Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 28, 2012) — The official groundbreaking was held Tuesday morning, for the new $5.5 million Titan Machinery facility, west of Jamestown.

Titan sells and services Case-I.H. and New Holland Equipment.

Jamestown store Manager, Tom Hausmann says the facility, on 20 acres at the intersection of I-94 and the 281 truck route, will have 55,000 square feet dedicated to office, parts and shop space.  Another 22,000 feet will be for storage. He says construction has started with foundation walls going up now, and the building will be finished in April or May of 2013, with move by June or July.

When the new facility opens, Titan in Jamestown will employ 32 full time workers and 3-6 part-time employees.

Titan officials said this project has been in the development stages for the past 12 years.

Construction Manager, Rob Thompson is with C. I. Construction of Alexandria, Minnesota, which over-sees Titan project developments.

He says the new Titan location in Aberdeen, South Dakota is just finished.

Other Titan expansions include the Wahpeton, Mayville, Bismarck and Mandan locations.

In addition to Jamestown, Titan is building new facilities in Red Wood Falls, Minnesota, and Williams, and Sioux City, Iowa.

Speaking at the groundbreaking, Jamestown Mayor, Katie Andersen said the Titan expansion is a good sign of local prosperity, and being constructed on the west edge of Jamestown, the project shows physical signs of growth for the city.

She added there have been challenges and more to come in assisting Titan’s Jamestown expansion.

She said, Titan will help grow the local economy in the areas of: manufacturing, retail, and the ag-sector.

Stutsman County Commissioner, Mark Klose pointed out other recent construction and growth in the county, including Jamestown Regional Medical Center, and it’s now under construction medical clinic, along with the Jamestown Regional Airport Terminal, and the recent groundbreaking and construction of the new Hampton Inn & Suites in Jamestown.

On hand to assist with the groundbreaking, held adjacent to what will be the front entrance to the building, was the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Ambassadors , with Chamber Executive Kimberly Saxberg, and the Chamber’s Lisa Hicks.