TriNet to establish $15.4M corporate center in Dunwoody

Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch, at a State of Dunwoody address at March 18’s Perimeter Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting, delivered more than good news about this city – she announced the entrance of a major corporation coming to the area that will have a multi-million dollar impact.

Minutes later, Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp publicly announced that TriNet, a provider of human resource solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, will establish a new corporate center in Dunwoody’s Perimeter District. 

The expansion will create 750 new jobs over the next five years and represent an estimated $15.4 million investment in DeKalb County, Kemp said in a statement released by TriNet.

“As the No. 1 state for business, one of the key drivers of our success is our metro Atlanta area that continues to attract a strong ecosystem of job creators like TriNet,” Kemp said. “TriNet’s services for small businesses will further that network while creating meaningful jobs and investment for the Dunwoody and DeKalb County community.”

TriNet, which started its business about 30 years ago in San Francisco, CA, will occupy 150,000 square feet in a yet-to-be-named location in the Perimeter area. It will be a major infusion of life into an office market that never rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The decision to locate in Atlanta was supported through a partnership between the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce team, the City of Dunwoody, Decide DeKalb, Metro Atlanta Chamber, University System of Georgia, and Georgia Power, the release said.

Deutsch said TriNet’s decision to expand operations with the Atlanta office just reinforces that Dunwoody is a major force in the metro area and in the state.

“We are the best location in metro Atlanta,” Deutsch said during the March 18 meeting. “The state of Dunwoody is strong.”

Deutsch also provided a laundry list of private and governmental accomplishments at the breakfast meeting, including the expansion of pedestrian and bike trails, increased police personnel, the establishment of a real-time crime center – even jokingly taking credit for the two rooftop bars built in Dunwoody over the past several years.

“Before we were a city, we didn’t have any rooftop bars, and now we have two, so I’ve over-delivered,” she said. “Sixty years ago, there were cows at Perimeter mall, and now we’ve transformed from a sleepy suburb to a vibrant city.”