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FOR DISTRIBUTION Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership 2020 Business Activity July 2014 - June 2015 Announcement Date Company Name City of Location County of Location Expansion or Relocation Number of New Jobs Square Footage Description of Operation P2020 Target Sector Country Origin 2014 Propper International Dickson Dickson Relocation 60 N/A Relocation of warehouse/distribution facility from Waverly, TN to available building in Dickson, TN. Hope to announce new jobs from offshore site in the near future Supply Chain Management USA 2014 Bridgestone APM Dickson Dickson Expansion 80 72,000 Automotive Foam Related Advanced Manufacturing Japan 2014 Tennsco Dickson Dickson Expansion 15 34,000 Expansion of manufacturing facility/warehouse Advanced Manufacturing USA 2014 Shiloh Dickson Dickson Expansion 70 Metal Stamping for Automotive Industry Advanced Manufacturing USA 2014 Truform Dickson Dickson Expansion 32 Metal Stamping and Assembly for Automotive and Appliance Advanced Manufacturing USA 7/20/2014 Surecan, Inc. Lebanon Wilson Expansion 120 90,000 Surecan, a plastic gas can manufacturer, leased a facility in Lebanon in 2014 and will begin production and distribution to market in the upcoming year. Advanced Manufacturing USA 7/1/2014 PFG Customized Distribution Lebanon Wilson Expansion 0 20,000 PFG Customized Distribution, one of four operating segments within the holding company Performance Food Group, is expanding its Support Services Administration building in Lebanon, TN. The mirror addition to the current building will double its size from 20,000 to 40,000 SF, allowing all 130 office associates to be back under one roof again, including the corporate logistics department. Supply Chain Management USA 7/10/2014 DAIDO Portland Robertson Expansion 40 34,000 DAIDO announced the introduction of a manufacturing process new to this campus. Advanced Manufacturing USA 7/10/2014 Madison Mill, Inc. Ashland City Cheatham Relocation 150 240,000 Madison Mill, Inc., a manufacturer of wood products, has purchased the building in the Cheatham County Industrial Park vacated by Triton Boats in 2011. The company plans to relocate its entire operations into the facility and employ at least 125 in Ashland City by the end of 2015 with plans for up to 150 by the end of 2016. Advanced Manufac USA 7/17/2014 Verizon Wireless Franklin Williamson Expansion 300 N/A New York-based Verizon will hire for positions at its call centers and at various retail outlets throughout the Midstate. This is the second hiring surge for Verizon in Middle Tennessee in recent years. In 2011, the company added 300 to its Franklin call center. Corporate Operations USA 7/18/2014 Cigna-HealthSpring Nashville Davidson Expansion 0 50,000 The health insurer Cigna-HealthSpring is preparing to bolster its presence in MetroCenter. The company will sign a lease for about 50,000 additional square feet in an existing MetroCenter building. Health Care USA 7/18/2014 Schrader Electronics Springfield Robertson Expansion 50 NA Schrader has expanded its Springfield, Tenn., facility with a new $15 million capacity investment. Both milestones are symbolic of Schrader’s continued leadership in technology, rapid industry growth and ongoing commitment to its employees in Springfield, TN. Advanced Manufacturing USA

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FOR DISTRIBUTION

Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership 2020

Business Activity

July 2014 - June 2015Announcement

Date Company Name

City of

Location

County of

Location

Expansion or

Relocation

Number of New

Jobs

Square

Footage Description of Operation

P2020 Target

Sector

Country

Origin

2014 Propper International Dickson Dickson Relocation 60 N/A

Relocation of warehouse/distribution facility from

Waverly, TN to available building in Dickson, TN.

Hope to announce new jobs from offshore site in the

near futureSupply Chain

Management USA

2014 Bridgestone APM Dickson Dickson Expansion 80 72,000 Automotive Foam Related

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

2014 Tennsco Dickson Dickson Expansion 15 34,000 Expansion of manufacturing facility/warehouse

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

2014 Shiloh Dickson Dickson Expansion 70 Metal Stamping for Automotive Industry

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

2014 Truform Dickson Dickson Expansion 32

Metal Stamping and Assembly for Automotive and

Appliance

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

7/20/2014 Surecan, Inc. Lebanon Wilson Expansion 120 90,000

Surecan, a plastic gas can manufacturer, leased a

facility in Lebanon in 2014 and will begin production

and distribution to market in the upcoming year.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

7/1/2014

PFG Customized

Distribution Lebanon Wilson Expansion 0 20,000

PFG Customized Distribution, one of four operating

segments within the holding company Performance

Food Group, is expanding its Support Services

Administration building in Lebanon, TN. The mirror

addition to the current building will double its size

from 20,000 to 40,000 SF, allowing all 130 office

associates to be back under one roof again,

including the corporate logistics department.Supply Chain

Management USA

7/10/2014 DAIDO Portland Robertson Expansion 40 34,000

DAIDO announced the introduction of a

manufacturing process new to this campus.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

7/10/2014 Madison Mill, Inc. Ashland City Cheatham Relocation 150 240,000

Madison Mill, Inc., a manufacturer of wood products, has

purchased the building in the Cheatham County

Industrial Park vacated by Triton Boats in 2011. The

company plans to relocate its entire operations into the

facility and employ at least 125 in Ashland City by the end

of 2015 with plans for up to 150 by the end of 2016. Advanced ManufacturingUSA

7/17/2014 Verizon Wireless Franklin Williamson Expansion 300 N/A

New York-based Verizon will hire for positions at its

call centers and at various retail outlets throughout

the Midstate. This is the second hiring surge for

Verizon in Middle Tennessee in recent years. In

2011, the company added 300 to its Franklin call

center.Corporate

Operations USA

7/18/2014 Cigna-HealthSpring Nashville Davidson Expansion 0 50,000

The health insurer Cigna-HealthSpring is preparing

to bolster its presence in MetroCenter. The company

will sign a lease for about 50,000 additional square

feet in an existing MetroCenter building. Health Care USA

7/18/2014 Schrader Electronics Springfield Robertson Expansion 50 NA

Schrader has expanded its Springfield, Tenn.,

facility with a new $15 million capacity investment.

Both milestones are symbolic of Schrader’s

continued leadership in technology, rapid industry

growth and ongoing commitment to its employees in

Springfield, TN.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

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7/19/2014 Acadia Healthcare Franklin Williamson Expansion 0 54,000

Acadia Healthcare will be the first tenant at Emery's

Franklin Park. Headquartered in Franklin, Acadia will

occupy the top two floors of the 10-story building,

taking 54,000 square feet. This is double the size of

Acadia's current headquarters. Health Care USA

7/22/2014 Amazon Nashville Davidson Expansion 100 214,000

Amazon.com is bringing a new sorting center, its

first in Tennessee, to Nashville. The facility is

expected to create 100 jobs. The center will operate

out of a 214,000-square-foot warehouse Amazon

has leased near Nashville International Airport.

Renovations and upgrades at the former Ceva

Logistics facility total $3.25 million.

