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Jerry Siebenmark

Precision mapping and surveying services provider GPI Geospatial has relocated its Florida headquarters and three airplanes to 11,000 sq ft of office space and 10,906 sq ft of hangar space in Sheltair’s FBO facilities at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL). The leased space will accommodate GPI’s aviation, engineering, planning, and IT departments—which employ more than 40 people—as well as its Piper Navajo twin and two Cessna 206 singles.

 


“Sheltair made our move seamless and accommodated our needs with their creative and advanced facility management programs, fleet support, and IT infrastructure,” said GPI president Paul Badr. “This move created operating synergy between our remote sensing flight acquisition and data processing groups, yielding increased efficiency, higher growth, and providing ultimate client satisfaction.”

 


Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, GPI will postpone the grand opening of its Sheltair suite—which fills the entire third floor—until sometime in 2021. In <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-05-23/sheltair-improves-east-coast-us-fbos">June 2019</a>, Sheltair opened its FBO expansion at ORL, comprising a four-story, 37,000-sq-ft terminal and two additional hangars totaling 22,600 sq ft with 3,600 of additional office space.

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