HII to become tenant at renovated City Center in downtown Syracuse, create 80 new jobs

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — HII, an all-domain defense and technologies company, plans to expand its operations in downtown Syracuse.

HII has committed to creating more than 80 new jobs at City Center and expects to be operational in the new space in the first quarter of 2023. HII is short for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The firm will occupy 50,000 square-feet of renovated space in the former Sibley’s department store building located on South Salina St., Empire State Development (ESD) announced Thursday.

That structure, which is also known as City Center, is currently undergoing renovation work.

The company’s Mission Technologies division will serve as an anchor tenant in the repurposed space. Its website indicates HII’s Mission Technologies division is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

The Hayner Hoyt Corporation is currently working to renovate the building into a mixed-use facility that will include office, commercial, and retail space, along with residential units.

ESD is assisting HII with the revitalization of the South Salina Street location with up to $3 million through the Excelsior jobs tax credit program. The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency also assisted with the project. The total cost for the project renovation has been placed at $5.5 million.

HII operates a sensor and embedded design center in Syracuse, which the company describes as its “Electronic Warfare (EW) and RADAR Center of Excellence,” per its website. HII also has operations in Rome.

About HII

HII is a global engineering and defense-technologies provider “with a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national security,” ESD said.

HII focuses on matters that include artificial intelligence; cyber and electronic warfare; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); unmanned systems; and nuclear and environmental services, per its website.

HII “leads the industry in mission-driven products that support and enable a networked, all-domain force,” ESD said. Headquartered in Virginia, HII has a workforce is 44,000.

“With our nation’s increasing demand for mission-critical advanced technologies, we are committed to investing in and expanding our research and development capabilities,” Andy Green, HII executive vice president and president of Mission Technologies, said. “Our expanded presence in New York will ensure our continued support to our customers’ missions today and into the future.”