SYRACUSE – ShoreGroup, Inc., a New York City-based information-technology company, plans to create 200 jobs new jobs in Onondaga County by the end of 2016.
The company already employs 113 people in software development and managed services at a location in Syracuse. In addition to the 200 new jobs the firm expects to add by the end of 2016, ShoreGroup expects similar growth in the following five years.
ShoreGroup also plans to relocate from its current 7,600-square-foot office to a new 15,000-square-foot location. The company expects to need another 23,000 square feet within the next five year period.
ShoreGroup is getting $3 million in state tax credits from Empire State Development (ESD) to support its growth.
“New York has been our home for over a decade and the Syracuse area is fertile with software development talent, especially in the areas surrounding Syracuse University,” ShoreGroup CFO Alan Bendes said in a news release. “Our CaseSentry network and application management platform was born in Syracuse and continues to blossom here. It is becoming an industry standard, having been selected as the best-of-breed solution by many of the largest enterprises around the globe, as well as being selected as the solution of choice by our channel partners for providing a solution to their enterprise contact center customers.
“New York state made it clear in words, actions and incentives that they wanted us to achieve our growth plans in NY, which made the decision a clear choice for us to invest for growth here as opposed to considering other potential locations.”
The company began talks with ESD last summer related to its Central New York expansion. The firm has locations in more than 20 states an initially considered expanding elsewhere.
The expansion in Central New York also means all 113 current employees will be retained. The region would have lost 98 of those jobs if ShoreGroup’s expansion had occurred out of state.
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