Supply Chain

Management USA

7/29/2014 Shiloh Industries Clarksville Montgomery Relocation 150 75,000

Shiloh Industries is dedicated to delivering

lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions to

automotive, commercial vehicle and other industrial

markets.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

7/31/2014 ComputeCycles Franklin Williamson Relocation 20

ComputeCycles which focuses on mobile

technology and the Internet of things. Three team

members will move to Nashville, with two others

working remotely and a group of about seven

contractors located throughout the country. The firm

is looking to take on junior developers who can be

paired with the existing experienced team. Within 12

to 18 months, the company hopes to be 15 to 20

employees strong in the Nashville area

Corporate

Operations USA

8/1/2014 Sekisui Plastics Mt. Pleasant Maury Expansion 32 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

8/4/2014 ServiceSource Nashville Davidson Expansion 100

ServiceSource, the global leader in recurring

revenue management, annouced plans to expand

its Nashville sales center and will create 100 full-time

permanent jobs to support its rapidly growing

customer base. With now over 800 local employees,

ServiceSource is the third largest technology-based

employer in the greater Nashville area.

Corporate

Operations USA

8/7/2014

Internal Revenue

Service Franklin Williamson Expansion 100

The Internal Revenue Service is looking to fill 100

jobs at its call center in Cool Springs. These are full-

time seasonal jobs, which usually offer four to six

months of work per year, but may be extended.

Corporate

Operations USA

8/12/2014 Mizzouri Franklin Williamson Relocation 6

Mizzouri, a global market research firm formed at

the beginning of 2014, has selected Franklin for its

headquarters, according to a news release. The firm

will operate a six-person team from Espaces co-

working locations in both cool springs and Belle

Meade. Its global network includes roughly 150

senior consultants and technologists.

Corporate

Operations USA

8/14/2014

Relevant

Communications Nashville Davidson Relocation N/A N/A

Relevant Communications, a public relations firm

specializing in entertainment and fine art clients

based in Boca Raton, Fla., is opening a Nashville

office in September.

Music &

Entertainment USA

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8/15/2014 RocketFuel Nashville Davidson Relocation 10 N/A

RocketFuel is essentially a full-service marketing

agency with a specialty in digital work, especially

Web design, SEO and a variety of other Web-

related tools. The expansion to Nashville is part of

an overall long-term strategy to grow the company,

now 20 employees strong, to a workforce of around

100.

Corporate

Operations USA

8/20/2014 Rural Media Group Nashville Davidson Relocation 100 N/A

Rural Media Group, the parent company of the

popular RFD-TV cable network, will sublease studio

and office space on Music Row, and relocate a bulk

of its key executives from Nebraska. The move will

mean the relocation and creation of 100 jobs by the

end of the year as the company increases its

production output.

Music &

Entertainment USA

8/26/2014 B&G Foods Lebanon Wilson Expansion 80 445,000

Food distribution giant B&G Foods Inc. has signed a lease

for 445,942 square feet of space in a logistics park

outside Nashville, Tennessee, Duke Realty Corp., the real

estate trust that owns the property, announced Monday. 

Supply Chain

Management USA

8/27/2014 General Motors Spring Hill Maury Expansion

General Motors officials announced today the

company will invest $185 million to make small gas

engines at its Spring Hill manufacturing complex.

GM also identified the next-generation Cadillac SRX

as a future mid-size vehicle to be produced at

Spring Hill.The investment supports GM’s new small

displacement engine, which is part of an all-new

Ecotec engine family that will be used by five GM

brands in 27 models by the 2017 model year,

powering many of the company’s high-volume small

car and compact-crossover vehicles.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

8/27/2014 Federal-Mogul Smyrna Rutherford Expansion 135 200,000

Federal-Mogul officials announced today the

company will invest $6.2 million to expand its current

distribution facility in Smyrna, Tennessee and create

135 new jobs in Rutherford County. Federal-Mogul

Holdings Corporation is a leading global supplier of

products and services to the world's manufacturers

and servicers of vehicles and equipment in the

automotive, light, medium and heavy-duty

commercial, marine, rail, aerospace, power

generation and industrial markets.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

8/27/2014 Sony Music Nashville Davidson Relocation 0 26,000

Sony Music Nashville is moving its headquarters off

of famed Music Row to a building that Eakin

Partners is developing at 1201 Demonbreun Street

in the Gulch. SonyMusic Nashville will occupy all of

the 13th floor, which is about 26,000 square feet of

space. Sony Music Nashville, which consists of

three county music labels — Arista Nashville,

Columbia Nashville and RCA Nashville — plus

Provident Music Group, a Christian label.

Music &

Entertainment USA

8/28/2014 Different Drummer Nashville Davidson Relocation 2 N/A

Los Angeles-based Entertainment PR company

Different Drummer will open a new office in

Nashville.

Music &

Entertainment USA

9/1/2014 Rae Products Antioch Davidson Expansion 42 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

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9/2/2014 AIG Nashville Davidson Expansion 200 154,000

AIG officials announced the company will expand its

Davidson County operations by developing

headquarters for the marketing and distribution of

financial products related to life insurance. The

expansion will add 200 new jobs over the next three

years. In order to accommodate the expansion,

AIG’s life insurance organization plans to relocate

operations in 2016 to a new facility that will be built

at 340 Seven Springs Way in Nashville. The new

jobs will include financial advisory roles as well as

training and operations positions. Corporate

Operations USA

9/3/2014 Magna International Columbia Maury Expansion 357 122,500

Magna International will expand its Maury County

manufacturing operations by investing $16 million to

construct a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing

facility at 701 Beechcroft Road in Spring Hill.

Currently located in Columbia, Magna will create 357

new jobs in Maury County over the next two years.

Advanced

Manufacturing Canada

9/3/2014 Warby Parker Nashville Davidson Relocation 263

Warby Parker announced it will open a Nashville

office, its first outside of New York. The brand will

initially open in a temporary location, with plans to

build out a permanent space in the near future. As

part of the expansion, Warby Parker will create more

than 250 new jobs in Davidson County over the next

five years. 

Corporate

Operations USA

9/9/2014

Morning Pointe Assisted

Living Franklin Williamson Expansion 125

Chattanooga-based Independent Healthcare

Properties and Morning Pointe Assisted Living have

announced plans for a $25 million, two-phase senior-

living campus in Franklin, which will create 200

construction obs and 125 permanent health care

positions, according to a news release. The project,

located in the 1700 block of New Highway 96, will

include both assisted living and Alzheimer's memory

care services, the release says. The project is

expected to be completed next fall. Health Care USA

9/18/2014 Johnson Electric Springfield Robertson Expansion 0 NA

Advanced

Manufacturing Hong Kong

9/24/2014 Lochinvar LLC Lebanon Wilson Expansion 60 74,000

Lochinvar LLC is expanding its world headquarters

in Lebanon. The company will add 74,000 square

feet, including more manufacturing and storage

space as well as an additional office area. The

expansion is expected to be completed in January

2016.

Corporate

Operations USA

9/24/2014

Comprehensive

Logistics Spring Hill Maury Relocation 217 566,280

Comprehensive Logistics will locate a new automotive

manufacturing support facility in Spring Hill that will

house the manufacturing and light assembly of

automotive components for the General Motors plant in

Spring Hill. The Ohio-based third-party logistics provider

will invest $30 million and plans to create more than 200

new jobs.Advanced

Manufacturing USA

9/25/2014

Complete Holdings

Group Franklin Williamson Expansion 35

Growing company, currently has 65 local

employees, will grow to 100 by end of 2015. Health Care USA

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9/25/2014 Airtech International Springfield Robertson Relocation 100 0

Airtech International, an aerospace manufacturer, will

begin new manufacturing operations in Springfield,

Tennessee. Airtech International plans to invest $10.1

million and create 100 new jobs in Robertson County

over the next three years. Airtech International will invest

in all new state-of-the-art equipment at its Springfield

facility, where it will manufacture process materials used

in the manufacturing of composite/carbon fiber parts.

