BLS & Co. was engaged to advise Burlington Coat Factory (BCF) as part of a competitive location decision-making process for the location of the company’s headquarters. BCF considered locations within New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

BLS & Co. secured an incentive package from the State of New Jersey consisting of Grow NJ tax credits and an exemption from sales tax on construction materials and equipment purchases.

BLS & Co. was engaged to devise an incentives strategy for ACE Limited (now Chubb) in support of their consolidation and relocation of back office operations from New York City to Jersey City, New Jersey.

As part of the package, ACE was approved for a New Jersey BEIP grant and an exemption from sales tax on construction materials and equipment purchases.

BLS & Co served as site selection and incentives consultant for Omnicom Group Inc. in support of the company’s competitive location decision-making process for targeted functions to be relocated out of New York City.

BLS & Co. advised Omnicom on evaluation of alternative relocation strategies to maximize savings and minimize operational disruption by redeploying selected operations to be co-located with related functions in cities where the company has successful operating experience and excess real estate capacity. Ultimately, the incentives package from the State of New Jersey was sufficient to induce the company to relocate nearly 500 jobs to Jersey City.  Omnicom considered locations in Connecticut, Texas, Ohio and Costa Rica before selecting New Jersey.

BLS & Co. advised Gartner on a headquarters location and incentives strategy, enabling the renewal of its lease in Stamford, Connecticut. Our firm secured incentives, utilizing the Urban and Industrial Site Reinvestment Tax Credit, DECD direct assistance, sales tax exemption and property tax abatement.

BLS & Co. also conducted a comprehensive evaluation of location options in multiple markets, including Columbus, GA and Jackson, MS, to accommodate Gartner’s growing space requirements for their operations in Ft. Myers, FL. Gartner ultimately decided to lease a newly constructed 120,000 sf facility adjacent to its existing building in Florida.

BLS & Co. developed and executed an incentives strategy to induce the company to consolidate Royal Bank of Scotland's North American corporate bank, based in NYC, and its RBS/Greenwich Capital headquarters in a new office and trading floor in Stamford, CT. The package consists of transferable corporate income tax credits and other incentives in connection with the proposed retention and creation of approximately 1,800 jobs. The scale of this package required legislative hearings and consent.

BLS & Co. advised New York Life on the relocation of approximately 1,000 employees from the company’s Manhattan headquarters location to a new facility in Westchester, New York.

BLS & Co. was successful in securing an economic development incentive package that included a PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes), sales tax exemptions on construction materials and FF&E purchases, a state capital grant and a discount of the utility bills.

BLS & Co. serves as location and incentives advisor to Roche, Swiss multinational healthcare company, and its subsidiary Genentech, the South San Francisco-based biotechnology industry leader. Our engagements with Roche date back to 2012with four major projects announced as of 2026:

• Oregon – In 2026, BLS & Co. advised Genentech in the expansion of new device and fill-finish facility at their Hillsboro Technical Operations (HTO) facility. BLS led     incentives strategy, infrastructure due diligence, and state and local negotiations for the project. The expansion will invest $750 million, add 250 jobs, and secured more than $15 million in incentives.

• North Carolina – In 2025, BLS & Co. supported Genentech in their nationwide search for a new drug product manufacturing facility. BLS managed a nationwide site evaluation and incentives strategy leading to a site in Holly Springs, North Carolina to be selected – the company’s first in the Eastern U.S. The facility will invest a total of $2 billion and create 520 jobs.
• Oregon - In 2018, BLS & Co. also supported Genentech’s selection of an office in the Lloyd District of Portland, Oregon, as a second location for its Access Solutions Patient Service Center, employing approximately 300 full-time specialists during the peak insurance benefit open season.

• New York - In 2012, Roche required assistance to fast-track a decision on the location of its new R&D center. Roche engaged BLS to manage site selection and     incentives negotiations of the TCRC eventually led to the company selecting the East River Science Park on Manhattan’s east side. The new facility would invest $13M and relocate 200 positions from NJ. 

BLS & Co. worked with Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) on two projects: a New Jersey-based incentives advisory and a Florida-based site selection.

BLS & Co. developed and executed the incentives strategy to facilitate the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) move from Lower Manhattan to Jersey City, New Jersey. DTCC’s migration and ongoing operations in New Jersey were financed, in part, by the EDA’s Business Employment Incentive Program (BEIP).  DTCC also became the first beneficiary of the Economic Redevelopment and Growth (ERG) Grant program.

In 2002, the “Fed White Paper” challenged the financial industry to make the investments required to assure continuity and liquidity in capital markets. For the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), this challenge gave rise to an intensive confidential site search that scrutinized multiple markets over six months. The search ultimately concluded in Tampa, where the collaboration of state, county and city commitments made a material difference in off-setting project costs.

The approved incentives included the Governor’s Closing Fund and new city and county programs created for this project. BLS & Co. also advised the client on integration and restructuring of its pre-existing incentives agreement in NYC into its overall redeployment and diversification of operations to Florida.

BLS & Co. represented Diageo during their new headquarters location decision-making process. Their 270,000 square foot building in Norwalk, CT represented the very first project approved under the State's new Urban Reinvestment Act program and resulted in a reward of transferable tax credits, as well as sales tax exemptions and property tax abatements.

Eby-Brown engaged BLS & Co. to provide incentives advisory services for a new distribution center/warehouse facility to service customers in the Midwest and Mid-South regions of the United States.

The company short-listed locations in Kentucky and Indiana, and BLS & Co. secured competitive incentive offers for locations in both states. The company selected a location in Shepherdsville, KY to construct a 300,000 SF build-to-suit lease-back facility. 

