Converse Relocating Headquarters to Boston
The move from North Andover will bring more than 400 Converse employees to the city by 2015.
They're a favorite of Kevin McHale and Larry Bird. Parisian girls wear them like they're the only sneakers on earth. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will rock them at the Golden Globes. And, soon, Boston will be the place they come from. That's right: Converse Inc., the company behind the legendary Chuck Taylors, is moving its world headquarters to Boston as part of the $230 million redevelopment of the North End's Lovejoy Warf in Bulfinch Triangle. The city announced on Tuesday, Jan. 8 that the North Andover shoe company will relocate its expanded world headquarters to the city by April 2015. Four hundred employees will work in approximately 187,000 square feet of new office space near the TD Garden, according to the city's announcement. “…
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Joseph
3:49 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I don't know j, please tell me? I didn't read that. I read that they expect an increase in tax revenue of roughly $1.3MM/yearly, over the next 25yrs, not accounting for inflation. http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2013/01/city_tax_break_makes_lovejoy Furthermore, those in North Andover and surrounding areas will have to spend their money on the ever increasing Commuter Rail fares. Not … more ›