Spirit Airlines could receive funding to expand Miramar HQ, work force

Spirit Airlines could receive more than $1.35m in state and local incentives to create 225 new jobs at an expanded Miramar headquarters. The airline is looking to expand its headquarters and is considering other states including Texas, according to the city. Miramar’s commission is scheduled to consider the city’s portion of the incentive at its meeting on Tuesday. The new jobs would pay an average annual salary of $71,789 and the company would invest about $10m in 70,000-square feet of office building space in Miramar, according to a memo in support of approving Miramar’s 10 percent share of the incentives package by Eric Silva, the city’s economic development manager. “They’ve been a good tenant in Miramar,” Silva said of Spirit. Spirit also could qualify for up to $112,500, or $500 per new job, in local incentives for hiring Miramar residents, Silva said. <br/>