Shovel Ready

A shovel-ready site is defined by U.S. Certified Sites as parcels of land (or in some cases, a building) that has “met specific criteria developed by the body administering the program or a consultant hired to develop this criteria,” such as availability, zoning, utility infrastructure (water, sewer, telcom…

Agribusiness Sector Continues Strong Growth

There are constantly new technologies being introduced— drones to monitor crop growth, dedicated satellites to monitor weather patterns, production and packaging innovations, and new distribution ideas just to mention a few.

But what really drives the industry is consumer demand, which is trending towards more natural foods presented in an…

Retail Development

Retail development continues on an uneven, up and down pace, as more companies transition to e-commerce oftentimes involving a merger with a company that can help them develop, while some smaller retail centers close just as larger ones open.

According to the National Real Estate Investor, retailers have announced…

Information Technology Everywhere, All The Time

When discussing information technology, or IT, the focus is generally not on what exists now but
where it is going, how fast it is growing, and what to do to keep ahead of how and what it is doing to industry of
all kinds.

Make no mistake – information technology, or…

Intermodal Expansion

Since the rise of containers for more efficient ways of moving cargo off large ships to inland designations, intermodal, or the movement of cargo in shipping containers or trailers by more than one mode of transportation, has become more popular and more useful to freight economies around the world.

The…