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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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million-square-foot building located on 83 acres near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. In February 2013, Clarksville-Montgomery County officials were invited to go to Atlanta to meet with the company’s site-selection team. This highly cooperative team worked with Apple on their purchase of the former First Solar facility, a 1.2-million-square-foot

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. Its proximity to O’Hare International Airport means that residents and businesses alike have direct, non-stop access to 200 destinations worldwide through 1,400 daily departures.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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After more than 18 years of planning, work finally began in late January on a new, 8,000-foot-long runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Runway 9R-27L, located on the south side of the airport and running parallel to Griffin Road, is now being rehabilitated and lengthened. million passengers annually.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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million aviation technical school is nearing completion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, designated at an Alabama AdvantageSite. With this designation, communities can receive more looks from companies as sites become qualified as shovel-ready. This is the fifth Baldwin County site to earn this designation.

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Pulse: 08/13/2012

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The project entails building 150,000 sq ft of office, laboratory, warehouse and manufacturing space, which it has leased to Advanced BioHealing Inc., Arco Design/Build Inc. has been selected as the design-build firm. Arco Design/Build Inc., Atlanta, 30339. 4828 Airport Center Pkwy., Transportation.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Baxter International, an American healthcare company, is investing over $1 billion in a new biologics manufacturing facility in Stanton Springs, a 1,620-acre GRAD certified multi-use commercial real estate development located east of Atlanta near Covington. Obtaining the Shovel Ready designation better positions the city of Becker [a St.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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The Center has been designated as an Academic Health Science Center, one of only six in the UK. The University of Bolton houses the Institute for Material Research and Innovation, a multi-disciplinary center designed to cultivate research and innovation activities. Photo: commonwealthfoundation.org.).

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