BLS & Co. secured an incentives package for Eby-Brown, a wholesale distributor for the convenience store industry. The company engaged BLS & Co. to provide incentives advisory services for a potential relocation to Indiana or Tennessee from its awkward, outdated layout in Naperville, IL. The company ultimately elected to remain in the Chicago area, securing a new, state-of-the-art space in Naperville.

BLS & Co. was engaged by Kuehne + Nagel, a global transport and logistics company, to provide site selection services for a planned new operation and training facility.  After a nationwide search, Kuehne + Nagel decided to locate its first-ever Operational Care Center (OCC) and Career Development Program in downtown Detroit.  The office will employ nearly 200 people by 2021.

Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon had multiple near-term lease expirations across three states, requiring review of a wide range of location options to consolidate operations and reduce costs.

Other states offered significant "new job" incentives to attract BNY Mellon, but New Jersey was ill-equipped to save its existing jobs. BLS & Co. initiated a campaign to create a new "retention" incentive for New Jersey, beginning with a "white paper" on its policy merits, and organized a coalition of business and government leaders to promote the new legislation.

The new program - Business Retention & Relocation Grant (BRRAG) - provided transferable tax credits for large projects, and premium incentives for projects relocating to urban centers.  The legislature adopted BRRAG in time for BNY Mellon's location decision.

Since 2020, BLS has advised Lilly on the site selection and incentives negotiation for 10 new U.S. manufacturing and R&D sites, resulting in more than $50 billion in announced investment, 6,500 new positions and more than $2.9 billion in state and local incentives secured.

In Europe, BLS and our European partner firm, Location Decisions, have assisted Lilly with three recent manufacturing site selection requirements, resulting in more than $7.5 billion in investment and 2,000 announced jobs.

Across our relationship with Lilly, BLS has provided a full range of strategic location advisory services, including multi-state site selection, infrastructure due diligence, labor market analysis, incentives strategy & transaction management, utility & infrastructure evaluations, regulatory risk assessments, and incentives compliance support.

US Project Highlights

• Alabama (API Manufacturing)
• Indiana (API Manufacturing, Gene Therapy Manufacturing, and R&D – x2 sites)
• Massachusetts (R&D)
• North Carolina (Injectables Manufacturing – x2 sites)
• Pennsylvania (Injectables Manufacturing)
• Texas (API Manufacturing)
• Virginia (ADC Manufacturing)
• Wisconsin (Injectables Manufacturing)

Europe Project Highlights

• Germany (Injectables Manufacturing)
• Ireland (API Manufacturing)
• The Netherlands (Oral Solid Dose Manufacturing)

BLS & Co. has represented Barr Pharmaceuticals in connection with multiple relocation and expansion projects in New Jersey. BLS & Co. secured incentives for the relocation and growth of its corporate operations from Pomana, New York to Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Later, Barr relocated its Woodcliff Lake operations into a larger built-to-suit facility in Montvale, New Jersey and committed to the growth of additional jobs. BLS & Co. secured additional incentives for this project.

BLS & Co. serves aslocation and incentives advisor to Roche, Swiss multinational healthcarecompany, and its subsidiary Genentech, the South San Francisco-basedbiotechnology industry leader. Our engagements with Roche date back to 2012with four major projects announced as of 2026:

• Oregon – In 2026, BLS & Co. advised Genentech in the expansion of new device and fill-finish facility at their Hillsboro Technical Operations (HTO) facility. BLS led     incentives strategy, infrastructure due diligence, and state and local negotiations for the project. The expansion will invest $750 million, add 250 jobs, and secured more than $15 million in incentives.
• ‍North Carolina- During our most recent engagements supporting Genentech, BLS & Co. managed a nationwide search for a new drug product manufacturing facility. BLS managed a nationwide site evaluation and incentives strategy leading to a site in Holly Springs, North Carolina to be selected – the company’s first in the Eastern U.S. The facility will invest a total of $2 billion and create 520 jobs.‍
• Oregon - In 2018, BLS & Co. also supported Genentech’s selection of an office in the Lloyd District of Portland, Oregon, as a second location for its Access Solutions Patient Service Center, employing approximately 300 full-time specialists during the peak insurance benefit open season.‍
• New York - In 2012, Roche required assistance to fast-track a decision on the location of its new R&D center. Roche engaged BLS to manage site selection and incentives negotiations of the TCRC eventually led to the company selecting the East River Science Park on Manhattan’s east side. The new facility would invest $13M and relocate 200 positions from NJ. 

Panasonic's North American headquarters in Secaucus, NJ no longer met the company's objectives for talent, energy efficiency and branding.

BLS & Co. was engaged to evaluate multiple destinations for the headquarters, both in the NY / NJ metro area as well as locations in CA, IL and GA where the company has surplus real estate capacity.

BLS & Co. was successful in securing a package of state and local incentives in connection with Panasonic’s decision to anchor a new Class A office tower in downtown Newark, including an Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit award and local grants through the Redevelopment Area Bond program.

Panasonic now occupies 10 floors of the 12-story building at Two Riverfront Plaza, Newark’s first new office building in more than 20 years. Designed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification for new construction and LEED platinum certification for interiors, the project is bringing 1,000 new employees into Newark’s downtown, and provides the catalyst for development of new retail, hospitality and other amenities in the city’s central business district.

CoreNet Global recognized the Panasonic project team with a 2013 Economic Development Leadership Award for spurring economic development, investment and employment in the Brick City.