http://www.areadevelopment.com/ Area Development Online Current Issue Feed Copyright 2012 Halcyon Business Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved http://www.areadevelopment.com/images/ http://www.areadevelopment.com/ With more than 17 years of operating in Tijuana, DJO’s has received U.S. and International awards for its quality and operational excellence, including AME’s Manufacturing Excellence award, IndustryWeek “Best Plants,” and the Shingo prize for operational excellence. http://www.areadevelopment.com/InternationalLocationReports/Winter2012/DJO-Global-Tijuana-MX-reshoring-272562455.shtml Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:28:32 EST InternationalLocationReports/Winter2012/DJO-Global-Tijuana-MX-reshoring-272562455.shtml87 While banks have more money than ever on their books, small business owners have difficulty qualifying for loans. The mismatch between lender and borrower results from a more conservative financial environment in which bankers rely on cash flow projections and businesses struggle with an uncertain market. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AssetManagement/Winter2012/small-business-negotiating-bank-loans-27777666.shtml Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:42:38 EST AssetManagement/Winter2012/small-business-negotiating-bank-loans-27777666.shtml79 In a period of stubbornly high vacancies and tight financing, tenancy still the trump cards in negotiations http://www.areadevelopment.com/siteSelection/Winter2012/commercia-tenants-renew-leases-better-terms-261198.shtml Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:12:29 EST siteSelection/Winter2012/commercia-tenants-renew-leases-better-terms-261198.shtml81 Workplace mobility will be the next revolution to impact corporate real estate as emerging technologies continue to enable and power our daily work lives. Six emerging technology forces are creating epic workplace opportunities... http://www.areadevelopment.com/laborEducation/Winter2012/workplace-mobility-trends-corporate-real-estate-22262.shtml Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:05:19 EST laborEducation/Winter2012/workplace-mobility-trends-corporate-real-estate-22262.shtml85 Area Development’s editors once again asked the consultants who help our readers and others make their location, expansion, and relocation decisions about their clients’ facility plans and priorities. Since less than 50 percent of those responding to our 2011 Corporate Survey say they utilize the services of consultants in the site and facility planning process, we would expect the consultants’ responses to differ from those of our corporate executive respondents. Let’s find out to what extent... http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/8th-site-selection-consultants-RE-survey-results-28282888.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:11:56 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/8th-site-selection-consultants-RE-survey-results-28282888.shtml88 The severity of the recession has created a significant increase in available buildings in the market. This being the case, it is not surprising that the importance of available buildings dropped out of the top 10 to 15th place. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Richard-Sheehy-2166728.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:47:29 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Richard-Sheehy-2166728.shtml79 Despite the media coverage, 97 percent of the respondents do not expect to relocate a foreign facility back to the United States. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Larry-Gigerich-4441234.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:14:05 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Larry-Gigerich-4441234.shtml79 In 2011, as the Corporate Survey shows, U.S. businesses were still being cautious about hiring. Our clients have told us that this hesitancy is due to both uncertainties with the economy and product demand, as well as uncertainty with U.S. policy, politics, and taxation. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Kathy-Mussio-4444828.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:15:26 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Kathy-Mussio-4444828.shtml77 Only 2 percent of respondents reported that they plan to relocate a domestic facility to an offshore location. This is a hopeful indication that manufacturing may soon have a resurgence in the United States, even though 97 percent of respondents say they do not plan to bring a foreign facility back to the United States. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Robert-Leak-244428.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:16:11 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Robert-Leak-244428.shtml75 States focused on providing customized labor training to meet the needs of modern businesses can also tout a steady supply of trained labor, an asset that is again moving to the forefront. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Paul-Hampton-211828.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:17:11 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/corporate-survey-analysis-Paul-Hampton-211828.shtml76 Although states and communities have suffered economically during the Great Recession, they are still providing incentives. And, in some cases, because unemployment rates are still unacceptable, I expect to see improved incentives during this year’s legislative sessions. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/coporate-survey-analysis-Betty-McIntosh-28282828.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:18:08 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/coporate-survey-analysis-Betty-McIntosh-28282828.shtml79 How has the recent relatively positive economic news affected companies’ facility plans and priorities? Area Development’s annual Corporate Survey of our readers, which was conducted in late October/early November just as these economic events were unfolding, might provide an answer to that question. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/26th-Corporate-Executive-RE-survey-results-287123.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:20:40 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/26th-Corporate-Executive-RE-survey-results-287123.shtml80 Survey results reflect a sense of cautious optimism for longer-range economic recovery, an awareness of the need to address the nation’s work force skills gap, as well as increased plans for relocation in order to alleviate onerous tax and regulatory burdens. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/26th-Corporate-Consultants-RE-survey-results-287677888.