KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. will build a new customer support facility in Panama City Beach, Fla., according to a recently signed letter of intent,
The 65,000 square-foot facility, under development by The St. Joe Company, is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2002. The center could employ up to 600 people and will provide an annual $10 million boost to the local community. Hiring is expected to begin in fourth-quarter 2001.
