Blount County - Marriot International Expansion
Marriott International will double the size of its Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley business services headquarters to 500 employees. To accommodate the expansion, the company has signed a lease on an additional 50,000 square foot building now under construction next door to its current facilities.
Marriott’s Innovation Valley employees provide accounting and other financial services to the company’s hotels. New hires will primarily be involved in project management and various accounting disciplines, according to Bryan Daniels vice president of the Blount County Economic Development Board.
As part of the Marriott expansion, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development awarded a $239,040 grant to Blount County to install two traffic signals and widen exit and entrance ramps, according to Daniels.
The new, $6.9 building, owned by Stock Creek Partnership, is scheduled for completion in May.
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