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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Highlights include the largest industrial spec development lease in the last five years in Broward County. Gaining Honorable Mention Awards in this category were Greater MSP (Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership) and Columbus (OH) 2020. The area also has the second-highest concentration in the U.S.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

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. Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority. Columbus Property Management & Development, Inc. We are not in favor of adding cost. City of Tempe.