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MAJOR EXPANSIONS AND RELOCATIONS

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 how important these decisions are for both companies and their employees.

We help companies understand this region fully from our demographics, labor costs, transportation assets, real estate options, or 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-Fort Worth 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 DFW.

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 become 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-Fort Worth area. Our goal is to help the employees understand why our region is a great place to live, raise a family, and prosper. Eyes light up when we show pictures of homes with aff ordable prices, the arts and cultural amenities, our parks and trees and lakes, our foodie places, the outstanding medical care off ered here, dog parks, light rail, and bike trails — as well as 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 who already know the area well, or might be from here, just get more excited about the move.

Helping employees after a move is announced is a benefi t to the company and its employees. It’s fun and very meaningful for the Chamber’s economic development team and an important part of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s corporate recruitment platform.

SAN ANTONIOAT&T*Christus Health

OTHER NEW HQ ESTABLISHMENTSBlackberry North American HQ (Canada)*Commemorative Air Force (Midland, TX)GuestLogix U.S. HQ (Canada)Hisun Motors North American HQ (China)Howard Hughes Corp.KidZania (Mexico)Leclanché (Switzerland)

Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies ( Canada)NGC Renewables North American HQ (China)Nutribiotech (South Korea)Triathlon Battery Solutions (Germany)TalerisZinwave (UK)

ARKANSASGolden Living

HOUSTONInx Inc.Magnum Hunter ResourcesU.S. Concrete

FLORIDACCS MedicalFiesta Restaurant Group

GEORGIANYLO Hotels

NEW YORKGreatbatchHMS Holdings MIC Global ServicesSignature Systems GroupSix Flags Entertainment

ILLINOISBar Louie Restaurant GroupBoeing Global ServicesFerris ManufacturingNeovia Logistics ServicesTopGolf

MICHIGANComerica*

MASSACHUSETTSNTT Data Inc.

VCENEW HAMPSHIREOculus Health

MISSOURIGKN Aerostructures*

ALABAMATorchmark*Zoes Kitchen

TENNESSEEDynamic Energy Alliance

CONNECTICUTAccudyne Industries

iCall Inc.Revere Capital LLC

PENNSYLVANIASunoco LP NEW JERSEY

ComparexCVE Technology GroupDigility Inc.

Titan LaboratoriesToyota North AmericaToyota Industries Commercial FinanceTrend MicroUnited Scientifi c Group Vendor Resource ManagementW3global

NOTE: Companies with an * moved to Dallas-Fort Worth prior to 2010

D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 2 0 1 81 0 0 SOURCE: DRC Research

MAJOR EXPANSIONS AND RELOCATIONSThe Dallas-Fort Worth region is regularly identifi ed as one of the nation’s top markets for new and expanded corporate facilities. Dallas-Fort Worth attracts an impressive list of companies from diverse industries. Past relocations to the region included headquarters moves for Fortune 500 and Forbes Top Private companies such as Golden Living, Fluor, Comerica, and AT&T. These companies are more recently joined by well-known industry leaders like Toyota, Top Golf, NTT Data, and Jamba. During the same period, companies including Amazon; Bed, Bath & Beyond; BMW; Galderma; and General Motors have expanded into distribution, logistics, and manufacturing centers. Meanwhile, corporations including 7-Eleven, American Airlines, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, FedEx, and Mr. Cooper (formerly Nationstar Mortgage) have expanded into new offi ce space.

SAMPLE OF HEADQUARTER RELOCATIONS TO DALLAS-FORT WORTH, 2010-2017

AUSTINGreenstreamSeven Hills Commercial

NEVADACoreSpace

ARIZONAPei Wei

COLORADOCagney Global LogisticsHarris Broadcast

MINNESOTAMoneyGramSpeed Commerce (Navarre)

WASHINGTONAllied BioScienceBlucora

NEBRASKAHeartland

Automotive Services

CALIFORNIAAcacia Research Group AccentCareACTIVE NetworkAmerifl ight LLCC&S PropellerCaliber Collision CentersChannell Commercial Corp.Ciao TelecomCinépolisConsolidated Electrical DistributorsCopartDaegis Inc.Farmer Brothers Coff eeFluor*FonalityGlenmount Global SolutionsIronclad Performance Wear Corp.Jacobs Engineering GroupJamba Inc.

Kubota Tractor Corp.loanDepotMimi’s CafeMonkey Sports Inc.Motorsport AftermarketGroup and MAG Retail MV TransportationOmnitracsPacifi c Union FinancialPrimorisRaytheon Space and AirborneSystems (SAS) Rixi Recovery ServicesSolera HoldingsSOLiD Inc.

Titan LaboratoriesToyota North AmericaToyota Industries Commercial FinanceTrend MicroUnited Scientifi c Group Vendor Resource ManagementW3global

OKLAHOMAGlobal Power Equipment Group Inc.HiltiLinkAmerica