Mercedes Benz USA to move headquarters to Atlanta

marketwatch.com ^ | Jeff Bennett

[RoosterRedux]

Mercedes-Benz USA is expected to announce it will move its headquarters to the Atlanta area from New Jersey, ending a more than 40-year connection to the state where it employs about 1,000 people.

The announcement could be made as soon as Tuesday, according to two people briefed on the matter. Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG DAI, +0.70% , has been based in Montvale, N.J., since 1972. Reports of a possible move first surfaced in December.

[Blueflag]

Indeed they are moving to the Atlanta metro area, but *NOT* the city of Atlanta. They will be setting up shop in Sandy Springs, a suburb just north of the I-285 loop.

[FatherofFive]

hey Christe - Keep your taxes HIGH! That will drive more polluters out of your state. /s

[Blueflag]

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/sandy-springs/2014/12/16/mercedes-benz-eyes-atlanta-for-us-headquarters/20478757/

[Lockbar]

See, rich people with money only thinking about themselves!!!! Couldn’t have anything to do with taxes and crappy work/living environment.

[onona]

Wow, right down the road from me.

Hugh

[poobear]

Is this the Sandy Springs that runs it’s Municipality through the Private Sector and has a balanced budget?

[blackdog]

I’m surprised they didn’t move to Dallas, Texas. With all the hard work Chris Chistie has been doing down there I would have thought....................

[CodeToad]

Someone said these 1,000 employee represent the largest private employer in NJ.

[angry elephant]

It’s kind of ironic how many companies are moving from blue states to red states. During the civil war, the blue states had the industry drew in immigrants who fought for the north. Soon the south will be the industrial center of the country.

[Blueflag]

yeppers!

[nascarnation]

Are they taking NJFatboy along with them?

[VRWC For Truth]

Fat boi is a disaster.

[tcrlaf]

Better Air connections to the world, fewer feral encounters, lower expenses, both for corporate and for the employees.

Taxes have consequences...

[proxy_user]

He would love to lower taxes, but there’s a small problem called the New Jersey State Legislature:

“In the Senate there are 24 Democrats and 16 Republicans. There are 48 Democrats and 32 Republicans serving in the General Assembly.”

[quadrant]

If MB thinks its escaping choking NJ traffic to move to Sandy Springs, its employees will be sadly mistaken. SS, GA has some of the worst traffic imaginable. I know, as I used to work there.

[Da Coyote]

Are they taking their one remaining D-level electrical engineer with them?

[Blueflag]

I think it’s less about traffic and more about the Benjamins.

Plus, you’re not in NJ anymore ;-)

[JamesA]

Gun ban folks-Shut up and sit down.

[donozark]

Georgia is a right to work state. Suspect there is more coming to this move than just HQ.