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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Highlights include the largest industrial spec development lease in the last five years in Broward County. Philadelphia Regional Port Authority; El Paso, TX Foreign Trade Zone No. We are pleased to grant this distinction to the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. Achievement In Ports/FTZs. 68; Port of Mobile.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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million in state and local performance-based grants (to assist IBM with facility lease costs, building operating costs; workforce recruitment, relocation and internal training costs; and payroll incentives). The design of the Philadelphia headquarters expansion will begin in this year, with groundbreaking expected in 2017.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. City of Philadelphia. Green Building Certification Institute. GR Planning.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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The Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship covers tuition for Kentucky students enrolling in nearly 1,000 certificate and degree programs in five, high-demand sectors. Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. The firm will spend $6.7

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. With great proximity to places such as New York, Washington, Atlantic City and Philadelphia, the County provides an un-congested environment, outstanding quality of life, affordable land and property and easy access to world-class entertainment. and New York City. million.