An August 9, 2022 ROI-NJ article discusses site selection criteria used by companies, which continues to change and evolve. For example, as seen in this article, “…Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly said it would be forced to grow outside of its home state for 145 years after Indiana signed into law a measure that restricts abortions.”
Later this article states, “Ted Zangari of Newark-based Sills Cummis and one of the top attorneys in the state on all matters involving corporate relocation, said abortion access is the latest addition to a suddenly surging number of variables…”
The article continues, “’The big question is whether and to what extent a factor such as access to abortion procedures will be added to the set of criteria companies use to screen potential states,’ he [Zangari] said. ‘Or, if a decision comes down to two roughly equal states, one of which is lower-cost but on the “wrong” side of an issue, will a company choose the higher-cost state because of its … stance on that controversy? Would a single issue move the needle, or would it take a string of unpopular state and local decisions to affect a location decision? Only time will tell.’”
