Business View Magazine | February 2020

207 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2020 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