North American Metropolitan Areas: Official Corporate Expansions & Headquarters Relocations Thread (colleges, move)

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

The Popeyes move is interesting. It seems rare that Atlanta loses the HQ of a US-based company to Miami but I could be mistaken.

It's very rare. The move was due to Popeye's purchase by Restaurant Brands International, the owners of Burger King and Canada's Tim Hortons.

[Trafalgar Law]

Headquarters relocations:

01. DJO has announced that it is moving its global headquarters from Greater San Diego to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...s-Dallas-Texas

02. Fred's Inc. appears to be moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Memphis to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/...ompany-hq.html

03. Payless ShoeSource has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Topeka, Kansas to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.wibw.com/content/news/So...481307161.html

04. Starwood Capital Group has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to the Greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...rm-moves-south

05. Genius Plaza has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Albany, New York to Greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area:

https://www.bizjournals.com/southflo...-to-miami.html

06. AngelMD has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Seattle to Greater Denver:

$7 Million Technology Company to Move Headquarters from Virginia to Erie - Erie News Now | WICU and WSEE in Erie, PA

07. Vertafore has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Seattle to Greater Denver:

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/vertaf...g-jobs-denver/

08. Partners Group Holdings AG has announced that it is moving its North American headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Denver:

https://crej.com/news/headquarters-a...emains-robust/

09. Viega has announced that it is moving its North American headquarters from Greater Wichita, Kansas to Greater Denver:

https://crej.com/news/headquarters-a...emains-robust/

10. Xero has announced that it has selected Greater Denver as the location of its North American headquarters:

https://crej.com/news/headquarters-a...emains-robust/

11. Ultra Petroleum Corp. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Houston to Greater Denver:

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/n...arters-to.html

12. JASK has announced that it has selected Greater Austin as the location of its second headquarters:

https://www.builtinaustin.com/2018/0...w-headquarters

13. HanAra Software has announced that it has selected Greater Austin as the location of its North American headquarters:

https://www.builtinaustin.com/2018/0...w-headquarters

14. Esper has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Austin:

https://www.builtinaustin.com/2018/0...w-headquarters

15. Infocyte has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater San Antonio to Greater Austin:

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...in-hiring.html

16. Essentium Inc. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from College Station, Texas to Greater Austin:

https://patch.com/texas/north-austin...170-local-jobs

17. Zdaly has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Houston to Greater Austin:

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...rtune-500.html

18. Mithril Capital has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Austin:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...elp-taxes.html

19. Quake Capital has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater Austin:

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...tin-seeks.html

20. Lottery.com has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Austin:

https://www.statesman.com/news/20181...lley-to-austin

21. Pirates Brands has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater Austin:

https://www.statesman.com/business/2...s-hq-to-austin

22. SensoLeak has announced that it is moving its global corporate headquarters from Israel to Greater Houston:

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...israel-to.html

23. MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that it has selected Greater Houston as the location of its North American headquarters:

https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/...r-county-85926

24. Lilis Energy has announced that it is moving its headquarters from Greater San Antonio to Greater Houston:

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...-from-san.html

25. Camber Energy has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater San Antonio to Greater Houston:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...o-houston.html

26. Energy Services Experts has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Houston:

https://globenewswire.com/news-relea...o-Houston.html

27. TekVox Inc. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Austin to Greater San Antonio:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...ss-to-new.html

28. Moki Mobility Inc. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Salt Lake City to Greater San Antonio:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...g-company.html

29. AQST Space Systems has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater San Juan, Puerto Rico to Greater Phoenix:

Aerospace company moves headquarters from Puerto Rico to Mesa

30. Israel-based Airobotics has announced that it is locating its North American headquarters in Greater Phoenix:

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...eli-drone.html

31. Turning Point USA has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Chicago to Greater Phoenix:

Turning Point USA opens new headquarters in Phoenix - The State Press

32. China-based CMOC International has announced that it has selected Greater Phoenix as the location of its North American headquarters:

https://www.azcentral.com/story/mone...obs/776773001/

33. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it is moving its regional headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Phoenix:

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...nix/818181001/

34. Ready Robotics has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Baltimore to Greater Columbus:

https://www.thelantern.com/2018/12/r...s-to-columbus/

35. CURE International has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Harrisburg to Greater Grand Rapids:

https://www.grbj.com/articles/92179-...-west-michigan

36. Fox Factory has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Atlanta:

https://news.thomasnet.com/featured/...-add-800-jobs/

37. The International Society of Arboriculture has announced it is moving its headquarters from the Champaign, Illinois metropolitan area to Greater Atlanta:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...ois-to-atlanta

38. Alpine Electronics of America Inc. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Detroit:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...ls/1514503002/

