Site selection, incentives, and NMTC consulting for manufacturers
Where location becomes
a strategic advantage.
Choose the right location. Lock in incentives before you announce. Close NMTC financing. We work for the company, at the speed of business.
Three free analyses, each built for your project. In your inbox within one business day.
- What we do
- Site selection, incentives, and NMTC advisory
- Who we work for
- The company making the decision
- Fees
- Flat fees and success fees. Never hourly.
- Coverage
- Nationwide. Headquartered in Austin, TX.
Who we are
What does Five Points Strategic Advisors do?
Five Points Strategic Advisors is a site selection and economic development incentives firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. We help manufacturers and other companies choose where to build or expand, negotiate state and local incentives, and secure New Markets Tax Credit financing. We work for the company, nationwide, for flat fees and success fees, never hourly.
States and agencies negotiate these deals every week. Most companies do one every few years. Closing that gap is the whole job.
We start before you announce, while you still have options and the leverage that comes with them.
What we do
Three services, one team
Each service works on its own. Together they cover the full location decision, from the first market screen to signed incentive agreements and closed financing.
Site selection services
We define what the project needs, screen U.S. markets with data, compare finalist sites on labor, utilities, logistics, and operating cost, and negotiate incentives while more than one site is in play.
Business incentives consulting
Already have a site, or close to one? We find every state and local program your project qualifies for, value each one, and negotiate the package before you announce.
NMTC consulting
Projects in qualifying census tracts can get below-market financing through New Markets Tax Credits. We get you into CDE pipelines early, structure the deal, and take it to closing.
Why we move faster
Built for the speed of business
Your timeline is set by a board, a lease, a customer contract, or a production date. Ours follows it. We built our process to move faster than anyone else by taking the waiting out.
Answers in one business day
Every free analysis is built for your project and delivered within one business day. You know where you stand before the next meeting.
Criteria locked on day one
We write down what the project needs before anyone looks at a map. The search never circles back to re-argue the basics.
Data before travel
We screen markets with data first. Site visits are for real finalists, not for finding out a market doesn’t work.
Incentives in parallel
Incentives work starts with the first market screen and runs alongside site due diligence. It doesn’t wait until a site is picked.
Start here
Get a free analysis for your project
Pick the one that fits where you are. Each is built for your project, costs nothing, and arrives within one business day.
Free Market Analysis Report
A market comparison built on your project’s requirements, with an incentives analysis for each market.
- Markets matched to your projectA ranked comparison built on your headcount, footprint, and requirements.
- Labor, wages, and operating costHow the markets stack up on the costs that drive a plant’s budget.
- Incentives analysisThe state and local programs your project is likely to qualify for in each market.
In your inbox within one business day.
See a sample report on the site selection page.
Within one business day. No cost, no obligation.
Free Incentives Analysis
The state and local programs your project is likely to qualify for, and what to do before you announce.
- Programs you likely qualify forState and local tax credits, grants, abatements, training funds, and infrastructure support.
- What each program depends onThe job, wage, and investment thresholds that decide eligibility.
- What to do nextThe steps to take before an announcement locks in your position.
In your inbox within one business day.
Browse programs first: manufacturing incentives by state.
Within one business day. No cost, no obligation.
Free NMTC Screen
Whether your site qualifies, which CDEs fit the project, and what NMTC financing could be worth.
- Census tract eligibilityWhether the site sits in a qualifying low-income community, and how distressed the tract is.
- CDE fitThe kinds of CDEs whose mandates match your location, industry, and impact.
- Likely benefitA first estimate of what NMTC financing could be worth to the project.
In your inbox within one business day.
Check a site yourself on the NMTC eligibility map.
Within one business day. No cost, no obligation.
Rather talk first? Book a call with Thane, call (608) 622-2679, or email info@fivepointsstrategies.com. We reply within one business day.
Track record
Experience behind the work
Case study
From 60 sites to one: a foreign advanced metals manufacturer’s first U.S. plant
An overseas specialty materials company needed port access, heavy utility capacity, and a skilled workforce for its first U.S. plant. The team narrowed more than 60 sites to three finalists, and the company chose a site in the South Central U.S. with substantial state and local incentives. Read the full case study
Free tools
Research a location on your own
State program guides
Leadership
Who you’ll work with
Thane Hutcheson
Leads site selection and incentives. Previously led site selection and incentives teams at large accounting and consulting firms. Writes The Incentives Negotiator.
Michael Ross
Founding partner of Baker Tilly’s community development practice. Has worked in NMTC since 2002 and advised more than 50 CDEs. CPA.
Mike Perrine
Leads NMTC origination, structuring, and closing. Structured more than $1 billion in NMTC and traditional financing. Writes The NMTC Advocate.
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Let’s talk about your project
Every week spent waiting is a week of leverage you don’t get back. Start with a free analysis, or book a call with Thane.
