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November 30th, 2023, 03:08 PM #1Senior Member
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Dark Storm Industries Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
Firearms Manufacturer Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
The company will lose over $1 million in financial incentives.
By Nolan Beilstein, Unit 202 Productions, Alex Shanahan
Nov 30, 2023
In June 2021, firearms maker Dark Storm Industries announced plans to relocate manufacturing from New York to Titusville, Florida. The company intended to build a new 25,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing plant in the Sunshine State, foreseeing a capital investment of approximately $3.2 million and 87 new jobs.
However, Florida Today has reported that the company, which caters specifically to the AR platform modern sporting rifles, elected not to build a new facility and, as a result, will lose over $1 million in financial incentives.
The report cited a 300% increase in the facility’s construction costs and a “dramatic” rise in financing costs since the project’s initiation, according to Dark Storm managing partner Edward Newman. In a letter to a local government economic program, Newman explained that these factors rendered the project “no longer economically viable.”
Dark Storm planned to build the new plant on 9.8 acres that the company bought for $362,600 in 2021 at Spaceport Commerce Park. Dark Storm expected the facility to house manufacturing, warehousing and shipping operations and create 50 direct jobs with an average salary of $50,000.
However, following higher construction costs, permit delays and increased interest rates on commercial loans, Dark Storm decided not to construct the new facility. Instead, the company opted to lease manufacturing space on nearby Merritt Island. The company will use the space until it finds a “suitable existing facility.”
The county commission voted to repurchase the undeveloped area from Dark Storm for the original price and will now offer the land to other tenants.
While Dark Storm got the money back spent on the land, it will still have to forfeit $1.08 million in economic incentives. The company will also lose a 10-year deal for a 100% break on county property taxes and a seven-year deal for a 70% break on city property taxes.
https://www.ien.com/video/video/2288...801H7472378B9Z
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November 30th, 2023, 03:10 PM #2
Re: Dark Storm Industries Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
It's hard to lose something you don't have to begin with.
Gender confusion is a mental illness
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November 30th, 2023, 04:26 PM #3Grand Member
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Re: Dark Storm Industries Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
They must enjoy getting shafted by NYS 🥴
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November 30th, 2023, 04:59 PM #4
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November 30th, 2023, 05:12 PM #5Active Member
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Re: Dark Storm Industries Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
they just don't understand how bidenomics works jojo says it was Trumps fault
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November 30th, 2023, 05:38 PM #6Grand Member
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November 30th, 2023, 06:09 PM #7
Re: Dark Storm Industries Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
So they loaded up the truck and moved to Tennessee.
Corruption is the default behavior of government officials. JPC
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