St. Pete rocks the headquarters relocation business

The sun shines bright on St. Petersburg in the race to win headquarters relocations. Says one official: ‘We are just getting started.’

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. May 3, 2019
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File. Greater St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp. President J.P. DuBuque says the city’s success in landing headquarters “didn’t just happen overnight.”
File. Greater St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp. President J.P. DuBuque says the city’s success in landing headquarters “didn’t just happen overnight.”
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Christmas came early to St. Petersburg economic development officials in 2014, when, on Dec. 10, New York City-based outsourcing and logistics company iQor announced it was moving its headquarters to downtown.

The move itself was big – more than 100 employees and senior leaders relocating from the Big Apple to the Sunshine City. The company took prime real estate: three renovated floors in Priatek Plaza, also known as One Progress Plaza, St. Pete’s tallest building.

 

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