Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce / Partnership 2020 Business Activity July 2015 - June 2016

County of Expansion or New Jobs Announcement Date Company Name City of Location Square Footage Description P2020 Target Sector Country Origin Location Recruitment Added Loews Hotels expanded their existing shared service operation in Nashville adding 63 jobs 7/1/2015 Loews Corporation Nashville Davidson Expansion 64 and investing more than $750,000. Corporate Operations United States Tennessee Cheesecake moved from its Mt Juliet location to an existing 40,000 sf facility in 7/1/2015 Tennessee Cheesecake Lebanon Wilson Expansion 15 40,000 Lebanon. The company will add 15 jobs in Wilson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States Vanderbilt University has more than doubled the space it occupies in one of Midtown's larger office buildings. Vanderbilt now leases 89,000 square feet, or 70 percent, of the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza. The office building, connected to a 340 room hotel, is across the street from the edge of Vandy's campus. 7/10/2015 Vanderbilt University Nashville Davidson Expansion 45,000 Corporate Operations United States IAC, LLC, an automotive equipment manufacturer will add 100 new jobs at its Springfield, 7/13/2015 IAC, LLC Springfield Robertson Expansion 100 TN location in Robertson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States DE-STA-CO officials announced today the company will consolidate several of its U.S. manufacturing operations by locating a new facility in Mount Juliet in an effort to better serve its North American and global customers. The Middle Tennessee facility, located at 210 Mundy Memorial Drive, will integrate product offerings and improve the company’s supply chain. 7/14/2015 DE-STA-CO Mount Juliet Wilson Recruitment 245 160,000 Advanced Manufacturing United States HCA has leased 120,000 square feet of space at computer maker Dell's campus at Murfreesboro and Donelson pikes, where it plans to relocate 400 technology and back- office employees and add 200 jobs. Overall, HCA plans to bring roughly 700 new jobs to Davidson County in the next five years. 7/17/2015 HCA Nashville Davidson Expansion 200 120,000 Health Care United States Schrader Electronics announced it would add 75 jobs and invest $2.3 million in its 7/18/2015 Schrader Electronics Springfield Robertson Expansion 75 Springfield, TN plant in Robertson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States Amedisys officials announced today the company will open a new executive office in Nashville. Amedisys, a leading health care at home company, will invest $2.5 million and create approximately 120 new jobs in Davidson County over the next five years. The majority of Amedisys' executive team will be based in the Nashville office, which will be located in Cummins Station. 7/24/2015 Amedisys Nashville Davidson Recruitment 120 Health Care United States

San Francisco Bay area-based DayNine Consulting plans to open a Nashville office in October. The human resources and consulting firm has leased 30,000 square feet in dontown's Bank of America Plaza and bring 200 jobs here by the end of 2016. 7/30/2015 DayNine Consulting Nashville Davidson Recruitment 260 30,000 Corporate Operations United States

TriWest Healthcare Alliance, a Phoenix-based company that arranges outsourced care for veterans has leased 40,000 square feet of space at an office building off Murfreesboro Pike where it plans to employ roughly 250 people. TriWest Healthcare Alliance plans to 7/31/2015 TriWest Healthcare Alliance Nashville Davidson Recruitment 300 40,000 occupy the space at the 301 Center at 301 Plus Park Blvd. by mid-October. Health Care United States Nashville-based LPS Integration is moving its headquarters south to accommodate its rapid growth. The IT engineering firm has bought the nearly 22,000-square-foot building at 5300 Virginia Way in Brentwood for $4.1 million. LPS is currently based in about 14,000 square feet in Davidson County's MetroCenter. It now has 80 employees, and about 25 contract workers. 8/4/2015 LPS Integration Brentwood Williamson Expansion 22,000 Corporate Operations United States Servpro Industries, Inc. officials announced today the company will expand its current operations in Gallatin. The cleaning and restoration services company will invest $738,000 and create 204 new jobs in Sumner County. 8/5/2015 Servpro Industries, Inc. Gallatin Sumner Expansion 204 Corporate Operations United States

Ryder Supply Chain Solutions officials announced today the company will expand its warehousing, transportation, kitting and assembly operations in Spring Hill. The announcement represents an investment of $16.5 million and the creation of 606 new jobs in Maury County. Ryder will double its Spring Hill warehousing operations from 300,000 square feet to 600,000 square feet and increase its workforce from approximately 200 to more than 800 over the next five years. 8/11/2015 Ryder Supply Chain Solution Spring Hill Maury Recruitment 606 300,000 Supply Chain Management United States 8/12/2015 Tractor Supply Company Brentwood Williamson Expansion 120 Tractor Supply Co. is looking to fill nearly 100 corporate position during a two-day job fair. Corporate Operations United States

SureCan Incorporated officials announced today the company will establish a new manufacturing facility in Wilson County. SureCan, which manufacturers an innovative gas 8/12/2015 Surecan Inc. Lebanon Wilson Expansion 101 can, will invest $15.5 million to begin new operations in Lebanon, creating 101 new jobs. Advanced Manufacturing United States

Industrial Strength Marketing, which Wednesday was named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies, is relocating its headquarters to Germantown, according to a news release. ISM will co-anchor The Warehouse Renovation at Fifth and Taylor, tripling the footprint of its current Brentwood facility. The agency has signed a seven-year lease for the space, which begins construction in October. 8/13/2015 Industrial Strength Marketing Nashville Davidson Expansion Corporate Operations United States According to the FDIC’s website, FirstBank shifted it headquarters from Lexington to Nashville during the second quarter. Chris Holmes, FirstBank’s president and CEO, confirmed the decision. Nashville’s become the geographic center of our footprint,” Holmes said. “We have some form of operations in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina. … We’ve positioned the company to thrive over the next several years and be a leading bank throughout the Southeast.” First Bank is looking for more officespace downtown. 8/17/2015 FirstBank Nashville Davidson Expansion Corporate Operations United States

