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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Corporate Exec Survey Results

38th Annual Corporate Survey: Are Unrealized Predictions of an Economic Slump Leading Small to Mid-Size Companies to Put Off Expansion Plans?

Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2024)

Small and mid-size firms — which account for most of our Corporate Survey respondents — are holding their plans for new and expanded facilities in check despite economic news being better than what had been predicted. More

20th Annual Consultants Survey: Clients Prioritize Access to Skilled Labor, Responsive State & Local Government

Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2024)

The responding consultants say economic pressures are creating the biggest potential impact for their clients’ location and expansion plans, with finding available skilled labor being the most important concern. More

Consultants Survey Reflects Shift in Ranking of Site Selection Factors

Kathy Mussio, Managing Partner, Atlas Insight, LLC (Q1 2024)

A responsive state and local government, incentives offerings, and site readiness now outweigh costs in the location decision. More

Skilled Labor, Ample Energy, and Speed to Market Take Priority

Gregg Healy, Executive Vice President & Head of Industrial Services – North America, Savills (Q1 2024)

A location’s labor availability; responsive, pro-business local partners; and ability to support a large energy user are often the main drivers of the site selection decision. More

Manufacturing Projects Dominate the Deal Flow

Brett Bayduss, Senior Partner, Site Selection Group (Q1 2024)

The volume of manufacturing projects across the nation is rising, while office activity has been slow to recover from the pandemic. More

Site Selection Evolves

Isabel Cyr, Government Relations & Public Affairs Director, Lithion Technologies Inc. (Q1 2024)

Corporate respondents prioritize workforce talent, environmental factors, and permitting/regulatory ease in their location and expansion decisions. More

Companies Are Recalibrating Their Priorities

Eric Stavriotis, Vice Chairman, CBRE (Q1 2023)

In recent years many companies have been propelled to recalibrate priorities for their location strategies and resulting real estate footprints. The top site selection factors for occupiers today include the following: More

19th Annual Consultants Survey: Clients Challenged by Tight Labor Market, Energy Availability

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2023)

Consultants responding to our survey say economic conditions are affecting their clients’ expansion/investment plans, with labor and energy availability and costs of prime concern. More

Federal Legislation Affects Companies’ Investment Plans

Jacob Everett , Founder, Corsa Strategies (Q1 2023)

Companies looking to grow are facing an historically tight labor market and rising costs, but their plans to invest may be buoyed by recent government legislation. More

Corporate Decision-Makers Face a Challenging Environment

Larry Gigerich, Executive Managing Director , Ginovus (Q1 2023)

The rankings clearly reflect the impact of geopolitical and economic instability, as well as technology. More

Labor Related Factors Are Key

Bradley Migdal, Executive Managing Director, Business Incentives Practice, Cushman & Wakefield and Matt Niehoff, Senior Consulting Analyst, Location & Labor Analytics, Cushman & Wakefield (Q1 2023)

Companies are searching for the right balance of labor — at all skill levels — that can satisfy their needs not only now but also into the future. More

Energy Costs Come to the Forefront

Lauren Berry, Senior Manager, Location Analysis and Incentives, Maxis Advisors (Q1 2023)

The shift away from carbon-emitting fuels and the unexpected spikes in natural gas pricing in 2022 have made industrial customers increasingly sensitive to energy costs in their location decisions. More

Editor's Note: Cautious Optimism for 2023

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2023)

Although manufacturers are facing a challenging year, many are optimistic that lessons learned during the pandemic will help them weather whatever lies ahead. More

37th Annual Corporate Survey: Economic Pressures Exerting Greatest Effect on Decision-Makers

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2023)

Companies looking to grow are facing an historically tight labor market and rising costs, but their plans to invest may be buoyed by recent government legislation. More

Editor's Note: Speed of Change Will Accelerate in 2022

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2022)

Companies have met the challenges over the last two difficult years but will now need to adjust their plans and priorities over the course of 2022 in order to succeed. More

36th Annual Corporate Survey: Executives Focus on Labor, Energy, Shipping Costs

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2022)

A tight labor market, supply chain challenges, and rising costs have resulted in some surprising changes in corporate respondents’ location priorities. More

18th Annual Consultants Survey: Access to Major Markets and Skilled Labor Are Clients’ Primary Concerns

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2022)

Supply chain considerations, the shortage of skilled workers, and a lack of industrial space are top of mind for their clients, according to consultants responding to our annual survey. More

36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Labor Costs and Availability Go Hand in Hand

Jeff Pappas, Managing Director, Mohr Partners (Q1 2022)

The pandemic shook up what workers want and expect from a job. More

36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Survey Respondents Take a Conservative Approach

Dan Breen, Executive Vice President, Location Economics, JLL (Q1 2022)

These survey results are appropriately conservative, given the unprecedented challenges that enterprises have faced over the past two. More

36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Supply Chain Factors Take on Added Significance

Shannon O'Hare, Executive Managing Director, Business Incentives Advisory, Total Workplace, Cushman & Wakefield (Q1 2022)

The major supply chain disruptions experienced in 2021 are reflected in the survey results. More

36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Small to Mid-Size Companies Focus on Costs

