Synovus to move HQ from Columbus to Atlanta

Synovus Financial Corp. will relocate its headquarters to Atlanta from Columbus, Ga. — its home since 1888, Atlanta Business Chronicle has learned. Synovus (NYSE: SNV) will be the second-largest Georgia bank to call Atlanta home. Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank Inc. (NYSE: STI) is based in Midtown at SunTrust Plaza, also known as One Peachtree Center. However, in a Dec. 5 e-mail, Synovus Senior Director of Corporate Communications Alison Dowe, told Atlanta Business Chronicle "there are no plans to…