Production is anticipated to begin in 2015. Advanced

Manufacturing USA

10/1/2014 DePor Portland Robertson Expansion 15 18,600

DePor Industries, a part of the Magni Group added

production capacity as a result of new business activity.

Project involved relocation of utility lines. Second phase

of the Project to be completed 2018.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

10/1/2014

Manhead

Merchandising Nashville Davidson Relocation 3 1,300

Manhead Merchandising, a New York City-based

music merchandising company, is opening its first

Nashville office in Edgehill Village. Founded in 2007,

Manhead Merchandising is a full-service, global

music merchandising company. The company offers

services from design and manufacturing of concert

posters, t-shirts, and other merch, to staffing tours.

Music &

Entertainment USA

10/2/2014 Under Armour Mount Juliet Wilson Relocation 1,500 1,000,000

Under Armour, Inc. will build a new one million

square foot distribution and warehousing facility in

Beckwith Farms in Mount Juliet. Under Armour, a

global leader of performance apparel, footwear and

accessories, will invest more than $100 million and

create 1,500 new jobs in Wilson County over the

next five years.

Supply Chain

Management USA

10/9/2014 Healthstream Nashville Davidson Expansion 200 22,000

HealthStream, a Nashville-based company that

provides health care workforce development and

patient experience tools, will add approximately 200

jobs over the next several years at a new patient

interview center, the company announced today.

The company is leasing 22,000 square feet of office

space at 565 Marriott Drive, near Nashville

International Airport, to create the new center. 

Corporate

Operations/

Health Care USA

10/21/2014 Samuel Son & Co. Columbia Maury Relocation 42 105,000

Tennessee Economic and Community Development

Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with Bill Chisholm,

president and CEO of Samuel, Son & Co., Limited,

announced today the company will locate new metal

processing manufacturing operations in Tennessee

by constructing a 105,000 square foot facility in

NorthPointe Industrial Park in Columbia. Samuel,

Son & Co., Limited, the largest family-owned metal

processor and distributor in North America, will

invest $32.6 million and create 42 new jobs in Maury

County.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

11/1/2014 AAA Industries Inc Nashville Davidson Expansion 34 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

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11/3/2014 NaviHealth Brentwood Williamson Expansion 140 60,000

NaviHealth, a post-acute care manager based in

Brentwood, is planning to take over more than

60,000 square feet of space Maryland Farms which

was previously leased by Tractor Supply Co. The

move that will allow the company to nearly double its

local workforce in the coming years. Currently

NaviHealth's 160 employees are split between

offices in Brentwood and Cool Springs with about

30,000 square feet of of space between them.

Corporate

Operations/Health

Care USA

11/3/2014 B & B Machine Springfield Robertson Expansion 5 6,000 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

11/4/2014 Peak10 Franklin Williamson Expansion 6,600

Peak 10, a Charlotte-based data center company, is

planning a multi-phase, multi-million dollar

expansion of its Nashville-area facilities. This month,

the company will add a new cloud cluster and 6,600

square feet of additional data space in what will be

called the company's "Nashville 4 facility," located at

425 Duke Drive in Franklin. Phase two will involve

the build-out of a new Nashville data center. More

details on that will be released next year.

Corporate

Operations USA

11/11/2014 Bridgestone Americas Nashville Davidson Expansion 607 514,000

Bridgestone Americas annouced plans to move its

corporate headquarters from the airport area to a

new office tower in downtown Nashville. The move

will include the relocation of the 1,100 employees at

the current Bridgestone corporate headquarters

near the airport, but also involve the transfer of 600

employees from three existing Bridgestone divisions

— including ones in Chicago and Indianapolis — to

Nashville. State officials said total investment in the

project would top $230 million.

Corporate

Operations Japan

11/11/2014 DENSO Logistics Mt. Juliet Wilson Relocation 20 165,000

Global automotive supplier DENSO will open a new

shipping warehouse in Nashville, Tennessee. The

company will invest approximately $6.7 million to

open a 165,000 square-foot warehouse, which will

result in the creation of about 20 new jobs.

DENSO's new location, DENSO Logistics Nashville

Tennessee (DLNT), is scheduled to open in April

2015.  DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi

prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive

supplier of advanced technology, systems and

components in the areas of thermal, powertrain

control, electronics and information and safety.

Supply Chain

Management Japan

11/13/2014 Diasol Watertown Wilson Relocation 30 46,000

Diasol, a privately held company based in San

Fernando, Calif., announced this week that it has

acquired a 46,000-square-foot building in the

Watertown Industrial Park and will likely begin

operations there in the next 90-120 days. The

company will initially employ about 25 workers.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

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11/14/2014 The Lampo Group Franklin Williamson Expansion 30

The Lampo Group, the company led by financial

adviser Dave Ramsey and best known for its radio

show and books, will amp up its digital presence in

the coming year by focusing on digital product

development. Over the next year, the Lampo

Group's technology team will add 30 to 40 more

positions to its technology team. The new positions

will include both back-end and front-end developers

and experts on database management and cloud

infrastructure.

Corporate

Operatiosn USA

11/14/2014 FedEx Mt. Juliet Wilson Expansion 347 300,000

FedEx will build a more than 300,000 square-feet

distribution facility in Mt. Juliet, in a project expected

to bring 347 jobs to Wilson County. The company's

new distribution center will be located on Beckwotih

Road off Interstate 40 with an expected completion

date of April 2016. Memphis-based FedEx plans to

invest around $50 million for the project and expects

to employ 57 full-time and 290 part-time workers at

the new facility.

Supply Chain

Management USA

11/17/2014 Steriliz Franklin Williamson Relocation 20

Steriliz, a Rochester, N.Y.-based company that

manufactures and sells ultraviolet disinfection

technology, plans to open a Nashville office that

could eventually become its headquarters. The

office will launch in the first quarter of 2015 and over

the course of 12 months will create 15 to 20 jobs in

the area. Steriliz will initially operate out of

Healthcare Resource Partners' Franklin office but is

hoping to find office space near the area's other

health care firms, likely in Maryland Farms or Cool

Springs. Health Care USA

11/18/2014 Loden Vision Centers Goodlettsville Davidson Expansion 65 44,000

Loden Vision Centers, a nearly 50-year-old

company, will build a new headquarters and medical

offices for-lease in Goodlettsville, north of downtown

Nashville. Loden Vision will build a 44,000 sq foot

building for its new headquarters. In addition, Loden

Vision plans to build a second 22,000 square foot

medical office building to lease to other tenants. Health Care USA

11/19/2014 Emdeon Brentwood Williamson Expansion

Emdeon, a Nashville-based revenue cycle

management and health IT solutions company, will

purchase Brentwood-based Change Healthcare for

$135 million, the companies announced today. Health Care USA

11/21/2014 Medsolutions Franklin Williamson Expansion

MedSolutions, an 1,100-person health care

company based in Franklin and one of the region's

largest private employers, is selling to South

Carolina-based CareCore National. Sources familiar

with the deal have estimated its value at between

$800 million and $1 billion. Health Care USA

11/26/2014

National HealthCare

Corporation Bellevue Davidson Expansion 200

National HealthCare Corporation broke ground a

new assisted living and skilled nusrsing center "NHC

Place at the Trace" at the intersection of Highway

100 and Pasquo Road. NHC plans that the $38

million investment will create more than 200 jobs Health Care USA

12/1/2014 Metrican Dickson Dickson Expansion 10 N/A Metal Stamping for Automotive Industry Automotive Canada

