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Jacksonville-based company plans to add 250 well-paying jobs

Credit Ryan Ketterman for Visit Jacksonville

A Jacksonville-based company is expanding and plans to add 250 well-paying jobs in the next few years.

Availity LLC, a healthcare IT company, has leased 100,000 square feet in Town Center One, a building site off Gate Parkway, the Jacksonville Business Journal reported.

The company is relocating from its office on Deerwood Park Boulevard, where 300 employees currently work.

Availity said the expansion will add 250 jobs with an average wage of $70,000 by 2021.

Plans for the expansion were filed under the name Project Avalanche.

Molly Miles, vice president of marketing at Availity, told JBJ that the company is growing and needs more office space.

The company also has offices in Indianapolis, Indiana; Dallas, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Helana, Montana; and Mesa, Arizona.

The average wage of the 250 jobs is $70,000 per year:

Posted by Action News Jax on Wednesday, May 10, 2017