The House has perfected a property tax reform bill that now includes a provision encouraging new or expanded medical manufacturing businesses to come to Missouri in the wake of COVID-19. More »
More than 30 companies were selected for the Manufacturing Reboot Program launched in April. Using money from the Oklahoma Quick Action Closing Fund, the program was designed to prop up manufacturers so they can hire new workers, retain employees and secure capital investments like new machinery and site expansion. More »
The latest US Census Bureau metropolitan area population estimates (for 2019) were largely lost in the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. More »
The company is expanding operations in the south suburbs with several new fulfillment centers. Local elected school and municipal officials have supported the company’s requests for economic incentives offered through Cook County.
Some, however, question how much Amazon needs tax breaks and what effects the incentives have on other taxpayers struggling to pay high property tax bills throughout the south suburbs. More »
As the coronavirus pandemic started to unfold, shoppers rushed to stock up on household staples in preparation for lockdowns and the uncertainty ahead. More »
Strict safety rules, testing and contact tracing enabled plants to keep running without major outbreaks. More »
Warehousing is slated to boom post covid-19 as e-commerce grows and manufacturing shifts out of China. More »
Everyone from cloud service providers to streaming services is needing more data storage space as people remain at home. More »
Emergent’s readiness illustrates the outsize role that Maryland is playing in the battle against the novel coronavirus. In Montgomery County’s biotech corridor along Interstate 270, multiple companies have pivoted to work on possible vaccines and cures, and to expand testing. At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, 260 scientists are working on 25 projects for covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The nation’s best-known expert on the disease, Anthony S. Fauci, works at the Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health. More »
Even after the worst stage of the COVID-19 pandemic ends, how we use physical spaces will be transformed for the foreseeable future. More »
Price wars and coronavirus have disrupted the sector, possibly moving peak demand even closer. More »
The COVID-19 crisis is a pivotal point in time. While organizations are taking steps to keep their employees safe and operations running, a new normal will likely emerge that may be nothing like it is today. More »
No form of public transportation has lost more riders in the coronavirus crisis than the trains that carry suburban workers to urban jobs. Will they ever recover? More »
he following questions and answers provide background and insight into how COVID-19 is impacting the food supply chain and animal welfare. More »
Everyone from cloud service providers to streaming services is needing more data storage space as people remain at home. More »
While no one could have predicted the exact nature of the outbreak that is now upending our lives, many of us working in public health have been urgently advocating for organizations to invest in healthier buildings for some time. More »
DLA Piper’s COO Bob Bratt details how his firm went fully virtual in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He says several factors were at play, including IT readiness, business resilience, and office mobility, and he shares lessons learned. More »
Impossible Foods has added a new distributor and hundreds of new stores in the past week. More »
Grocery demand skyrocketed, restaurants shut their doors and distribution became exponentially more complex, resulting in the most dramatic shift in history. More »
COVID-19 is a humanitarian challenge that will have lasting effects on how people live, work, and play. By acting today, real estate leaders can best serve end users and ensure their own viability. More »
