Phillips-Van Heusen will develop the additional well-trained employees for its expanded workforce for the McDonough distribution facility through collaboration with Georgia's nationally recognized Quick Start training program. This program provides strategic and industry-specific workforce training solutions free of charge to qualified new, expanding and existing companies creating new jobs in Georgia. The company will begin a “test phase” for the new operations later this year, with a complete build out targeted for 2013.
Charles Baker, Director of Engineering for Phillips-Van Heusen, led site selection and lease negotiations partnering with Cushman & Wakefield brokerage professionals Matthew Astrachan, Mitchell Konsker and Steven Bauer, of the firm's New York office, and Ray Stache of the firm's Atlanta office. The team also received support from Larry Wilks and Michael Rotchford of the firm's Investment Banking group. Marty Reid with Duff and Phelps LLC also assisted on behalf of Phillips-Van Heusen with Project Manager Andrew Neumann from Georgia Department of Economic Development to secure the deal. Pension fund AEW Capital owns the property.
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel companies. It owns and markets the iconic Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands worldwide. It is the world's largest shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, IZOD, ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its licensed brands, including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, unlisted, A Kenneth Cole Production, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, DKNY and Timberland.
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