Assurion, which already has a staff of 2,400 in Tennessee, says it will add more jobs in in downtown Nashville.
The cell phone insurer moved its headquarters to Nashville from California in 2003, setting up shop in Grassmere Park, near the Nashville Zoo.
In announcing the additional jobs Monday, Asurion officials say the company will keep its headquarters at that location, while opening what it calls a “technology products office” in the SoBro area of downtown, with more than 500 new employees.
The company will move into the old Ragland Building, which originally housed a wholesale grocery distribution business.
In a statement, Mayor Karl Dean says Asurion’s growth downtown reflects a positive impact from construction of the nearby Music City Center and the extension of Korean Veterans Boulevard.
Asurion also operates two technology and logistics centers in Smyrna.
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