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New call center announced for former Pioneer Credit location on Mill Street, Batavia

By Howard B. Owens

Press release from Genesee County Economic Development Center:

Premiere Credit of North America, LLC, a leading national accounts receivable management company headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., is expanding its operations and opening a call center located on Mill Street in the City of Batavia. Premiere Credit has signed a lease for 8,500 square feet, with the option of taking the total 13,500 square feet of space. Premiere Credit expects to employ 50 people at the Mill Street location and plans to be up and running by March 1 or sooner if possible.

“Premiere Credit is a dynamic and growing company. We are excited to open a call center in this location and look forward to welcoming 50 residents of the City of Batavia and the surrounding area to our team,” said Rob Meck, Premiere Credit president and CEO.

“This is not only a win for Batavia, but a national win; outsourcing of call center jobs has been going on for years, keeping these positions in the United States is ideal,” said Steve Hyde, president and CEO of the Genesee County Economic Development Center. “It genuinely shows the quality of Premiere Credit as a leader in corporate responsibility. We welcome them to our community."

“We are thrilled Premiere leadership was able to recognize the talent, value and willingness of Batavia to support their business growth," said Jason Molino, city manager. “Mancuso’s ability to sell our community and Harris’ patience to land a call center tenant does not go unnoticed either.”

Premiere Credit contracted with CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) to find a suitable location to open its new call center. The request for proposal, seeking locations in Western New York, led to interaction with Chris Suozzi, VP of business development at GCEDC, who worked with CBRE to bring Premiere Credit to the Mill Street location.

After visiting many different sites throughout Western New York, Premiere Credit decided that Batavia was the best location.

“Given the variables of the project this was the ideal setting,” Suozzi said.

Suozzi and Tony Mancuso of Mancuso Commercial Reality have been working together since 2009 to fill this location.

“The Mill Street location, owned by Harris Mill Street Properties, has been vacant since July of 2009,” Mancuso said. “I was thrilled at the opportunity to show the building and believed it is the perfect fit."

Suozzi and Mancuso engaged Julie Pacatte, economic developer of the Batavia Development Corporation (BDC), and Louis Lopez, Business Services representative of the Department of Labor, to further assist with the project.

“The collaboration of GCEDC, BDC, Genesee Career Center, Mancuso Commercial Realty and Harris Properties sends a strong unified message that significant support is available for business in the City of Batavia,” stated Ray Chaya, BDC board president.

Kyle Couchman

Jason I understand you want to comment on things. But to comment you have to READ the article and comprehend it buddy.... Your question is answered in the last sentence in the first paragraph. Let me post it for you...

" Premiere Credit expects to employ 50 people at the Mill Street location and plans to be up and running by March 1 or sooner if possible. "

Is that clear enough for ya :)

Jan 18, 2012, 8:07am Permalink
John Woodworth JR

Well they stated, they expect 50 (+ or - who knows) and that it will open March 1st (but, no year, could be 2030 for all we know). I know common sense speaks volumes.

Jan 19, 2012, 3:42pm Permalink
jason reese

First of all, i admitted my mistake and that's what it was. Second i'm not your buddy. Just because you expect to, does not mean it's going to happen. I want a solid answer.
Finally, Your last sentence, "Is that clear enough for ya", needs a question mark (?) Before you go around correcting people, make sure your work is correct. Is that clear enough for ya?

Jan 20, 2012, 5:13pm Permalink
Kyle Couchman

Hey Jason very good dressing down however its hard to take a critique on grammar for a couple of reasons.

1) Usually people resort to being what it popularly referred to as "spelling nazis" when they dont really have any argument, so they pick on formal punctuation and grammer instead to make themselves look superior. This isnt a formal letter or communication so, my leaving out a questionmark is really moot and not important.

2) While you are correcting my missing "?" Please look to your own post that you ended by stating..... "Before you go around correcting people, make sure your work is correct. Is that clear enough for ya?" The first couple of sentences you used a lower case I instead of upper case. Which really makes your statement at the end rather humorous. Thanks for the good laugh, buddy :)

Just in case you missed it or edit it to make this comment look stupid here is is pasted...

"First of all, i admitted my mistake and that's what it was. Second i'm not your buddy."

Jan 20, 2012, 5:42pm Permalink

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