Mercedes-Benz Names Sandy Springs Headquarters Location

Photo: Gov. Nathan Deal, right, with Mercedes-Benz President and CEO Stephen Cannon. Credit: Nathan Deal’s Facebook page.

Mercedes-Benz USA has released the location of its future home in Sandy Springs.

The company on Tuesday said it will build a new, “state of the art headquarters facility” on a site located at the corner of Abernathy and Barfield roads in Sandy Springs, according to its press release.

The company said construction is expected to wrap up in early 2018. The intersection, located just west of S.R. 400, sits on 12 acres and is part of the Glenridge Hall site, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Mercedes-Benz made the announcement at a press conference Tuesday afternoon at the Georgia State Capitol. Company President and CEO Stephen Cannon was joined by Gov. Nathan Deal and Sandy Springs and Fulton County leaders at the announcement.

“Mercedes-Benz is a marquis brand which deserves a marquis setting,” Cannon said. “Our ambition is to be more than just a great car company – we want to be among the best companies in the world, and Atlanta will serve as the perfect foundation to foster that ambition for the future. We are looking forward to calling Atlanta home.”

Beginning July 2015, the company will move into temporary office space at Sterling Pointe II, a 186,000-square-foot, Class A office building at the Perimeter Center complex in the neighboring city of Dunwoody.

“Mercedes-Benz USA’s planned headquarters location in Sandy Springs is great for the city, metro Atlanta and for the entire state of Georgia,” said Governor Deal. “I want to thank Mercedes-Benz USA and its leadership team for its decision to call Georgia home.”

As part of the relocation, the automaker plans to hire hundreds of new employees from the Atlanta area. MBUSA will continue to maintain several operational business units in both Montvale and Robbinsville, New Jersey. Additional details on the new Sandy Springs facility, as well as MBUSA’s Atlanta recruiting efforts, will be released in the coming weeks.