Smarter growth, lower risk: Rethinking how new factories are built

Smarter growth, lower risk: Rethinking how new factories are built

Today’s environment is giving US manufacturers even more reasons to reassess their footprint strategies. For some, localization of production may now seem increasingly attractive—particularly amid rising volatility in tariff and trade policy, evolving incentives for domestic manufacturing, and realigning global trade corridors (Exhibit 1). Manufacturers know, however, that building new factories—and doing so quickly—can be incredibly…

Starlight completes new Barrie infill project

Starlight completes new Barrie infill project

Starlight Investments has officially completed The Shoreview, an 11-storey purpose-built rental community located in downtown Barrie, Ontario. The new infill project overlooking the Lake Simcoe waterfront brings 215 rental suites in a variety of layouts to the growing Barrie rental market. “We are pleased to complete this transformational purpose-built rental development in the beautiful city…

Lessons from the Lighthouses

Lessons from the Lighthouses

After six years, the Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) has expanded from 16 to 189 Lighthouses, representing factory, sustainability, and end-to-end value chain categories across 33 countries and 35 subsectors—four times greater than the number of subsectors in 2018 (Exhibit 1). The latest 36 Lighthouses—awarded in October 2024 and January 2025—have not only followed the playbook…

Quantum communication growth drivers: Cybersecurity and quantum computing

Quantum communication growth drivers: Cybersecurity and quantum computing

Momentum is intensifying behind quantum communication, a technology segment with significant potential to affect cybersecurity and quantum computing. By addressing the widespread vulnerabilities of existing security standards to quantum computing–based decryption, quantum communication enhances the security of communication networks. Quantum communication technologies also play a critical role in the infrastructure needed to deploy high-impact, fault-tolerant…