https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/06/22/tech-firm-is-said-to-add-1400-jobs.html
Well this is good news!
Well this is good news!
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Accenture is in Cortex. Why are the tech jobs going to StL County?
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I agree, that is the only bummer. I'll take the 1400 jobs though.
Can someone share some of the details behind paywall. ThanksDogtownBnR wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/06/22/tech-firm-is-said-to-add-1400-jobs.html
Well this is good news!
Not much beyond the headline.
"The people said the new jobs would go near Maryville University, and could be related to a federal contract.
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, is poised to attend a news conference at Maryville University Tuesday morning announcing the jobs, along with Gov. Mike Parson, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership CEO Rodney Crim and AllianceSTL CEO Steve Johnson."
"The people said the new jobs would go near Maryville University, and could be related to a federal contract.
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, is poised to attend a news conference at Maryville University Tuesday morning announcing the jobs, along with Gov. Mike Parson, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership CEO Rodney Crim and AllianceSTL CEO Steve Johnson."
Free PD reporting:dredger wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020Can someone share some of the details behind paywall. ThanksDogtownBnR wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/06/22/tech-firm-is-said-to-add-1400-jobs.html
Well this is good news!
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... ing%20News
A subsidiary of international consulting firm Accenture plans to open an advanced technology center near Maryville University that could yield 1,400 jobs over five years.
Accenture Federal Services, led by CEO John Goodman, plans to open the office in an existing Town and Country building later this year. The firm works with federal government agencies on digital, cloud, automation, artificial intelligence and cyber solutions. Based in Arlington, Virginia, Accenture Federal Services has major offices in several locations around the country.
The announcement is the largest win yet for AllianceSTL, a new economic development organization formed in 2019 to focus on attracting new employers to the region. Its CEO Steve Johnson is the former head of the Missouri Partnership, also dedicated to attracting new employers at the state level.
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Near Maryville university is Maryville Centre office park, there is an empty 97,000 square foot building* + floors in other buildings in the complex (9 office buildings and 2 hotels)
*I think it’s 550 Maryville Centre Drive
*I think it’s 550 Maryville Centre Drive
Thanks ^, ^^, ^^^
Sounds like they want to set up their own little innovative District as well.
At same time, the price is probably right on existing space and if Maryville University is tied to it they probably prefer it near their campus at end of day..
Sounds like they want to set up their own little innovative District as well.
At same time, the price is probably right on existing space and if Maryville University is tied to it they probably prefer it near their campus at end of day..
I read into the articles that Alliance STL gets the majority if not all the credit for selling the benefits of the city/region. Since Alliance STL just formed last year, I would imagine they have built a strong pipeline to get this win this soon. Just curious if anyone has an details about other efforts.
Well, well. Great to see that John Goodman landed on his feet...sc4mayor wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020Free PD reporting:dredger wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020Can someone share some of the details behind paywall. ThanksDogtownBnR wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/06/22/tech-firm-is-said-to-add-1400-jobs.html
Well this is good news!
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... ing%20News
A subsidiary of international consulting firm Accenture plans to open an advanced technology center near Maryville University that could yield 1,400 jobs over five years.
Accenture Federal Services, led by CEO John Goodman, plans to open the office in an existing Town and Country building later this year. The firm works with federal government agencies on digital, cloud, automation, artificial intelligence and cyber solutions. Based in Arlington, Virginia, Accenture Federal Services has major offices in several locations around the country.
The announcement is the largest win yet for AllianceSTL, a new economic development organization formed in 2019 to focus on attracting new employers to the region. Its CEO Steve Johnson is the former head of the Missouri Partnership, also dedicated to attracting new employers at the state level.
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I'll save my disappointment over the location for another day. This is excellent news.
^ Same, fantastic news all the way around. Sounds like it could be related to some sort of a federal contract...maybe Maryville University is involved too, hence the location and the announcement happening on their campus.
