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Oct 31, 2024 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
Stephen Levine, executive managing director in the Industrial and Logistics Services division at the real estate firm Newmark, recalls the 1960s TV series “I Dream of Jeannie.” He mentions it when describing Florida's Space Coast, where Major Nelson and Major Healey experienced their televised antics involving a genie named Jeannie.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
Louisiana (4+ to 6 Million Population)
Company
State
# Jobs
Inv. Amt. Dai Nippon Printing Co.Linwood, North Carolina352$233 million
First SolarIberia Parish, Louisiana715$1.1 billion
GotionManteno, Illiniois1,600$2 billion
Hanwha Q Cells Co., Ltd.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
Economic growth shines at the Area Development Shovel Awards, with states like South Carolina and Louisiana leading the charge. Discover which regions are driving innovation and sustainability in industries from automotive to green technology.
MethodologyArea Development’s annual Shovel Awards recognize states for their achievements in attracting high-value investment projects that will create a significant number of new jobs in their communities.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
It really wasn’t that long ago that economists were warning of a rough ride ahead, and articles about the economy read like horror stories. Inflation was downright frightening — so bad that many experts believed only a recession and a big jump in joblessness would tame it. The proverbial “soft landing” seemed like an unlikely Hollywood plot twist. But like most good stories, this one had a powerful element of surprise.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
For site selection consultants, planning expansions and launching new locations is all in a day’s work. The respondents to Area Development’s annual Consultants Survey live and breathe this stuff, with their finger on the pulse of this business every day of the year.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
What’s the best indicator that a city or metropolitan area is healthy from an economic perspective? There are plenty of factors and indicators to examine, but arguably the best general measure of health can be boiled down to one magic word: growth. The Rise of Mid-Size U.S. Cities: The Industrial Development Boom2019 Leading Metro Locations: Pacific and South-Atlantic Metros Dominate the List
Indeed, if you’re not growing, you’re likely falling behind.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
It has been a continuous refrain since the pandemic upended many understandings about how the American economy is supposed to work: Across widely varying fields of work, there just aren’t enough people to fill all the available jobs. The reality, though, is that while the pandemic may have exacerbated the problem and called a lot of new attention to it, this was an issue that was brewing well before the coronavirus began stirring up trouble.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
Workforce Training Programs
1. Georgia
2. Virginia
3. South Carolina
4. Louisiana
5. Alabama
6. Tennessee
7. North Carolina
8. Indiana
9. Arizona
10. Ohio
Employers often say that people are the most important part of their success. They’re doing the work, creating the innovations, serving the customers. Without the right people, and enough of them, an enterprise is likely to falter.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
What makes a state a great place to do business? Let us count the ways. There are more than a dozen factors that enterprises find are important to their success — and, in particular, vital considerations as they decide where to locate, relocate or expand. These factors influence various aspects of the cost of doing business, the ease and speed of proceeding with a new project, the ability to hire and train the right people, and the overall hassle factor.
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Jun 5, 2023 | 
areadevelopment.com | Steve Kaelble
Often referred to as “fabs,” the plants producing semiconductors are all big-money investments promising big job counts.
It was the perfect storm for the semiconductor industry. The COVID-19 pandemic stirred up major trouble in supply chains in early 2020, including disruptions in chip manufacturing in such places as South Korea and Taiwan.