Shareable Ink, which digitizes health care records (including handwritten notes from doctors), is moving to the OneCity development located just inside Interstate 440. Shareable Ink, which has 25 employees, will be moving out of its present location at Cummins Station in SoBro. Shareable Ink executives are trying to pin down the exact square footage the company needs in the coming months 8/17/2015 Shareable Nashville Davidson Expansion Corporate Operations United States

8/24/2015 Paychex Nashville Davidson Expansion 45 Paychex expanded their operations in Nashville adding 45 jobs and investing $3.5 million. Corporate Operations United States

Atlanta-based staffing services company Insight Global will nearly double its space in the move to Gulch Crossing from the Maryland Farms office park area of Brentwood. 8/25/2015 Insight Global Inc. Nashville Davidson Expansion Corporate Operations United States Nicol Investment will move into 5,000 square feet at Gulch Crossing. The real estate investment companiy currently occupies an executive suite at downtown's Fifth Third Center. 8/25/2015 Nicol Investment Nashville Davidson Expansion 5,000 Corporate Operations United States Equity research firm Thompson Research Group will relocate from a small office where it has six employees working at the 2525 West End building to 2,500 square feet of space at Gulch Crossing. 8/25/2015 Thompson Research Group Nashville Davidson Expansion 2,500 Corporate Operations United States Anthony Davis will open East Nashville Beer Works in spring 2016 in a 4,000-square-foot 8/26/2015 East Nashville Beer Works Nashville Davidson Expansion 4,000 space at 320 E. Trinity Lane. Advanced Manufacturing United States

Insurance Company, Lockton, will establish a Nashville location in the Burton Hills development, enabling Lockton to increase its personnel by 100 percent in its first year at Green Hills. The Burton Hills space also provides Lockton the capability to grow its workforce by an additional 75 percent in the years ahead. Lockton previously serviced clients from Regus Executive Suites in Franklin, Tenn. since January 2015. 8/27/2015 Lockton Companies Nashville Davidson Recruitment Corporate Operations United States

Stroudwater Associates is opening a Nashville-area office in Cool Springs this month. In a news release announcing the new location, the firm touts Nashville's rich health care 9/2/2015 Stroudwater Associates Franklin Williamson Recruitment ecosystem. The office is located at 1000 Corporate Center Drive in Franklin. Corporate Operations United States

Curt Christian, owner of F3, paid $1.85 million for five acres at 3634 Central Pike previously occupied by Hearthstone Cabinetry and other tenants. By early next year, the company — whose name stands for Function First Furniture — plans to create about 20 new jobs here by moving a warehouse operation from Los Angeles to several of the four buildings on the Hermitage property. Those buildings total 60,000 square feet of space. F3's headquarters previously occupied 2,500 square feet at downtown's CitySpace office building (formerly Tower at Renaissance) that's attached to the Renaissance Nashville Hotel on Commerce Street. In addition to 24 current corporate employees in Nashville, F3 employs roughly 22 people at a pair of warehouses in Thomasville, N.C., that will remain in that city. 9/3/2015 F3 Nashville Davidson Expansion 20 60,000 Advanced Manufacturing United States Birmingham's ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ: SFBS) is expanding in Nashville. The commercial bank is converting its loan production office in Palmer Plaza to a traditional bank. Once open, it'll house more than 20 bankers. ServisFirst opened the office at 1801 West End Ave. in 2013. As of June 30, the Nashville office reached more than $200 million in loans. 9/4/2015 ServisFirst Bancshares Nashville Davidson Recruitment 20 10,000 Corporate Operations United States The Country Music Association will have a new home in 2016. But it won’t be moving far. CMA announced Friday it plans to sign a decade-long lease for 27,000 square feet on the first and second floors at 35 Music Square East, a $31 million office building being constructed by Panattoni Development Co. The value of the lease was not disclosed, but as part of the deal, Panattoni will acquire CMA's current building right down the street on One Music Circle South. 9/4/2015 Country Music Association, Inc. Nashville Davidson Expansion 27,000 Music and Entertainment United States

Arlington Family Offices, a comprehensive investment and wealth management firm for high net worth families, has announced an expansion into the Nashville market with an office in Franklin, TN. The expansion comes as the result of a partnership with ETC Capital Management, LLC as of September 1, 2015. Arlington Family Offices, founded in 1998, has 38 employees dedicated to representing approximately 40 families with collective net worths in excess of $10 billion. 9/9/2015 Arlington Family Offices Franklin Williamson Recruitment Corporate Operations United States

An expansion at Hendersonville-based Smith Travel Research’s corporate headquarters means the global company is expected to add 125 new jobs, President Amanda Hite said on Wednesday. Hite joined STR, Inc. employees, Co-founder and Chairman Randy Smith, and local business and community leaders at a ground-breaking ceremony for a new 35,000-square-foot facility on the company’s East Main Street campus. 9/9/2015 STR Hendersonville Sumner Expansion 125 35,000 Corporate Operations United States Quorum Health Corp., the publicly traded company spinning out of Community Health Systems, has chosen Williamson County for its headquarters. According to an internal email announcement obtained by the Nashville Business Journal:"The new company's corporate offices will be located in a building currently under construction in the Mallory Park development, which is in the city of Brentwood on the west side of I-65, just north of Moores Lane." 9/11/2015 Quorum Health Corporation Brentwood Williamson Expansion 80,000 Health Care United States

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd along with Creative Occasions officials today announced the company will invest $4 million in new capital equipment at its Nashville location. Through this expansion, Creative Occasions, a division of Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC, will create up to 76 new full- time jobs in Davidson County 9/15/2015 Creative Occasions Nashville Davidson Expansion 76 Advanced Manufacturing United States

Uber Technologies Inc. has signed a small office lease in a mixed-use redevelopment at 1318-1326 Sixth Ave. N. The developer of that project is Nashville-based Priam Ventures. Uber's space is said to be about 2,000 square feet. "We're excited about our new Partner Support Center in Germantown and think it'll be a valuable new resource for our driver partners, as well as great place to host events and engage more directly with the Nashville community," Luke Marklin, general manager of Uber Nashville, said in a statement. 9/17/2015 Uber Nashville Davidson Expansion 2,000 Corporate Operations United States

