Company officials indicated a preference for being downtown, Caldwell said at the time. The county was happy to oblige.
The county recently acquired Summer Place at 500 Summit Hill Drive for about $1.6 million from TVA. It was part of a deal that allowed the county to become a long-term tenant in TVA s nearby East Tower for school system space and for University of Tennessee System space.
CGI intends to open an information tech delivery center here, gradually hiring with a target of 300 personnel in five years.
It will be CGI s eighth IT delivery and support center in the U.S.
The average starting salary for an early career professional in Knoxville will be $60,000 annually, according to Alison Hallett, vice president of CGI s U.S. marketing communications.