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We're on a mission to help companies of all sizes identify the best locations, secure incentives, obtain development approvals and optimize energy strategies through Location Economics®.
BLS & Co. serves as location and incentives advisor to Roche, Swiss multinational healthcare leader, and its subsidiary Genentech, the South San Francisco-based biotechnology industry leader. Our engagements with Roche date back to 2012, supporting over $2.7 billion in announced investments.
BLS & Co. serves as location and incentives advisor to Roche, Swiss multinational healthcare company, and its subsidiary Genentech, the South San Francisco-based biotechnology industry leader. Our engagements with Roche date back to 2012with four major projects announced as of 2026:
BLS & Co. utilizes an assortment of services – a process we call Location Economics® – to advise clients on location decisions. Discover our variety of offerings to help you navigate the complex decision making processes that occur when searching for a new location for your organization.
BLS & Co. specializes in a variety of industries and our dedicated team is compromised of experts in nearly all major categories.
At BLS & Co., we have executed wide variety of projects for our clients, which includes facilities such as headquarters, warehouses, and data centers.
Stay up to date with BLS & Co. by exploring our latest news and musings on the world of site selection and more.
We're proud to provide a few key resources to help get you started on your site selection journey.
Search our North American database for the right location for your company's HQ, R&D Facilities, and more.
Browse our regional resource guide for site selection in the U.S.
If your organization is confronting complex and sensitive location decisions, please reach out to schedule a confidential conversation.
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As global supply chain challenges continue to impact the manufacturing sector, developing a location strategy for your manufacturing operations is more complicated than ever. BLS & Co. helps clients determine the most strategic location for manufacturing plants and distribution centers to optimize operational efficiencies. Our experts are skilled at finding locations that balance optimal supply chain network designs with locations that also meet other operating requirements while minimizing cost and risk.
BLS & Co. helps clients determine the most strategic location for manufacturing plants and distribution centers to optimize operational efficiencies. Our studies are designed to find locations that balance optimal supply chain network designs with locations that also meet other operating requirements and minimize risk. Services for location strategy and site selection include:
Evaluation of transportation costs, shipping methods, and service levels for existing and proposed manufacturing, assembly, and warehousing locations. BLS & Co. helps companies answer questions related to supply chain strategies such as:
BLS & Co. provides the full range of services required to plan and execute incentives transactions, from initial evaluation of potential inducements, through structuring of incentives transactions, negotiation of documentation and the administration and claiming of benefits. BLS & Co services for incentives negotiation include the following:
BLS & Co. recently completed an assignment for a 500,000+ sf manufacturing facility with 300 new jobs and a $200 million capital investment.
BLS & Co. advised Colgate Palmolive on behalf of a new personal care products manufacturing plant in Greenwood, South Carolina. The initial search geography included the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. BLS & Co.'s energy services group performed infrastructure due diligence on the preferred site, identifying several critical issues to be remedied. The incentive package was comprised of various tax credits for job creation, investment, and port usage; a closing fund grant award; sales and use tax exemptions, training assistance, and property reductions.
BLS & Co. served as site selection and incentives advisor to Bristol Myers Squibb dating back more than two decades. Our engagements include have included complex and highly competitive nationwide searches for both manufacturing and office projects which have resulted in over $3.3 billion in announced investment.
BLS & Co. served as site selection and incentives consultant for Bristol Myers Squibb’s new $2.3B multi-modal manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. The project continued BLS & Co.'s decades-long relationship with BMS that has also involved substantial office and manufacturing projects in Florida and Massachusetts.
