OUR STORY
Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company (BLS & Co.) is one of the largest independent firms in the specialty fields of site selection and economic development incentives advisory services. Our principals have been delivering our mix of services for more than twenty-five years and are
highly respected leaders in their field. BLS & Co. is devoted to bringing insight and clarity to the business location decision-making process. Our unique blend of interdisciplinary skills—referred to as Location Economics®—addresses all essential facets of location decisions. Our team can help you identify, evaluate and select the optimal location for your operation and secure meaningful state and local tax credits and other business incentives to optimize the financial performance of that choice.
OUR SERVICES
Site Selection | For more than two decades, our principals and consultants have helped companies situate new plants, headquarters, back-office and shared services operations, manufacturing plants, logistics and distribution centers, R&D centers and mission-critical facilities. At BLS & Co. our objective is to give our clients a competitive advantage by helping match their operational and organizational needs with an area’s attributes.
Incentives Advisory | Incentives are an essential instrument of economic development that work by reducing costs and operational risks confronting companies that are relocating or expanding. Securing incentives is often a complex and rigorous process with many legal, financial and political nuances that can vary based on the type and scale of a project and the jurisdictions involved. That’s where we come in. BLS & Co. helps design incentive strategies and solutions that create value for our clients and lasting benefits for their communities.
Energy Services | As companies scrutinize their energy use, the conversation often focuses on the cost of power without considering other significant energy variables that could create unforeseen costs and risks, such as reliability, capacity and costs. Through our Sugarloaf Associates™ energy services affiliate, BLS & Co. offers a broad spectrum of energy procurement and assessment services that can be integrated into any phase of a corporate relocation or expansion project. Our team has over 100 years of combined experience in the utility industry, giving us a deep understanding of utility issues, methods, technologies, infrastructure and costs.
Redevelopment | Large corporations often have legacy assets verging on obsolescence and thus contributing little economic value; these frequently include land and facilities held in a company’s portfolio. A common strategy is to restore value by converting such property to higher and better uses. However, receiving permission to make changes in land use can be a complex and daunting task.
Securing a master plan amendment, property rezoning, or site plan and subdivision approval requires sensitivity to the local community’s aspirations and an attainment to grassroots social and political expectations. As companies consider greenfield development projects or repurposing existing sites, assurances of a reasonable, predictable and timely approvals outcome become fundamental to a project’s success.
OUR KEY INDUSTRIES
BLS & Co. serves clients in a wide variety of industries, including:
Automotive & aerospace
Consumer products
E-commerce
Financial & professional services
Food & beverage
Information technology
Life sciences
Manufacturing
Power & energy
FEATURED CLIENTS:
BLS & Co. has worked with clients of all sizes. Some of our most notable include:
American Electric Power
Biogen
Bloomberg
BNY Mellon
Bristol Myers Squibb
Citi
Eli Lilly & Co.
Gartner
Goya
Hello Fresh
JP Morgan Chase
Liberty Science Center
Nestle Waters
NJPAC
Panasonic
Prudential
Quest
Sharp
Subaru
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia 76ers
OUR TEAM
Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company is dedicated to helping clients compete and flourish by optimizing complex and sensitive location decisions. Over the last twenty years our experts have built the firm’s best-in-class reputation for innovation, effectiveness and integrity in the delivery of corporate site selection and incentives advisory services.