12/1/2014 Delek US Holdings Nashville Davidson Expansion 60 From State ECD

Corporate

Operations USA

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12/1/2014 GAP Distribution Center Gallatin Sumner Expansion 60 From State ECD Supply Chain USA

12/1/2014

Bridgestone Americas

Tire Operations Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 36 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

12/1/2014 Colson Tennessee Gallatin Sumner Expansion 30 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

12/1/2014 Ingram Content Group Antioch Davidson Expansion 101 From State ECD

Supply Chain

Management USA

12/1/2014

Nashville Wire Products

Corporation Nashville Davidson Expansion 100 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

12/3/2014 Razor & Tie Nashville Davidson Expansion 5,600

Razor & Tie, a New York City-based label and

publishing company, is moving its local outpost to

511 Eighth Ave. S, just off of the Eighth Avenue

Roundabout near Cannery Row. The company will

move from its current location on Music Row.

Music &

Entertainment USA

12/3/2014 Confirmation.com Brentwood Williamson Expansion

Brentwood-based Confirmation.com has bought

LegalConfirm, a Maryland-based electronic legal

confirmation provider, according to a news release.

LegalConfirm will relocate to Confirmation.com's

Brentwood headquarters and its founder, Payton

Baran, will oversea business development for the

legal confirmation service. Terms of the deal were

not disclosed. This is the second acquisition in four

months for Confirmation.com, which acquired

London-baed ProConfirm in July.

Corporate

Operations USA

12/3/2014 Perma-Pipe Lebanon Wilson Expansion 0 2,000

Perma-Pipe, Inc., a world leader in the

manaufacturing of pre-insulated piping systems,

added 2,000 sq. ft. and renovated an additional

5,6000 sw. ft. of office space in its Lebanon facility.

The investment allowed operations to not be

contained in a single office environment.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

12/4/2014 M-TEK Lebanon Rutherford Relocation 250 63,800

M-TEK officials today announced the company will

build a new headquarters facility in Murfreesboro,

Tennessee. Consolidating all headquarters

functions into the Murfreesboro facility, the

automotive supplier will create approximately 100

new jobs in Rutherford County. An additional 100

jobs will be transferred from M-TEK’s Manchester,

Tennessee manufacturing location and the

remaining jobs will be transferred from the

company’s Farmington Hills, Michigan and Dublin,

Ohio locations. The new facility represents an

estimated investment of $13.4 million. Construction

of the 63,800-square-foot, two-level building, will be

located on 10 acres on the northwest side of

Gateway Boulevard and Garrison Drive in

Murfreesboro with an expected completion of

August 2016. M-TEK manufacturers a wide range of

automotive parts for several North American

assembly plants that include door trip panels, rear

shelf, trunk trim, dash insulators and plastic injection

trim. To meet the growing global market demands,

M-TEK also provides export sales to Mexico and

Asia.

Corporate

Operations/

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

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12/5/2014 Mayekawa Lebanon Wilson Expansion 12 35,000

Mayekawa, an international company with

manufacturing operations in the South Perimeter

Industrial Park in Lebanon, initiated an expansion

project recently that will double the size of its local

facility. The increase in plant size from the existing

45,000 square feet to 80,000 square feet is

necessary to accommodate new products and

provide a central storage space for inventory

maintained in Lebanon.

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

12/8/2014

TriStar Southern Hills

Medical Center Nashville Davidson Expansion 94 300,000 

TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center plans to invest

$11 million to create a freestanding emergency

room on part of the 14 acres its parent, HCA, owns

on Old Hickory Boulevard near Brentwood. Health Care USA

12/8/2014 Nashville Shores Nashville Davidson Expansion

Nashville Shores announced Monday that it intends

to make a multimillion-dollar expansion to its current

attractions in early 2015 that will be available to the

public on May 9, opening day. A new slides and

other additions the park plans to make in 2015, such

as new retail and concession locations and

upgrades to the front gate and signage, are

designed to increase the experience of the park's

guestsStrobel said the slide itself as well as other

additions the park plans to make in 2015, such as

new retail and concession locations and upgrades to

the front gate and signage, are designed to increase

the experience of the park's guests.

Music &

Entertainment USA

12/9/2014

Nissan/Board of

Regents Smyrna Rutherford Expansion 150,000

As Nissan's local manufacturing plants continue to

grow, the automaker has teamed with the

Tennessee Board of Regents to build a $35 million

education and training facility adjacent to the

Smyrna assembly plant. An extension of Tennessee

College of Applied Technology in Murfreesboro, the

center will prepare workers for jobs in advanced

manufacturing including engineering, robotics and

manufacturing maintenance. Officials from Nissan

and the State of Tennessee gathered at the site on

Monday to break ground on the more than 150,000-

square-foot facility.

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

12/17/2014 Haemonetics Mt. Juliet Wilson Expansion 18 166,600

Haemonetics, a global leader in blood management

systems, leased 166,000 sq ft for its new distribution

and service center in the Counchville Pike Industrial

Center. The compnay provides plasma, plasma

products, platelets and other blood components to

medical providers.

Supply Chain

Management USA

12/26/2014 PwC Nashville Davidson Expansion NA 10,750

PwC US, the professional services firm, announced

that the firm signed a 10-year lease with CBRE

Nashville for 10,750 square feet in The Pinnacle at

Symphony Place. The firm will occupy the 14th floor

of the downtown building that will prominently display

PwC signage in the lobby. In early 2015, PwC

anticipates relocating approximately 120 employees

into the custom-designed workplace from the

current location at 830 Crescent Centre Drive.

Corporate

Operations USA

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12/29/2014 Advance Financial Nashville Davidson Expansion NA 21,873

Advance Financial has signed a lease to move its

headquarters to 21,873 square feet of space at The

Boot Factory, a former industrial warehouse

converted into a mixed-use building. Advance

Financial’s new space at the building at 90

Oceanside Drive near Eighth Avenue South and the

Tennessee State Fairgrounds will house more than

100 corporate and call center employees. Its current

corporate office is spread across four buildings at

19th and Church.

Corporate

Operations USA

12/29/2014 MSS Nashville Davidson Expansion 45,900

Magnetic Separation Solutions (MSS) signed a

lease for 45,900 sq. ft. of warehouse space at the

Boot Factory, a mixed-use redevelopment located

near the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood of

Nashville.

