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<blockquote data-quote="pretzel_man" data-source="post: 687558" data-attributes="member: 927"><p>Here is the story as I recall... I had a lot of friends in Corporate at the time, and I was on special assignment working for Corporate.</p><p> </p><p>We were a smaller company. I think $20B. I think Oz said we needed go grow to $40B. (he was right on that one). He said that in order to do that, we needed a bigger corporate staff, and therefore a larger corporate office. He also said that the corporate office needed to look like the office of a world class company.</p><p> </p><p>So, the board of directors went out in a stealth mode (seperate planes at different times) to find a new location for the corporate office. I don't know if Greenwhich was a choice for the resons you mention. I think they looked at Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Dallas. There may be others including Greenwhich and NJ but I don't know.</p><p> </p><p>They picked Atlanta. They said it reminded them of Ct. It was cheap housing. Hartsfield Airport had great connections. Other big corporations were also moving there.</p><p> </p><p>In hindsight, was it a great move? I don't know. All of a sudden, lots of people who didn't want to be in Corporate (because of Greenwhich) now wanted to move to Atlanta. Atlanta boomed and now they have lots of traffic and housing is more expensive. </p><p> </p><p>The decision is made and the corporate office is beautiful. Atlanta is now home.</p><p> </p><p>P-Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretzel_man, post: 687558, member: 927"] Here is the story as I recall... I had a lot of friends in Corporate at the time, and I was on special assignment working for Corporate. We were a smaller company. I think $20B. I think Oz said we needed go grow to $40B. (he was right on that one). He said that in order to do that, we needed a bigger corporate staff, and therefore a larger corporate office. He also said that the corporate office needed to look like the office of a world class company. So, the board of directors went out in a stealth mode (seperate planes at different times) to find a new location for the corporate office. I don't know if Greenwhich was a choice for the resons you mention. I think they looked at Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Dallas. There may be others including Greenwhich and NJ but I don't know. They picked Atlanta. They said it reminded them of Ct. It was cheap housing. Hartsfield Airport had great connections. Other big corporations were also moving there. In hindsight, was it a great move? I don't know. All of a sudden, lots of people who didn't want to be in Corporate (because of Greenwhich) now wanted to move to Atlanta. Atlanta boomed and now they have lots of traffic and housing is more expensive. The decision is made and the corporate office is beautiful. Atlanta is now home. P-Man [/QUOTE]
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