This is a really big deal . .

The Atlanta Business Chronicle is reporting that Mercedes-Benz USA will relocate its headquarters from Montvale NJ to Atlanta this summer.  

  • The company is considering four sites in the Central Perimeter area and Alpharetta
  • The move will create about 1,000 jobs 
  • Largest economic development coup since UPS relocated to Atlanta in 1991
  • Mercedes will invest about $100 million in a 200,000-square-foot headquarters, which is expected to be completed in 2017