2012-2013 Relocations and Expansions
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A B C D E F G H I J K 1 FOR DISTRIBUTION 2 Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership 2020 3 Business Activity 4 July 2012 - June 2013 Announcement Expansion or New Square Country 5 Date Company Name City of Location County of Location Relocation Number of New Jobs Footage Description of Operation P2020 Target Sector Origin Lillenas Publishing one of the largest church music publishers in the world, owning more than 20,000 song copyrights. The company produces 15 or more new musicals and choral collections, over 40 anthems, and numerous collections for drama, keyboard, and instrumental solos and ensembles each year. They are moving its headquarters from Kansas City to the Trevecca Nazarene 6 7/3/2012 Lillenas Publishing Nashville Davidson Relocation 8 3,000 University campus. Corporate Operations USA M*Modal is a leading provider of clinical transcription services, clinical documentation workflow solutions, advanced cloud-based Speech Understanding™ technology and advanced 7 7/3/2012 M*Modal Franklin Williamson Expansion 20 19,488 unstructured data analytics. Corporate Operations USA Skanska, a world leading project development and construction group, moved from Burton Hills in Davidson County to the Meridian in Williamson 8 7/3/2012 Skanska Franklin Williamson Expansion 10 11,788 County. Corporate Operations Sweden Brentwood Capital Advisors is a small group of passionate professionals who are capitalizing on the need for a privately owned investment bank in the Southeast that insists upon committing senior-level 9 7/3/2012 Brentwood Capital Advisors Franklin Williamson Expansion 3 7,685 attention to every transaction. Corporate Operations USA A B C D E F G H I J K Convergys Corporation a global leader in customer management, is hiring for 190 on- site positions for its contact center in 10 7/5/2012 Convergys Clarksville Montgomery Expansion 190 0 Clarksville, Tennessee. Corporate Operations USA Magna Seating, which produces seats for the Chevrolet Equinox at its primary assembly plant in Ontario, moved to Columbia to support production of the Advanced 11 7/10/2012 Magna Seating Columbia Maury Relocation 250 77,500 vehicle. Manufacturing Canada SRS Acquisition Corporation is a wholesale roofing products distributor, with coast to coast operations in the United States. SRS is a portfolio company of AEA Investors LP and was initially formed to acquire the assets of Suncoast Roofers out of bankruptcy on February 29, 2008. Suncoast Roofers Supply consists of 8 branches located in Auburndale, Clearwater, Deerfield Beach, Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando, 12 7/11/2012 SRS Acquisitions Nashville Davidson Relocation N/A 6,700 Sarasota and Tampa, Florida. Corporate Operations USA Bridgestone Corporation is the world's largest tire and rubber company added additional tire warehouse space in Wilson Advanced 13 7/11/2012 Bridgestone Corporation Lebanon Wilson Expansion 0 71,250 County. Manufacturing Japan Ryder has evolved into one of the world’s most recognized providers of leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain Supply Chain 14 7/24/2012 Ryder Logistics Spring Hill Maury Expansion 140 0 management solutions. Management USA PromiseCare Pharmacy is a mail-order pharmaceutical and medical supplies company, is opening a facility in MetroCenter. The company will initially occupy 8,800 square feet of space. The new facility will open in September. The company's Antioch location will remain open. Metro Nashville has issued a rehab permit for the MetroCenter space. Morrison Bonham & Associates LLC is leading the work, valued at $113,000, according to the 15 7/25/2012 PromiseCare Pharmacy Nashville Davidson Expansion 125 8,800 permit. Health Care USA LMG is opening a 60,000 sqft facility in Nashville and is starting to post job listings 16 7/26/2012 LMG Nashville Davidson Relocation N/A 60,000 for Nashville. Corporate Operations USA A B C D E F G H I J K Canadian disaster restoration company FirstOnSite Restoration is expanding to the United States and has set up its U.S. headquarters in Hendersonville. FirstOnSite already works with U.S. clients who have property in Canada. The company’s Nashville office is located at 185 17 7/26/2012 FirstOnSite Restoration Hendersonville Sumner Relocation N/A N/A Molly Walton Drive in Hendersonville. Corporate Operations Canada Genesee A&B representatives announced plans to expand its Wilson County facility, located at 8111 Eastgate Boulevard. The expansion represents an investment of $2.1 million and the creation of 34 manufacturing jobs. Genesee A&B is a custom metal parts manufacturer with locations in Mount Juliet, Advanced 18 8/1/2012 Genesee A&B, Inc Mt. Juliet Wilson Expansion 34 0 TN and Grand Prairie, TX. Manufacturing USA Simpkins Energy developed the first all American made CNG compressor focused towards the medium size fleets. The company manufactures the SE 200 Advanced 19 8/2/2012 Simpkins Energy Nashville Davidson Relocation 40 0 