment Top 15
Using the words of Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, the 15 winners of our Corporate Investment awards “buck national economic trends.” Indeed, wh...
The Essential Individual in Building a Sustainable Economy
People have been hammered over the past 12 months with articles, stories and pictures of an economy that is dysfunctional and lives that have been for...
Corporate Real Estate Outlook: Opportunities and Risks in a Tenant's Market
According to many economists, the recession is over, but the bottom is still a long way off in commercial real estate. Job losses have exceeded the in...
Site Selection for Biotechnology Companies
In 1919, the term “Biotechnology” was created to describe the interaction of biology with human technology. Today, the term is broadly applied to an i...
Research and Development is BIG Business - Locally and Nationally
The term ‘research and development,’ or more commonly, ‘R&D,’ refers to “creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock...
Doing More with Less
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association that represents the commissioners, secret...
Louisiana
Under the leadership of Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Legislature and the state’s business community, Louisiana’s business climate has improved sig...
Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Manufacturing Plants
Recent regulatory, financial and other issues and changes are impacting site selection, site expansion and investment decisions for global manufacture...