Any company with operations in Western New York knows the benefits of having a production facility here: job creation tax incentives, close proximity to Canada and New York City and access to Lake Erie and hydropower.
Yet when it comes to maintaining a corporate headquarters here, other factors often come into play.
'The economic activity that is generated by headquarters is way beyond just the employment and the wages that are paid,' said Douglas Dimitroff, a corporate law and real estate attorney with Phillips Lytle.