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Research parks transform and fuel the lab-to-market pipeline. What defines success for a research and university park? In terms of numbers in a ledger, the economic value is unquestionable.

Workforce, healthcare and infrastructure initiatives create a “virtuous cycle” in the Mountain State. What has West Virginia been doing to promote itself for business the past few years? The better question is “What has the Mountain State not been doing?” An exclusive Q&A with West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey highlights the inroads the state is making in developing its workforce and healthcare systems while also winning high-ticket projects.

Assembled to accompany “Where and When Will Attainable Housing Materialize?” in the July 2026 print issue of Site Selection, here we present updates, graphics and links to resources that paint a picture of the current housing situation and solutions already in motion. — Ed. At midnight on July 11, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law.

Data on data centers might require a data center. As an adjunct to Site Selection’s July 2026 “Data Centers and Local Labor Markets” industry report by contributors Dany Bahar and Greg Wright, we present here a grab bag of insights that are flooding our inbox at nearly the same pace as the data center announcements themselves.

As nearly every state and many regions conduct their own versions of housing assessments, there is a fundamental paradox at the heart of the U.S. housing crisis: The shortage seems universal, but there is no shortage of development and redevelopment projects intended to address the issue. Where are these projects gaining traction? Where are things more affordable from the outset?

A ‘Determinants and Drivers’ model aids in identifying industry sector fits in six binational regions. by CARL QUESINBERRY, AVISON YOUNG For too long the U.S.–Mexico border has been discussed as one continuous market. It is not — it is a chain of matched binational systems with different determinant profiles, labor structures, modal strengths and risk signatures.

by Dany Bahar and Greg Wright The following is an adapted excerpt from “Data Centers and Local Labor Markets,” a report authored by Dany Bahar and Greg Wright. It appears here by permission of the authors and Brookings Institution.

In conjunction with Site Selection’s July 2026 publication of “The Border Is Not One Market” by Avison Young Senior Director, Industrial Corporate Services Carl Quesinberry, Editor in Chief Adam Bruns spoke in June with Quesinberry and Avison Young National Industrial Market Intelligence Director Peter Kroner about the location and policy dynamics influencing location decisions along the border corridor. The Q&A below is an edited excerpt of that conversation.

London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to expand operations across two of its Ohio facilities, located in Bedford and Columbus. As part of the combined $267 million investment, the company will distribute $51 million to its Bedford site in order to expand its injectable pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities, creating 300 new jobs. In Columbus, the remaining $216 million will enable Hikma to expand oral dose and nasal inhalation production while creating 50 new jobs.

Travel along the 1,433-mile Interstate 15 corridor can take one into six U.S. states and near both the U.S.- Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders within a day, if necessary. While the shortest stretch of I-15 will take you through 29 miles of Arizona, its longest stretches are found along over 400 miles of Utah and nearly 400 miles of Montana.