Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

Simcom International is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a $109 million headquarters and training facility in Orlando.&nbsp;

 


Announced in concert with the Orlando Economic Partnership in August 2020, the facility marks a new location for Simcom in the Lake Nona area of&nbsp;Orlando and will provide space for five additional&nbsp;full-flight simulators.

 


In discussing&nbsp;plans&nbsp;in 2020 to relocate its headquarters from Lee Vista Road, Simcom president Eric Hinson had&nbsp;called “the new downtown Lake Nona district…the perfect location for our continued growth.” Simcom and the Orlando Economic Partnership anticipated at the time&nbsp;that the facility would result in the addition of 50 jobs at the center over two&nbsp;years.

 


Scheduled to attend the groundbreaking is&nbsp;Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, along with CAE president Marc Parent and Directional Aviation Capital principal Kenneth Ricci.&nbsp;Directional Aviation Capital acquired Simcom in 2018 and then sold a 50 percent stake to CAE a year later. Along with that sale, Directional entered into a 15-year exclusive training agreement with CAE and Simcom for its various companies.

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