Report: GE Considering Atlanta for New Headquarters

While there have been reports of various governors visiting town in an attempt to lure General Electric out of its Fairfield headquarters, Bloomberg is reporting a specific potential landing spot in Atlanta.

Bloomberg reports that GE might meet with a developer in the coming weeks to discuss space at Three Alliance Center, a 30-story building being built in Atlanta.

Dallas is also being studied as a potential location, but GE isn’t close to an agreement with any other city, according to Bloomberg.

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Politico New York reported that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, visited the Fairfield headquarters July 30 on a recruiting trip for a possible move to Westchester County and incentives New York might offer.

Upset over Connecticut’s new business tax increases, GE CEO Jeff Immelt sent an email to the company’s Connecticut employees at the beginning of June, notifying them that he has “assembled an exploratory team to look into the company’s options to relocate corporate HQ to another state with a more pro-business environment.”

Since then, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has taken out radio ads and made a personal visit to Connecticut. Also, Indiana took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal lending its support to GE and Governor Michael R. Pence sent a letter to Immelt.

Meanwhile, the Connecticut Post is reporting that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is preparing an aggressive counter offer to try and keep GE in Fairfield.

Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau told the Post he expects the package to be laden with economic incentives, but he isn’t involved in the negotiations between Malloy’s administration and Immelt.

Read more at the Connecticut Post here.