Site Selectors Rank Kansas City a ‘Top 10 Mid-Size City’ for New Investment
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Article by Christina Forrest.
Site Selectors Guild names KC as a top metro for new projects; Kansas City Area Development Council reports increase in distribution, manufacturing activity
KANSAS CITY, MO. (PRWEB) JULY 28, 2020
The Kansas City region was named one of the Top Mid-Size Cities for New Projects in a survey from the Site Selectors Guild (SSG), conducted last month.
Sixty-one percent of SSG respondents indicated site selection projects are proceeding amid COVID-19. This comes as Kansas City is seeing an influx of e-commerce and distribution, food and beverage, data center/IT, and sustained ag and biotech deals – four of the top five industries identified in the survey. […]
New software and information technology (IT) projects continue to rise. The region’s data center attributes enable leading companies to provide services in data storage, insurance, finance, life sciences and other industries. A new, and recently approved, 882-acre data center complex anticipates as much as 6.75 million square feet of new construction, spanning 13 buildings in Kansas City’s Northland section. The facility will play a key role in luring more business to the region. […]