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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

Business Facilities

In less than four months, 2,830 homebuyers in 85 counties have reserved more than $360 million in financing, creating an estimated 1,400 new jobs. Arlington Heights is a growing, thriving community just northwest of Chicago, home to 76,000 residents with an average household income of $95,000. Quinn said.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Biotech, A Recession-Proof Growth Sector

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The strength of the bioscience industry is seen when compared to other leading knowledge-based industries, such as information technology services, aerospace, computer equipment and finance and insurance, all of which recorded net job losses during the same period. Illinois Medical District Thrives.

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Ignoring water issues can harm the economy - Contractor Magazine

Contractor Magazine

in 2010 and in Chicago in 2008. in 2010 and in Chicago in 2008. In Chicago, water rates are expected to double over the next five years; in many locales water and sewer rates collide with energy conservation, such as with water-cooled ice machines or air conditioning. Maximizing profit in a tight economy. BETHESDAS, MD.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: PSMJ Resources Inc. Announces 2011.

PSMJ Resources

Announces 2011 Award Winners at Breakthrough 2012 Conference in Chicago. PSMJ Resources will formally recognize these 2011 Award Winners at its Breakthrough 2012 Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Corporate Finance Associates blog. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, October 6, 2011. PSMJ Resources Inc. Leadership in Action.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Michael Finney, President And CEO, Michigan Economic Development

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

We give preference to businesses that need assistance for deal-closing or those second-stage companies that need gap financing. Newell Rubbermaid’s plans for a new center came to a choice between Chicago and Kalamazoo. CRE teams include site selectors, facility managers, finance and IT experts. REAL TACTICS FROM MASTERS OF CRE.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

More successes followed, and in 1979 The Korte Company earned a milestone net profit of one million dollars. Vernon Distribution Center over a weekend and hand-delivered the proposal to Walgreens’ Headquarters in Chicago on Monday morning to edge out five other competitors that had a two-week head start. .

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

Pro Builder

Finance and Zebras . Over time, the concept has migrated through multiple disciplines including finance, marketing, product development, ecological risk assessment, and even cultural anthropology. . The question is: How profitable and sustainable are they, and at what cost? . But a bit more study was required. .