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Site Selection Consultants Redefine Risks that Impact Business Investment Decisions

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New ‘State of Site Selection’ study cites ongoing scarcities and geopolitical forces as factors that are impacting facility location decisions The third edition of a primary research study, The State of Site Selection, identifies the top trends impacting facility location decisions globally. The report is a joint release of the Site Selectors Guild (the Guild), the only association of the world’s foremost professional site selection consultants, and Development…

The Benefits of Working with Professional Site Selection Firms

by Jerry Howard, President, InSite Consulting on

As many of you know, the Site Selection industry is deeply rooted in the Carolinas. Decades ago, Greenville’s Fluor Daniel provided site location services as a loss leader to their clients. The logic was simple and effective: allow their clients to focus on designing their facilities and managing their business interests without wasting labor hours…

Next Gen Site Selection App Introduced by Global Location Strategies

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on

Leading site selection firm Global Location Strategies (GLS) has developed a cloud-based analytic platform for location benchmarking. Called Site Shepherd™, the digital app allows users to screen, score, and financially assess location data in an effort to deliver optimal location recommendations from anywhere in the world. Location benchmarking is the process of comparing location advantages and disadvantages to…

Responding to Site Searches: How Communities Can Gain a Competitive Advantage

by Jerry Howard, President, InSite Consulting on

When it comes to site selection, how can a community effectively compete? If their economic development team is marketing and promoting real estate, the answer is THEY CAN’T. Clients buy sites, not real estate. This is a distinction they identify and use in the first stages of a site search to determine which sites to…

A M King Breaks Ground on ALDI Divisional HQ and Distribution Center in Southern Alabama

by GroundBreak Staff Report on

Carolinas-based A M King, an integrated Design-Build Firm, has partnered with ALDI U.S. to provide property consulting, design, and construction of ALDI’s new facility in Loxley, AL. The 570,660-square-foot divisional headquarters and distribution center will service more than 100 stores in southern Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle. The grocery retailer, which opened its…

PLG Consulting and Strategic Development Group Announce Partnership

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Chicago, IL, November 11, 2020 – PLG Consulting of Chicago, IL and Strategic Development Group (SDG) of Columbia, SC today announced a strategic partnership that provides major industrial customers, transportation and logistics service providers, and other investors with a powerful slate of services for managing complex projects involving new capital investment and supply chain/logistics design…

InSite Consulting Expands Leadership Team, Adds Jerry Howard as President

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff Report on

Economic development professional Jerry Howard has been named President of Greenville (S.C.)-based InSite Consulting, a leading provider of comprehensive site assessment/site selection and economic development services to clients around the world. This significant addition to InSite’s leadership team was announced this week by company founders and owners, Tonya Crist and Rob Cornwell. “Bringing Jerry on…

GroundBreaker: Didi Caldwell, Global Location Strategies

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on

People make the construction industry what it is today. GroundBreak Carolinas is excited to share the story of another member of the inaugural class of GroundBreakers – individuals who are shaping our industry in a variety of ways. When leading companies look for expertise in finding a new site for a manufacturing facility or corporate…

Site Selection Ranks North Carolina #2 for Business Climate

by North Carolina Economic Development Partnership on

For the fourth consecutive year, North Carolina ranks as the No. 2 state to do business, according to Site Selection magazine. North Carolina scored a total of 99 points across all categories in the 2018 Top State Business Climate Rankings, just two points behind top-ranked Georgia with 101 points. Rounding out the top five spots in…

Quest Site Solutions Formed by McCallum Sweeney Veterans

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Two site selection industry veterans, Lindsey Cannon and Sarah White have formed Quest Site Solutions. Both Cannon and White worked at site selection firm McCallum Sweeney Consulting. Quest, based in Greenville, SC,  will provide a full range of site selection and economic development services to companies seeking new locations, relocating existing operations, and considering competitive…