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Genentech, Fujifilm and AT&T projects highlighted as Wake County markets life-sciences growth
Summary
Commissioner Shanica Thomas said Genentech will build a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs (more than 400 jobs and $700M+ investment) and Fujifilm Biotechnologies opened a manufacturing facility expected to create nearly 1,400 jobs across two phases; county also announced an AT&T broadband grant to reach 1,500 homes and businesses in Wendell.
Commissioner Shanica Thomas emphasized Wake County's emergence as a life-sciences hub and the county's role in supporting job-creating investments.
Thomas said Genentech will build a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, expected to generate more than 400 high-quality jobs and invest over $700,000,000. She also noted Fujifilm Biotechnologies' new manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, which the commissioner said is committed to creating nearly 1,400 jobs and investing more than $3,000,000,000 in two phases.
On digital access, Thomas described a new county grant partnership with AT&T to deploy fiber Internet to more than 1,500 homes and businesses around Wendell by the end of next year, framing broadband extension as part of closing the digital divide.
The remarks document project-scale commitments and county facilitation; no employment or tax-incentive agreements were attached to the remarks in this transcript.
