Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership 2020 Business Activity July 2016
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Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership 2020 Business Activity July 2016 - June 2017 Announcement County of Expansion or Number of Square Country of Date Company Name City of Location Location Relocation New Jobs Footage Description of Operation P2020 Target Sector Origin 7/1/2016 Delek US Holdings, Inc. Nashville Davidson Expansion 180 Delek US holdings will expand in Davidson county, adding 180 jobs and investing $6.25 million. Corporate Operations Israel 7/1/2016 Novo Healthcare Services Madison Davidson Recruitment 143 100,000 Novo Healthcare Services will hire 143 employees at a new facility in Madison. Advanced Manufacturing United States Bridgestone Americas is adding 450 jobs in Antioch. The company has signed a decade-long lease for almost 7/7/2016 Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Antioch Davidson Expansion 450 80,000 80,000 square feet of office space in Antioch at the former Macy's at Hickory Hollow Mall. Corporate Operations Japan Schneider Electric USA, Inc. officials announced today the company will locate a major Southeast regional office to Franklin where it will serve its national customers. Schneider Electric will consolidate its existing Middle Tennessee operations in Davidson and Rutherford counties to Williamson County. The consolidation will relocate approximately 900 current employees 7/13/2016 Schneider Electric Franklin Williamson Expansion 250 150,000 and create 250 new jobs. Corporate Operations France Gap Inc. officials announced today the global retailer will create more than 100 new jobs at the company's Sumner County distribution center. Gap Inc. is investing $3.1 million in its Gallatin campus during the next five years. Most of the new capital will go into technology upgrades as the company expands online fulfillment capabilities in 7/14/2016 GAP Inc. Gallatin Sumner Expansion 114 Middle Tennessee. Supply Chain Management United States Lowe's announced in July that it has chosen Robertson County as the site of its first direct-to-consumer fulfillment center, a 1 million-square-foot, “state-of-the-art” facility that will bring 600 new jobs and a $100 million capital 7/28/2016 Lowe's Coopertown Robertson Recruitment 600 1,000,000 investment to Coopertown. Supply Chain Management United States Law firm Burr & Forman has officially leased 26,450 square feet of space at the 222 mixed-use building that's rising in the area south of Broadway. The law firm currently occupies 19,353 square feet at the Nashville City Center but 8/1/2016 Burr & Forman LLP Nashville Davidson Expansion 13 26,450 plans to relocate as it has doubled its local attorney headcount to 27 over the past 18 months. Corporate Operations United States M Street restaurant group has won approval for for a three-story office addition to a project planned for a parking lot at 11th Avenue South and McGavock Street. The $2 million, at least 8,000-square-foot addition planned for the south end of a previously approved new restaurant building will house support center headquarters of his M Street 8/2/2016 M Street Nashville Davidson Expansion 8,000 Entertainment Group. Corporate Operations United States The Chazen Companies announced that it has opened an office at 3200 West End Avenue in Nashville. The Poughkeepsie, New York-based engineering company says it plans to hire up to 15 people at the Nashville office 8/2/2016 The Chazen Companies Nashville Davidson Recruitment 15 over the next 3 years. Corporate Operations United States Tenneco officials announced the global manufacturer will open a new facility in Spring Hill and create up to 200 new jobs during the next three years. Tenneco’s new Clean Air manufacturing plant will support programs for General Motors. The 117,000-square foot facility, located near GM’s Spring Hill assembly 8/11/2016 Tenneco Spring Hill Maury Expansion 200 117,000 plant, is scheduled to begin production in late 2016. Advanced Manufacturing United States Manier & Herod has signed a lease for 115,397 square feet of space inside the new 1201 Demonbreun office tower. Manier & Herod, currently located in One Nashville Place, has 28 attorneys and 53 total employees. The law 8/11/2016 Manier & Herod Nashville Davidson Expansion 15,397 firm plans to move into its new offices in early 2017. Corporate Operations United States Gunmaker Vantage LLC is investing $5 million into a Nashville-based manufacturing plant, bringing with it 100 jobs over the next 5 years, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced Thursday. The startup is moving into a 22,000-square-foot facility on Murfreesboro Road this autumn where workers will 8/12/2016 Vantage LLC Nashville Davidson Recruitment 100 22,000 begin assembling a new type of shotgun Advanced Manufacturing United States A subsidiary of tiremaker Bridgestone Americas has leased a 41,250-square-foot building at the AmeriPlex at Elm Hill office/warehouse complex in Nashville. