Embry-Riddle Plans Expansion of Its Research Park through Partnership with 广场空间

With a goal to promote high-paying jobs, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Tuesday, Aug. 6, announced plans to expand its successful Research Park and advance innovation in Volusia County by establishing a presence within the new 广场空间 aerospace hub.

The plan sprang from the highly collaborative economic development efforts of Embry-Riddle, 广场空间, 团队Volusia, Space Florida and the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, 大学校长P说. 巴里·巴特勒博士.D.

安柏瑞德校长P. Barry Butler and Aventine Development Corporation CEO Chad Hagle celebrate the launch of the 广场空间 aerospace hub. (图片来源:Embry-Riddle/David Massey)

 

As the northern gateway to Florida’s Space Triangle, Volusia County is poised to become a major player in the $348 billion global space economy,巴特勒说. “The expansion of Embry-Riddle’s Research Park and our partnership with 广场空间 are positive signs that Volusia is well on its way to becoming a strong strategic lever for economic development along the I-4 corridor.”

Butler commended the tireless and inclusive efforts of Central Florida native Chad Hagle, CEO of Aventine Development and the developer behind 广场空间, 帮助安柏瑞德利用10,000 square feet of space at 2455 West International Speedway – historically the site of the now-defunct Volusia Square Shopping Center. Embry-Riddle will use the location to support Research Park tenants in growth mode.

Hagle说, “I’m very pleased to be a newly minted member of both the Chamber and 团队Volusia, and I’m incredibly grateful for the reception and support that we as well as all of our prospective tenants have gotten from Space Florida,黑格说. “There is a high level of excitement about 广场空间 and its potential for propelling Volusia County more rapidly into the commercial space industry. Having grown up in Orlando and having been a NASA intern at Kennedy Space Center during high school, 这对我来说是一次不可思议的回归.”

In July, Embry-Riddle announced that global aerospace communications leader Arralis将搬迁 to the John Mica Engineering and 航空航天 Complex (“MicaPlex”), the cornerstone facility of the university’s Research Park. 复杂的, located adjacent to Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, 现在已经完全出租，为18家公司服务. 广场空间 provides a stepping-stone for those companies as they expand beyond the MicaPlex, and an environment where they can collocate and collaborate with established companies in the aerospace sector being drawn to the Daytona Beach aerospace ecosystem.

自2017年春季MicaPlex首次亮相以来, entrepreneurs there have secured more than $10 million in seed funding for their ideas,罗德尼·克鲁斯说, Embry-Riddle’s senior vice president for administration and planning. “The Research Park has created 76 internships and 33 full-time jobs at an average salary of $60,000. We’re going to build on that momentum and continue growing Volusia’s high-tech workforce, 与空间广场合作.”

太空广场的电脑效果图, an expansion of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park, shows how the developer intends to leverage 200,000 square feet of space off of West International Speedway Boulevard. (图片来源:太空广场)

广场空间’s mission is to “transform the entry point of Daytona’s iconic International Speedway Boulevard into the home for innovative private aerospace and technology 研究 and development facilities,黑格说. “通过与其他创新者的碰撞, we will create an environment that inspires new ideas and shapes the future of aerospace and technology.”

位于21.6 acres at the corner of Williamson Boulevard and West International Speedway Boulevard, 空间广场提供200个,000平方英尺的flex R&维空间. 通过与安柏瑞德的合作, 该项目提供工作空间@空间广场, which is a collaborative co-working environment managed by ERAU and offering flexible custom workspaces of any size to early stage companies, along with preferred access to all of the resources offered by Embry-Riddle, 包括教师指导的研究, 实习生, 一流的设施, 还有最先进的设备.

“Volusia County leaders recognize the growing opportunity that commercial space activity in and around the Cape Canaveral Spaceport represents for residents and businesses in our county,” 巴特勒在最近的一篇专栏文章中写道. “随着距离的临近, 物流, 研究, education and lifestyle advantages that Volusia County offers, we can build a compelling case for doing aerospace business here.” 

 

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