Steve Greenbaum, co-founder of the company, says the move more than doubles its size when it was in Nevada. There are currently about 950 PostNet locations worldwide, and Greenbaum tells GlobeSt.com that they will hit 1,000 by year-end. The franchise companies had about $200 million in gross revenues last year. Stores provide service from UPS, FedEx and the US Postal Service, as well as many high-tech needs.

"We offer everything that a Kinko's offers, and then some," Greenbaum tells GlobeSt.com while sitting in his office, which is bare except for a laptop computer and a desk. "This will be a different place on June 1, when everything is in place," he says. "We're spending a substantial amount of money renovating our space."

Greenbaum, who grew up on the northside of Chicago and moved to Nevada as a teenager, says he and partner Brian Spindel moved to Denver for lifestyle reasons. They're both skiers and mountain bikers--not gamblers. They also expect to be able to higher a higher quality employee in Denver. "So far, we have been very impressed," with the quality of the applicants.

Also, the new headquarters will have a training facility. Greenbaum, with his family, is renting a townhome until his home is built in Evergreen, a community located in the foothills.

"Coming from Chicago, I wanted to work in a vibrant city," he tells GlobeSt.com. "You can walk out your door and have your choice of any number of restaurants to walk to. This will also make a good impression when people come here looking to open a franchise. And when I go home, it will be like I 'm going to the mountains for vacation."

He says the company received some "moderate" financial incentives from the city. "That was nice, and we appreciated them," he tells GlobeSt.com. "Most of them will be for the future training of people we hire. But the main reason we came is for the quality of life."

Tom Clark, who heads the Metro Denver Economic Corp., says he is glad that PostNet finally went public with their move. Clark says he can't think of another company that has moved to Denver from the Las Vegas area. He says a casino may have moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Black Hawk, but not a more traditional company such as PostNet. Typically, because of lower labor costs, Nevada is able to convince companies to move there from California.

In almost all of the cases, Denver and Colorado do not even have a shot at landing them, Clark says. He says he hopes other companies follow Post Net's lead and move to the Denver area. "It's a great company," Clark tells GlobeSt.com. "It's funny, I hadn't thought of the company much, although my son is a big fan of it. But now that they're here, it seems like I'm seeing them everywhere."