Bridgeport’s First Starbucks Begins Hiring
“After decades of broken promises, it’s finally happening. Steelpointe Harbor will serve as a major boon for the city’s economy. Top-notch businesses are coming to Steelpointe Harbor. These companies will create good paying jobs, and will help attract even more businesses to the state’s largest city. Bridgeport is getting better every day. And, job creators from across the country like Starbucks are taking note.” –Mayor Bill Finch
Bridgeport, Conn. (July 3, 2015) – Bridgeport’s first Starbucks, expected to arrive this fall, is looking for employees. Mayor Bill Finch and Steelpointe Harbor developers Bridgeport Landing Development, LLC, a subsidiary of The RCI Group, announced that the store is set to open this fall.
“After decades of broken promises, it’s finally happening. Steelpointe Harbor will serve as a major boon for the city’s economy,” said Mayor Finch. “Top-notch businesses are coming to Steelpointe Harbor. These companies will create good paying jobs, and will help attract even more businesses to the state’s largest city. Bridgeport is getting better every day. And, job creators from across the country like Starbucks are taking note.”
The company’s decision for its new location says great things about Bridgeport’s success as an up and coming city, and could mean even more for its future. According to a study done by Zillow, Starbucks uses a strict strategy to determine the locations that will offer the most to their business, proving that Bridgeport has a lot to offer.
The incoming store will also help Bridgeport on its path to success, as Starbucks locations have been shown to lead to development and increased property value. “Between 1997 and 2014, homes within a quarter-mile of a Starbucks increased in value by 96 percent, on average, compared with 65 percent for all U.S. homes,” according to the Zillow study.
Starbucks’ search for new employees can also serve as a great job opportunity for residents. In addition to the benefits and coffee discounts, Starbucks offers a welcoming and enjoyable work environment for their employees—part of this is their history of creating a diverse workforce.
Their website explains why, “At Starbucks, we strive to create a culture that values and respects diversity and inclusion. Our welcoming work environment encourages partners to engage and make Starbucks a place they look forward to working each day.”
Starbucks is also joined by Bass Pro Shops, T-Mobile, Chipotle and Cineopolis, a luxury movie theater complex, are among the first tenants announced at Bridgeport’s Steelpointe Harbor Development Project. Once complete, Steelpointe Harbor will be a 2 million-square-foot superregional waterfront destination. Spanning 82 acres, it will feature more than 750,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and entertainment, a 12-screen premium theater, two hotels, 1,100 mid-and-high rise residential units, 30,000 square feet of office and a 200-slip, full service, deep water marina.
Starbucks held a hiring event this past Wednesday at one of their Fairfield locations for the Bridgeport store, for more information on this job opportunity visit: www.starbucks.com/careers or https://newyork.craigslist.
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