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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Your eyes weren’t deceiving you when you saw Detroit, MI sitting at No. Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S. aerospace industry, with over $14 billion in purchases from U.S.

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Industry Focus: Data Centers – To Serve And Protect

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miles from US-127, is central to Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Detroit, Chicago and Toledo. There also is a build-to-suit leasing option for development in the same area. This Michigan Certified Business Park is in an Industrial Development District, zoned for M-1 Light Industrial. Companies find the location on I-96, just 1.5

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

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To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. Positive absorption remains in all industrial submarkets in DuPage County, showing continued strength and growth in the county in leasing, user sales and construction completions.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased. Completion is scheduled for August 2013 and the project is currently aiming for LEED Silver certification. IceCure Medical is leasing space in GCIC’s 50,000 sq. In addition to locations in Detroit and Newport Beach, Calif.,

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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GSA is ahead of schedule in reducing its potable water and electricity use. 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. USGBC Detroit Chapter. That incredible reduction led all federal agencies.