Supply Chain

Management USA

1/1/2015 Bavarian Polymers Dickson Dickson Expansion N/A

Producer of Extruded Plastics for Residential

Windows and Doors

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

1/9/2015 Aegis Sciences Corp/ Nashville Davidson Expansion NA NA

Aegis Sciences Corp., a Nashville-based toxicology

laborator specializing in forensic and helath care

services, has bought the assets of Diagnovus LLC,

a Nashville life sciences company. Health Care USA

1/13/2015

American Addiction

Centers Brentwood Williamson Expansion 102,000

American Addiction Centers Inc. signed a 10-year

lease for the entire 102,000-square-foot building in

the Maryland Farms office park as part of plans to

support the company's next stage of growth, officials

said. The provider of substance abuse treatment

services for people with drug and alcohol addiction

expects by November to complete moving into the

new space, which will be its new corporate

headquarters and call center. Currently, American

Addiction Centers has its headquarters in roughly

21,800 square feet of office space just over a mile

away at 115 East Park Drive in Brentwood. The

company also leases roughly 3,350 square feet of

laboratory space in Brentwood to perform

quantitative drug testing and other lab services that

support its treatment centers. Health Care USA

1/16/2015 LogicForce Consulting Nashville Davidson Expansion NA 6,000

LogicForce Consulting, an IT company for the legal

profession, will move from downtown to the Gulch

into 1201 Demonbreun, a 15-story office building

being developed by Eakin Partners. LogicForce is

20 years old and has 22 employees. The company

will lease 6,000 sq. ft.

Corporate

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1/19/2015

Pershing Yoakley &

Associates Brentwood Williamson Expansion 30

Pershing Yoakley & Associates, a Nashville-based

healthcare consulting and accounting firm, have

expanded their offices to Brentwood and plan to add

30 new employees. The 31-year-old company now

occupies a larger building at 215 Centerview Drive

that provides healthcare and other professional

services across the country. "During the past year,

about 30 PYA professionals have worked on either

a full-time or part-time basis out of our Nashville

office supporting more than 40 Nashville area

clients," Sumner said. "As a result of the Nashville

client base, our opportunities have continued to

expand nationally."

Corporate

Operations USA

1/20/2015 CapStar Bank Nashville Davidson Expansion 29,000

CapStar Bank’s name will hang from atop developer

Eakin Partner’s 1201 Demonbreun office building

that’s being built in the Gulch after that Nashville-

based bank signed up as a lead tenant. With

CapStar leasing 29,000 square feet of space for its

corporate headquarters plus a retail branch office on

the first floor, the building is now 50 percent leased.

Corporate

Operations USA

1/22/2015 IQTalent Nashville Davidson Expansion 30 NA

Recruiting firm IQTalent Partners will set up shop in

the L&C Tower in downtown Nashville Feb. 1, a sign

of the San Francisco-based company's growing

enthusiasm for Nashville. IQTalent currently

operates out of a small office in East Nashville, but

they'll soon move to the L&C where they are

renovating about half of the 11th floor. Once there,

Windley said, the team is expected to grow to

between 30 and 35 employees by the end of the

year.

Corporate

Operations USA

1/22/2015 DVL Seigenthaler Nashville Davidson Expansion NA NA

Seigenthaler and DVL Public Relations &

Advertising announced plans to merge as part of an

agreement to be bought by Finn Partners, a New

York City-based agency. Ronald Roberts will lead

the 80-person company as CEO, and Seigenthaler

Public Relations CEO Beth Seigenthaler Courtney

will become president. The combined local company

is named DVL Seigenthaler and will be located in

DVL's office in the Gulch area.

Corporate

Operations USA

1/23/2015 Bedroc Franklin Williamson Expansion NA NA

Bedroc. A Franklin-based IT firm founded in 2009,

has bough OneSource Computing, another IT

company based in the Nashville area.

Corporate

Operations USA

2/1/2015

Eco-Energy Global

BioFuels Franklin Williamson Expansion 16 28,000 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

2/1/2015 Kennametal Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 113 From State ECD

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

2/2/2015 ReviveHealth Nashville Davidson Expansion 23 NA

ReviveHealth, a leading integrated marketing

communication firm specializing in Health Systems,

Health Services, Health technology, and Healthy

Living, announced that it added 23 new

professionals in 2014. It also expanded its presence

in the United States by opening a new office in

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Health Care USA

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2/10/2015

Boyden and Youngblutt

Advertising and

Marketing Brentwood Williamson Relocation 10 NA

Boyden & Youngblutt Advertising and Marketing has

opened a local office, with rapid plans for expansion.

Based in Fort Wayne, Ind., the company has a total

of roughly 25 employees, including five in the

Nashville office. In an email, company principal Jerry

Youngblutt said the local employment figure is

projected to double in the next six to 12 months.

B&Y's local office is at 7127 Crossroads Blvd., Ste.

103, in Brentwood.

Corporate

Operations USA

2/11/2015

Jagemann Precision

Plastics Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 90 30,000

Jagemann Precision Plastics, a division of

Jagemann Stamping Co., is pleased to announce

plans to expand its Murfreesboro facility to meet

increased demand and continue its commitment to

manufacturing the highest quality parts. As part of

the expansion, Jagemann Precision Plastics will add

up to 90 jobs to the Murfreesboro location, in

addition to the purchase of many state-of-the-art

pieces of equipment and an addition of over 30,000

square feet.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

2/11/2015 Butler Snow Nashville Davidson Expansion 8,000

This week, the Mississippi-based law firm Butler

Snow confirmed its second expansion wave, hiring

13 attorneys from Nashville litigation firm Walker

Tipps & Malone. It's a move that solidifies Butler

Snow's position as the fifth-largest law firm in

Nashville, now with 62 attorneys in its Nashville

office. For this growth, Butler Snow has already

acquired 8,000 additional square feet of office space

at downtown's The Pinnacle at Symphony Place.

Corporate

Operations USA

2/14/2015

Wilson County Tire &

Retreadig Leabnon Wilson Relocation 8 30,000

Advanced retreading systems used in the fleet and

trucking operations. Their products/services include

mounting wheels, retreading and new tire services.

Manufacturing and

Service USA

2/19/2015 UBS Nashville Davidson Expansion 500 39,000

UBS announced that it is on pace to break through

its original five-year hiring plans in Nashville three

years ahead of schedule. In August 2013 UBS

announced 1000 new jobs in Nashville, but expects

to add an additional 500 jobs on top of that in the

next year. To meet that need, UBS is exercising an

option to expand to two additional floors in the UBS

Tower, new space that totals more than 39,000

more square feet. When all is said and done, UBS

will take up four floors of the building.

Corporate

Operations Switzerland

2/19/2015 UBS Franklin Williamson Expansion 20 NA

UBS is expanding its operations into Williamson

County. One piece would provide support to its back-

office data center in downtown's UBS Tower; the

other would be the firm's ninth wealth management

office in Tennessee, which Johnson says would

include 20 financial advisers.

Corporate

Operations Switzerland

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2/19/2015

Automated Health

Systems Inc. Nashville Davidson Relocation 250 37,345

Automated Health Systems Inc. has leased 37,345

square feet of space at Two Rivers Corporate

Centre in Donelson with plans for a regional

operations center that will employ 250 people. The

location will be the first in Tennessee for Automated

Health Systems Inc., which recently entered a

contract with the state to help TennCare

beneficiaries with navigating the state's Medicaid

system. The company offers patient advocacy

among services to such public health programs. Health Care USA

2/19/2015 Covance Nashville Davidson Expansion TBD 17,447

Health care diagnostic company Covance has

signed a ten-year lease to occupy 17,447 square

feet of space at the business park at 2501

McGavock Pike. Covance, now owned by

Laboratory Corp. of America, plans by mid-

September employ 120 people at that space,

including some that will relocate from downtown's

One Nashville Place plus new hires. Health Care USA

2/24/2015 Unipres USA Inc. Portland Sumner Expansion 1,100 32,000

Unipres USA Inc. officials announced today the

company will expand its Portland facilities by adding

new presses and building space to house the

additional presses. The expansion will create 435

new jobs over the next five years in Sumner County.

