Military-oriented insurance company USAA is breaking ground with the governor Tuesday at a new facility near Brandon, but those who enjoy the presence of the company in New Tampa will have nothing to worry about.
The ceremony will include Gov. Rick Scott at 2 p.m., on what is the future site of United Services Automobile Association at Crosstown Center, 9527 Delaney Creek Blvd., in Tampa.
The new campus is set to employ an additional 1,100 to USAA’s local work force, which will supplement the existing 500,000-square-foot facility on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, just off Interstate 75.
Last January, USAA’s vice president and general manager in Tampa, Robert Hoyland, assured members of the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce that new construction is sign of the company expanding its footprint in the region, not moving.
“You might ask, ‘You’re up here and (have) been successful, why are you going all the way down here?” Hoyland said at the time. “If you ever go to Brandon, you’ll find that a large concentration of active duties and veterans live there. By putting this building there, it helps us with one of our targets as a company — that 20 percent of the work force we hire is either veterans or spouses of veterans.”
USAA has been expanding into markets beyond insurance, including mortgages, wealth management and investments. That growth has already caused USAA to outgrow its current New Tampa location, and add 500 jobs to two temporary locations in Tampa.