Portland-based auto parts maker announced on Thursday it plans to double its facility and invest $8 million. Kyowa America Corporation is expanding its Portland facility by 75,000 square feet and will hire another 35 people for a total of 465 employees, company leaders said on Aug. 17. Kyowa’s current facility is 85,000 square feet and employs 430 people. The Portland site houses a factory and the company’s U.S. headquarters. 9/17/2015 Kyowa America Corp Portland Robertson Expansion 35 75,000 Advanced Manufacturing Japan Memphis investment firm, IronHorse Capital Management, circles, is moving its corporate headquarters west to Nashville. IronHorse Capital Management has set up shop at 3102 West End Ave. after six years in Memphis, according to a news release. The firm manages around $35 million in assets, according to its website, and also launched a mutual fund last year. 9/22/2015 IronHorse Capital Management Nashville Davidson Recruitment Corporate Operations United States Peer-to-peer ridesharing company Lyft announced today that it will locate a new regional headquarters in downtown Nashville at 150 2nd Avenue in the Sash and Door building. The San Francisco-based mobile app and transportation company will invest $5.1 million and create 400 new jobs in Davidson County. 9/28/2015 Lyft Nashville Davidson Recruitment 400 Corporate Operations United States Chicago-based coworking space, Industrious, is leasing about 18,000 square feet in Gulch Crossing. The office building is the city's first in the past six years, and it's setting records for office rent, commanding $37 or more per square foot. With the addition of Industrious, Gulch Crossing now is 86 percent leased. 9/28/2015 Industrious Nashville Davidson Recruitment 18,000 Corporate Operations United States

Vanderbilt will take up 21,000 additional square feet of space at the 2525 West End mixed- use building, expanding its overall footprint beyond 60 percent. With that move, Vanderbilt will have 231,295 square feet of overall office space in the Midtown building. 9/30/2015 Vanderbilt University Nashville Davidson Expansion 21,000 Corporate Operations United States

Conn’s, Inc., the Houston-based furniture and specialty home goods retailer, will build a new distribution center in La Vergne, Tenn., slated to open in summer 2016. The new facility will add an expected 100 jobs to the local economy and is an investment of an estimated $17 million. Conn’s officials made the announcement today with La Vergne Mayor Dennis Waldron. The new 300,000 square foot distribution center at CentrePointe Distribution Park in La Vergne reflects Conn’s continued growth and expansion 9/30/2015 Conn's HomePlus La Vergne Davidson Recruitment 100 300,000 Supply Chain Management United States

Project management company LeanKit announced Wednesday it has acquired Firefly Logic, a local custom software development company. Through the deal, terms of which were not disclosed, Nashville-based LeanKit will use Firefly Logic's software services to scale its product development teams. LeanKit also announced that it will expand its offices in Downtown Franklin by leasing another 9,000 square-foot building across the street from its current 10,000-square-foot building. LeanKit, which hired nearly 70 new 9/30/2015 LeanKit Nashville Davidson Expansion 70 9,000 people during the second half of 2015, now employs around 124 people. Corporate Operations United States

The leaders of Franklin Synergy Bank last week signed documents to expand their home office in downtown Franklin, marking the latest in a series of expansions at the headquarters that opened its doors in May 2010. Franklin Synergy has contracted with Century Skanska for the design and construction of the addition, which will measure nearly 16,800 square feet and cost $1.2 million. Nashville-based Crossroads Architecture has handled the project’s initial design. 10/1/2015 Franklin Synergy Bank Franklin Williamson Expansion 16,800 Corporate Operations United States Radio personality Dave Ramsey's company, Lampo Group, announced plans to invest $58 million to consolidate and expand its operations into a new 47-acre Berry Farms corporate campus. The city of Franklin voted to provide incentives for the company to create 398 new full-time jobs in Williamson County by 2020. 10/14/2015 Lampo Group Franklin Williamson Expansion 398 650,000 Corporate Operations United States

A large prime contractor to the U.S. armed forces has acquired fast-growing local intelligence, security and reconnaissance software developer ForceX for an undisclosed sum. Executives with New York City-based L-3 Communications say ForceX will generate about $30 million to its top line in 2016 and immediately add to L-3’s profits. Through the first half of this year, L-3 posted a profit of $225 million on sales of $5.5 billion. 10/14/2015 L-3 ForceX, Inc. Nashville Davidson Expansion Corporate Operations United States

Lee Co., a Franklin-based mechanical contractor, plans to have a 100,000-square-foot office building developed on land within Berry Farms. The company paid $3.16 million for the site, accordingly to a newly filed property deed. With a local headcount of 750, Lee Co. ranks as one of the 15 largest employers in Williamson County. 10/14/2015 Lee Company Franklin Williamson Expansion 68 100,000 Corporate Operations United States Brentwood metals company, AMI Metals, has won a large contract to suppy defense giant Lockheed Martin with aluminum parts for the F-35 aircraft. he Lockheed Martin deal is for five years and is worth an estimated $300 million. 10/19/2015 AMI Metals Brentwood Williamson Expansion Advanced Manufacturing United States Portland, Ore.-based CarePayment is opening a Nashville office. The company provides financing tools to patients and health care providers. CarePayment will base its revenue- generating functions in the Nashville office. In addition to Caldwell, the office will open with about five employees. 10/22/2015 CarePayment Nashville Davidson Recruitment 5 Health Care United States Intermedix Corporation officials announced the company will locate new operations in Nashville. Intermedix, a provider of analytics and technology-enabled solutions for global health and safety, will invest in an innovation lab and executive offices and create 116 new jobs in Davidson County. 10/22/2015 Intermedix Nashville Davidson Recruitment 116 37,000 Health Care United States

