Regional Operations Center
The Challenge
- Fortune 500 financial services company was seeking to diversify its operations through the establishment of a new regional operation center for over 700 employees.
- Needed to hire Series 7 financial advisors who consult with clients on life planning, insurance, and investments.
- Needed a location that offered the optimal balance of skilled labor, market scalability, the overall cost of doing business, real estate, and economic incentives.
The Solution
- Developed employee profiles for each business unit based on skill-sets, educational attainment, licenses requirement, and industry experience.
- Filtered 930 communities based on a complex process to identify 8 metro areas meeting the general criteria for the project.
- Conducted a comprehensive analysis to identify 2 finalist metro areas for on-site due diligence and negotiations.
The Result
- Identified the optimal metro area after extensive tours of the finalist locations.
- Conducted in-depth submarket analysis of the metro area to identify the optimal geography within the metro area to locate.
- Secured a 100,000-square-foot facility on the busiest transportation corridor for maximum exposure.
- Negotiated a cash grant of a $1.25 million economic incentive package.