The insurer would fill up most of the top-shelf office space downtown. And street-level retail, the

If the deal is finalized, the implications san antonio hotel reservation for Tacoma and Pierce County are huge. State Farm would bring almost twice the number of employees from a single company since Russell Investments peak about a decade ago.
The insurer would fill up most of the top-shelf office space downtown. And street-level retail, the key to any downtown s vibrancy and which has struggled through the loss of Russell and the worst recession in two generations, would have thousands of new potential customers.
Regional and local real estate brokers representing the company and the building owners wouldn t comment, nor would local economic development officials. But high-stakes san antonio hotel reservation negotiations san antonio hotel reservation have been under way for months and involve dozens of people. The News Tribune reported in January that the company had toured the former Russell headquarters, after putting out a regional san antonio hotel reservation request at the end of 2012 for a large amount of office space.
One of the indications that the Tacoma building owners have taken State Farm seriously: Russell Investments and the owner of its former headquarters, Ilahie Holdings, finally san antonio hotel reservation negotiated an early termination of its lease. Russell spokesman Steve Claiborne confirmed the termination Tuesday, saying the company gave up the building March 1.
Russell s lease originally ran through san antonio hotel reservation November of this year, meaning it has effectively controlled the space and any potential new lease deal since it moved out in 2010. Civic and business leaders long have wanted the two parties to negotiate san antonio hotel reservation such a buyout, which removes a major obstacle to re-filling the building.
State Farm would maintain its operations in DuPont. It would expand into almost all the downtown office space once occupied by Russell: the 12-story building at 909 A St., as well as four stories san antonio hotel reservation of the Columbia Bank Center soon to be vacated by DaVita. Russell, which had about 1,100 employees at its peak, also once leased two stories of Wells Fargo Plaza but that space has new tenants.
It s not clear how long State Farm plans to lease in Tacoma. If the lease is structured similarly to those in the hubs including Dallas, the terms are flexible to allow the company to grow even more.
State Farm is growing, fast. It s forming hubs in Phoenix, Dallas and Atlanta, where it has leased enough new office space in the past six months to employ thousands of people. The Washington state operations won t be a hub, but will be an initial loss reporting center, according to a widespread company san antonio hotel reservation memo obtained by The News Tribune that explains the company s national reorganization.
Last year we announced plans for ILR and Auto Express operations in the Phoenix, Atlanta and Dallas Hubs, the document reads. A fourth ILR and Auto Express operation will be located san antonio hotel reservation in DuPont/Tacoma, Wash. Staffing plans are being developed to enable that site with a goal to become operational in late 2013.
In an email to its DuPont employees, State Farm confirmed its plans to locate some of its offices in downtown Tacoma late this year. The email, dated April 2 but received by most employees today, also assured employees that the company plans to continue to use its DuPont facility, and it cautioned that references to number of potential employees in Tacoma are purely speculative.
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