Window manufacturer Bonelli Enterprises S.E. is Project Glass.
An economic development agreement with the city identified the South San Francisco-based subsidiary of Pella Corp. as the code name company seeking city and state financial incentives.
The company used the name Project Glass during negotiations with the city’s Office of Economic Development in September and October. State law allowed Bonelli to shield its identity during negotiations to protect trade secrets or proprietary information.
An incentives package detailed in legislation approved by City Council members Oct. 23 includes a $675,000 Qualified Targeted Industry Tax Refund Grant, in which the city would contribute 20 percent or $135,000. The state pays 80 percent of the incentive.
The grant is worth $5,000 for each new job created by year-end 2023.
Bonelli plans to hire 135 employees by that time, generating $6.2 in annual new payroll, excluding benefits.
Average annual salaries must be $46,472 to receive the incentives.
The company also proposes to invest $7 million in manufacturing, equipment, furniture and real estate purchase and improvements.
Bonelli intends to lease 65,000 square feet of space within an existing Jacksonville facility according to the economic development agreement executed Nov. 29.
The company also received city approval to build-out a window-making plant at Westside Industrial Park.
The city issued a permit Wednesday for Tenant Contractors Inc. to renovate 72,102 square feet of space at 8291 Forshee Drive at a cost of $413,184. Atlanta-based Nelson is the architect.
According to the building plans, Bonelli plans to lease space within the 158,529-square-foot multitenant Building 31.
While most of the facility will be for manufacturing, a description of the project states Bonelli will use 13,292 square feet for light assembly.