Benton Blaine, Vice President, Infrastructure & Economic Development, McGuireWoods Consulting (Q1 2022)

Costs, accessibility, and taxes all ranked higher in importance than quality of life to the small to mid-size companies responding to the Corporate Survey. More

36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Pandemic-Induced Impacts Have Profound Effect on Decision-Makers

Azad Khan, Consultant, Parker Poe Consulting (Q1 2022)

Labor costs, inbound/outbound shipping costs, and raw materials availability, in particular, have significantly increased in priority. More

36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Corporate Sensitivity to Ongoing Operating Costs

Josh Bays, Senior Partner, Site Selection Group, LLC (Q1 2022)

The survey results underscore current corporate anxiety around rising costs, especially as more firms consider domestic investment. More

Editor's Note: The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Change

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2021)

The results of our 35th annual Corporate Survey and 17th annual Consultants Survey reflect changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a temporary and/or permanent transition to remote work and an increase in the importance of quality of life. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Survey Reflects Rapidly Changing Real Estate Environment

Ann Marie Woessner-Collins, Managing Director, Savills (Q1 2021)

The Corporate Survey results reflect recent trends including the COVID-19 pandemic’s exposure of vulnerabilities in the supply chain that are also affecting the real estate environment. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Realignment of Supply Chains and Automation Mitigate Risks

Monty Turner, Senior Vice President, Location Strategy, Colliers Site Selection (Q1 2021)

Companies are realigning their supply chains while also instituting automated processes, which makes them more sensitive to energy reliability and rates. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Has the Pandemic Affected the Ranking of Site Selection Factors?

James Blair, Managing Director, Navigator Consulting (Q1 2021)

While workforce quality and costs continue to be highly ranked factors, the current operating environment has caused companies to increase their emphasis on logistics/shipping costs. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Skilled Labor, Taxes & Incentives Still Paramount in the Location Decision

Steven Tozier, Managing Director, Ernst & Young LLP (Q1 2021)

Companies recognize the importance of a location’s quality of life in in attracting the skilled labor that they need, and taxes and incentives continue to be a top criteria as well. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Pandemic Presents Occupiers with Challenges and Opportunities

Eric Stavriotis, Vice Chairman, CBRE (Q1 2021)

Companies are re-evaluating their real estate strategies and accelerating the automation and digitization of processes. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Change in Site Selection Priorities and Plans Over the Short and Long Term

Alexandra Segers, General Manager, Tochi Advisors (Q1 2021)

Training programs and quality of life are two factors that have seen a jump in importance over the 35-year course of the Corporate Survey; as of now, however, some short-term facility plans have been put on hold. More

35th Annual Corporate Survey: Effects of Global Pandemic Reflected in Executives’ Site and Facility Plans

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2021)

As expected, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our corporate readers’ location plans and priorities as they increased their resiliency efforts. More

17th Annual Consultants Survey: Consultants Are Optimistic About the Year Ahead

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2021)

Those responding to the Consultants Survey express optimism about their clients’ plans for the year ahead while acknowledging their increased focus on costs and logistics going forward. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Labor Costs, Taxes/Incentives, Quality of Life Taking Priority

Chris Volney, Managing Director, Americas Consulting, CBRE (Q1 2021)

According to the survey results, companies have become increasingly cost-conscious and are also placing a higher value on quality of life and place. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Putting the Effects of a Turbulent Year into Perspective

H. Robert Boehringer, III, Managing Director, Global Location & Expansion Services, KPMG (Q1 2021)

It remains to be seen how supply-chain realignment, remote working, and potential tax changes will impact the location decision over time. More

35th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Staying Afloat During the Crisis but Dark Times Ahead?

Marc Beauchamp, Managing Director, Hickey Canada (Q1 2021)

Although the Corporate Survey reveals that most companies did not change their overall corporate real estate strategy during the past year, they now appear to be taking a more prudent approach when it comes to plans for new/expanded facilities. More

34th Annual Corporate Survey & the 16th Annual Consultants Survey

Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2020)

Plans for new and expanded facilities among the smaller firms (in terms of employment numbers) responding to our Corporate Survey are not as robust as those of larger firms that employ consultants to help in location analysis and site decisions. More

34th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Survey Results Reveal Challenges In Today’s Industrial Market

Eric Stavriotis, Vice Chairman, CBRE (Q1 2020)

This year’s Corporate Survey results echo the continued strong demand we are seeing in the U.S. industrial sector, as well as the continuing “war for talent.” More

34th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Search for Skilled Labor to Operate — and Build — the Facility Continues

Bradley Migdal, Executive Managing Director, Business Incentives Practice, Cushman & Wakefield (Q1 2020)

A shortage of skilled workers to not only operate a facility but also to build one is driving up construction and occupancy costs. More

34th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Workforce Availability Affecting Corporate Strategies, Global Location Decisions

Jacob Everett , Founder, Corsa Strategies (Q1 2020)

With a tight labor market, companies will to attempt to reduce the amount of human resources required to expand their footprints and output. More

34th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Top Criteria Remain Logistics and Labor

Bill Luttrell, Director of Corporate Real Estate, Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Q1 2020)

With 80 percent of U.S. communities served exclusively by trucks, highway access remains just as critical as accessibility to skilled labor. More

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