compressor system. Manufacturing USA Tractor Supply Company, the largest retail farm and ranch supply store chain in the United States, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an undeveloped parcel of land in the Maryland Farms area of Brentwood, Tenn. The Company will build a new corporate headquarters, referred to as its Store Support Center, and expects to move to the 20 8/6/2012 Tractor Supply Company Brentwood Williamson Expansion 182 260,000 new location in mid-2014. Corporate Operations USA Southeast Emulsions is a vertically integrated Pavement Preservation solution provider supplying Pavement Preservation Advanced 21 8/12/2012 Southeast Emulsions Mount Pleasant Maury Relocation 20 6,500 products and the services to apply them. Manufacturing USA Voith Industrial Services offers a broad spectrum of technical services and are one of the internationally leading industrial specialists for manufacturers and suppliers Advanced 22 8/13/2012 Voith Industrial Services Spring Hill Maury Expansion 60 0 all over the world. Manufacturing Germany A B C D E F G H I J K A Michigan-based placement and recruiting firm with offices in nine other states has set up shop in Maryland Farms with plans to service employers in the automotive, manufacturing, engineering and logistics 23 8/16/2012 Spectrum Brentwood Williamson Relocation N/A N/A sectors. Corporate Operations USA Six-month-old Dallas-based data-center developer Compass will build one of its first campuses in Franklin. The company has acquired 14.6 acres on Eddy Lane near downtown Franklin — formerly the site of LDM's plastics manufacturing facility — for a campus of its modular data center facilities. The company plans five 21,000-square-foot buildings — the initial phase will be out of the ground in the first quarter of 2013 — on the site. CEO Chris Curtis said the company 24 9/12/2012 Compass Franklin Williamson Relocation 35 105,000 is seeking tenants for the buildings. Corporate Operations USA Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, which recently expanded its Nashville law office to more than 40 attorneys, has entered into a long-term lease at The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, bringing that high-rise office building to 80-percent leased. The firm will occupy the 15th and 16th floors of the high-rise building, taking Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens up more than 46,000 square feet in the 29- 25 9/18/2012 & Cannada, PLLC Nashville Davidson Expansion 43 46,000 story skyscraper. Corporate Operations USA Parallon Business Solutions and Sarah Cannon Research Institute will occupy two towers on Alex Palmer's property at the Sarah Cannon Research West End/Broadway split bringing with them Institute/Parallon Business an initial 1,000 jobs with another 1,000 Corporate 26 9/27/2012 Solutions Nashville Davidson Expansion 2,000 500,000 expected to be added by 2017. Operations/Health Care USA OHL is one of the largest 3PL companies in the world, providing integrated global supply chain management solutions including transportation, warehousing, customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and import Supply Chain 27 9/28/2012 OHL LaVergne Rutherford Expansion 150 0 and export consulting services. Management USA Dollar General is expanding its Goodlettsville headquarters after signing a 33,000-square-foot lease at 112 Long 28 10/1/2012 Dollar General Goodlettsville Davidson Expansion 175 33,000 Hollow Pike. Corporate Operations USA Florim USA is one of the largest and most technologically advanced porcelain facilities in North America. The Company is owned by the Florim Group, located in the heart of Advanced 29 10/1/2012 Florim USA Clarksville Montgomery Expansion 27 0 the Sassuolo industrial district, in Italy. Manufacturing Italy A B C D E F G H I J K NDC represents over 300 distributors, the largest organization of independent healthcare distributors in the United States. NDC provides a unique collection of business services including master distribution and logistics on behalf of distributors and manufacturers serving healthcare providers throughout the United National Distribution & States, Canada, Caribbean and Central Supply Chain 30 10/1/2012 Contracting (NDC) La Vergne Rutherford Expansion 61 0 America. Management USA American Blue Ribbon Holdings announced it has relocated its headquarters to Nashville. The announcement comes on the heels of its acquisition of O'Charley's, Inc. earlier this year and its pending acquisition of J. Alexander's. American Blue Ribbon Holdings is in the process of adding 40 new positions at its Nashville headquarters at 3038 Sidco Drive. It currently has 151 employees at the location with room on site American Blue Ribbon for further employee expansion as the 31 10/11/2012 Holdings Nashville Davidson Relocation 40 0 company continues to grow. Corporate Operations USA Phase 1: adding 810 jobs for 3rd shift. Phase 2: adding 150 new jobs for an after- market automotive parts distribution/warehousing facility combined with back office operations in Murfreesboro.