Remove Construction Remove Metro Remove Retail Remove Travel
article thumbnail

Logistics: No Drivers Needed

Business Facilities

Indiana may be known as the Crossroads of America, but the aptly named Hoosier state connects far more than travelers criss-crossing through the state’s network of interstate highways. In its 2017 fiscal year, Nashville International Airport (BNA), the region’s conduit for air travel, served a record-breaking 13.5 percent increase.

article thumbnail

Medellin, Colombia: How the world’s most dangerous city turned itself around

Construction Test

To my untrained eye, it looks like any other busy retail thoroughfare. During the height of the conflict, it managed to build Colombia’s first integrated metro system and has effectively used public art to gentrify many dilapidated areas. From $3099 per person. Rob McFarland was a guest of G Adventures.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sustainable mixed-use districts: Crafting urban communities

BD+C

Graphite has played a pivotal role in developing six buildings within a four-block area that serve the neighborhood with a robust offering of residential, commercial office, retail, and public amenities. Residential: 1,100 Apartments, 135 condominiums, 200+ shelter beds, 85,000 sf Retail, 2 million sf Office.

article thumbnail

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

Business Facilities

When completed, the Arlington Downs mixed-use development will bring over 650 luxury residences, a new hotel, a water park and over 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to Arlington Heights. With outstanding quality of life and access to the entire Chicago metro area, Arlington Heights is primed to continue to grow and thrive.

article thumbnail

Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The metropolis of Los Angeles was the top food processing location in BF ’s 2015 Metro Rankings Report, earning the number one ranking in our metro Food Processing Employment Leaders category, edging Greater Toronto’s burgeoning food processing hub and the traditional food processing crossroads of Chicago as king of the foodies.

Indiana 40
article thumbnail

Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

Business Facilities

percent are in manufacturing, while nearly 20 percent are in the wholesale and retail sectors. The north–south thoroughfares US Route 45 and Illinois Route 83 offer easy access to other Chicago metro communities. Wheeling-based businesses generate more than 20,000 jobs, attesting to the community’s economic strength. Of those jobs, 33.5

article thumbnail

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

Business Facilities

The less money that is needed to spend on gas and other work-related travel, the more money that can be spent on everything else. “In billion investment by Dominion Virginia Power, which constructed a cutting-edge technology power plant. Four sections are now open to travelers. 50 percent of all U.S. million tons).

Roads 41