Duke Energy selects five Florida properties for business development, capital investment initiative
Duke Energy recently selected five Florida properties for its Site Readiness Program, which identifies high-quality industrial sites and helps prepare them for targeted business development and future capital investment.
Duke will now work with the sites’ owners, local government officials and economic development professionals to evaluate the property’s current status and develop a strategy for providing water, sewer, natural gas and electricity service to the site.
After each assessment is complete, materials that highlight the property’s attributes will help strategically market them nationwide.
“Site readiness supports communities’ needs by evaluating properties and providing recommendations and a vision that are used to attract companies and jobs to the area,” Marc Hoenstine, director of economic development at Duke Energy, said. “This process of identifying competitive sites that are prime for development, coupled with strong workforce programs and available talent, has resulted in several successful projects throughout our six-state service area over the last 13 years.”
The properties are located in Volusia, Marion, Levy, Wakulla, and Hamilton counties.
Duke Energy is working with O’Neal Consulting and Global Location Strategies, both based in Greenville, South Carolina, as well as Heidt Design, an engineering firm based in Tampa, Florida, on identifying and evaluating the sites.
