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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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74 Johnstone Supply 40

75 Kohl’s Distribution 1000

76 LG Electronics 1100

77 Navarre Corporation

78 Neovia Logistics Services 200

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82 SafeGuard Properties 150

83 Standex International 45

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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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