More details from today. Does not appear to be related to any specific federal contract.
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... ing%20News
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... ing%20News
The roughly 10,000-employee company, a subsidiary of global consulting firm Accenture, will use its St. Louis office to provide tech consulting work in the digital, cloud, automation, artificial intelligence and cyber fields.
Accenture Federal Services has been "rapidly growing and expanding" and began scouting sites for a new technology center about a year ago, Goodman said. The firm worked with AllianceSTL, a privately-funded economic development organization focused on attracting new companies to the region. Accenture Federal Services' decision to open a new office in the region represents the biggest win yet for AllianceSTL since its launch in early 2019.
The new Accenture Federal Services office at 520 Maryville Centre Drive near Maryville University will be ready to move in employees by December, said Molly Ketcham, an AFS managing director of strategic planning. Hiring has already started, and the company plans to recruit about 200 new workers in the first year and then ramp up as quickly as possible.
Ketcham, who worked on the site selection process, is from St. Louis originally, and Goodman joked that they had to make sure she was providing unbiased advice. But St. Louis ultimately checked all the boxes for the talent AFS wanted to recruit. "I'm very confident in our choice," he said. "It says a lot about the community that you have created and are creating. At the end of the day, we thought this was the right location."
The location isn't related to any one federal contract, and the decision to locate here isn't due to the proximity of any particular federal customers, Goodman said. But the site will be similar to an office the company has in San Antonio, where it has had success recruiting veterans and military service members. St. Louis's defense employers such as Scott Air Force Base, the Boeing assembly plant and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency do lend themselves to a workforce the company found attractive, he said.
AFS, like every company, had its own internal debate about whether it still needed to plant a physical presence in a new market given the prevalence of remote work following the pandemic. But the company concluded that the future of work has not "irrevocably changed," Goodman said. New hires will need an office to train, develop relationships with coworkers and acclimate to a company culture. Plus, some AFS employees working on sensitive or classified government projects need secure systems and can't work remotely. There may well be more flexibility in how employees work going forward, Goodman said.
But, he said, “there’s still great value in co-location.”
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STL today story says 520 but 520 only has one 22,000 SF floor open....dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Jun 22, 2020Near Maryville university is Maryville Centre office park, there is an empty 97,000 square foot building* + floors in other buildings in the complex (9 office buildings and 2 hotels)
*I think it’s 550 Maryville Centre Drive
The new Accenture Federal Services office at 520 Maryville Centre Drive near Maryville University will be ready to move in employees by December, said Molly Ketcham, an AFS managing director of strategic planning. Hiring has already started, and the company plans to recruit about 200 new workers in the first year and then ramp up as quickly as possible.
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One site but it just got turned into a parking lot for TD Ameritrade, including a new tunnel under the road to their buildingframer wrote: ↑Jun 23, 2020Any undeveloped sites remaining in Maryville Center?
Some details on why Stl
Officials with Missouri's Department of Economic Development said Accenture Federal Services, headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and part of Ireland-based Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN), would receive $20.2 million in diverted state withholdings taxes from the Missouri Works incentive program, plus $219,000 for training and recruitment assistance.
The St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, which worked on the deal, said it would recommend that the St. Louis County Council approve subsidies for the project, including 10 years of personal property tax abatement at 50% assessment, and sales tax exemptions on construction materials and personal property. The company, the Partnership said, plans $7.1 million in real property construction improvements and $11.1 million in personal property acquisitions.
Officials with Missouri's Department of Economic Development said Accenture Federal Services, headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and part of Ireland-based Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN), would receive $20.2 million in diverted state withholdings taxes from the Missouri Works incentive program, plus $219,000 for training and recruitment assistance.
The St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, which worked on the deal, said it would recommend that the St. Louis County Council approve subsidies for the project, including 10 years of personal property tax abatement at 50% assessment, and sales tax exemptions on construction materials and personal property. The company, the Partnership said, plans $7.1 million in real property construction improvements and $11.1 million in personal property acquisitions.
