Skilled Labor / STEM Where Workforce Capacity Is Being Built — and Where It’s Being Deployed
Introducing the Area Development State Talent Pipeline Ranking.
Read MoreAdvanced Manufacturing Advanced Manufacturing Isn’t a Buzzword—It’s a Different Location Strategy
Why companies expanding today must rethink labor, sites, and operational resilience.
Read More
Editor's Picks
Rethinking Auto Site Strategy in the Age of Tariffs and Powertrain Shifts
As EV momentum slows and tariffs rise, automotive companies are reworking supply chains, production plans, and location strategies to adapt to a rapidly changing market.
The Site Selection Corporate Checklist
Site selection doesn’t start with “where” — it starts with alignment, clarity and structure.
In Focus: Korea’s Blueprint for Sustainable U.S. Expansion
Why advanced manufacturers are treating site selection as a long-term business strategy, not a transaction.
The Office Is Back but Is the Portfolio Strategy Aligned?
Reestablishing the value of the office has driven trends in workplace investment and location strategy
Site Readiness Is Broken: What Manufacturers Should Demand From Their Locations
Manufacturers can’t afford delays—here’s what to ask for before picking your next site.
Site Selection
Facility Planning
Workforce Development
Business+Place
Industry Sectors
Services
Related Sites
Recent Features
Data Centers
JLL, InfraPartners Bet Prefab Can Cut AI Data Center Timelines by Up to 22 Months
A new build model overlaps site work and fabrication to accelerate AI infrastructure delivery.
ContinueSite Selection Factors / Strategy
Forestry and Related Products: Why Location Mistakes Are So Hard to Undo
What corporate site selection teams must understand before committing long-term capital.
ContinueGovernment Policy / Business Climate
Tariffs After the Supreme Court: A Detour, Not a Dead End
The Court blocks the administration’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, but alternative legal pathways — and political will — suggest trade duties will remain embedded in the operating environment
ContinueContributed Content
Montgomery County, Maryland: A Global Hub for Growth and Innovation
Just outside Washington, D.C., Montgomery County pairs one of the nation’s most educated workforces with federal research assets, transit-connected development, and a deep life sciences cluster poised for its next phase of expansion.
ContinueContributed Content
An Innovative, Delicious Solution to an Invasive Threat
Virginia is transforming an invasive blue catfish population into an economic development opportunity, supporting seafood processing, rural job growth and environmental restoration along the Chesapeake Bay.
ContinueContributed Content
Oklahoma’s Competitive Edge: Low Cost, High Performance
A central U.S. location delivering cost stability, logistics reach and industry-focused workforce development.
ContinueContributed Content
Potential Energy: Why Power Availability is Driving Site Selection
In today’s economic development landscape, power availability is no longer an item on a checklist — it's often the entire list.
ContinueSite Selection Factors / Strategy
When Property Law Becomes a Location Constraint
How ownership restrictions are complicating industrial site selection.
ContinueSite Selection Factors / Strategy
Speed Built In—The Real Differentiator for 2026 Site Selection Projects
After a year where “shovel ready” often unraveled under scrutiny, the forward play is fewer unknowns and faster paths to operation—because constraints decide the field before incentives do.
ContinueData Centers
Data Centers in 2025: When Power Became the Gatekeeper
The era of easy expansion is over—success now depends on early alignment among utilities, governments, and capital.
ContinueSite Selection Factors / Strategy
The Geography of Packaging: Why Location Strategy Matters More Than Ever
Smarter expansion begins with smarter location decisions — especially as automation, sustainability, and supply chain risk redefine the packaging industry.
ContinueEnergy / Clean Tech
When Natural Gas Can’t Move, Compute Can
How North Dakota’s stranded natural gas can drive AI.
ContinueSite Selection Factors / Strategy
Last Word: Don’t Lose by Winning
As site scarcity shifts corporate decisions from parcels to people, execution—not assets—is becoming the real differentiator.
ContinueEconomic Development Best Practices
Economic Developer Role Shifting from Deal-Making to Systems Stewardship
New research shows how economic development leadership is shifting beyond deals and incentives.
ContinueManufacturing / Industrial
What Companies Need from Modern Manufacturing Sites
Capital, infrastructure, power and workforce now define competitive manufacturing locations.
ContinueBusiness Globalization
Why Uncertainty — Not Demand — Is Slowing Foreign Investment in the U.S.
For first-time foreign investors, confidence — not incentives — has become the gating factor.
ContinueData Centers
2026 Data Center Outlook: What Actually Changes Next
Demand is a given. Power, timelines, and execution are not — and that’s where 2026 decisions are getting made.
ContinueTaxes / Incentives
Capitalizing on the OBBBA Before the 2026 Cliff
Discover how the OBBBA creates a short-lived opportunity for modular developers to accelerate deductions, leverage restored bonus depreciation, and meet tight 2026 energy-incentive deadlines.
ContinueAdvanced Manufacturing
Industries of the Future Aren’t Speculative Anymore
How federal capital, private investment, and place are quietly reshaping U.S. manufacturing.
ContinueEconomy / Market Analysis
Strategic Industries at the Crossroads: Defense, Aerospace, and Maritime Enter 2026
As industrial policy accelerated, the gap between ambition and execution widened: supply chain security, workforce clearance, and infrastructure bottlenecks revealed the unforgiving realities of building strategic industries at home.
ContinueEnergy / Clean Tech
Why Industrial Developers Are Turning to On-Site Energy
Facilities facing interconnection bottlenecks are accelerating production by investing directly in resilient, on-site energy systems.
ContinueProject Announcements
United Kingdom-Based Risk Ledger Plans Rockville, Maryland, Operations
04/03/2026
Umbra Plans Reston, Virginia, Engineering-Production Operations
04/03/2026
Associated Wholesale Grocers Expands Pearl River, Louisiana, Distribution Operations
04/02/2026
Brazil-Based TSEA Energy Plans Eden, North Carolina, Manufacturing Operations
04/02/2026
AMAROK Plans Columbia, South Carolina, Headquarters Operations
04/02/2026
Belgium-Based UCB Plans Gwinnett County, Georgia, Manufacturing Operations
04/01/2026
Morgan Steel Expands Memphis, Tennessee, Operations
04/01/2026
Most Read
-
Top States for Doing Business in 2024: A Continued Legacy of Excellence
Q3 2024
-
Economic Developer Role Shifting from Deal-Making to Systems Stewardship
Q1 2026
-
What Companies Need from Modern Manufacturing Sites
Q1 2026
-
Capitalizing on the OBBBA Before the 2026 Cliff
Q1 2026
-
Last Word: Don’t Lose by Winning
Q1 2026
-
Advanced Manufacturing Isn’t a Buzzword—It’s a Different Location Strategy
Q1 2026
-
The Geography of Packaging: Why Location Strategy Matters More Than Ever
Q1 2026