Rail Resolution in Charleston, S.C., Creates a Win-Win

A settlement among the South Carolina Department of Commerce, its Division of Public Railways and the city of North Charleston was recently approved by the North Charleston City Council. This is a first step towards ending all pending litigation among the parties, as well as the State Ports Authority, creating…

Intelligent Incentives

By Wen Sun and Sarah Gutschow

To make an ultimate site selection decision, businesses usually have to go through a multi-step screening process and evaluate large numbers of candidate communities on a series of critical factors based on a business’s operational needs. These include economic base, community image…

Warehousing and Distribution: Looking Beyond Cost Reductions

By Mark Kleszczewski

To see the effect of an on-again, off-again economic recovery, look no further than the fields of warehousing and distribution. Increasing fuel costs, supply chain disruptions and uneven demand have resulted in lackluster inventory turns and the closure or reshuffling of many distribution centers.

Faced…

Creative Economy: Ability to Engage Leads to Inspiration

By Rachel Duran

Entrepreneurs typically find themselves thinking about the next step and how they can add value to their products and/or services. At the same time they need not only access to support networks and resources, but also creative work spaces to foster further innovations.

An expanding trend…

Quality of Place Leads to Quality Returns

By Mark Kleszczewski

Modern infrastructure, access to markets and raw materials, favorable land and labor costs, business and tax climate and many other tangible variables have always been at top of mind when making site selection decisions. Yet advances in technology and a changing workforce are transcending geography and turning…