The ongoing expansion plans also include an

addition to the existing manufacturing facilities of

approximately 32,000 square feet to house two new

2,500-ton transfer presses and one 600-ton

blanking press.

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

2/28/2015

R&B Motormite Dorman

Products Portland Robertson Expansion 45 137,000

Dorman has taken occupancy of the Malt O Meal Building

as their company continues to grow.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

2/28/2015 Kyowa Portland Robertson Expansion 144 NA

An ISO 9001/TS 16949 and ISO 14001 certified leader in

plastic injection molding, Kyowa America Corporation

specializes in manufacturing high quality, close tolerance

plastic parts used mostly in electronics enclosures and

automotive applications. Kyowa America can assist our

customers from concept through mass production and

distribution.

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

3/3/2015

Go West Creative

Group Nashville Davidson Relocation TBD TBD

Go West Creative Group will relocate its

heaquarters from Los Angeles to Nashville.

Corporate

Operations USA

3/5/2015 Worthy Publishing Franklin Williamson Expansion 11,500

Fast-growing inspirational book publisher Worthy

Publishing Group signed a lease to relocate to the

new One Franklin Park office building in Cool

Springs. . Worthy will relocate from roughly 4,700

square feet of space to a 11,500 square feet in One

Franklin Park. The new lease signing comes as

Worthy is experiencing double-digit growth. The

company will have 32 employees when it relocates

on May 1, with more staff additions planned.

Corporate

Operations USA

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3/5/2015 Gruppo Concorde Mt. Pleasant Maury Relocation 180 600,000

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and

Community Development Commissioner Randy

Boyd along with Gruppo Concorde officials

announced today the company plans to build its first

U.S. manufacturing facility in Mt. Pleasant, where it

will produce porcelain tiles. Gruppo Concorde,

through its North American subsidiary UST Inc., will

invest approximately $80 million to construct a new

600,000 square foot facility on 96 acres in Maury

County, creating 180 new jobs.

Advanced

Manufacturing Italy

3/5/2015 Cowan Benefits Brentwood Williamson Expansion TBD 15,000

Employee benefits brokerage firm Cowan Benefits is

moving its headquarters from Franklin to Brentwood.

By mid-April the firm will relocate its 80 employees

from Franklin's Dover Center at 113 Seaboard Lane

to Boyle Investment Company's Centre Court

Building at 5110 Maryland Way in Brentwood,

according to a news release. The firm will occupy

15,000 square feet on the second and third floors of

the building. Additional expansion is also possible.

Corporate

Operations USA

3/5/2015 FoxFuel Creative Nashville Davidson Expansion TBD 6,000

FoxFuel Creative, the digital marketing agency that spun

out of MMA Creative at the start of the year, will soon

take up residence in the L&C Tower. FoxFuel will take

over the entire 14th floor of the tower, nearly 6,000

square feet. The agency, which officially launched Jan. 1,

has grown from its initial workforce of three co-founders

and one employee to a seven-person team with three

interns.

Corporate

Operations USA

3/10/2015

Leavens, Strand &

Glover LLC Nashville Davidson Relocation NA NA

Leavens, Strand & Glover LLC, a Chicago-based

entertainment law firm, has opened an office on Music

Row. LSG specializes in music, film, entertainment and

intellectual property law. The firm's new office is located

at 1102 17th Ave on Music Row.

Corporate

Operations USA

3/17/2015 Nissan Smyrna Rutherford Expansion 1,000 1,500,000

Nissan North America announced plans to bring 1,000

new jobs to Smyrna as part of a $160 million expansion.

The company is planning a new supplier park at its

massive auto assembly plant in Smyrna. The project,

which will be up to 1.5 million square feet, should be

completed in 2017, company officials said. The company

announced a similar supplier park at its plant in Canton,

Mississippi in 2013.

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

3/20/2015 TechnologyAdvice Nashville Davidson Expansion 135 9,600

Brentwood-based TechnologyAdvice, a fast-growing

technology marketing company, has paid $1.75 million

for the Tennessee Hospital Association's former

headquarters at 500 Interstate Blvd. S. TechnologyAdvice

will relocate to the 38,000-square-foot building, taking

up about 9,600 square feet of space. The company plans

a $3 million renovation of the building. TechnologyAdvice

CEO says they have a minimum of 135 jobs planned for

Nashville that will be added.

Corporate

Operations USA

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Second Qtr 2015 Olhausen Billiards Portland Robertson Expansion 23

Increased demand for pool tables due to an

increase in disposable incomes.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

Second Qtr 2015 ATA Retail Portland Sumner Expansion 30

Customer Service and distribution of promotional

products ~ growing demand along the east coast Supply Chain USA

Spring 2015 Avanti Manufacturing Clarksville Montgomery Expansion 20

Avanti, in productiion more than 15 years in the non

woven & woven fabrics industry, caters to the

requirements of landscaping, automotive, agriculture,

mattress & bedding and various other industries. Manufacturing USA

4/3/2015

McAngus Goudelock &

Courie Nashville Davidson Relocation 4

McAngus Goudelock & Courie, aSouth Carolina-based law

firm has opened in Nashville staffed by four attorneys

who left Leitner Williams Dooley & Napolitan. The

insurance defense firm, announced its new office in

downtown's One Nashville Place this week. This marks

MGC's 12th office. The firm is concentrated in the

Southeast, with offices in North and South Carolina,

Tennessee and Mississippi.

Corporate

Operations USA

4/8/2015 Bear Communications Hendersonville Sumner Relocation 500

Bear Communications, one of the largest

communications contractors in the Midwest has opened

an office in Hendersonville, the company’s CEO

confirmed on Wednesday. Bear Communications recently

leased property on Molly Walton Drive off Free Hill Road

in Hendersonville. For this project, Bear will employ

either directly or indirectly through contract partners

around 500 personnel. They are relocating employees

from our other offices around the country but will recruit

the majority of our staff locally in

Nashville/Hendersonville.

Corporate

Operations USA

4/9/2015

Pinnacle Financial

Partners Nashville Davidson Expansion

Pinnacle Financial Partners is buying Chattanooga-based

CapitalMark Bank & Trust in a $187 million deal, allowing

the bank to expand into the state's fourth-largest market.

The combined bank will have more than $7 billion in

assets and 37 offices in 12 counties.

Corporate

Operations USA

4/9/2015 BNI Corp. Nashville Davidson Expansion 0 83,000

The owner of Nashville-based DNI Corp. has bought the

former home of McQuiddy Printing on Spence Lane for

$1.63 million and plans to relocate his billing statement

processing and direct mail fulfillment company there.

Later this year, the roughly 50 employees of DNI,

formerly DataMarketing Network Inc., will relocate from

two locations to the 83,000-square-foot building at 711

Spence Lane.

Corporate

Operations USA

4/10/2015 Iron Yard Nashville Davidson Relocation 6,000

Iron Yard, one of the nation's largest coding schools has

signed a lease for the full 6,000-square-foot second floor

of what's being rebranded as the INK building south of

Broadway. With The Iron Yard's signing up, just over 75

percent of space at that three-story, 22,000-square-foot

former Bowers Ink Co. location at 613 Ewing Ave. is

spoken for.

