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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. conducted a thorough review of Florida Power & Light’s 35-county territory to pre-qualify sites for data centers and other mission-critical facilities.
BLS & Co. and its energy services affiliate Sugarloaf Associates conducted a thorough review of Florida Power & Light’s 35-county territory to pre-qualify sites for data centers and mission-critical facilities. Four diverse sites were selected. The sites offer a unique combination of factors desired by today’s mission critical and data center operations, including highly reliable and redundant power and fiber infrastructures, competitive cost structures, and locations insulated from manmade and natural risks.
BLS/SLA also provided advisory service and expert witness in the development of a new FPL electric economic development rider for data centers and large manufacturing plants in Florida's FPL territory.
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 your ideal location for your company's HQ, R&D Facilities, and more.
If your organization is confronting complex and sensitive location decisions, please reach out to schedule a confidential conversation.
Interested in a career opportunity with BLS & Co.? Click below to learn more about our growing team and view all current openings.
In an article in fDi Intelligence, BLS & Co. Managing Director Tracey Hyatt Bosman dives into the Biden administration's FDI legacy. Read more from the article below:
Hype and reality
If investment pledges have fuelled the hype around the Biden administration’s industrial policies, at times the execution of these projects has struggled to live up to expectations.
Projects during the Biden era that have gone awry include Swiss group Meyer Burger’s scrapped expansion of a solar cell manufacturing facility in Colorado, and Ford halving headcount and cutting production by 40% at its electric vehicle battery facility under construction in Michigan. Enel’s $1bn solar panel project in Oklahoma is also on hold, according to Financial Times investigations.
Early figures confirm the widening gulf between hype and reality. The level of planned capital expenditure by foreign investors in manufacturing fell to its weakest level in a decade in 2023, according to figures from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
"Site selectors are divided over the gravity of the issue. Tracey Hyatt Bosman, managing director of BLS & Co, has observed first-hand the time lag between the huge number of project announcements and operations commencing. But she notes that 'even if everything goes to plan, it’s still too early' for all of these projects to have come online."
Read more here.
Tracey Hyatt Bosman develops and executes incentives and location selection strategies for BLS & Co.'s corporate and institutional clients. She is a certified economic developer with twenty years of professional experience across a wide range of sectors, including data centers, manufacturing, headquarters, back office and contact center operations, and logistics.
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. conducted a thorough review of Florida Power & Light’s 35-county territory to pre-qualify sites for data centers and other mission-critical facilities.
BLS & Co. and its energy services affiliate Sugarloaf Associates conducted a thorough review of Florida Power & Light’s 35-county territory to pre-qualify sites for data centers and mission-critical facilities. Four diverse sites were selected. The sites offer a unique combination of factors desired by today’s mission critical and data center operations, including highly reliable and redundant power and fiber infrastructures, competitive cost structures, and locations insulated from manmade and natural risks.
BLS/SLA also provided advisory service and expert witness in the development of a new FPL electric economic development rider for data centers and large manufacturing plants in Florida's FPL territory.
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 your ideal location for your company's HQ, R&D Facilities, and more.
If your organization is confronting complex and sensitive location decisions, please reach out to schedule a confidential conversation.
Interested in a career opportunity with BLS & Co.? Click below to learn more about our growing team and view all current openings.
