Google Completed the Merger of Places and Google+ Local with Google My Business

Last week the Google Places for Business and the Google+ Local dashboard were both replaced by the new Google My Business look.  No longer do we have two different dashboards for managing the listings.  This would seem to be the final stage of the merger started about 2 years ago.  This is obviously geared toward cementing the business listing as a social page.  Google My Business is the new norm.