Last week, I posted a news item about a major green builder from Milwaukee, WI considering moving its corporate headquarters to Greenwich, CT.  Well, now comes word its a done deal.

Stephen Dent Construction, a public company and a major player in green building construction, has announced that its corporate headquarters will in fact be moving from Milwaukee, WI to Greenwich, CT. In a company press release, this announcement was alluded to in a social networking posting on the company’s LinkedIn account late last week.

In the LinkedIn post,  Stephen Dent, president of the company stated, “This company was founded in Wisconsin, and it pains us all to leave, but we feel that the company needs to move to Connecticut to take advantage of the state’s progressive tax and building coding laws. Are we sad? Yes. Is this the best thing for our company and our employees? Absolutely.”

Stephen Dent will be moving all employees who wish to stay with the company, paying 100% of relocation costs for their employees. The company has fared very well in recent years, but even so, the costs for relocation seem high. It is apparent that the company feels they will be able to better move forward with their green ideals in Connecticut, no matter what the financial cost.

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