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Boeing incentive at Cecil advances
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New FIS headquarters ‘topped off’
Council will consider the $425,000 grant request.
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BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
JACKSONVILLE
Photos by Mike Mendenhall
A beam signed by Fidelity National Information Services Inc. employees is prepared to be lifted to the top of the company’s new headquarters in Brooklyn on June 7. At center is Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, FIS CEO Gary Norcross and other officials and dignitaries.
CEO Gary Norcross says the company will exceed its hiring targets as the final steel beam is lifted into place. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
At a topping off ceremony June 7 at Fidelity National Information Services Inc.’s next world headquarters in Brooklyn, CEO Gary Norcross said the company hired 5,000 workers globally during the pandemic with 200 for its Jacksonville operation. Norcross said after the event that FIS’
global growth and the flexibility created by a hybrid office-remote work model will allow the company to “blow through” the company’s 2019 job creation estimates of 500 employees by 2029. Mayor Lenny Curry, Enterprise Florida Inc. CEO Jamal Sowell and other city officials joined Norcross at the event to celebrate the installation of the final steel beam at the highest point of the 12-story tower at 347 Riverside Ave. Norcross told the crowd the financial technology services company joined the Fortune 200 last week with about $14 billion in annual revenue and more than 60,000 employees in 100 countries. SEE FIS, PAGE 2
The beam is lifted into place at the new 12-story FIS headquarters tower at 347 Riverside Ave. More photos at JaxDailyRecord.com
The Boeing Co. is seeking a $425,000 infrastructure grant from the city for its growing maintenance, repair and operations hangar at Cecil Airport. The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee voted 6-0 on June 7 to advance the grant to City Council. City CFO Joey Grieve was absent for the vote. City Economic Development Executive Director Kirk Wendland says the grant will offset part of the $3 million in infrastructure expenditures over the next three years that comprise the installation of stormwater drainage areas; fencing; a new sewer extension; irrigation; and electrical lines. Boeing reached a 25-year lease agreement Dec. 17 with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority to expand its 400,000-square-foot operation at Cecil in West Jacksonville. Under the agreement, JAA will build and lease the facilities to Boeing, which will have about 270,000 square feet of hangar space and more than 100,000 square feet of office and support shop space on 57 acres, according to city documents and a JAA news release in December. According to a June 2 memo from Wendland, Boeing representatives told the city the eight-bay hangar will create 334 jobs at an average annual salary of $65,000. The total project value is $116.5 million, according to the city. Documents show Boeing was considering sites in several states for the proposed expansion and the incentive is a “material factor” in its decision to grow its Cecil site. SEE BOEING, PAGE 2
Interior demolition OK’d at Independent Life building The city issued a permit May 26 for Ronin Contractors LLC to demolish the interior of the Downtown Independent Life Building in the North Core at a cost of $1 million. Interior demolition includes removing lead and asbestos, nonload-bearing walls and two elevators. The 19-story building is at 233 W. Duval St. Property records show it was built in 1955. Ronin Contractors is based in Green Cove Springs. On Jan. 26, the Jacksonville City Council approved a $3 million historic preservation grant for Augustine Development Group LLC’s proposed $30 million renovation.
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