Construction should begin in March on the executive board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention's new $8.5 million headquarters at Berry Farms. The 32,000-square-foot church support center will be built on 2.3 acres, which the organization that serves a network of 3,000 Baptist churches statewide just bought for roughly $1.15 million. Upon completion by spring 2017, the new space will house roughly 60 Tennessee Baptist Convention executive board employees who are working out of temporary space at LifePoint Health's Hospital Support Center in Brentwood. Overall, the board has roughly 100 employees. 10/26/2015 Tennessee Baptist Convention Franklin Williamson Expansion 32,000 Corporate Operations United States

Triangle Tire Group, a major Chinese tiremaker, is planning to open its North American headquarters in Franklin. The executive team for Triangle Tire North America LLC will occupy a roughly 3,150-square-foot space at the Dover Centre office complex in Cool Springs. The handful of executive roles will include positions overseeing marketing, sales, engineering, finance and customer service. 10/27/2015 Triangle Tire Group Franklin Williamson Recruitment 5 3,150 Advanced Manufacturing China Wonderful Group officials announced today the company has selected Lebanon as the site of its first U.S. operations. In an effort to expand its presence in the world market, Wonderful Group will invest $150 million in the Lebanon facility and create 220 new jobs in Wilson County. 11/3/2015 Wonderful Group Lebanon Wilson Recruitment 220 500,000 Advanced Manufacturing China Better Block Company, a concrete building products manufacturer located in Springfield, 11/5/2015 Better Block Company Springfield Robertson Expansion TN will invest $650,000 in its Robertson County facility. Advanced Manufacturing United States

Foam products maker and distributor Sinomax Group plans to invest $28 million to open its first North American plant in La Vergne, which will create 350 jobs. The 505,500-square- foot operation is expected to open in June at the renovated former Whirlpool site on Hennessy Drive on the Davidson County side of La Vergne. 11/10/2015 Sinomax Group La Vergne Davidson Recruitment 350 505,000 Advanced Manufacturing China Metova has grown locally by 40 jobs in the last 3 years alone, they are also expanding in 11/10/2015 Metova Franklin Williamson Expansion 15 other markets, including Bentonville, AR Pensacola, FL Corporate Operations United States

Akebono Brake, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., a global provider of advanced noise, vibration and harshness and braking solutions to the world’s automotive industry, will move forward on a $48.4 million expansion of its Clarksville location. In the company’s third expansion since acquiring the Robert Bosch LLC plant in 2010, Akebono will add65 to 80 jobs to the community over the next three to four years, bringing the manufacturer’s total workforce to 600-plus, said the local Economic Development Council. 11/16/2015 Akebono Clarksville Montgomery Expansion 80 Advanced Manufacturing Japan Esquire Wire, a Tennessee-based wire harness manufacturer that serves various industries, including lighting and appliances, recieved approval for a PILOT from the Clarksivlle- Montgomery County IDB. With a PILOT representing a 45 percent tax abatement savings, officials said, Esquire Wire will invest nearly $1.8 million in its 2624 Madison St. location and create 60 jobs. 11/16/2015 Esquire Wire Inc. Clarksville Montgomery Expansion 60 Advanced Manufacturing United States Sleep Solutions and Services, LLC (S3) officials announced today the company will locate new call center operations in Columbia. S3, a medical software and support company specializing in respiratory services, will invest $3.6 million and create 137 new jobs in Maury County. 11/18/2015 Sleep Solutions and Services, LLC Columbia Maury Recruitment 137 15,000 Health Care United States Microsoft Corp announced that it will move its regional office from the Meridian development in Cool Springs to the new OneCity Development in Nashville. Microsoft is slated to occupy in summer 2016 13,300 square feet of space at 8 City Blvd., according to a release. 11/18/2015 Microsoft Corporation Nashville Davidson Expansion 13,300 Corporate Operations United States Google Fiber has settled on leasing space above Kayne Prime restaurant in the Gulch for its main Nashville office. Interior demolition is underway on the 17,000 square foot second floor of the building at 1101 McGavock St. That space, previously occupied by marketing software company Raven, is expected to house a call center among other local operations for the high-speed Internet and TV service division of technology giant Google. 11/18/2015 Google Fiber Nashville Davidson Expansion 17,000 Corporate Operations United States

Aspire Health, the company co-founded by Bill Frist and Brad Smith, is moving its 100-plus employee Nashville workforce into the so-called Batman building in downtown Nashville, less than a year since the company announced plans to move about 40 employees into 12/4/2015 Aspire Health Nashville Davidson Expansion 60 Metro Center. Aspire Health's new offices will be at 333 Commerce Street downtown. Health Care United States

Third-party logistics provider, Cavalry Logistics, is finalizing a deal to sublease the former Best Buy store on Hickory Hollow Parkway in Antioch with plans to relocate there this spring.The expansion move by Cavalry Logistics LLC is related to the company expecting to grow to 425 employees over the next four years. Cavalry plans to spend roughly $500,000 12/4/2015 Cavalry Logistics LLC Antioch Davidson Expansion 425 42,205 to transition the 42,205 square-foot building at 5255 Hickory Hollow Parkway Supply Chain Management United States Aegis Science Corp plans to expand current facilities. They are expecting to add 740 new 12/9/2015 Aegis Science Corp. Nashville Davidson Expansion 740 lab positions over the next 5 years. Corporate Operations United States Communications Test Design expanded its operations into Wilson County with a new 12/11/2015 Communications Test Design Lebanon Wilson Expansion 403,750 403,750 sf facility in Lebanon. Supply Chain Management United States

Global Manufacturing Services, Inc. (GMS) officials announced today the company will invest $620,000 in new equipment upgrades at its Columbia tire mold manufacturing 12/21/2015 Global Manufacturing Services, Inc Columbia Maury Expansion 43 facility. The announcement represents the creation of 43 new jobs in Maury County. Advanced Manufacturing China

Bell & Associates Construction — known for its work on some of Nashville’s most iconic structures — announced today it will move its office headquarters to Davidson County’s Brentwood Commons from Williamson County in early 2017. The company will move into a five-story office building is being developed by Boyle Investment Co. at 750 Old Hickory Blvd. Bell will occupy 14,000 square feet of the 130-square foot building. Forty of its 200 12/21/2015 Bell and Associates Construction LP Nashville Davidson Expansion 14,000 employees will work there starting in 2017. Corporate Operations United States Lowe's Millworks announced in December that it will add 10 jobs at its White Bluff, TN 12/21/2015 Lowe's Millworks White House Robertson Expansion 10 facility in Robertson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States

