But David Berzina, executive vice president, economic development with the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce tells GlobeSt.com he doesn't anticipate a problem with council support. "Every councilperson spoke, including the mayor, and they said there was no reason not to support this," Berzina says. "I don't see any reason why this won't pass."
Berzina says he and the chamber are already working with Workforce Solutions and the local labor department to organize job fairs and other events to attract potential employees. He says the goal is to hit the ground running as soon as the deal is set and the lease is signed.
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"We developed this as a two-phased build-to-suite for Nokia, and it was their cell-phone manufacturing facility," Crème tells GlobeSt.com. "They had upwards of 5,000 employees working there at the peak and were manufacturing around three million phones a month."
Nokia shut down the plant in late 2006 to consolidate operations and Hillwood bought the facility during Q3 2007. The flex building has been vacant since that time.
"We've had some interest in this building, but it's very specialized," Crème explains. "There is a very narrow market of users out there for this type of building. But the flip side is there is a limited number of buildings that work for that type of user." With this deal, Q-Edge will take 365,440 square feet, and has the right of first refusal on the remaining space, Crème says.
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