AGL Resources to Move to Midtown Building.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2002 Ten Peachtree Place will house AGL Resources AGL Resources, Inc. is a Fortune 1000, Forbes 2000 energy services holding company. Their principal business is distribution of natural gas in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia, providing gas for more than 2.2 million customers. and subsidiaries Atlanta Gas Light Atlanta Gas Light Company (AGLC), commonly known as Atlanta Gas Light, is the largest natural gas wholesaler in the Southeast U.S., and is the AGL in AGL Resources. It was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Atlanta, as is AGL Resources. Company and AGL (programming) AGL - (Atelier de Genie Logiciel) French for IPSE. Networks AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant ) will be taking over most of a Midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town office building next year, a move that will allow the Atlanta-based gas distribution and energy company to consolidate its area operations In maritime usage, operations conducted in a geographical area and not related to the protection of a specific force. and staff. Seventeen floors comprising approximately 200,000 square feet at Ten Peachtree Place will become home to 550 AGL Resources employees. The move into the new headquarters is planned for the first quarter of 2003. "We conducted an exhaustive search for the right headquarters building for our company and its employees," said Melanie M. Platt, senior vice president of AGL Resources. "It is important that we consolidate our people, and this move will enable us to achieve cost and resource efficiencies. We also want to help our hometown of Atlanta with one of its goals, reducing traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . By locating next to a MARTA station, we are encouraging our employees to use public transportation." Platt pledged that AGL Resources "will be a good corporate neighbor in the dynamic Midtown community." AGL Resources and its telecommunications subsidiary AGL Networks currently occupy two floors of the historic Biltmore in Midtown. Since 1929, Atlanta Gas Light Company has been housed in several buildings on its 34-acre Caroline Street campus in the Little Five Points section of Atlanta. That site has been sold to The Sembler Company. After moving all of its Atlanta-based companies to the new headquarters, AGL Resources will lease less office space on a square footage basis than is currently utilized at the combined Biltmore and Caroline Street properties. "We are delighted that AGL Resources has chosen to consolidate its local operations in Midtown," said Susan Mendheim, executive director of the Midtown Alliance. "The selection of their new location is a testament to their commitment to Midtown's community vision. Already AGL has been actively involved with the Midtown Alliance and proven to be a true asset. We welcome them as another large prestigious tenant and community player to our neighborhood." Mary McGovern, executive director of The Clean Air Campaign, noted that "by selecting Ten Peachtree Place as its new home, AGL Resources is doing its part to promote a cleaner environment. AGL Resources was determined to select a headquarters building accessible to transit. These are the values the Clean Air Campaign is trying to communicate to metro employers." AGL Resources has hired Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum to assist with the design of the new office. AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: ATG) is an Atlanta-based energy services holding company. Nearly 2 million natural gas customers are served through subsidiaries Atlanta Gas Light Company, Virginia Natural Gas and Chattanooga Gas Company. Houston-based subsidiary Sequent (Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR, www.sequent.com) A computer company founded in 1983 by 17 ex-employees of Intel that specialized in multiprocessing systems for the client/server environment. Energy Management provides asset management services, including the wholesale trading, marketing, gathering and transportation of natural gas. As a member of the SouthStar partnership, AGL Resources markets natural gas to consumers in Georgia under the Georgia Natural Gas brand. AGL Networks, the company's telecommunications subsidiary, owns and operates a fiber optic network in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.aglresources.com. |
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