Fiber Optic Specialist Locating HQ At Riverbend Village

Corning Optical Communications, a division of Corning Inc., is moving its HQ to Riverbend Village in Charlotte, where it will occupy a new 182,500 SF building. Corning Optical makes fiber optic cables, and is part of the New York-based materials science giant, maker of specialty glass and ceramics.
The company is moving from Hickory, where it will maintain a factory. About 650 employees will work in the new building. Grading of the development is nearly complete, with vertical construction set to commence in time for delivery in the summer of 2018.