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FOLLOW SITE SELECTION ON SITE Selection Founder Publisher/President Executive Vice President and General Manager Vice President Editor in Chief Managing Editor Senior Editor Art Director Production Coordinator/ Graphic Designer Editorial Database Manager McKINLEY CONWAY LAURA LYNE RONALD J. STARNER ADAM JONES-KELLEY MARK AREND ADAM BRUNS JOHN W. McCURRY SCOTT LARSEN BOB GRAVLEE KAREN MEDERNACH Site Selection is the official publication of the Industrial Asset Management Council . Visit www.iamc.org . IAMC Insider A letter from the Chair, member news & notes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AREA SPOTLIGHTS 58 FLORIDA Successful life sciences companies in Florida are outgrowing their workspace and fi nding more suitable circumstances not far from where they are – they have no intention of leaving the state. 126 GEORGIA Caterpillar is moving production of its mini hydraulic excavators from Japan to a site 90 minutes east of Atlanta, creating 1,400 jobs — and thousands more in the U.S. from suppliers. 128 ILLINOIS Rockford’s aerospace cluster is booming, and its members are increasingly cost-competitive in the global marketplace. 131 INDIANA Gov. Mitch Daniels cast the Midwest in a new light in February when he made Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state. An already strong business climate just got stronger. p.131 143 SOUTH CENTRAL STATES This region is going decidedly digital, with a spate of new investment on the part of app developers and data center operators. 150 CALIFORNIA High-tech R&D and manufacturing alike experience a boom in the Bay Area; experts and state offi cials weigh in on the state’s business climate and on the mixed prospects associated with AB-32. 159 MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR Which counties saw the most new plant activity in late 2010 and in 2011? Locations at the beginning and end of the Mississippi garnered most of the action. 163 MARYLAND Baltimore is making room for two headquarters projects as the state crafts a new land-use plan that is not going over well in Maryland’s rural communities. 169 NEW MEXICO A major new intermodal facility from Union Pacifi c could trigger a rash of new industrial development along the southern border of the state. 172 NORTHEAST STATES R&D funding is on the upswing in this region, facilitating critical work at its many higher education centers specializing in high-tech and life sciences. 175 MINNESOTA Mission-critical facilities for healthcare, life sciences and data processors are one corporate real estate manifestation of Minnesota’s past and future. 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