Prioria Robotics Is Moving To Power District!Join Us In Welcoming Them To The Neighborhood

Further proof that Gainesville Power District is the place to buy and invest your money. But we already knew that...
Big news for Gainesville Power District. Prioria Robotics, Inc., is moving into the neighborhood! We applaud the defense contractor for having vision to see the big picture and the Power District's promising future and investment opportunties. Prioria Robotics, Inc., appears to have the same culture and philosophy as Power District, emphasizing quality of life. Prioria Robotics moving to the Power District will serve as a catalyst for other entities who may be "on the fence" to commit as a tenant in this CRA project and further infuse enthusiasm into a reenergized downtown. 


We invite others, companies and individuals, to become a part of the Power District as we did ten years ago. Contact us and we would be happy to tell you about the neighborhood and how Gainesville Power District blog began. Gainesville Power District is a grassroots neighborhood movement with a sense of stewardship, quality of life and the greater good. Our mission is to inform, enlighten and ensure that the Power District is a place worth caring about. We are the Power District. Sense of community, pride and quality of life are NOT negotiable.   


"Announcement that Prioria Robotics Inc. would be staying in town and moving into a former Gainesville Regional Utilities warehouse in the Power District that the utility vacated when it moved into its new complex on North Main Street.
Prioria is the first tenant in the district, a Community Redevelopment Agency project to convert the former GRU facilities into a mix of residential, commercial and industrial space in proximity to Depot Park.
“I think we made the right decision,” Mastrodicasa said of the GRU move, “and this is the first outcome we're seeing as a result.”
Anthony Lyons, the outgoing CRA manager, said more details about the renovations of the warehouse would be presented at his agency's meeting Monday.
Lyons, who is leaving next month for a similar post in Boise, Idaho, said the warehouse represents a “catalyst project” that helped keep Prioria, a 40-employee company, in Gainesville.
Bryan da Frota, Prioria's CEO, said the defense contractor could have gone elsewhere but wanted to stay here because of the “quality of life,” which, he said, would be improved in the Power District once his and other companies move in.
“We're going to help to make that whole area better,” said da Frota, who predicted his number of employees would double in the next three years."
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