Expansion & Relocation Announcements

Plano’s vibrant business climate provides a smart environment for business attraction in 2009.

Plano landed over a million square feet of real estate deals in 2009 in a series of high-profile company relocations.  In 2009, 21 commercial projects representing approximately $144 million in tax base improvements and an estimated 4,500 jobs declared Plano as their new home.

Largest Projects of 2009

Businesses occupying more than 50,000 square feet that have relocated to Plano or announced plans to do so, ranked by square feet.

Company

Square Feet

Pizza Hut, Inc.

160,000

Tektronix

125,000

The Planet

106,000

Huawei

103,000

Lineage Power

100,000

MedAssets

100,000

PepsiCo

94,000

Alliance Data

84,000

Bear Transportation Services

81,000

Altair Global Relocation Services

81,000

Publicis

58,000

TOTAL

1,072,000 Square Feet