Ranking States by Competitiveness for Manufacturing As we head toward the end of the year, some interesting rankings for the manufacturing sector. While specific criteria depend on a project’s needs, standard site selection variables drive most manufacturing location decisions: access to qualified labor, competitive costs, and strategic geographic positioning. Speed to market has also become…
The post-COVID era has redefined many aspects of the professional world, with one of the most notable shifts being the evolution of office environments. As companies increasingly enforce return-to-work mandates, the demand for high-quality office spaces has surged. This trend reflects a broader understanding that the quality of a workspace significantly impacts employee recruitment, retention,…
As we head into 2025, the shift toward full-scale returns to the office is becoming more pronounced. Notably, companies like Amazon.com Inc. and financial giant Fidelity are leading the charge by requiring employees to return to the office five days a week. This trend is gaining momentum despite facing new challenges and mixed reactions from…
Normally, visualizing data and visualizing a site require very different technologies. In the world of site selection, however, they go hand-in-hand to help project teams evaluate potential locations. Site (Location) Visualization Take, for example, the power we now have to perform site reconnaissance remotely, via platforms like ESRI, Google Earth, and Google Maps or…
Office foot traffic hit a post-pandemic high in July, reaching 72.2% of 2019 levels, according to Placer.ai data. It’s a sizable increase over June, which had itself been a new record and clocked 68.3% of pre-pandemic activity. Miami and New York were at 90% of their July 2019 levels, and all 11 cities Placer tracks…
Interesting view with a breakdown by use. Mainly the stalwarts for this industry, but a few surprises added that have been doing well for other industries (Dallas, Salt Lake City & Houston). The tricky part is that these are always trailing indicators. By the time they make these lists, the market can be already saturated.…
Office visits continue to creep back to pre-pandemic levels, according to Placer.ai, which reported that nationally, visits in June were down only 29.4 percent compared to June 2019. Looking at markets, Miami is closest to returning to 2019 figures as its visits were down by just 9.8 percent in June compared to June 2019. In…
To get workers back to the office, bosses have dangled fancy coffee, yoga classes and DJ parties. But that still hasn’t been enough, so some firms are giving employees a more traditional perk: a desk of their own. Hot desking or hoteling, where workers get a desk when they show up instead of having a…
Industrial availability has come full circle in New York (state), with the active industrial pipeline pushing the availability rate above 9%, a figure that has not been observed since 2014. This is actually healthy for the market and is slightly north of historic “equilibrium”. The availability rate has increased for eight consecutive quarters, fueled by…