{"id":14576,"date":"2020-01-10T21:43:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T21:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2020-01-10T21:43:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T21:43:57","slug":"spirit-breaks-ground-on-250-million-headquarters-near-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/spirit-breaks-ground-on-250-million-headquarters-near-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-international-airport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Breaks Ground on $250 Million Headquarters Near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: SAVE), America\u2019s\nfastest-growing airline, today held a groundbreaking ceremony with Spirit Team\nMembers, local and state officials, and business leaders to celebrate the\nconstruction of its new corporate headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla. Spirit is\ninvesting up to $250 million for the creation of a corporate campus of up to\n500,000 square feet of space, and the airline plans to add 225 additional jobs\nover the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2022, approximately 1,000 employees are planned to move\nfrom the company\u2019s current facilities in Miramar to the new Dania Pointe site\njust minutes away from Spirit\u2019s largest operating base, Fort\nLauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The development will include\ncorporate offices, a new crew training facility with flight simulators, and a\ncorporate training residence all designed for more streamlined workflow and\nquick access to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spirit recently completed the purchase of land from Kimco\nRealty (NYSE: KIM), the owner and principal developer of Dania Pointe, to\nsecure the land. Gensler will be the architectural firm, and Jones Lang LaSalle\n(NYSE: JLL) was selected as the project advisor. Spirit estimates the total\ncapital outlay for the project will be approximately $250 million over the next\n36 months. The new campus will be located in the Dania Beach Community\nRedevelopment Agency (CRA) District, and the Dania Beach CRA also supported the\nproject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpirit has called South Florida home for more than 20\nyears. This new investment will keep us connected to the community while\nimproving our team\u2019s efficiency and ability to support what is an\never-expanding international operation,\u201d said Spirit Airlines President and CEO\nTed Christie. \u201cWe look forward to partnering with our community, creating more\njobs and driving future economic development as South Florida\u2019s Hometown\nAirline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpirit Airlines is a major job creator for our state, and\nwe are excited that they have chosen to expand their Florida footprint with\nthis new corporate campus,\u201d said Governor Ron DeSantis. \u201cToday\u2019s groundbreaking\nis just another indication that Florida remains the best state in the nation to\nstart or grow a business.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTourism and transportation go hand in hand, which is why we\nare excited that Spirit Airlines is expanding in Broward county,\u201d said Jamal\nSowell, President & CEO of Enterprise Florida, Inc. \u201cToday\u2019s groundbreaking\nis great for Spirit and the Sunshine State as our economy continues to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: SAVE), America\u2019s fastest-growing airline, today held a groundbreaking ceremony with Spirit Team Members, local and state officials, and business leaders to celebrate the construction of its new corporate headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla. Spirit is investing up to $250 million for the creation of a corporate campus of up to 500,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14578,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576\/revisions\/14578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}