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Are You Lining Your Commercial General Contractor’s Pockets?

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Sure, I know there will always be commercial developers who competitively bid all their projects, but from a commercial construction cost and timeline perspective, it pays to negotiate with a designated general contractor versus requesting multiple bids on a construction project. Reviewing bids can take weeks while negotiating takes days.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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CHICAGO EXEC ANCHORS WHEELING. The Village of Wheeling’s manufacturing base is anchored around its general aviation airport, Chicago Executive Airport, the third busiest in Chicagoland. Chicago Executive Airport serves as a hub for business and industry and as a logical magnet drawing businesses to the area. Port of Stockton.

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Icy Hot

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The good news is that a recently proposed set of guidelines is being embraced as the starting point for negotiations between international players in the Arctic development sweepstakes. That sled already has left the barn, so the pending question is whether the world can agree on a set of ground rules for business expansion into the Arctic.

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Two-Way Street

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Lets face it: when your national debt rapidly is approaching $20 trillion and sitting on the other side of the negotiating table is your largest creditor, waving denial of access to the U.S. Shanghai, with a population estimated at 24 million, is China’s largest city.].

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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In addition to the 800 jobs that will be created at the Baton Rouge facility over the next four years, LSU estimates the project will result in approximately 542 new indirect jobs, for a total of approximately 1,342 new, permanent jobs in the Capital Region. Total investment for the combined development is estimated to be $55 million.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Less Taxing,” aired for six months in the NY/NJ/CT, Boston and Chicago markets. The local economic development office for Rochester, NH led the Recruitment Team for the project, and persevered during a two year selection and negotiation process, managing a complex package of deliverables. The campaign, built on the tagline of “Life.

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