DUNWOODY, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp stopped by Dunwoody June 26 to celebrate Transportation Insight and Nolan Transportation Group’s new headquarters at Campus 244.
Employees started moving into the 174,000-square-foot space on the third and fourth floor a couple weeks ago.
The 1.3 million-square-foot mixed-use development just north of I-285 includes a hotel, restaurants and a five-story, 405,000-square-foot Class-A office building.
The state’s chief executive, back from an economic development trip to South Korea, helped cut the ribbon at the new headquarters along with Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch.
“We have such a special thing going on in Georgia with the state and local partnerships, working on economic development issues and supporting companies like this,” Kemps said. “I appreciate Mayor Deutsch and her colleagues for what they’re doing to make Georgia a great place for business.”
The governor touted investments into the University System of Georgia, the Savannah port and transportation infrastructure that spur business throughout the state.
More than 300 people attended the ribbon-cutting, including clients and employees, Dunwoody officials, state officials and Campus 244 developers Georgetown Company and RocaPoint Partners.
Ken Beyer, CEO of Transportation Insight Holding Company, recapped the business’s pre-pandemic growth and its drive to become the fourth largest domestically managed transportation company in the United States.
“This new office represents the beginning of the next stage of our growth,” Beyer said.
San Francisco-based private equity firm Gryphon Investors acquired Transportation Insight and Nolan Transportation Group in 2018, operating both companies under a holding company structure.
“We’re helping get that package delivered to your home,” Beyer said. “Every day, what our professional men and women do keeps this economy moving.”
Among the company’s 14,000 customers and 80,000 carriers, household names in Georgia like Home Depot, Coca-Cola, UPS and Delta use Transportation Insights Holding Company for logistics.
Looking ahead, Beyer discussed the Beon platform.
“This year, we launched Beon as a holding company brand … think about Meta with Facebook,” Beyer said. “Beon is our future, it’s not only a tech platform, but it will drive our future growth.”
Beon is an AI-enabled digital logistics platform that powers both brands and seamlessly connects shippers and carriers within one ecosystem.
Today, Transportation Insights Holding Company employs 2,000 people in 12 offices across the country with 500 workers at Campus 244, Meyer said.
“They stuck with us through probably the worst freight economy in history,” Meyer said. “This building, to me, represents our comeback.”
Harrison Fry, senior supply chain consultant at TIHC, said he’s enjoyed having the corporate and brokerage teams at the same location closer to downtown Atlanta and major highways.
Previously, employees were spread out between five different offices in Metro Atlanta.
Fry said now that all employees are in a shared space, increased collaboration has been nice.
He also mentioned some amenities he’s enjoyed since moving into the offices two weeks ago, like outdoor terraces on each floor of the building and the gym with a locker room and showers.
The 174,400-square-foot space on the third and fourth floor of the former Goldkist building underwent a transformation after developers acquired 13 acres surrounding the 1970s-style office building.
Architects kept the building footprint but added two additional floors with a timber overbuild, a more sustainable alternative to demolition and starting from scratch.
Prior to developers acquiring the property, the building sat empty for years as an eyesore to commuters on I-285.
Matthew Phillips, vice president of development at RocaPoint Partners, said phase one of Campus 244 will wrap up by the end of year. He also said permits for phase two’s office building next door are more than six months out.
Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling said he remembers walking through the vacant building years ago with all the old furniture from Goldkist still there.
Starling said it’s great to see the building modernized with all the amenities that tenants and employees want.
Since Hapag-Lloyd announced its move to Dunwoody in December 2021, Starling said the city is becoming a hub for transportation and logistics companies from around the world.
The German shipping company invested $18 million into its 125,00-square-foot regional headquarters at Three Ravina Drive.
Swisslog Logistics, a warehouse automation and software company, is another example of a transportation-based company moving its regional headquarters to the city.
Starling and City Manager Eric Linton said Dunwoody will make a focused effort to market itself at trade shows as a transportation hub.
As Dunwoody commits itself to marketing the city as a logistics hub, the Beon platform and CEO Ken Beyer are committing themselves to Metro Atlanta.
Transportation Insights and Nolan Transportation Group have hired more than 180 new employees since the start of the year.
“This office is designed to hold 1,250 people, so we have lots of space to grow” Beyer said. “We also want to build the next great brand in Atlanta alongside Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Delta.”
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