Texas ranked at the top of the list of the 736 corporate bigwigs CEO surveyed, just as it did in 2012. The Lone Star State and its individual cities have dominated scores of lists and rankings for the better part of a decade, during which time the state has cemented its reputation for creating a climate for business investment and expansion, and elevated its reputation as a world headquarters for business

Category: Research, Site Selection
Tagged: best states for business, CEO magazine, Job creation, Milken Institute, Texas economy,

Austin is the newest city to test out Google Fiber’s 1-gigabit broadband service. What made the Lone Star capital the obvious choice?

Category: Site Selection
Tagged: Broadband, gigabit communities, Innovation, silicon prairie, Technology,

The decline in domestic flight volume on U.S. airlines raises some interesting questions on the role airports play in corporate site selection.

Category: Research, Site Selection
Tagged: Airports, corporate headquarters, Site Selection, transportation,

All told, the Lone Star State recorded an eye-popping 761 facilities projects in 2012 – an average of nearly 15 a week.

Category: Research, Site Selection
Tagged: Illinois, manufacturing, Marcellus Shale, Michigan, Ohio economy, Pennsylvania, Site Selection, Texas economy,

USAA, which specializes in financial services for military members and their families, says initial expansions will be in San Antonio and Phoenix. The San Antonio expansion could bring as many as 1,000 new jobs by the end of 2015 to its headquarters, where it already employs more than 16,400 people, and another 1,000 jobs to Phoenix.

Category: Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Charlotte, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina manufacturing, Texas jobs,

Forget red and blue states, The Rust Belt and the Sun Belt. Today’s business-rich regions are growing outside of traditional boundaries.

Category: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Agriculture, energy, Great Plains, Gulf Coast, jobs, manufacturing, migration, Technology,

Quality of place can play a major role in site location decisions. Nearly two-thirds of business execs said they would be likely to highly likely to consider index scores as a factor in determining finalist communities for a project.

Category: Quality of Life, Research, Site Selection
Tagged: American Dream State Ranking, Burghard Group, Livability, Quality of Place, Site Selection,