Greensboro-High Point Area Ranks Second For Added Biz Space

A national business trade magazine has ranked the Greensboro and High Point area number two in the nation for new and expanded corporate spaces.

Site Selection magazine says the Omaha, Nebraska area was the only place that topped the Greensboro region among areas between 200,000 and 1 million people.

The magazine focused on corporate projects that included more than $1 million of investment, added at least 20 new jobs, and had a minimum space of 20,000 square feet.

Loren Hill, president of High Point's Economic Development Corporation, says the area had 41 such projects for the year, with top-ranked Omaha having only one more than that.

The rankings did not include facilities such as government buildings, schools or hospitals.

The Greensboro region consists of Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties.