TINTON FALLS, NJ — JAN. 4 — Business Facilities has announced the winners of its 2015 Economic Development Deal of the Yearcompetition.
The Gold Award, BF‘s top prize in the annual contest, went to Greater Houston Partnership for Goodman Global Group’s consolidated campus. The $417-million, 4.1-million-square-foot project from Japan-based Daikin Industries will generate an estimated $3.9 billion in annual economic impact for the Houston region, directly creating 4,600 new jobs and more than 11,000 indirect or induced jobs.
BF‘s Silver Award went to the South Carolina Department of Commerce for Volvo’s first North American assembly plant, a $500-million facility that will generate 2,000 new jobs over the next 10 years (and up to 4,000 by 2030). Louisiana Economic Development won theBronze Award for Formosa Petrochemical’s $7-billion complex in St. James Parish.
“The 2015 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards were our most competitive ever, with 30 project nominations spanning 18 states,” said BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers. “All of these projects were high-impact developments worthy of consideration for our top awards, so our blue-ribbon panel of judges really had to roll up their sleeves and dig into the details to pick the winners.”
Due to the unprecedented number of big-ticket submissions for the 2015 contest, BF‘s judges also bestowed a record sevenHonorable Mention Awards. The recipients include:
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