Google announced their entry into Clarksville-Montgomery County. The company ended all speculation, announcing it has acquired the former Hemlock Semiconductor site in northeastern Montgomery County and will be transforming it into a $600 million data center to serve Google's vast and rapidly growing Internet search engine and overall application capacity. Kava said the first phase of the company's Clarksville plans will employ about 70 people, including computer technicians and engineers, as well as 12/22/2015 Google, Inc Clarksville Montgomery Recruitment 70 electricians, mechanics and others specializing in "running a large industrial facility." Corporate Operations United States Cumberland Pharmaceuticals will create 40 jobs and invest more than $6.6 million in 12/31/2015 Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Nashville Davidson Expansion 40 Davidson County. Health Care United States Advance Auto Parts, Inc. announced plans to locate a new Advance Auto Parts distribution center in La Vergne to support the company's continued growth. Advance Auto Parts will invest $24.5 million and create more than 200 new jobs in a new 450,000 square foot 1/6/2016 Advance Auto Parts La Vergne Rutherford Recruitment 205 450,000 distribution center in Rutherford County. Supply Chain Management United States

Turner Construction Co. will leave in March its area office in Brentwood for Grassmere Park in South Davidson County. The company will move to a 13,000-square-foot space located within an office building with an address of 624 Grassmere Park. Of note, Turner is serving as the general contractor for the updating of its space. A Metro Codes Department 1/11/2016 Turner Construction Nashville Davidson Expansion 13,000 permit, valued at $930,000, recently was issued related to the effort. Corporate Operations United States

Surgery Partners Inc. (Nasdaq: SGRY) will serve as an anchor tenant for Highwoods Properties' Seven Springs II building at 310 Seven Springs Way. Surgery Partners will take 1/14/2016 Surgery Partners Brentwood Davidson Expansion 56,141 two floors, or 56,141 square feet, of the five-story building. Health Care United States

The General Insurance will add 276 jobs to their existing Davidson County workforce of 1/15/2016 The General Insurance Nashville Davidson Expansion 276 460. The expansion will happen at their current location on Elm Hill Pike. Corporate Operations United States UNARCO Material Handling Inc. will add 5 jobs and invest $1.5 million at its facility in 1/15/2016 UNARCO Material Handling Inc Springfield Robertson Expansion 5 Springfield, TN in Robertson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States The nearly 40-year-old communications firm, GS&F, has increased its staff from about 48 people in November 2013 to 100 today. As of 2015, one-third of the company's new 1/22/2016 GS&F Nashville Davidson Expansion 52 hires were for teams devoted to digital solutions and tools. Corporate Operations United States The trendy eyeglasses company Warby Parker has signed a lease to more than double its office space, in Nashville's original skyscraper. The deal within L&C Tower solidifies Warby Parker's long-term presence in Nashville and reinforces its plan to employ 250 people in Nashville by the end of 2019. The presence of Warby Parker has provided city economic development officials with another brand to name-drop when recruiting relocations, and also stands to benefit the city's efforts to cultivate a higher profile within the fashion 1/26/2016 Warby Parker Nashville Davidson Expansion 20,000 industry. Corporate Operations United States

Bavarian Polymers officials announced Tuesday that the company will invest $2.7 million to expand operations at its Dickson Facility. The door and window extrusion profile manufacturer will create 27 new jobs in Dickson County. Bavarian Polymers was founded in 2005. The company will add 30,000 square feet of production and warehouse space 1/26/2016 Bavarian Polymer Dickson Dickson Expansion 27 30,000 and new extrusion lines to keep up with increased demand. Advanced Manufacturing United States Eventbrite announced on January 27, 2016 that it will add a sales team targeting small- and medium-sized events to its Nashville office. This expansion comes after Eventbrite's initial relocation of a customer support team and later addition of a n engineering team in 1/27/2016 EventBrite Nashville Davidson Expansion 100 15,000 Nashville. Corporate Operations United States Bluegrass Supply Chain moved into a new building in Portland, TN, adding 10 jobs and 1/27/2016 Bluegrass Supply Chain Portland Robertson Expansion 10 109,000 investing $2.7 million in Robertson County. Supply Chain Management United States

UBS has leased a fifth floor at the downtown office tower that bears its name, a move that provides more room to grow its Nashville business solutions center. The newly leased 18,324-square foot 16th floor at UBS Tower increases the company's total footprint in that downtown building at 315 Deaderick St. to 145,000 square feet on five floors.Currently, UBS' Nashville business solutions center employs roughly 1,394 people including on floors three through six at UBS Tower. By this year's second quarter, Lyle 1/28/2016 UBS Nashville Davidson Expansion 18,324 expects that overall headcount to hit 1,500. Corporate Operations Switzerland A. O. Smith Water Products will expand their presence in Cheatham County, adding 53 1/31/2016 A. O. Smith Water Products Ashland City Cheatham Expansion 53 jobs and investing more than $35.8 million. Advanced Manufacturing United States Interstate Packaging Company will expand its operations and invest more than $4.1 1/31/2016 Interstate Packaging Company White Bluff Dickson Expansion 41 million and add 41 new jobs in Dickson county. Advanced Manufacturing United States Lochinvar Corporation announced it will expand its presence in Wilson County, investing 1/31/2016 Lochinvar Corporation Lebanon Wilson Expansion 47 45,000 more than $26.8 million and creating 47 new jobs. Advanced Manufacturing United States Italian manufacturing company, Martinelli Ettore, will create 25 jobs and invest $2 million 1/31/2016 Martinelli Ettore USA Lebanon Wilson Recruitment 25 38,000 in Lebanon, TN in Wilson County. Advanced Manufacturing Italy Standard Distribution Company will create 150 jobs and invest $33 million to build a facility on a 30-acre tract on Joe B. Jackson Parkway in Murfreesboro, TN in Rutherford 1/31/2016 Standard Distribution Company Murfreesboro Rutherford Recruitment 150 County. Supply Chain Management United States 1/31/2016 State Industries, Inc. Franklin Williamson Expansion 40 State Indutries will create 40 new jobs in Franklin, TN in Williamson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States Taylor Farms announced that it will expand its operations in La Verge, TN creating 150 1/31/2016 Taylor Farms La Vergne Rutherford Expansion 150 jobs and investing $25 million in Rutherford County. Supply Chain Management United States Stevison Ham will expand its Portland, TN facility in Sumner County adding 25 jobs and 2/1/2016 Stevison Ham Portland Sumner Expansion 25 18,162 investing $7 million. Advanced Manufacturing United States