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC uses the building at 1514 8/16/2016 Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Nashville Davidson Expansion 41,250 Elm Hill Pike as a tire wholesale warehouse. Supply Chain Management Japan 8/16/2016 Kermans Flooring Nashville Davidson Expansion 25,500 Indianapolis-based Kermans Flooring leased a 25,500-square-foot building at 1514 Elm Hill Pike. Advanced Manufacturing United States The Spiggle Law Firm announced that it has opened an office in Nashville as it seeks to expand its coverage area into the Southeast. The Arlington, Virginia-based employment law firm focuses on pregnancy and family care discrimination in the workplace. Located downtown in the UBS Tower, the Nashville office is the firm's first outside 8/17/2016 Spiggle Law Firm Nashville Davidson Recruitment of the D.C. region. Corporate Operations United States Southeast Psych, one of the nation’s largest and most innovative psychology practices, has arrived in the Nashville area. The company, based in Charlotte, NC, provides individual, group, and family therapy, as well as assessment for all ages. Founded in 2001, Southeast Psych has steadily grown with two large offices in Charlotte, a New 8/24/2016 Southeast Psych Brentwood Williamson Recruitment 6 4,800 Zealand office, and this new location in Brentwood, directly across from Brentwood Academy. Health Care United States Smith Seckman Reid Inc. has signed a long-term headquarters deal and plans to add 40 jobs in the 100 Oaks Area of Davidson County. Smith Seckman Reid is investing about $5 million to renovate and redesign its 59,000-square- 8/29/2016 Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. Nashville Davidson Expansion 40 foot office, allowing room to add 40 more jobs there — about a 20 percent boost to its current headcount. Corporate Operations United States FedEx will invest $189,500,000 to establish a new 1 million square foot distribution facility adding 41 new full time 8/31/2016 Federal Express Murfreesboro Rutherford Recruitment 41 1,000,000 and 191 new part time jobs in Murfreesboro. Supply Chain Management United States Canada-based Samuel, Son and Company will expand its existing facilities in Maury County, adding 55 new jobs and investing more than $32 million in Columbia. 8/31/2016 Samuel Son and Company Columbia Maury Expansion 55 100,000 Advanced Manufacturing Canada TrustPoint Hospital will add 399 new jobs paying an average of $67,800 when it expands its existing facility in Murfreesboro. The psychiatric hospital in the Gateway received approval for a graduated five-year tax abatement to build a medical office building and new hospital building — 119,500 square feet in two two-story buildings — 8/31/2016 TrustPoint Hospital Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 399 121,800 and adding more than 3,300 square feet to the existing facility for a cost of more than $57 million. Health Care United States AeroWall Dynamics officials announced today the company is investing $508,000 and creating 36 new jobs in 9/12/2016 AeroWall Dynamics Franklin Williamson Expansion 36 15,000 Williamson County. AeroWall Dynamics is renovating a 15,000-square-foot office and lab space in Cool Springs. Advanced Manufacturing United States Healthcare Management Partners, an advisory firm, relocated its headquarters to Nashville from Philadelphia as it prepares for a wave of expansion. The company works with distressed hospitals, home care and senior living facilities to determine how the business can turn around. In the next year Healthcare Management Partners plans to double in size — it currently has a dozen employees, with five in Nashville. New employees will be located in 9/13/2016 Healthcare Management Partners Nashville Davidson Recruitment 17 Nashville. Health Care United States Qualifacts Systems, the fast-growing, Nashville-based tech company, has signed a lease for two floors in a downtown high-rise. The company has signed a lease for approximately 25,000 square feet inside the UBS Tower. The company is expected to move in next year. Qualifacts is pursuing the expansion as it aims to hire as many as 9/19/2016 Qualifacts Nashville Davidson Expansion 50 25,000 50 employees by the end of this year, pushing headcount near 200 employees. Corporate Operations United States Ebuys, Inc. officials today announced the company will open a new distribution facility in La Vergne. The global online shoe retailer will create approximately 160 new jobs as part of the expansion. Ebuys currently employs around 180 employees at its existing distribution facility in Antioch. Driven by the need to expand Ebuys’ online fulfillment capabilities, the new 600,000-square-foot facility will be operational in February 2017. The project brings a local estimated capital 9/28/2016 Ebuys, Inc La Vergne Rutherford Expansion 163 600,000 investment of $38 million to Rutherford County, including the building, land and personal property. Supply Chain Management United States TailGate Beer owner Wesley Keegan is doubling down on his investment in Nashville with plans for a 10,000- 9/30/2016 TailGate Beer Nashville Davidson Expansion 10,000 square-foot expansion that will bring all beer production to the Charlotte Pike facility in Davidson County.