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:39:50 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/26th-Corporate-Consultants-RE-survey-results-287677888.shtml85 With renewed trust — and caution giving way to confidence —businesses will begin to invest in their future and simultaneously improve the future for the citizens of the communities in which they operate. http://www.areadevelopment.com/EconomicsGovernmentPolicy/Winter2012/editors-note-winter-2012-26626555.shtml Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:38:24 EST EconomicsGovernmentPolicy/Winter2012/editors-note-winter-2012-26626555.shtml76 Despite the ongoing impact of the global economic downturn — and amid increasing competition from emerging markets such as Brazil, China, and India — the United States continues to dominate the global life science sector. http://www.areadevelopment.com/Biotech/Winter2012/US-Life-Science-Sector-markets-Bay-Area-2626278.shtml Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:29:06 EST Biotech/Winter2012/US-Life-Science-Sector-markets-Bay-Area-2626278.shtml72 Debra Lyons recently sat down with Area Development to discuss what states and businesses can do to help close the work skills gap. http://www.areadevelopment.com/laborEducation/Winter2012/workplace-technology-workforce-skills-gap-262655299.shtml Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:33:57 EST laborEducation/Winter2012/workplace-technology-workforce-skills-gap-262655299.shtml83 As vice president in VFA’s Consulting Services group, Ray Dufresne is responsible for management and direction of projects for customers across VFA’s market base. Prior to forming the Consulting Services group in 2004, Dufresne led Assessment Services within VFA for 12 years. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AssetManagement/Winter2012/facilities-capital-planing-strategy-Dufrense-272262626.shtml Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:57:32 EST AssetManagement/Winter2012/facilities-capital-planing-strategy-Dufrense-272262626.shtml87 Despite the rancor in Congress about federal spending, the Obama administration is still gung-ho about high-speed rail. So is the American public... http://www.areadevelopment.com/logisticsInfrastructure/Winter2012/high-speed-rail-projects-update-26628799.shtml Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:05:09 EST logisticsInfrastructure/Winter2012/high-speed-rail-projects-update-26628799.shtml81 From coast to coast, U.S. Navy shipyards have been converted into industrial parks with facilities occupied by small, medium, and large companies employing from fewer than a dozen people up to several hundred. http://www.areadevelopment.com/EconomicsGovernmentPolicy/Winter2012/navy-shipyards-converted-industrial-parks-2828272828.shtml Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:24:04 EST EconomicsGovernmentPolicy/Winter2012/navy-shipyards-converted-industrial-parks-2828272828.shtml95 Using the Work Breakdown Structure — or WBS — will help to safeguard construction’s bottom line. http://www.areadevelopment.com/siteSelection/Winter2012/construction-project-cost-scheduling-WBS-2727262626.shtml Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:55:29 EST siteSelection/Winter2012/construction-project-cost-scheduling-WBS-2727262626.shtml82 A community’s economy is only as healthy as its local industries. Likewise, local businesses fare best in an economically healthy community. Cities served by publicly owned utilities have an ally fighting on both fronts. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AnnualReports/Winter2012/growing-business-APPA-public-power-262627778.shtml Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:00:47 EST AnnualReports/Winter2012/growing-business-APPA-public-power-262627778.shtml75 The right working environment is essential to attract the new generation of workers, retain talent, and foster innovation. http://www.areadevelopment.com/siteSelection/Winter2012/facility-design-workplace-innovation-272666.shtml Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:54:36 EST siteSelection/Winter2012/facility-design-workplace-innovation-272666.shtml74 Workplace mobility, collaboration, and global expansion trends are here to stay. Knowing the difference between an entrenched trend and a flash-in-the-pan idea can save a lot of time and effort, and produce better bottom-line results. http://www.areadevelopment.com/siteSelection/Winter2012/key-trends-corporate-RE-planning-27766222.shtml Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:50:47 EST siteSelection/Winter2012/key-trends-corporate-RE-planning-27766222.shtml72 The slow economic recovery and continued real estate recession is creating a costly dilemma for companies looking to dispose of vacant facilities. http://www.areadevelopment.com/AssetManagement/Winter2012/adaptive-reuse-corporate-real-estate-6666544.shtml Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:43:38 EST AssetManagement/Winter2012/adaptive-reuse-corporate-real-estate-6666544.shtml77 Over the last few years, there has been a lot of political transition, debate, and public disillusionment. In kind, our leaders have responded with a new set of legislative and regulatory proposals that will undoubtedly affect site location projects far into the future. http://www.areadevelopment.com/EconomicsGovernmentPolicy/Winter2012/legislative-political-changes-affect-business-plans-63535353.shtml Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:23:04 EST EconomicsGovernmentPolicy/Winter2012/legislative-political-changes-affect-business-plans-63535353.shtml103 As companies expand their capabilities, Mexico’s advantages — and proximity to its biggest export market — will become evident and its manufacturing base will expand even further. http://www.areadevelopment.com/InternationalLocationReports/Winter2012/Mexico-manufacturing-workforce-report-reshoring-525252666.shtml Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:16:38 EST InternationalLocationReports/Winter2012/Mexico-manufacturing-workforce-report-reshoring-525252666.shtml103 In the coming decades, businesses and communities seeking to remain competitive in the logistics arena will need to continuously innovate in order to adapt to the changing environment. http://www.areadevelopment.com/logisticsInfrastructure/Winter2012/logistics-sector-investment-innovations-projects-2276666.shtml Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:25:41 EST logisticsInfrastructure/Winter2012/logistics-sector-investment-innovations-projects-2276666.shtml97 Many states are taking a harder look at their traditional incentives offerings and opting for newer approaches including “economic gardening,” consulting services, and cold cash. http://www.areadevelopment.com/taxesIncentives/Winter2012/states-business-attraction-incentives-reexamined-66252555.shtml Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:19:39 EST taxesIncentives/Winter2012/states-business-attraction-incentives-reexamined-66252555.shtml90