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SUPPORTING CORPORATE MOVES
The Dallas Regional Chamber works closely with many companies that consider and decide to locate major corporate facilities here, particularly headquarters. Our team knows these decisions are critical to the futures of the companies and the employees.
We help companies understand this region fully; from our demographics, labor costs, our transportation assets, our real estate options, or the taxes and incentives that might apply to a project. Often we do it face to face. We visit companies and host executives here; including multi-day visits during which we often engage Dallas area business and civic leaders or subject matter experts with the candidate company team to achieve the peer-to-peer conversations that are so meaningful in selling Dallas.
But we’re not just about the cold, hard facts and the sales pitch. We are also about taking good care of the companies and particularly the employees, that make the decision to move here.
Corporate moves often impact hundreds, even thousands, of employees and families. Those employees have lots of questions and each family situation is diff erent. For all major corporate relocations, the Chamber off ers to meet with employees and families that suddenly have the opportunity to be new Texans.
We have held several “town hall” meetings with company employees around the U.S., sharing information and our experiences of living in the Dallas area. Our goal is to help the employees understand our region is a great place to live, raise a family and prosper. Eyes light up when we show pictures of homes and aff ordable prices, the arts and cultural amenities, our parks and trees and lakes, our foodie places, the outstanding medical care that is here, dog parks, light rail and bike trails and the many facts and anecdotes that help them realize that DFW is a more robust, culturally and socially diverse place than they thought. And those that already know our area well or might be from here just get more excited about the move.
Helping employees after a move has been announced is a great benefi t to the company and its employees. It’s a lot of fun and very meaningful for the Chamber’s economic development team and an important part of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s corporate recruitment platform.
ARKANSASGolden Living
SAN ANTONIOAT&TChristus Health
HOUSTONInx Inc.Magnum Hunter ResourcesU.S. Concrete
FLORIDACCS MedicalFiesta Restaurant Group
GEORGIANYLO Hotels
NEW YORKGreatbatchHMS Holdings Signature Systems GroupSix Flags Entertainment
ILLINOISBar Louie Restaurant GroupFerris ManufacturingNeovia Logistics ServicesTopGolf
MICHIGANComerica
OTHER NEW HQ ESTABLISHMENTSBlackberry North American HQ (Canada)GuestLogix U.S. HQ (Canada)Hisun Motors North American HQ (China)Howard Hughes CorporationNGC Renewables North American HQ (China)
NOTE: Companies in grey moved to Dallas-Fort Worth prior to 2010
MASSACHUSETTSNTT Data Inc.VCE
MISSOURIGKN Aerostructures
ALABAMATorchmarkZoes Kitchen
TENNESSEEDynamic Energy Alliance
CONNECTICUTAccudyne Industries
iCall Inc.
NEW JERSEYCVE Technology Group Inc
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MAJOR EXPANSIONS AND RELOCATIONSDallas–Fort Worth is regularly identifi ed as one of the nation’s top markets for new and expanded corporate facilities. DFW attracts an impressive list of compa-nies that spans diverse industries. Re-cent relocations to Dallas–Fort Worth have included headquarters moves for Fortune 500 and Forbes Top Private companies such as GGNSC Holdings/Golden Living, Fluor Corp., Comerica and AT&T. Expansions range from important new distribution or logistics centers for such compa-nies as Restoration Hardware, BMW, Quaker Oats and Amazon to new offi ces for Kohl’s, State Farm and TEK Systems to name a few.
SAMPLE OF HEADQUARTER RELOCATIONS TO DALLAS-FORT WORTH 2010-2014
CALIFORNIAAcacia Research Group AccentCareACTIVE NetworkAmerifl ight LLCCaliber Collision CentersChannell Commercial Corp.Ciao TelecomConsolidated Electrical DistributorsCopartDaegis Inc.FluorFonalityGlenmount Global SolutionsIronclad Performance Wear Corp.loanDepot.comMonkey Sports Inc.MV Transportation
OmnitracsPacifi c Union FinancialPrimorisRaytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) Reel FX Creative Studios Corp.Rixi Recovery ServicesSolera HoldingsTitan LaboratoriesToyota North AmericaTrend MicroVendor Resource ManagementW3global
NEVADACoreSpace COLORADO
Cagney Global LogisticsHarris Broadcast
MINNESOTAMoneyGramSpeed Commerce (Navarre)
NEBRASKAHeartland Automotive Services
OKLAHOMAGlobal Power Equipment Group Inc.HiltiLinkAmerica
KANSASAlcoHostess
AUSTINGreenstreamSeven Hills Commercial
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71 idX Corporation, Dallas Division 100