Corporate

Operations USA

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4/14/2015 AspireHealth Nashville Davidson Expansion 40 5,800

Aspire Health has signed a lease to occupy 5,800 square

feet at the Riverview Office Building. he relocation comes

as Aspire, which has 40 employees locally, is expecting to

more than double headcount at its corporate

headquarters here this year. In addition to administrative

offices, the MetroCenter space will house Aspire’s back-

office operations. Health Care USA

4/14/2015 Polsinelli Nashville Davidson Relocation 2

The Polsinelli law office, one of the country's largest law

firms based in Kansas City, has opened an office in

downtown Nashville with plans to make a big splash in a

short period of time. Polsinelli has hired two health care

attorneys, Bobby Guy and Robert Dempsey, to open the

Nashville office. Polsinelli now has law offices in 21 cities

with more than 740 lawyers.

Corporate

Operations USA

4/16/2015 Metal Quest Inc Portland Robertson Expansion 18 50,000

Metal Quest is a recognized supplier of tooling, stamping,

and assemblies to the automotive, appliance, and

industrial – agricultural markets. From concept to launch,

Metal Quest can provide everything from initial

feasibility, design and build, through mass production.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

4/21/2015 DeKalb Office Nashville Davidson Expansion 103,000

DeKalb Office, which acquired IDS Inc. in 2012, is a

provider of furniture solutions for the commercial,

healthcare and education markets throughout the

southeast. The company will utilize 20,000 square feet of

office space and up to 83,000 square feet of warehouse

space at Armory Hill Business Park.

Corporate

Operation USA

4/22/2015 Banc Card of America Nashville Davidson Expansion 10,529

Payment processor Banc Card of America plans to build a

10,529-square-foot office building on Charlotte Pike near

Old Hickory Boulevard that will be its new headquarters.

The company expects to start construction on the $1.5

million project by early June, pending approval of its final

site plan.

Corporate

Operations USA

4/27/2015 Cutwater Law Nashville Davidson Expansion

Cutwater Law, PLLC, announced today that it is opening a

new office on May 1, 2015 in Nashville on Music Row.

The fast-growing, business and entertainment law firm

was launched in October 2014. The Music Row office will

be located at 20 Music Square West

Corporate

Operations USA

4/28/2015 InsBank Brentwood Davidson Expansion 24,394

Nashville-based InsBank paid $1.6 million for the 0.56-

acre former longtime home of retailer Hobby Express on

Franklin Pike Circle near Brentwood for its second office

location. “The new office will allow us to continue our

growth, with our headquarters in Green Hills nearing

capacity,” James H. Rieniets Jr., the bank’s president and

chief executive officer, said about the new location in

south Davidson County.

Corporate

Operations USA

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4/28/2015 General Mills Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 117

General Mills will add two product lines and 117 jobs to

its Murfreesboro plant, the Minneapolis-based company

announced on April 28. The expansion represents a $253

million investment in the Murfreesboro facility, which

produces Yoplait yogurt and every General Mills Toaster

Strudel baked in the nation, plant manager David Tincher

said. The expansion will involve increasing production on

existing lines, as well as installation of additional

production equipment.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

4/28/2015 Topre America Smyrna Rutherford Expansion 100 125,000

Topre America announced today the company will invest

$53.3 million to build a new manufacturing facility in

Smyrna, expanding on their current operations based

inside the Nissan Smyrna plant. This expansion will allow

the automotive parts manufacturer to increase

production efficiency and create 100 new jobs in

Rutherford County.

Advanced

Manufacturing Japan

4/30/2015 QC Industrial Solutions Ashland City Cheatham Expansion 20 97,502

QC Industrial Solutions is packaging distribution company

and has acquired the former Flexible Whips Building in

Pleasant View to expand its operations. The company

will make boxes and supply paper, plastic and wood

products mostly to auto parts plants in Middle Tennessee

and Southern Kentucky. Advanced ManufacturingUSA

4/30/2015 KHS America Mt. Juliet Wilson Expansion 67 5,000

KHS America officials today announced the musical

instrument manufacturer and distributor will expand its

current operations in Wilson County. KHS America will

invest $3.7 million to add onto its location at 12020

Eastgate Blvd. in Mt. Juliet and create 67 new jobs,

according to a news release. KHS America is expanding its

Mt. Juliet workforce by about 75 percent. To

accommodate the new positions, the company is adding

5,000 square feet of office space and completely

renovating their warehouse and distribution center.

Renovations are expected to be complete by mid to late

summer 2015.

Advanced

Manufacturing China

5/1/2015 Healthways Franklin Williamson Expansion 269 From State ECD Health Care USA

5/1/2015 The Lampo Group Franklin Williamson Expansion 398 From State ECD

Corporate

Operations USA

5/1/2015 Tractor Supply Co Brentwood Williamson Expansion 120 From State ECD

Corporate

Operations USA

5/1/2014 Amazon Nashville Davidson Expansion 75 From State ECD

Supply Chain

Management USA

5/1/2015 Willis North America, Inc Nashville Davidson Expansion 98 From State ECD

Corporate

Operations USA

5/5/2015 Rubin Brown Nashville Davidson Relocation

St. Louis-based RubinBrown, one of the nation's 50

largest accounting and business consulting firms, is

opening a Nashville office. According to a news release,

the new office will open on June 1, with a focus on

serving clients in the real estate industry. The firm's

office will be located inside downtown's Fifth Third

Center. Amy Broadwater is relocating from St. Louis to

lead the Nashville office. She is currently a partner in the

firm's Real Estate Services Group.

Corporate

Operations USA

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5/5/2015

Gresham Smith and

Partners Nashville Davidson Expansion 85,000

Gresham Smith & Partners, Nashville's largest

engineering company, is finalizing a lease to move its

headquarters into a new office building set for SoBro.

Gresham Smith will relocate into the 24-story office

building planned by a tandem of developers: Houston-

based Hines and Nashville's C.B. Ragland Co. The deal

keeps Gresham Smith in downtown Nashville. The

company is a notable downtown employer, with 370

local personnel. The office building is scheduled to open

in 2017, the same year Gresham Smith's current lease

expires at Nashville City Center, at 511 Union St.

Corporate

Operations USA

5/8/2015 Atwood Mobile Products Greenbrier Robertson Expansion 178 34,000

Atwood Mobile Products is expanding its Greenbrier

plant to include two new product lines and is expected to

add more than 178 jobs to the region over the three

years, company officials Friday. The expansion will add

about 34,000 square feet to the company's existing

73,000 square-foot facility on Kelly Willis Road in

Greenbrier.

Advanced

Manufacturing USA

5/8/2015

Brown Brothers

Harriman and Co Nashville Davidson Relocation 25

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. this week said it is

opening its own private banking office in Music City,

which will be the ninth U.S. office for the nearly 200-year-

old bank. Izard told me the intention is to build the

Nashville office to the size of its other regional offices,

with a team of 20 to 25.

Corporate

Operations USA

5/14/2015

Community Health

Systems Nashville Davidson Expansion 1,500 240,000

Community Health Systems announced today that CHS

will invest $66 million to expand its current operations in

Tennessee by constructing a new Shared Services Center

in Nashville. Through this expansion, the national

healthcare company will create 1,500 new jobs over the

next five years. As Community Health Systems celebrates

its 30th anniversary, it is expanding its physical footprint

by constructing a new office building near Cane Ridge

Road in southeastern Davidson County. The six-story,

240,000 square foot CHS Shared Services Center will

perform some business and administrative functions that

support the organization’s affiliated hospitals, enhancing

operations efficiencies and standardizing processes. Health Care USA

5/14/2015 Xerox Nashville Davidson Expansion 400 50,263

Xerox Corp. is adding 400 jobs in Nashville, a move

expected to triple to office hardware company's local

presence. Xerox will house the employees at its new

50,263 square foot call center at 801 Royal Parkway.

