Gulf Coast Supply moving from Dixie to Jonesville

Published: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 4:36 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 4:36 p.m.

A growing roofing business is moving its headquarters to become the second tenant in the Jonesville Crossing Office Park.

Gulf Coast Supply and Manufacturing, a residential metal roofing manufacturer, will move its sales team, marketing team and other administrative functions to Jonesville from its manufacturing facility in Horseshoe Beach, a town of around 170 people about an hour away.

About 30 employees will come into the newly constructed 7,000-square-foot office space that will open on March 9.

Jonathan Sherrill, president of Gulf Coast, said that the move inland from Dixie County will bring the company closer to its customers and that it will be easier to recruit employees near a larger city like Gainesville.

Its difficult to attract talent in the Horseshoe Beach area. Not too many people want to live out in the woods in that direction, Sherrill said.

Sherrill said the company has hired around six people from the Jonesville area to work in the new facility and he said he hopes to hire more professionals from the Gainesville area as the company continues to grow.

The company has four stores across Florida, including one in Alachua. Sherrill said that Gulf Coast has hired 75 new employees since 2010 and has seen its revenues double in the same period.

We are on a good trajectory of growth and expect it to double in the next couple of years, so we need to be in an area conducive to that growth, Sherrill said.

Gulf Coast reached out through brokers to Shey Associates Inc. to build an office in the park and construction began Nov 1.

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