Greg Burkart
supports customers with identifying viable sites to onshore
business or expand their U.S. footprint
DETROIT, July 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Walbridge, a leading
full-service construction company, appointed Greg Burkart, principal, Site Selection services
within its Real Estate Services Group. He reports to Walbridge
Executive Vice President Randy
Abdallah.
In his new role, Burkart leads the development and growth
of Walbridge's Site Selection services where he works closely with
existing and new customers interested in onshoring business from
overseas or expanding their national footprint. Burkart's extensive
site selection experience coupled with Walbridge's world-class
design and construction expertise allows the team to identify the
best location based on current market data and leading industry
trends.
Burkart is also responsible for securing new customers in
emerging markets and developing relationships with various state
and regional economic development agencies. He collaborates
frequently with industry veteran and long-time Walbridge consultant
Dennis Cuneo, leveraging his
expertise in government relations and incentive negotiations.
According to a 2024 report issued by the Site Selection Guild,
87 percent of Guild members strongly agree that resource shortages
(such as land, labor and utilities) have challenged or compromised
project timelines.
"Our Real Estate team supports customers with a variety of
services and offers practical and actionable advice throughout the
process – from identifying and assessing sites for construction
readiness, workforce availability and utility capacity to incentive
negotiations and compliance," said Walbridge President John Rakolta, III. "We ease the burden of
finding a site that meets our customer's specific project needs
while helping to reduce time to build and development costs."
An entrepreneurial attorney and skilled economic
developer, Burkart has more than 25 years of site selection
experience partnering with the public sector to benefit communities
and corporate clients and has direct experience in 46 states as
well as Latin America and
Europe. Most recently, he was
executive vice president of the Virginia Economic Development
Partnership leading economic development operations. Prior to that,
Burkart was the managing director and practice lead for Site
Selection & Incentives Advisory Services at Kroll, LLC.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from
Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., and a Juris Doctorate from the
St. Louis University School of Law in
Mo. Burkart was co-chair of the Site Selectors' Guild Credentialing
Task Force, a member of the Institute for Professionals in
Taxation, an adjunct faculty member at Michigan State University and past president of the
Detroit Chapter of the Federalist Society.
About Walbridge
Walbridge is one of America's largest
privately held construction companies founded in Detroit in 1916. The company offers
construction management, engineering, and real estate services for
customers in manufacturing, hyperscale data centers,
automotive, defense, higher education, health care, and government.
Walbridge employs more than 1,500 professionals in North America.
Visit www.walbridge.com or connect with us on
LinkedIn to learn more.
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