{"id":1004132289,"date":"2015-11-25T13:37:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004132289"},"modified":"2022-03-05T17:17:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T01:17:36","slug":"new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz\/","title":{"rendered":"New West Coast Office Debuted by Mercedes-Benz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Alex Girda, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following the opening of the company\u2019s new headquarters in Atlanta earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbusa.com\/mercedes\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mercedes-Benz USA<\/a> celebrated the opening of a new office in Long Beach, Calif. Mercedes-Benz USA President &amp; CEO Stephen Cannon, and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia were in attendance for the ribbon-cutting event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004132291\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004132291\" data-attachment-id=\"1004132291\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz\/robert-garcia-and-stephen-cannon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,257\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Robert Garcia and Stephen Cannon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dietmar Exler, Vice President of Sales, MBUSA, Robert Garcia, Mayor of Long Beach, and Steve Cannon, President and CEO, MBUSA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg?w=400\" class=\"wp-image-1004132291 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg\" alt=\"Dietmar Exler, Vice President of Sales, MBUSA, Robert Garcia, Mayor of Long Beach, and Steve Cannon, President and CEO, MBUSA\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg?resize=300,193 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004132291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dietmar Exler, Vice President of Sales, MBUSA, Robert Garcia, Mayor of Long Beach, and Steve Cannon, President and CEO, MBUSA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Located on a site that\u00a0previously housed the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_Aircraft_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Douglas Aircraft Company<\/a>, as well as a Boeing 717 aircraft manufacturing facility, the new office consists of two buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet. The 52.2-acre lot is across the street from the Pacific Pointe at Douglas Park mixed-use development project.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the business operations located at the newly-opened facility include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vehicle Preparation Center \u2013 responsible for ensuring Mercedes-Benz vehicles are ready for delivery in the U.S., including distribution tasks. The facility is one of three existing Vehicle Preparation Centers, joining similar locations in Baltimore, Md., and Brunswick, Ga.<\/li>\n<li>Western Region Office \u2013 the new facility will coordinate the activity of 84 different dealerships from 12 states including California, Hawaii, Texas, Nevada and Washington. MBUSA\u2019s other regional offices are located in Montvale, N.J., Rosemont, Ill, and Jacksonville, Fla.<\/li>\n<li>Mercedes-Benz Academy \u2013 offering training to dealership and MBUSA employees, the Academy features instructor-led training, eLearning, virtual classrooms, peer-to-peer training, and mobile learning. The other facilities operated by the company are located in Houston, Texas, Itasca, Ill., Jacksonville, Fla. and Montvale, N.J.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German automaker inaugurates its Long Beach facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":1004132291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21781,1594,21742,21747],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004132289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate-real-estate","category-los-angeles","category-latest","category-office"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New West Coast Office Debuted by Mercedes-Benz - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New West Coast Office Debuted by Mercedes-Benz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The German automaker inaugurates its Long Beach facility.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-25T21:37:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-06T01:17:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/11\/Robert-Garcia-and-Stephen-Cannon.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"257\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alex Girda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-west-coast-office-debuted-by-mercedes-benz\/\",\"name\":\"New West Coast Office Debuted by Mercedes-Benz - 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