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People complain about Downtown Clayton stealing jobs and buildings from DTSTL, but my god the 40/64 office corridor just makes me angry every time I drive by. What a waste to have it all out there.
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irony here is that this federal solutions group is apparently wanted a location that can attract millennial'sGoHarvOrGoHome wrote: ↑Jun 23, 2020People complain about Downtown Clayton stealing jobs and buildings from DTSTL, but my god the 40/64 office corridor just makes me angry every time I drive by. What a waste to have it all out there.
A lot has been written here, and elsewhere, about this region's lack of a cohesive economic development strategy, a major problem in St. Louis for sometime. AllianceSTL was formed in 2019 to help form a unified message when trying to sell the region elsewhere...if they can keep this up...
...I think we're in for some nice surprises in the future.Johnson, of AllianceSTL, said "at every step of the way, we presented" a unified, focused story. Accenture Federal said in a press release that it "used strategic regional insight, market analysis and the business and civic relationships facilitated by Alliance STL," and that "the St. Louis leadership team engaged (Accenture Federal) in an innovative, highly collaborative approach that sets the stage for success."
"It demonstrates to everyone what happens when we work together towards a common purpose," Johnson said.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... s_headline
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Here's another article from the BizJournal on how St. Louis Landed these jobs.
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Contact was made through someone with "St. Louis background".
Highlights:
"I cannot for the life of me think of a new business attraction project that is this big," said Steve Johnson, CEO of AllianceSTL, the economic development group that's part of the St. Louis Regional Chamber.
Johnson said, " Economic models that we use suggest the real impact will be 2,800 jobs total. You plug in variables, the kind of business, for example, based on all the data that's out there using a standard economic model. It's because of all of the businesses that Accenture Federal Services will engage with and the services that they will require. And because these jobs are totally new, it injects a whole lot of new income and wealth into the community."
"Our understanding is that they narrowed their list of possible cities to four major markets. When we asked them what they would base their decision on, they talked a lot about diversification of risk, along with sources of talent and costs of talent. We needed to prove that the talent was here. We pushed hard on looking at college graduation within a 250-mile radius. They also hire a lot of veterans. Between Scott Air Force Base and Fort Leonard Wood, we have about 2,600 exits per year. Those are numbers of highly trained, highly work-ready people that are not part of the population base. Our slow population growth on projects of this size can present challenges at times. But this project was unique, and we made the case that the people they're looking for, we think they're here."
Locked article
Contact was made through someone with "St. Louis background".
Highlights:
"I cannot for the life of me think of a new business attraction project that is this big," said Steve Johnson, CEO of AllianceSTL, the economic development group that's part of the St. Louis Regional Chamber.
Johnson said, " Economic models that we use suggest the real impact will be 2,800 jobs total. You plug in variables, the kind of business, for example, based on all the data that's out there using a standard economic model. It's because of all of the businesses that Accenture Federal Services will engage with and the services that they will require. And because these jobs are totally new, it injects a whole lot of new income and wealth into the community."
"Our understanding is that they narrowed their list of possible cities to four major markets. When we asked them what they would base their decision on, they talked a lot about diversification of risk, along with sources of talent and costs of talent. We needed to prove that the talent was here. We pushed hard on looking at college graduation within a 250-mile radius. They also hire a lot of veterans. Between Scott Air Force Base and Fort Leonard Wood, we have about 2,600 exits per year. Those are numbers of highly trained, highly work-ready people that are not part of the population base. Our slow population growth on projects of this size can present challenges at times. But this project was unique, and we made the case that the people they're looking for, we think they're here."
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This is also huge because it will grow the local tech worker pool. During my brief stint in IT staffing, it was clear that STL was behind peer cities when it comes to tech talent. When looking for a full stack java developer, we often had less than five candidates IN THE REGION to choose from.
Just wish they could have put it in the damn city.
Just wish they could have put it in the damn city.