International financial giant Fidelity Investmants announced today that it will open an office at Mesa Del Sol with 1,200 high paying jobs. Fidelity plans to build a 200,000 square foot office at the master planned development southwest of downtown. The office is scheduled to open in early 2009. Employees there would perform white-collar tasks such as human resources, with an averafe annual salary of $60,000.
The announcement comes within days of another economic development coup for the city and state. On Tuesday, Gov. Bill Richardson anounced the decision by German glass giant Schott AG to open a solar equipment plant, also at Mesa Del Sol.
Fidelity Investments brovides brokerage and retirement services estate planning, wealth management,life insurance and other investment products, along with operating several mutual funds. It had revenues of nearly $13 billion last year and employs 41,000 people around the world.