LifeWay Christian Resources aims to move into its new headquarters in the North Gulch in late 2017 or early 2018. At a news conference Thursday, LifeWay said it will buy 2.7 acres within Capitol View, where it will build a 250,000 square foot building not far from its sprawling 15-acre, which it sold in November in a mammoth $125 million sale. LifeWay currently employs about 1,100 people downtown. At its new office, about 800 employees will have dedicated workspaces, while another 300 will either work remotely or from 2/4/2016 LifeWay Christian Resources Nashville Davidson Expansion 250,000 flexible workspaces inside the new office. Corporate Operations United States Servpro Industries will add 2 jobs and invest $300,000 in its White House, TN office in 2/10/2016 Servpro Industries, Inc. White House Robertson Expansion 2 6,200 Robertson County. Corporate Operations United States

TwelveStone Health Partners officials announced today the company will build a new corporate headquarters, expanding its Murfreesboro operations. The headquarters will consolidate the company’s corporate, logistics, billing and service divisions. TwelveStone, formerly Reeves-Sain Family of Medical Services, will invest $14.9 million and create 200 new jobs. TwelveStone will begin construction in mid-March on a new 30,000 square foot corporate headquarters at Heritage Square in Murfreesboro providing the company with a 2/16/2016 TwelveStone Health Partners Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 200 30,000 centralized space for business operations as well as warehouse space. Corporate Operations United States WorkForce Essentials Inc. has paid $3.6 million for an office building in Franklin, where it will relocate its Williamson County location. The new space, located at 118 Seaboard Lane, totals 15,000 square feet, compared to the group’s existing 3,500 square feet of 2/17/2016 WorkForce Essentials Franklin Williamson Expansion 15,000 space on Noah Drive. Corporate Operations United States Bradford Company officials announced the company will invest $5.1 million over the next five years to expand operations at its Gallatin Facility. The reusable packaging 2/18/2016 Bradford Company Gallatin Sumner Expansion 25 manufacturer will create 25 jobs in Sumner County. Advanced Manufacturing United States 2/24/2016 Hot Topic La Vergne Rutherford Expansion 250 200,000 Hot Topic will be doubling the size of their plant in LaVergne. Supply Chain Management United States

Arciplex officials announced the company will invest $500,000 to expand operations at its Nashville facility. The company will create 35 new jobs in Davidson County. Arciplex is an 2/25/2016 Arciplex Nashville Davidson Expansion 35 innovative company that focuses on creativity and ideas of entrepreneurs and inventors. Corporate Operations United States Gap Inc., the San Francisco-based retail giant, is adding more full-time positions to its distribution and logistics center in Gallatin. With 750 full-time employees, Gap (NSYE: GPS) is already the fourth-largest employer in Sumner County, according to our research. The retailer, which operates Old Navy and Banana Republic brand stores alongside its namesake, has a sizable distribution footprint in Gallatin. Three of Gap's warehouses there appear on our list of the region's biggest distribution facilities, combining for nearly 2.2 million square feet. Most recently, the firm invested $35 million to expand operations 2/29/2016 GAP Inc. Gallatin Sumner Expansion 120 1,000,000 in 2013. Supply Chain Management United States Impact Outsourcing Solutions will create 284 jobs and invest more than $1.5 million in Mt 2/29/2016 Impact Outsourcing Solutions Mount Juliet Wilson Recruitment 284 Juliet in Wilson County. Supply Chain Management United States

The Bulleit Group, a Silicon Valley public relations firm, will open up a Nashville office. The firm, which lists clients like Google and LinkedIn on its website, officially opened its Cummins Station office March 1. Kelly Mayes, who's been working remotely for the firm out of Nashville for the past year, will lead the local team, expected to grow from three 3/1/2016 The Bulleit Group Nashville Davidson Recruitment 6 employees now to five or six by year end. Corporate Operations United States Postmates will bring 200 jobs tp the Nashville region. Postmates is an on demand delivery 3/1/2016 Postmates Nashville Davidson Recruitment 200 company with courier services from area restaurants. Corporate Operations United States Daido will expand its Portland, TN facility in Robertson County adding 13 jobs and 3/1/2016 Daido Portland Robertson Expansion 13 2,520 investing $3 million. Advanced Manufacturing Japan Knoxville-based digital marketing firm, Pyxl, has set up a Nashville office and recruited a veteran of several local startups to lead its efforts here. Eight-year-old Pyxl designs websites, web applications and mobile apps and counts TeamHealth, Delta Dental and music festival promoter AC Entertainment among its clients. The firm has been on the Inc. 5000 list for the past three years, during which it has more than tripled in size to about 50 3/16/2016 Pyxl Nashville Davidson Recruitment people. Corporate Operations United States

— c3/consulting (c3) has experienced significant growth over the past five years and today announced an upcoming move to a new location with an expanded business-centric collaboration space. c3 will move from its current location at 2975 Sidco Drive two doors down to a space twice its current size at 2963 Sidco Drive in the fall of 2016. c3/consulting 3/17/2016 C3 Consulting, LLC Nashville Davidson Expansion 100 30,000 will occupy 20,000 sq. ft. and will sublease the remaining 10,000 sq. ft. Corporate Operations United States

