KEDFA grants tax incentives to prefab building project in Richmond, emergency shelter company in Logan Co.

The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority on Thursday awarded tax incentives including $20,000 for a $1.2 million operation in Richmond that would use prefabrication to provide homes and light commercial buildings in five states.

James C. Burris Architects is planning to open a new operation, Blueframe Design + Build. The new business would use advanced prefabrication technologies to provide energy-efficient buildings in an environmentally responsible manner, according to the summary provided by KEDFA.

Blueframe Design + Build would primarily make pre-fabricated homes for senior housing developments, multi-family housing developments, single family homes and light commercial projects in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Georgia.

KEDFA also granted $1.4 million in tax incentives to Templar Manufacturing on a $5.3 million investment in Logan County to manufacture emergency shelters to be used around the world in the areas that have been devastated by natural disasters. The company is also focused on the development of “safe rooms.”

The project would create up to 140 jobs with an average hourly wage of $32.50 an hour, including benefits.

This story was originally published October 27, 2016 at 1:46 PM with the headline "KEDFA grants tax incentives to prefab building project in Richmond, emergency shelter company in Logan Co.."