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the area. Pfizer already has approximately 650 employees in Sanford, and its new facility is expected to add around 300 new jobs. “Project Jupiter,” concerns an as yet-to-be- named biotechnology company that is eyeing the new spec building within the 230-acre Central Carolina Enterprise Park, a public/ private partnership between local government and private developers. “Because we had some forward thinking from leadership and some private stakeholders, we expect many more buildings to go into that 230-acre site,” says Sanford Mayor, Chet Mann. “Pfizer is leading the world in gene therapy research and development, and it was a $500 million expansion. But, more importantly, it’s enticing this Project Jupiter, which is another gene therapy company, to come to town. So, we may be on the verge of a gene therapy/life sciences cluster here in Sanford. And we’re very excited for what the white lab coat community might do to a small-business town like ours.” Finally, Kalyani Bharat Forge is erecting a new facility on 77 acres just across the highway from the Central Carolina Enterprise Park. The Kalyani Group, its parent company, is an Indian- based, multi-national, conglomerate with a manufacturing footprint across India, Germany, SANFORD , NORTH CAROL INA Project Jupiter