Bridgestone Americas breaks ground on new HQ
At the 7 January groundbreaking were (l-r) Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, Tennessee Economic and Community Development commissioner Bill Hagerty, Bridgestone Americas CEO and president Gary Garfield, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and Highwoods Properties president and CEO Ed Fritsch (PRNewsFoto/Bridgestone Americas, Inc.)
An official groundbreaking has been held for the new 30-storey Bridgestone Americas headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. The new 47,750 square metre building is being erected with an investment exceeding US$200 million and will house more than 1,700 company employees when completed in the middle or latter part of 2017. This figure includes 600 jobs from business units currently located in other parts of the US.
“Today is an historic day for our company, for Nashville and for Tennessee,” said Gary Garfield, CEO and president of Bridgestone Americas. “We proudly call Nashville home and are very eager to welcome our teammates from out-of-state as soon as possible. The leadership and support of the State and City are to be applauded for reaching this groundbreaking milestone – it marks the next step in our journey to shape tomorrow together.”
Garfield was joined at the groundbreaking event by members of the Bridgestone management team and local dignitaries such as Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. “Today is an exciting day for the continued partnership we share with Bridgestone,” Haslam said. “This is a company that could choose to do business anywhere in the world, and they chose Tennessee. We want to congratulate Bridgestone on its latest achievement.” Karl Dean added: “We’re very fortunate to have companies like Bridgestone Americas doing business here in our city. We couldn’t ask for a better corporate citizen than Bridgestone, which is an important partner in so many of the causes we believe in as a community.”
The new headquarters will be home to Bridgestone Americas’ corporate staff and supporting functions, as well as Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC; Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC; Firestone Building Products Company, LLC; and Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC.
Bridgestone has outgrown its current leased headquarters facility, which is located near Nashville International Airport. With its lease expiring in late 2017, the company launched an extensive search for a new headquarters location to support future growth. Nashville and the new property were selected after a nationwide search by a Bridgestone team.
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