Aviation firm would create 300 new jobs

Incentives could seal deal

An aviation support company would establish its regional headquarters and create 300 jobs over five years in Fort Lauderdale, if an economic incentives agreement is approved by the city’s community redevelopment agency.

The CRA is scheduled on Tuesday to consider $1.5 million in incentives for Triangle Services and its technology subsidiary Contact Critical Solutions.

Triangle Services, which operates in 43 states and employs more than 2,500 people nationwide, would establish its regional headquarters at 550 W. Sunrise Blvd., where there was once a motorcycle and repair company.

Triangle would invest $6.4 million to acquire and redevelop the 27,000 square-foot building, which is appraised at $2.8 million and was purchased by LPF Realty in May, according to a memorandum by Lee Feldman, Fort Lauderdale’s city manager, to the CRA and Fort Lauderdale City Commission.

The company would also purchase more than $2 million in equipment for the property. Contact Critical Solutions, a business communications company purchased by Triangle in 2014, would be in the same building and also would need to purchase more than $2 million in equipment, according to the memo.

Of the 300 jobs to be created, Triangle would commit to hiring at least 55 people from the CRA district, according to the memo. The average annual wage of the new jobs would be $32,345. To apply online, go to www.triangleservices.com/ triangle-careers.

Triangle Services, based in Valley Stream, N.Y., maintains transportation and fleet operations as well as provides airline passenger services, baggage handling, security, janitorial operations and landscaping.

Customers include JetBlue, American Airlines and Federal Express. It maintains operations in Florida, including Hollywood and Tampa. Other locations are in New York, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Jersey.

The private company was founded in 1960 by Ralph Fine with fewer than 10 employees. Fine remains chairman of the board.

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance said it supports the project, which would have a direct economic impact of more than $21 million over five years, with $18 million more in indirect impacts.