While China would seem to be the biggest threat, with 400,000 software professionals, only 35,000 of them are qualified to do the kind of high-level, systems-integration projects that are so coveted in India.
Managements have images to project, and musicians have coveted jobs on the line.
The other two proposed condominium projects are next to the highly coveted waterfront.
"They are coveted jobs," said Beth Schwartzapfel, staff writer at the Marshall Project, a New York City nonprofit focused on criminal justice issues.
These degrees are coveted by contracting companies seeking to fill entry-level project management positions.
The store opened in April and offers coveted yet elusive labels like Patrik Ervell, Band of Outsiders, Norse Projects and in the fall, the Japanese cult favorites White Mountaineering and N. Hoolywood.
As sarpanchs (village council leaders) and mukhiyas (district leaders) have the power to approve development projects and administer social welfare programs, the posts are highly coveted.
Throughout the project's troubled history, the Port Authority had not so secretly coveted the land for itself, the mayor said, and sought to protect the airport-based Marriott Hotel from any competition.
He also brought to the project a determination to make it the world's tallest building, a goal also coveted by the Bank of Manhattan, which was under construction at the same time at 40 Wall Street.
They are coveted both by employers and would-be immigrants because the visas are ideally suited for long-term work projects and often serve as a first step toward permanent residence status.