Corporate

Operations USA

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5/21/2015 UBS Franklin Williamson Expansion 350 30,000

Global financial services firm UBS has announced plans to

expand its Middle Tennessee operations with a new

$11.2 million office in Cool Springs. The UBS office, which

will be in the new One Franklin Park office building, along

with a satellite office for Wealth Management Americas

financial advisers, will create more than 350 jobs over the

next several years. UBS will occupy roughly 30,000

square feet on the first and second floors of the 10-story

One Franklin Park building.

Corporate

Operations Switzerland

5/26/2015 Dell Nashville Davidson Expansion 250

Dell is adding approximately 250 sales representatives to

its Nashville-area team, the company announced today.

The growth announcement comes at a time when the

technology company has been shrinking some of its

other Nashville operations, including shuttering a

customer support unit earlier this spring. The release

says the company decided to grow its Nashville team

based on its "robust" operations in the Nashville area.

Corporate

Operations USA

5/27/2015 Interstate Warehousing Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 122 160,000

Interstate Warehousing officials have announced plans to

invest $24.7 million to add 160,000 square feet to their

existing Murfreesboro facility, located on Joe B. Jackson

Parkway. The project will support 122 new full-time jobs.

Interstate Warehousing is one of the top ten cold storage

warehousing companies in the United States. It operates

seven warehouses with refrigerated and frozen space

nationwide, and is a division of Tippmann Group,

headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Supply Chain

Management USA

5/27/2015 Cannaccord Genuity Nashville Davidson Relocation 5

Global investment banking firm Canaccord Genuity is

opening a five-employee Nashville office with plans to

expand that presence. The Toronto-based company's

new Nashville office will focus on the middle market,

including helping companies with raising debt and equity

publicly and privately and offering advisory services in

areas such as corporate finance, mergers and

acquisitions and restructurings.

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5/27/2015

Scott Hamilton Proton

Therapy Center Franklin Williamson Relocation

The Scott Hamilton Proton Therapy Center received

approval from the Tennesee Health Servicces and

Development Agency for a $109 million facility. The

facility will be the third in Tennessee and is targeted to

open in January 2109. The center would go on an 11-acre

site near Williamson Medical Center. However, it would

be a stand-alone entity. Health Care USA

5/27/2015 Amazon Murfreesboro Rutherford Expansion 500

Online retail giant Amazon said Tuesday it is hiring for full-

time jobs across its U.S. network of fulfillment centers.

The expansion means more new jobs for Murfreesboro,

home to a more than 1-million-square foot Amazon

distribution center. The June issue of the Nashville

Business Journal quoted the number of jobs in

Murfreesboro at 500.

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5/28/2015 Sperry Van Ness Brentwood Williamson Expansion

"The Nashville-area office of Sperry Van Ness will move

this summer from Cool Springs to Maryland Farms.

Anthony Lopes, SVN managing director, said the move

from one Williamson County area to another is being

done to accommodate the commercial real estate

company’s recent hires."

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6/3/2015

TWB/Worthington

Industries Nashville Davidson Expansion 41 120,000

TWB Company, LLC officials today announced the

company will expand its current operations in Tennessee

by locating a new manufacturing facility in Nashville.

TWB will invest $18 million in this new operation,

creating 41 new jobs in Davidson County. TWB will

operate out of a 120,000 square foot facility at 6050

Dana Way, the company’s second location in Tennessee.

The company also has operations in Smyrna. The

Davidson County location will manufacture tailor welded

blanks, which are individual steel sheets of different

thickness, strength and coating joined together by laser

welding and then stamped into automotive body panels.

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6/3/2015 MediCopy Services Inc Nashville Davidson Expansion 9,000

The Tennessean reports that Nashville-based MediCopy

Services Inc. is moving its headquarters to a 9,000-square-

foot space inside OneCity's (stylized as oneC1TY) 120,000-

square-foot office building. The newspaper reports the

building is set for a mid-October completion. Health Care USA

6/3/2015 Maplehurst Bakeries Lebanon Wilson Relocation 147 173,000

Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC, a division of Weston Foods,

officials announced the company will invest $102.8

million to build and equip a new 173,000 square foot

manufacturing facility in Lebanon. The facility will be

located at Central Pike and 840 and create up to 147 new

jobs in Wilson County. Peak 10 employs 32 people locally

and will expand to 40 by the time the new data center

opens. The facility will be 70,000 square feet, with 50,000

square feet of that devoted to the data center.

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6/4/2015 DCI Gallatin Sumner Relocation 35 11,000 Web Security Corporate Operations USA

6/10/2015 Fat Bottom Brewery Nashville Davidson Expansion 16,000

Fat Bottom Brewing, nearing capacity at its original home

in East Nashville's Fluffo building, confirmed today that

Fat Bottom will decamp for West Nashville. The company

has bought a building and land at 800 44th Ave. N.,

located down the block from Speakeasy Spirits Distillery.

The new building is 16,000 square feet, according to a

news release, and located on land for more room to

grow. The East Nashville operation was roughly 3,000

square feet.

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6/11/2015 Caleres Lebanon Wilson Expansion 48 NA

Caleres company officials today announced the global

footwear company will make a substantial investment to

expand its distribution facility in Lebanon. This expansion

allows Caleres, formerly Brown Shoe Company, to meet

its increasing omni-channel needs, optimize its logistics

network and grow overall business by expanding its drop-

ship capabilities. The expansion will create more than 40

new jobs in Wilson County.

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6/16/2015 Peak10 Franklin Williamson Expansion 8 70,000

Peak 10 Inc., a Charlotte-based tech company that

operates data centers, announced plans to create fifth

local data hub in Middle Tennessee, doubling the

company's space in the region. Construction has started

on the company's fifth local data hub, on a nearly 9-acre

piece of land just south of the intersection of Carothers

Parkway and Liberty Pike.

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6/18/2015 VantagePointe Village Ashland City Cheatham Expansion 125 82,500

Ashland City's new assisted living and memory care

facility is officially open for business. VantagePointe

Village at Ashland City on Highway 12 South opened its

doors on Monday, June 8, and it is steadily filling up with

new residents. Executive director Tamika Brown said

everything is falling into place and the business is ready

to serve the region. Health Care USA

6/29/2015 Omega Apparel Nashville Davidson Relocation 1,000 20,000

Dean Wegner, owner of Omega Apparel, a private

apparel manufacturing plan in Smithville, has signed

a lease at 5225 Harding Place, in the Airpark

Business Center, located just south of the airport.

The 20,000 square-foot apparel manufacturing

factory will serve as a much-needed piece of

infrastructure for clothing designers looking to

launch a business here. Wegner plans to hire up to

1,000 people at the new factory over the next five

years.

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On going NASG Portland Sumner Expansion 53

North American Stamping Company's expansion to

an additional campus in Portland and acquisition of

new contracts has provided an on-going need to

hire new employees.

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Totals 154 17,562 9,509,683