MISA Metal Processing, 104 Western Drive in Portland has locations in Louisville, Kentucky - Birmingham, Alabama and recently opened a new plant in Mississippi. They provide steel coils mostly for the automotive industry. MISA Portland purchased the acreage adjoining their Portland campus when the Axiom Building collapsed under ice and snow last winter. They now have access to two rail spurs and have convinced the company to move their corporate headquarters to Portland. There will be additional payroll and new 3/24/2016 MISA Metal Processing Portland Sumner Expansion 9 capital investment more expansion is plans will follow. Advanced Manufacturing United States Stony Creek Colors, Inc. officials announced the company will locate a new facility in Springfield. The indigo plant processing and distribution company will expand to invest $7.2 million over the next five years and create 50 jobs in Robertson County. Stony Creek Colors is an emerging U.S. manufacturer of bio-based dyes for the textile industry and is expanding production of their flagship product, natural indigo for denim and other clothing 3/28/2016 Stony Creek Colors, Inc. Springfield Robertson Recruitment 50 10,000 items. Advanced Manufacturing United States

Steel Technologies LLC officials announced the company will build a new 83,000 square foot facility in Smyrna. Steel Technologies will invest $18 million to build the Smyrna manufacturing facility, the company’s second location in Rutherford County, and create 50 new jobs. Construction will begin mid-summer and is expected to be complete by the end of the first quarter of 2017. The company also has an existing location in 3/30/2016 Steel Technologies LLC Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 50 83,000 Murfreesboro which employs 87 people. Advanced Manufacturing United States 4Patriots LLC will move to the 5,000-square-foot building at 1204 Elmwood Ave. The company paid $2.25 million for the building, having outgrown its 1,000-square-foot home inside the E|Spaces co-working facility on Harding Pike. 4Patriots employs about 25 4/4/2016 4Patriots, LLC Nashville Davidson Expansion 5,000 people locally. Corporate Operations United States Stellar SEO, a premier digital marketing agency, recently announced that the company plans to open a new office in Franklin, TN. Headquartered in Illinois, the agency specializes in search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, and web design and expects to 4/4/2016 Stellar SEO Franklin Williamson Recruitment open the Franklin office’s doors on April 12, 2016. Corporate Operations United States NovaCopy Inc. will be the anchor tenant for the three-story, 30,000-square-foot Sylvan Station mixed-use building planned at 4100 Charlotte Ave. The Nashville-based company will establish a new headquarters in the top two floors totaling 20,000 square feet at the building, which will be developed by a partnership in which NovaCopy CEO Darren Metz is 4/5/2016 NovaCopy Franklin Davidson Expansion 20,000 majority shareholder. Corporate Operations United States

Woodtex — a manufacturer of storage sheds, garages, horse barns and cabins — has moved its corporate operations from Himrod, New York, to Brentwood. The company, which has operations in four different states, effectively made the move to Brentwood in March and plans to employ 13 people. Nearly two years ago, Woodtex opened a 4/11/2016 Woodtex Brentwood Williamson Recruitment 13 manufacturing facility in Mt. Juliet, alongside a sales center. Corporate Operations United States Hankook Tire will establish a new US headquarters in Nashville, creating 200 jobs and 4/13/2016 Hankook Tire USA Nashville Davidson Expansion 200 60,000 investing $5 million. Corporate Operations South Korea Willis Johnson, the founder and chairman of Copart Inc., unveiled a new technology company - Takl. The new venture is on the verge of launching a mobile platform that makes it easy to connect providers and users on-demand for household chores and tasks. Takl plans to hire 30-40 employees to ramp up operations in middle-Tennessee before 4/14/2016 Takl Franklin Williamson Recruitment 40 expanding outside the region. Corporate Operations United States Cloplay will expand at their two Davidson County facilities creating 41 new jobs and 4/14/2016 Clopay Nashville Davidson Expansion 41 10,000 investing $56 million. Advanced Manufacturing United States

Frost-Arnett, a health care industry accounts receivable management company, will relocate its headquarters from downtown, more than doubling its space in preparation to add more than 60 employees. It will soon move to a 22,000-square-foot space in a building located in the Airport-Briley Parkway corridor. Frost-Arnett currently employs 122 4/19/2016 Frost-Arnett Nashville Davidson Expansion 63 44,000 people in Nashville and aims to have around 185 employees by this August. Corporate Operations United States

Harry’s Fresh Foods officials announced the company will locate a new production facility in Nashville. The premium refrigerated and frozen 4/20/2016 Harry's Fresh Foods Nashville Davidson Recruitment 303 200,000 foods manufacturer will invest $34.3 million and create 302 jobs in Davidson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States Energy-drink maker Red Bull has leased roughly 2,300 square feet of space at an adaptive 4/22/2016 Red Bull Nashville Davidson Recruitment 5 2,300 reuse building in Nashville's Gulch for its regional headquarters. Corporate Operations Austria Nissan North America Inc. is adding nearly 200 jobs in Mt. Juliet. The $57 million investment will more than double Nissan's existing footprint about 30 miles east of Nashville, pushing its real estate there to 1.5 million square feet. Nissan has signed a lease for a forthcoming distribution facility of about 786,000 square feet, which will be 4/26/2016 Nissan North America Mount Juliet Wilson Expansion 200 786,000 developed on 60 acres owned by Atlanta-based IDI Gazeley. Supply Chain Management Japan

Washington D.C. based Optoro announced they will bring 300 jobs to Wilson County this year as part of a new warehouse and operations hub. The company is leasing slightly 4/26/2016 Optoro Mount Juliet Wilson Recruitment 300 300,000 more than 300,000 square-feet of industrial space at 8051 Eastgate Blvd. in Mt. Juliet. Supply Chain Management United States

General Motors officials announced the company will invest $788.7 million and create 781 new jobs for a new high-efficiency engine program and to modernize the vehicle programs 4/27/2016 General Motors Spring Hill Maury Expansion 781 at the company’s Spring Hill manufacturing plant. Advanced Manufacturing United States

