{"id":267267,"date":"2026-05-11T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267267\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:55:08","slug":"glass-manufacturing-facility-would-be-one-of-the-largest-in-st-lucie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267267\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass manufacturing facility would be one of the largest in St. Lucie County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">A 1.3 million-square-foot <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-st-lucie-county\/proposed-glass-aluminum-manufacturing-facility-could-bring-over-1-000-jobs-to-treasure-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">manufacturing facility called Project Orchid<\/a> could be coming to St Lucie County, just off Rock Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">County leaders said it could be one of the largest manufacturing facilities in the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WATCH: Glass manufacturing industry eyes Treasure Coast<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;It&#8217;s our largest project to date from pretty much all aspects,\u201d said Wes McCurry, president of the Economic Development Council of St Lucie County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On May 5, county commissioners approved multiple development agreements, pushing forward the project: A 1.3 million-square-foot glass-window manufacturing facility. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">McCurry said it could bring an entire new industry to the Treasure Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;This is a new industry type that could lead to a specific cluster that has more industries that are similar or are compatible to window manufacturing, just like we have with the marine and aerospace,\u201d said McCurry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">County records showed the company is headquartered out of Miami, but the name still remains confidential due to state economic development law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">McCurry said the project promises around 1,000 jobs, with a median wage of $28.50 an hour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;That&#8217;s about 116% of the county&#8217;s current annual average wage,\u201d said McCurry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The site is close to Kings Highway, a section that County Commissioner Jamie Fowler said they\u2019re targeting as a jobs corridor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cNorth county is starting to get the attention it deserves,&#8221; said Fowler. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a done deal yet, but fingers crossed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fowler said the company is still shopping around other markets for their facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;What is going to give them the most bang for their buck? Because they&#8217;re going to have to put out a lot up front to get going,\u201d said Fowler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">County leaders said the company will have a capital investment of over $300 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think the odds are definitely in our favor,\u201d said Fowler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fowler said the county will have a second hearing about Project Orchid, and then the ball is in the company&#8217;s court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 1.3 million-square-foot manufacturing facility called Project Orchid could be coming to St Lucie County, just off Rock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[10154,171,173,172,114939,114940,114941],"class_list":["post-267267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-ohio","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-teacher-charged-with-assault","tag-teacher-punches-student","tag-teacher-punches-student-in-jaw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}