39. Boomchickapop has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Minneapolis/Saint Paul to both Greater Chicago and Greater Omaha:

Conagra to close Boomchickapop's Minneapolis headquarters; moves work to Chicago and Omaha | Star Tribune

40. Biomin America has announced that it is moving its North American headquarters from Greater San Antonio to Greater Kansas City:

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansasci...ves-to-kc.html

41. Pollstar has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Fresno to Greater Los Angeles:

https://www.pollstar.com/News/pollst...angeles-135559

42. Chicken of the Sea International has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater San Diego to Greater Los Angeles:

Chicken of the Sea Moves North American HQ to El Segundo | Los Angeles Business Journal

43. Tulco has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Pittsburgh:

https://www.post-gazette.com/busines...s/201801110122

44. USA BMX has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Phoenix to Greater Tulsa:

USA BMX Signs Contract For Tulsa Headquarters In Greenwood District - News On 6

45. TransPerfect has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater Las Vegas:

https://slator.com/industry-news/tra...ers-to-nevada/

46. RIZKNOWS has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Reno, Nevada:

RIZKNOWS Moves Headquarters to Reno, Brings More Tech Jobs - KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe Sparks News, Weather, Video

47. Federal Resources Corp. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from the Greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area to the Erie, Pennsylvania metropolitan area:

$7 Million Technology Company to Move Headquarters from Virginia to Erie - Erie News Now | WICU and WSEE in Erie, PA

48. Indigo Ag Inc. has announced that it will create a second North American headquarters location in Greater Memphis:

https://wreg.com/2018/12/12/indigo-a...rs-in-memphis/

49. National Park Service has announced that it is moving its western regional headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to the Greater Portland region:

https://www.kqed.org/news/11671892/a...-san-francisco

50. Tooling Technology LLC has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Ohio to Greater Detroit:

https://www.plasticsnews.com/article...hq-to-michigan

51. Chemical Bank has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Midland, MI to Greater Detroit:

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/articl...nging-500-plus

52. Yanfeng Automotive Interiors has announced it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Grand Rapids to Greater Detroit:

https://www.grandhaventribune.com/Bu...nd-Tech-Center

53. Aetna Bearing Co. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater Chicago to Greater Detroit:

https://www.hometownlife.com/story/m...obs/949309002/

54. March of Dimes has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to the Greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area:

March of Dimes moving headquarters from New York to Northern Virginia - Story | WTTG

55. IDEMIA has announced that it is moving its North American headquarters from Greater Boston to the Greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area:

https://wtop.com/business-finance/20...-hq-to-reston/

Other announcements:

01. Charles Schwab has decided on Greater Austin and the Greater San Francisco Bay Area as the two locations for its valuable digital accelerator hub(s):

https://bestcompaniestexas.com/charl...elerator-hubs/

Potential headquarters relocation:

01. Hasbro has announced that it is looking for a new headquarters location and will decide by summer of 2019 whether they want to stay in Rhode Island or leave:

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news...-ri/1658535410

M&A Activity in circulation:

01. New York-based CBS and Boston-based Viacom are in the process of announcing a merger sometime in the next 3-6 months, Viacom will be absorbed under the CBS umbrella and the headquarters of the combined company will be located in New York:

https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/the-cb...away-insiders/

Viacom has struggled immensely to keep pace with the marketshares that AT&T (via Time Warner), Comcast (via NBC Universal), and Disney (via Fox) have expanded upon. The struggling company will be absorbed into the largest of the mini-majors (CBS) and functions will be consolidated in New York.

[Drewjdeg]

How is Austin going to handle all this growth. Its infrastructure is pretty poor.

[Trafalgar Law]

Arconic has decided to scrap its plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater Washington D.C., so they will be staying put in New York:

https://wtop.com/news/2019/02/arconi...airfax-county/

[lammius]

I didn't see (forgive me if I missed it among the lists), Norfolk Southern Corporation announced a couple of months ago that they will be moving their HQ from Norfolk to Atlanta by 2021

[the resident09]

Engineering giant Parsons officially moving headquarters from Pasadena CA, to northern Virginia/ Greater Washington D.C.

https://www.bizjournals.com/washingt..._news_headline

Sounds like mostly a symbolic move, the majority of employees already were based in the greater DC area. The 1,300 employees in California will remain there.

[DallasOH]

With McKesson moving hq to Irving, DFW is at 23.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Drewjdeg

How is Austin going to handle all this growth. Its infrastructure is pretty poor.

These companies are relatively small and employ few people. We're not talking about landing multiple HQ2s in Austin! That would be the death knell for Austin.

