The General Electric Credit Corp. recently celebrated the grand opening of its Northern California regional headquarters in Hacienda Business Park.

"We are very pleased to be in the Hacienda facility and happy to become part of the Pleasanton business scene," said Jim Henderson, operations analyst for General Electric Credit Corp.

Before the move to Hacienda, the company was located in Dublin. General Electric now occupies a one-story 25,528 square foot office building at 4440 Willow Road.

Operations at the facility include credit processing for major retailers and handling of consumer/retailer credit for Apple Computers.

The grand opening was attended by the facility's 190 employees, as well as city officials and principals of Hacienda Business Park. Brief speeches were given by Pleasanton City Councilman Bob Butler, Mark Sweeney of CPS, the commercial real estate company that handled leasing arrangements for General Electric and G.E.’s Jim Henderson.

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