Nestle is Leaving Glendale — and Taking Over 1000 Jobs With Them Nestle USA is moving its headquarters from Glendale, Calif., a pocket suburb just miles from downtown Los Angeles, to Rosslyn, Va., near Washington, D.C., and taking 1,200 California jobs with it. Why? As many companies have found, California is an awful place to do business. The $26-billion-a-year food conglomerate is discreet, of course, about its reasons, citing a desire to be closer to its core customers and other bland corporate pabulum. But the fact is, Nestle and its corporate brethren in California that actually make things are overtaxed
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Archives for Corporate Relocation
Vans Relocates from Cypress to Costa Mesa
Vans Relocates from Cypress to Costa Mesa A deal to relocate action-sports powerhouse Vans from Cypress to Costa Mesa was finalized in 2015 and is now underway. The organization, which turns 50 one year from now, will come back to the town where it opened its initially retail location, said Steve Van Doren, VP of occasions and advancements and child of fellow benefactor Paul Van Doren. From $320M to $2B in 10 Years “I’m super energized,” Van Doren said. Vans bought the three-story expanding on 15 sections of land close Harbor Boulevard and the 405 expressway, close to the South Coast Collection,
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The Raiders are Relocating to Las Vegas
The Raiders are Relocating to Las Vegas It’s official: The Oakland Raiders will relocate to Las Vegas. NFL team owners approved the team’s relocation proposal at the Annual League Meeting on Monday. Here’s a timeline of the notable events leading up to the NFL’s decision to greenlight the Raiders‘ move to Las Vegas: Nov. 18, 2009: Raiders announce agreement to stadium lease with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority that runs through the end of the 2012 season. Oakland City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente tells the Associated Press the agreement gives the city time to work out a long-term plan
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