[Chicago60614]

Apparently Chicago came out at #1 again this year in metro area corporate relocations and expansions. Also continued to hold the distinction of having more corporate expansions and relocations as the #2 and #3 cities combined.

2018 2017 Metro State Projects

1 1 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Ill.-Ind.-Wis. 422

2 3 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Texas 207
3 4 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Ga. 166
4 2 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Texas 165
5 6 Cincinnati Ohio-Ky.-Ind. 103
6 5 New York-Newark-Jersey City N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. 84
7 7 Columbus Ohio 81
8 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Mich. 79
9 8 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. 69
10 St. Louis Mo.-Ill. 63

[Trafalgar Law]

Headquarters relocations:

01. Truck-Lite has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from Falconer, New York to Greater Detroit:

https://buffalonews.com/2019/03/12/t...g-in-falconer/

02. ICEE has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Nashville:

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/...nessee/489589/

03. ZKTeco has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater Atlanta:

https://www.globalatlanta.com/chines...to-alpharetta/

04. Parsons Corporation has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to the Greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area:

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-...228-story.html

05. The Wine Institute has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Sacramento:

https://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/wi...228894899.html

06. Checkr, which is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has announced that it will be creating a second headquarters in Greater Denver:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...y-startup.html

07. Astroscale, which is based in Japan, has announced that it has chosen Greater Denver as the location for its U.S. headquarters:

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/1...ic-incentives/

08. Scollar Inc. has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Denver:

Scollar Relocates Headquarters to Kansas City, Missouri - Area Development

09. Diamond WTG Engineering & Services Inc. has announced that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Portland:

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland...tland-its.html

10. HZO has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Salt Lake City to the Greater Raleigh-Durham area:

https://www.apnews.com/3c20622a67ba4b798005ff6eb5dee5ce

11. Lumanu Inc. has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Milwaukee to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area:

https://www.biztimes.com/2019/indust...to-california/

12. Zovio has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater San Diego to Greater Phoenix:

https://ktar.com/story/2530324/onlin...s-to-chandler/

13. BioIQ has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Atlanta:

https://www.wabe.org/health-it-firm-...o-cobb-county/

14. Mercato has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater San Diego:

https://apnews.com/Business%20Wire/2...6aab68898879a6

15. Permatex Inc. has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Hartford to Greater Cleveland:

Permatex relocates Hartford HQ to Ohio | HartfordBusiness.com

16. inCruises has announced that it is opening its corporate headquarters in the Greater San Juan (Puerto Rico) area:

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-r...erto-Rico.html

17. Red Cedar Investment Management has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from the Lansing, Michigan area to Greater Grand Rapids:

https://www.grbj.com/articles/93092-...o-grand-rapids

18. Kontoor Brands Inc. has just successfully spun off from VF Corporation and have announced that their headquarters will be based in the Greater Greensboro/Winston-Salem metropolitan area:

https://www.fltimes.com/business/nat...419521108.html

19. Marker Therapeutics Inc. has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Jacksonville to Greater Houston:

Marker Therapeutics Relocates Headquarters to Houston, Texas - Area Development

20. Victory Capital has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Cleveland to Greater San Antonio:

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-r...nio-Texas.html

21. Evolutions Brands has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/n...elocating.html

22. Mid-States Distributing Co. Inc. has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from the Greater Minneapolis/Saint Paul area to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/n...ort-worth.html

23. Team ProMark has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Denver to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/n...ort-worth.html

24. ENF Technologies, which is based in South Korea, has announced that it has chosen Greater Austin as the location of its new U.S. headquarters:

https://businessfacilities.com/2019/...-headquarters/

25. Zoho has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Austin:

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...ndreds-of-jobs

26. Callon Petroleum has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Mississippi to Greater Houston:

https://www.chron.com/business/energ...r-13752610.php

27. REX (Real Estate Exchange Inc.) has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater Los Angeles to Greater Austin:

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...m-la-to-austin

28. The Perfect Game has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater New York to Greater Austin:

https://www.kvue.com/amp/article?sec...1-85e53bb4ebbe

29. Panoramic Doors has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from Greater San Diego to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/n...locations.html

30. Atmosphere, a spin-off from Chive TV, has decided on locating its corporate headquarters in Greater Austin:

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...10m-for-growth

31. Imandra has announced that it is relocating its global corporate headquarters from London, United Kingdom to Greater Austin:

AI Startup Imandra Moves its Headquarters from London to Austin and Lands $5 Million in Funding - SiliconHills

32. Americana Partners, which just broke off from Morgan Stanley, has announced that it has selected Greater Houston as its corporate headquarters:

https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay...s-with-6b.html

33. Aatonomy has announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to Greater Houston:

https://www.apnews.com/0059454ac52d4e0d9792e50fda374436