CKE Restaurants officials announced that it will move its corporate Headquarters to Williamson County. The company will lease nearly 50,000 square feet in the forthcoming 4/27/2016 CKE Restaurants, Inc. Franklin Williamson Recruitment 126 50,000 Two Franklin Park. The company plans to create 126 jobs and invest $5 Million. Corporate Operations United States Mobile, Alabama-based engineering services company Volkert Inc. announced the Nashville-area operations of its newly created Volkert Global. The Volkert Global office 4/27/2016 Volkert Global Franklin Williamson Expansion will be located in Franklin, at 330 Mallory Station Road. Corporate Operations United States

Construction has begun on plans to renovate the 14,000 SF building located at 205 Reidhurst in Nashville’s West End for the new world headquarters for Addiction Campuses, leader in alcohol and substance abuse treatment. Addiction Campuses' offices 4/27/2016 Addiction Campuses Nashville Davidson Expansion 14,000 are currently located in Maryland Farms in Brentwood. Health Care United States Monypeny & Associates P.C., which specializes in tax law and litigation, has opened a Music City office, the Memphis-based firm announced in a news release. Housed in the Fifth Third Building, Monypeny is starting off in Nashville with two attorneys and two 5/2/2016 Monypeny & Assicuates P.C. Nashville Davidson Recruitment 4 paralegals. Corporate Operations United States Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc. officials announced the company will locate a new customer service center in La Vergne. Empyrean will invest $2.9 million in the new 5/3/2016 Empyrean Benefit Solutions La Vergne Rutherford Recruitment 120 operation, creating 120 jobs in Rutherford County. Corporate Operations United States

Bath Fitter Manufacturing, Inc. officials announced the company will expand in 5/17/2016 Bath Fitter Manufacturing, Inc. Springfield Robertson Expansion 51 100,000 Springfield. Bath Fitter will invest $5.1 million and create 51 jobs in Robertson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States Lipscomb University officials have announced plans to open a new downtown facility. Lipscomb will occupy 20,100 square feet of office space located on the ground floor of the Fourth and Commerce garage, 147 Fourth Ave. N. Lipscomb will invest more than $3 million in capital improvements to transform a ground-level space that has sat empty for 5/17/2016 Lipscomb University Nashville Davidson Expansion 20,100 more than a decade. Corporate Operations United States Digital Reasoning officials announced the company will expand its current headquarters facility in Franklin. As part of its continued expansion, the cognitive computing company will invest approximately $861,500 and create 189 jobs in 5/18/2016 Digital Reasoning Franklin Williamson Expansion 189 50,000 Williamson County. Corporate Operations United States Interscope Records, a division of Universal Music Group, has set up shop in Nashville, and unveiled its local roster with a showcase at the Basement on Monday. The arrival of Interscope, which has been establishing its artist development presence in Nashville for about a year, is another notch in the belt for the city's broadening music scene outside of 5/18/2016 Interscope Records Nashville Davidson Recruitment country music. Music and Entertainment United States

Longstanding East Nashville-based construction management company Hardaway Construction will move in September from Main Street to Gallatin Avenue. Hardaway 5/23/2016 Hardaway Construction Nashville Davidson Expansion 13,500 Construction will occupy about 13,500 square feet at 1001 Gallatin Ave. Corporate Operations United States SnapShot Interactive is a full service digital marketing and production company growing in 5/24/2016 SnapShot Interactive Nashville Davidson Expansion 30 7,000 Davidson County. They will add 30 jobs and invest $7.5 million. Music and Entertainment United States Strategic Health Solutions will open a new office in Franklin, creating 40 jobs an investing 5/25/2016 Strategic Health Solutions Franklin Williamson Recruitment 40 15,000 $1 million in Williamson County. Corporate Operations United States Nam Yang USA held a ribbon cutting in May for their new $3 million, 16,000 square-foot facility in Clarksville. The South Korean company will employ 10 people at the location which will supply ductwork and metal fabricating to Hankook Tire at its Montgomery 5/31/2016 Nam Yang USA Clarksville Montgomery Recruitment 10 16,000 County location. Advanced Manufacturing South Korea Management consulting services giant Accenture has opened its Nashville facility with 25 6/6/2016 Accenture Nashville Davidson Recruitment 250 employees and plans to employ at least 250. Corporate Operations United States Hunter Industrial, a division of the Hunter Fan Company, will locate its business headquarters and production center to a 30,000 square foot facility located at 2434 Atrium Way in Nashville. The company will invest $1.4 million on the new operations and 6/13/2016 Hunter Industrial Nashville Davidson Recruitment 46 30,000 create 41 new jobs in Davidson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States

North Nashville pie bakery Sweet Creations will expand its operations and relocate to a 1,130-square-foot facility on Jefferson Street, according to a news release. Sweet Creations will expand its existing operations with a new facility and commercial kitchen that will double the bakery's capacity. The expansion will create at least 42 permanent full-time jobs. The bakery is committed to hiring workers who have criminal 6/14/2016 Sweet Creations Nashville Davidson Expansion 42 1,130 histories and who have difficulty finding stable employment. Advanced Manufacturing United States A Montgomery, Alabama-based insurer will open a regional office in Boyle Investment Co.'s Berry Farms. The Tennessean reports that Alfa Insurance will take 65,000 square feet in the development's latest office building, which will include 105,000 square feet spread 6/16/2016 Alfa Insurance Franklin Williamson Expansion 65,000 across four stories. Corporate Operations United States Nashville-based Change Healthcare is merging with the health care IT division of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK). The merger is set for completion in the first half of 2017. According to Reuters, this deal creates one of the biggest players in the burgeoning health 6/28/2016 Change Healthcare Nashville Davidson Expansion care IT sector. Health Care United States Nashville Wire Products Co will invest $4,000,000 in its existing facility in Springfield, TN in 6/30/2016 Nashville Wire Products Co Springfield Robertson Expansion Robertson County. Advanced Manufacturing United States NA Confidential Projects Expansion 540 Confidential projects per Rutherford County Chamber. United States

NA Confidential Projects Recruitment 50 Confidential recruitment project numbers per Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. United States 137 12,137 8,003,082