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73 iQor 700
74 Johnstone Supply 40
75 Kohl’s Distribution 1000
76 LG Electronics 1100
77 Navarre Corporation
78 Neovia Logistics Services 200
79 NTT Data Inc.
80 Ozburn-Hessey Logistics
81 Provident Payment Solutions (Epic Pay) 90
82 SafeGuard Properties 150
83 Standex International 45
84 Taleris 100
85 TeleTech 400
86 Trader Joe’s 200
87 Trend Micro 220
88 UMB Bank
89 USAA IT Center 680
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1 Active Network moves software HQ from San Diego to downtown Dallas bringing 1,000 jobs
2 Amazon.com adds space at Two Galleria Tower in Dallas
3 Amazon hires 500 more workers in Haslet at distribution facility
4 Amerifl ight cargo carrier relocates HQ and operations from Burbank to D/FW Airport
5 Applied LNG breaks ground in Midlothian on North Texas’ fi rst LNG production plant
6 Areva Med expands production capabilities in US with new production facility in Plano
7 Garden Ridge rebrands as At Home Group and relocates HQ to Plano with 140 jobs
8 B&P locates new hazardous materials response facility in Cedar Hill
9 Barclays Bank opens technology center at Craig Ranch in McKinney employing 500
10 Cagney Global Logistics of Denver relocates to Irving
11 Channell Commercial Corp. relocates HQ and manufacturing facility from California to Rockwall bringing 200 jobs
12 Commemorative Air Force relocates HQ to Dallas bringing 30 jobs
13 Coriant transportation logistics fi rm brings Packet Optical Networking Innovation to Coppell
14 CPD-Mobile wireless equipment fi rm from Georgia moves HQ to Dallas
15 CSA Group testing and certifi cation services company relocates laboratory to Plano
16 CVE Technology Group moves 1,200 consumer electronics service jobs from New Jersey to Allen
17 e2v inc. technology solutions company leases offi ce space in Richardson
18 FedEx Ground builds new distribution center at Alliance Airport adding 375 jobs
19 Americredit Financial Services expands in Arlington adding 1,000 new jobs
20 Great Lakes Educational Loan Services expands to Plano and plans to hire 140
21 Imagine Communications media software and networking solutions company moves HQ to Frisco
22 Hilti global construction industry manufacturer moves its headquarters to Plano
23 Hisun Motors Corp. of China selects McKinney for its new US HQ creating 80 jobs
24 Hoefer Wysocki Architecture of Kansas City plans Trammell Crow Center offi ce location in Dallas
25 IBM commits $1.2 billion to expand global cloud footprint with Dallas- based Softlayer
26 In-N-Out announces distribution center in Lancaster adding 70 jobs
27 Intake Studios video production fi rm based in Kansas expands to the West End in Dallas
28 KONE adds elevator/escalator facility and 80 jobs in Allen
29 Kraft Foods undertakes $84 million expansion in Garland creating 325 jobs
30 L & W Engineering & Stamping opens new manufacturing facility in Garland with 120 new jobs
31 L3 Communications expands aircraft simulation/training operations in Arlington adding 150 jobs
32 LCM Group announces Dallas expansion
33 Magnum Hunter Resources moves to DFW from Houston
34 Monkey Sports Inc online sporting goods retailer brings 200 jobs from California to Allen
35 National Government Services, a medicare contractor, opens facility in Denison with 225 jobs
36 New Tech Systemsm, Inc relocates HQ from Midland to Mansfi eld bringing 50 jobs
37 Nutribiotech health supplement company based in South Korea lands its US HQ in Garland bringing 200 jobs
38 Omnitracs moves HQ and 450 jobs from San Diego to downtown Dallas
39 Pandora online music streaming service to open in Dallas’ Uptown
40 Paycor expands footprint with regional HQ and 600 jobs in Frisco
41 PennyMac Financial Services commits to expand CentrePort offi ce in Fort Worth to 600 jobs
42 Proctor and Gamble adds distribution center in Wilmer bringing 500 jobs
43 Ruiz frozen Mexican food company announces major expansion and 300 new jobs in Denison
44 Signature Systems Group relocates modular fl ooring and roadway systems HQ and regional distribution center to Flower Mound
45 Trunk Club men’s apparel fi rm from Chicago locates major operations in Dallas’ Deep Ellum neighborhood
46 Tower Legal Solutions opens staffi ng and document review offi ce in Dallas, hiring up to 150
47 Toyota establishes North American HQ leaving CA for Plano, bringing 4000 jobs
48 UPS opens new distribution facility in McKinney bringing 120 jobs
49 UPS opens distribution facility at Alliance Airport adding 350 jobs
50 Williams-Sonoma lands regional distribution center in Arlington
51 Zoes Kitchen moved HQ from Birmingham to Plano
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52 AAA 200
53 Accudyne Industries
54 Airbase Services 400
55 Amazon 1000
56 Associa Inc. 700
57 Atlas Copco 115
58 AxoGen 20
59 BAE Systems 300
60 BMW Distribution Center
61 Borden Dairy 100
62 Carolina Beverage Group 225
63 Ciao Telecom 65
64 Daegis Inc.
65 Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) 40
66 Earthlink
67 Hexaware Technologies 150
68 Highway Intelligent Traffi c Systems
69 Home Depot 130
70 Humana 620
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