Greater Richmond: A Top Location for Middle Office Operations
Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting Group (WDGC), one of the country’s top site location consultant companies, completed an analysis examining critical data from six regions across the country on the suitability for a ‘middle office’ operation. 
The move follows recent news of several companies peeling off jobs and investment from higher priced, major metros along the east coast to lower cost, mid-size markets.
“We analyzed locational drivers of taking ‘middle office’ jobs – those which are not executive nor entry level positions – in specialties like mid-level management, legal, marketing and creative, financial and accounting, human resources and high-end sales and looked at markets that could be suitable,” said Dennis Donovan, Principal of WDGC.
Successful Middle-Office Locations in Richmond, Virginia:
- AvePoint, a Microsoft partner, established its operations office in the region from NY/NJ metro.
- ICMA-RC, a retirement service corporation, established a second location from Washington, D.C.
- CoStar Group established its Global Research Headquarters from Washington, D.C. going from 0-600 employees within a year
