Archive for July, 2008
Posted in July 31st, 2008
The July issue of Multifamily Executive has a couple of interesting pieces of information tucked away that are of interest to emerging market investors.
One of their features articles in this issue is a look at five rising, under-40 multifamily execs. One of them, Eric Garrett, is the development director for Indianapolis based multifamily developer SC […]
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Posted in July 31st, 2008
Hat Tip: The Big Picture. Bought gas yesterday and then saw this. No overt political commentary intended.
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Posted in July 31st, 2008
Economic development updates for Miami covering recent months include:
Schering-Plough Corp., a manufacturer of prescription, consumer and animal health products, announced plans early this year to expand their manufacturing facility in Miami. The expansion will include manufacturing, packaging and warehousing space.
MOBIS Parts America, the parts and service arm of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors, is […]
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Posted in July 31st, 2008
Economic development updates for Buffalo covering recent months include:
SmartPill Corp., a Buffalo-based company that manufacturers an ingestible wireless medical sensor, is relocating their manufacturing facilities from California to Buffalo. The move, which should be completed by November of this year, will create an undetermined number of new jobs.
The Globe Metallurgical plant in Buffalo will reopen, […]
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Posted in July 31st, 2008
Yesterday we took a look at markets around the country with the highest levels of employment in Financial and Technology areas. Please refer back to yesterday’s Daily Data Discussion post for an explanation of where we harvest the data, and the rationale for tracking this information.
Here are the markets with the lowest percentages of total […]
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Posted in July 31st, 2008
“You can observe a lot just by watching.” – Yogi Berra
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Posted in July 30th, 2008
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh […]
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Posted in July 30th, 2008
Economic development updates for Rockford covering recent months include:
Acument Global Technologies, Inc., recently created a new business unit, Acument Aerospace, to further its involvement in the high-performance aerospace threaded fastener market. The company’s headquarters will be located in Rockford, where Acument recently opened a production facility.
Woodward Governor Company recently announced an expansion to their facility […]
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Posted in July 30th, 2008
Economic development updates for Riverside covering recent months include:
Construction on the new Fox Plaza mixed use project is scheduled to begin within six months. The first phase of the project will include retail space, condominiums, and a parking garage. Up to 76,000 square feet of retail space and over 530 condo units will be included […]
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Posted in July 30th, 2008
Today let’s take a look at markets around the country with high percentages of Financial and Technology employment. For the purposes of calculating Financial and Technology employment in a given market, we lump together the employment in the Information and Financial Activities supersectors reported by the BLS.
Why track these employees? These are typically more highly […]
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Posted in July 30th, 2008
“We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.” – Konrad Adenauer
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Posted in July 29th, 2008
Today is Case-Schiller day, and the media once again has the housing chicken littles running madly for cover.
We’ve opined our spin on the Case-Schiller Index in past posts, and are working on a detailed article looking at the Case-Schiller Indices (all three parts), their derivation, highest and best uses, and how they’re sometimes misused for […]
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Posted in July 29th, 2008
Economic development updates for Albany covering recent months include:
Fortitech Inc., a manufacturer of nutrient mixes used to add vitamins and minerals to food and drinks, recently purchased land to build a 48,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center. The new center will be located at the nearby Schenectady County Airport.
IBM Corp. recently announced a $1.5 […]
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Posted in July 29th, 2008
Economic development updates for Santa Fe covering recent months include:
Genzyme Genetics, a leader in medical biotechnology, is expanding their operation in Santa Fe. Up to 45 new jobs will be created over the next three years. The company has been in Santa Fe for the past 25 years.
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Posted in July 29th, 2008
Yesterday in our Daily Data Discussion post we looked at markets around the country with the best nonfarm employment growth rates. Today let’s look at a category germane to employment growth – unemployment rates.
As noted in previous posts and in our newsletters, we used data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and various other […]
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