Bertram Yachts - New facility in Merritt Island to relocate its 50 entire staff to Brevard County

Miami-based Bertram Yachts, Miami will be the basis Bertram yacht, obtained from the expression Oscar Pedro Musibay. Oscar Pedro Musibay talking about Bertram yacht in full. She said Bertram Yacht will relocate to Miami. What's wrong with Bertram yacht? Bertram yacht is a great legend and the which is moving to a 37-acre site on Merritt Island, is offering jobs to its entire staff of 125 full-time employees, said company President Alton Herndon.

The eight acres Bertram is currently using will be closed by October or November, he of toll the Business Journal. Although Bertram is leaving Miami after 50 years, it is not Relocating out of the state, the which was a priority for the company.

Herndon said he expects Between 30 and 50 people to relocate with Bertram to its new home and is offering to cover at least some of the Relocation costs. In total, it will generate about 220 jobs in Brevard County.

The yacht builder said it needs to move Because the site's current buildings are not tall enough to handle the large boats the company is building. Bertram has gone from 63-foot boats retailing for $ 3.5 million to 80-foot yachts That Sell for about $ 6 million.

He said the new facility was built for Brunswick boats about eight years ago, but was never used. It will not only handle the volume of Their current production, but is big enough to grow with the company.

Herndon said would Relocation will cost Between $ 700,000 and $ 1 million. Bertram Hopes to launch the first Merritt Island built a model in early 2013.

The Miami site was once Considered as a possible home for the Miami Herald's headquarters Including its printing plant. But the newspaper eventually Decided to relocate to Doral.

The site where Bertram is located was sold to Sweden-based Alecta last year. The property, now called Miami International Centre, covers more than a city block, Including more than 400.000 square feet of manufacturing and marina facilities. There are 11 buildings, four of the which run along the Tamiami Canal and include boat slip sheds.

The larger area around the site includes Betram Yachts Several properties used by rental car operators relocated to a nearby That rental car hub. Miami International Centre is directly east of the Miami Intermodal Center, a ground transportation hub designed to connect the public to Miami International Airport via tram, buses, rental cars and taxis.

The neighborhood is being master planned by Miami-Dade County as a new mixed-use community called Palmer Lake with the intermodal center as its backbone.