IT services firm SharedLabs plans to create 107 jobs Downtown

[thelakelander]

SharedLabs Inc., which was code-named Project Wolfe as its incentives request headed toward City Council approval Tuesday night, will lease space on the fourth floor of the Dyal-Upchurch Building Downtown.

Company President and CEO Jason Cory said Wednesday the IT services company took the entire floor, where it will create 107 full-time IT and finance jobs that pay an average wage of $53,298 by year-end 2021.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/it-services-firm-sharedlabs-plans-to-create-107-jobs-downtown

[Bill Hoff]

Some pretty interesting quotes in that article.

[Dapperdan]

So their nearest parking is 4 blocks away? Yikes. Too bad it is not  on the Skyway loop.

[thelakelander]

Some pretty interesting quotes in that article.

I find this one interesting in terms of competition for tenants between subsidized and market rate properties:

He contends that "the DIA would prefer to reward people to create jobs in the properties they have a financial interest in, such as the Barnett Building, which they pushed pretty hard on us."

In June 2017, council approved $9.8 million in incentives for the redevelopment of the Barnett Building and the Laura Street Trio Downtown.

Still, Cory said, "we are grateful for what we got."