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Business Briefings | United States |
US Location Selection: The Role of Incentives in the Site Selection Process
State and local incentives have become an increasingly important factor in the site selection process. This briefing examines how corporate real estate executives consider it important to research location incentives early in a project in order to maximize benefits and reduce costs. Incentives play a more significant role after a “short list” of potential locations has been determined, often seen as the “tie-breaker.” |
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Business Briefings | United States |
CFO Roundtable: The Private Equity Impact
In an environment of considerable private equity activity, this briefing discusses methods to optimize the value of real estate. Examined are timely issues such as pre-transaction strategies and post-transaction value enhancement, advantages of long-term ownership and joint ventures, sale-leasebacks, and assessing a corporate real estate portfolio. |
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Special Reports | United States |
Trading Spaces: Why Changing Trade Patterns Are Good for Commercial Real Estate
Growth in imports, particularly from China, has generated concern about loss of U.S. competitiveness and the decline and fall of manufacturing. Far from going downhill, manufacturing continues to expand and remains a vital part of the economy. However, because the growth is coming from higher productivity rather than employment, the expansion of U.S.-based manufacturing has not led to an appreciable increase in the demand for facilities. For job growth and, by extension, greater demand for warehouse and office space, we must look at the shifts in imports, which are having a major impact on our economy’s structure. |
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Business Briefings | United States |
US Location Selection: Determining the Workforce You Need and Where the Right People Are Located
New business location and site selection are actions that companies undertake to pursue new opportunities, either to expand or introduce new efficiencies. Current supply-chain technologies and optimization models provide increasingly powerful ways to identify these opportunities and quantify potential gains in revenues or cost savings. But, as this briefing explains, for every up-side there is always a downside. |
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Global Research Reports | Global |
International Investment Atlas 2007
Obtain invaluable insights and critical advice on global real estate with our International Investment Atlas 2007 that appraises the size and investment prospects of global markets. |
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Special Reports | United States |
Far From Dead: The U.S. Manufacturing Sector Remains a Major Economic Driver
The U.S. manufacturing sector remains a strong, vibrant and vital component of the economy that contributes importantly to growth, wealth and our standard of living. Furthermore, it remains a key component of the industrial real estate market and will continue to play a vital role for years to come. |
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Special Reports | United States |
Low Rates = More Growth: Low Interest Rates Will Continue to Support Leasing and Investment
The current trend in U.S. interest rates is essentially flat following the Federal Reserve’s decision to stop raising rates in June 2006. While we expect this trend to continue, rates are expected to budge slightly upwards rather than decline further. |
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Business Briefings | United Kingdom |
China, India Market Focus: New Markets Emerge as Others Mature
Multi-national companies around the world continue to take strategic advantage of highly skilled but low-cost workers in developing countries to reduce labor costs. China and India have dominated the offshoring market – India in business processes and China in manufacturing – but other developing countries are starting to gain a foothold in the market. This briefing examines the risks of global offshoring and the aspects companies looking to export jobs need to consider when making location decisions. |
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Business Briefings | United States |
US Location Selection: Seeking Out the Buzz - Analytics and Workforce Behavior Research Lead Knowledge Companies to Best Location Decisions
Does it really make a difference where in the world you choose to locate a new operations center, research facility or headquarters? Increasingly, knowledge workers expect companies to locate close to where they want to work and live. More than ever, as this briefing reveals, your company’s success relies on analyzing and anticipating the complex location choices of the knowledge workers your company needs. Organizations that don’t pay attention will fall back in the race. |
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Special Reports | United States |
2007 Outlook: The Good Times Keep Rolling
The fundamental supply and demand forces that shape the market point to further declines in vacancy and gains in rental rates, especially for office space. Employment growth will remain steady enough to propel continued growth in a national market that remains supply constrained. |