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A video game studio’s “pioneer vision” that led it to Orlando is taking it to another fast-growing southeastern market: Nashville.
Adam Boyes, co-CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios LLC, announced Feb. 23 that his company will create 108 jobs in Music City in the next five years. Nashville will become Iron Galaxy’s third office, in addition to its home base of Chicago and an office downtown Orlando.
“When we started in Chicago, there were only two small studios,” Boyes told sister publication Nashville Business Journal. “It wasn’t a burgeoning tech hub. Orlando was the same. We like to take a city by storm and develop local talent.”
Of course, Iron Galaxy’s appetite for growth isn’t limited to the Volunteer State. The company is pursuing economic development incentives from the city of Orlando to expand the staff at its local studio.
The potential incentives agreement, which originally called for the creation of up to 45 jobs, now promises 90 new jobs over five years with an average annual wage of $77,700, according to a city agenda item. Plus, the firm expects to invest $3.75 million in build-out expenses and equipment over a five-year period as part of its expansion. In return, Iron Galaxy is eligible for up to $135,000 under the city’s High Wage/High Value Job Creation Program.
