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NARS,
which stands for National Asset Recovery
Service Inc. recently announced it was opening a domestic call
center in Cape Girardeau that will eventually bring as many as 500 new
jobs to Cape Girardeau.
The
company will ultimately locate to 40,000 square feet of converted office
space in the former Cape Sears building, vacant since last December when
Sears built a new 150,000 square foot store.
In the meantime, NARS will occupy space on the third and fourth
floors in the 70,000 square foot Auburn
Park building located near West Park Mall.
Tom Kelsey, commercial broker with Lorimont Place, Ltd. , who
handled the Auburn Park lease transaction said the company has already
moved in and began operations.
The
interim office space will enable NARS to immediately begin training
operations for 100 employees already hired by the company. The Auburn Park Place building, owned by Drury Southwest had
available space for the company ready for immediate occupancy.
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, who has operated a customer
service center in Cape Girardeau since 1997 had formerly used the same
space for employee training.
The
company will handle inbound customer calls from national clients as
Sprint and Charter Communications.
NARS headquarters in in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield and
describes itself as a call center outsourcing firm with 1,100-employee
facility in Panama City, Panama, and more than 1,000 employees at a
center in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Kelsey
said Cape Girardeau was able to land the company with joint effort from
the City along with help from local, regional and state economic
development agencies. Mitch
Robinson, director of Cape Area
Magnet, the local industrial and business recruitment agency said
the company will receive $466,173 in new job training bonds and $500,000
in development tax credits to help buy equipment for the new facility.
NARS anticipates opening in the former Sears building sometime in
the spring with over 400 workstations representing 500 jobs.
Those
interested in job opportunities can apply at: www.narsnet.com
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