New AT&T Hub In Visalia Industrial Park
Telecom company AT&T will set up a regional service center in the Visalia Industrial Park in coming months with an expected 60 to 70 employees. The office will serve customer needs for a variety of services including broadband, mobil and fixed telephone.
Realtor Doug Burr says the company will lease a 24,000 sf building on 1.7 acres at 8945 W Goshen Ave, currently empty. The company filed for tenant improvements to build out an office in about half the warehouse space this week.The building is owned by investor Danny Freitas.
“They will be dispatched to work around the county for AT&T’s bundled services” expects Burr. ”They need parking for about 75 trucks.”
The Dallas-based firm is the 7th largest company in the United States by total revenue.
Tulare Algae Farm Breaking Ground
Pacific Algae Oil has leased four acres next to the Tulare city treatment plant to build a pilot production plant that would turn algae into oils to be used for bio-jet fuel. The company uses CO2 generated from the city’s fuel cell operations and piped to to the growing area. The algae grow in tubes and are seeded to tubs where the CO2 is bubbled. Before the oil is extracted the algae are netted and dried on racks.
The pilot project has university research interest says city public works director Lew Nelson so the project has a student labor supply.
Nelson says the company broke ground on the project this week.He expects plenty of visitors since “algae farming has worldwide interest.”
Visalia Medical Will Double Sized of Walk-In Clinic
Visalia Medical Clinic is doubling the size of its ‘Quick Care’ walk-in clinic this summer says CFO Russ Desch.”We have plenty of demand from both our Visalia Medical patients and outside patients for urgent care type service that does not require a long wait or appointment.”
The clinic is also remodeling its lobby to to accommodate patient flow he says.
“Visalia has a shortage of primary care physicians ” notes Desch and a clinic setting is a lot more cost effect and better than getting care at the hospital ER.”
Desch says Kaweah Delta herself is building several new urgent care centers in Visalia as well ”to take the pressure off of their ER.”
Under the new health care law getting regular care through a primary physician in private office or clinic setting will be encouraged.
“We should be open in fall when the sniffles and colds become a problem once again.”
The remodeling work is valued at $560,000.