Starbucks announced it will open a corporate operations office in Nashville later this year, a move that has prompted renewed calls from Seattle business leaders for the city to rethink its approach to employer taxes.
The Seattle-based coffee giant said its global headquarters will stay in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood as it announced the expansion on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported dozens of Seattle employees are being offered the chance to relocate.
“The Davidson County office will support the company’s continued coffeehouse growth and rising customer demand, in particular, the Southeast region of the U.S.,” the State of Tennessee wrote in a prepared statement…