STRATEGIC SITE SELECTION & LOCATION ADVISORY
Location Decisions Built on More Than a Map
The right location must work across multiple dimensions—site, infrastructure, utilities, workforce, logistics, cost, development timeline, and long-term growth.
CornerStone Site Solutions brings these factors together to help companies evaluate locations with greater confidence and help property owners position qualified sites for investment.
Our Capabilities
Site Selection & Location Strategy
Every project begins with understanding the operation.
We work with clients to define project requirements and identify locations that align with their business, operational, workforce, infrastructure, and growth objectives.
Our support can include:
- Project requirements and location criteria
- Market and geographic screening
- Property identification and comparison
- Site visits and field verification
- Location analysis
- Comparative site evaluation
- Final site recommendations
The objective isn’t simply to find available property. It’s to identify locations capable of supporting the business.
Workforce & Labor Market Intelligence
A facility is only as viable as the workforce available to operate it.
CornerStone evaluates the labor environment surrounding potential locations to help clients understand not only how many workers may be available, but also the competitive conditions affecting the ability to attract, develop, and retain talent.
Evaluation may include:
- Labor-force availability
- Occupational and skill availability
- Wage and compensation conditions
- Employer competition
- Workforce demographics
- Commuting patterns and labor sheds
- Educational and training resources
- Technical schools, community colleges, and universities
- Workforce-development partnerships
- Customized training opportunities
Utilities & Infrastructure Assessment
Utility availability can determine whether an otherwise attractive site is viable.
We work to understand both current capability and future requirements, including the ability of infrastructure to support the client’s projected operating timeline.
Depending on the project, evaluation may include:
Power • Natural Gas • Water • Wastewater • Telecommunications • Roads • Rail • Site Access • Expansion Capacity
Where appropriate, CornerStone engages directly with utilities and infrastructure providers to better understand availability, capacity, timing, and potential development requirements.
Logistics & Supply Chain Evaluation
Location decisions can have long-term implications for transportation, suppliers, customers, and operating costs.
CornerStone evaluates the connectivity surrounding a potential location, including factors such as:
- Interstate and highway access
- Rail availability
- Airport proximity
- Ports and intermodal access where applicable
- Supplier and customer proximity
- Regional transportation networks
- Inbound and outbound logistics considerations
For industrial projects, we can also consider how a location fits within the broader supply-chain requirements of the operation.
Site Readiness & Due Diligence Coordination
Verify Before You Commit.
A site that appears viable during an initial review may still contain issues capable of affecting cost, schedule, permitting, construction, or operations.
CornerStone helps identify areas requiring deeper investigation and, when specialized expertise is required, can coordinate with qualified third-party professionals.
Areas may include:
- Environmental considerations
- Permitting requirements
- Zoning and land-use considerations
- Utility verification
- Infrastructure readiness
- Site access
- Development constraints
- Project schedule considerations
Incentives & Economic Development
Incentives can be an important component of a location decision—but they should support the business case, not define it.
When requested by the client, CornerStone can work with state, regional, and local economic-development organizations to identify potential programs and facilitate discussions surrounding:
- Tax incentives
- Workforce and training assistance
- Infrastructure support
- Grants and development programs
- Other applicable economic-development opportunities
Where appropriate, CornerStone can support incentive discussions and negotiations as part of the overall site-selection process.
A strong incentive package cannot make the wrong location right.
Property Matchmaking & Site Marketing
CornerStone also works with property owners, developers, and communities seeking to connect qualified sites with potential users.
Our approach goes beyond simply listing a property.
We help identify and communicate the characteristics that matter to companies making location decisions.
Services may include:
- Property positioning
- Site-marketing materials
- Infrastructure and workforce positioning
- Opportunity assessment
- Target-industry identification
- Direct outreach
- Site-selector and corporate outreach
- Development-partner coordination
We help qualified properties tell the right story to the right audience.
How We Work
STEP 1
DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS
Understand the project, operation, workforce, infrastructure, logistics, timeline, and long-term objectives.
STEP 2
IDENTIFY, ANALYZE & VERIFY
Screen markets and properties, compare critical factors, visit qualified sites, engage local partners, and verify key assumptions.
STEP 3
COMPARE & RECOMMEND
Bring the findings together so decision-makers can compare opportunities, understand trade-offs, identify risks, and make an informed location decision.
Why CornerStone
OPERATOR EXPERIENCE
Our perspective was developed inside operating businesses—not solely from real estate or economic development.
WORKFORCE + SITE EXPERTISE
We evaluate both the physical site and the labor environment required to operate successfully.
FIELD VERIFICATION
We believe critical assumptions should be verified rather than accepted at face value.
DIRECT ENGAGEMENT
We engage utilities, workforce partners, educational institutions, economic-development organizations, property owners, and other stakeholders as appropriate to the project.
CLIENT-DRIVEN
The client’s requirements determine the search—not the inventory of properties available to us.
Who We Support
Companies & Corporate Location Teams
New facilities • Expansions • Relocations • Strategic investments
Property Owners & Developers
Site positioning • Property matchmaking • Corporate outreach
Economic Development Partners
Site competitiveness • Investment attraction • Project support
Manufacturing Expertise. Cross-Industry Capability.
Our experience is deeply rooted in manufacturing and industrial operations, but CornerStone’s methodology can support organizations across industries where location, infrastructure, workforce, logistics, and long-term operating conditions matter.
A Location Decision Can Shape a Business for Decades.
Make it with the right information.
Whether you’re evaluating locations for a new operation, planning an expansion, or positioning a property for investment, CornerStone can help bring the right information, people, and opportunities together.
Let’s discuss your project.
Connecting Vision with Opportunity.