InfiniEDGE opens tech center

InfiniEDGE and nStrumental have moved into the first building of what will eventually be part of an eight-acre tech park in Prairieville. The software development and graphic design firms owned by Brad and Czarina Walker celebrated the grand opening of their new $1 million two-story digs yesterday with a Super Bowl-themed party for 125 guests. The couple plan to start construction on the first of three more buildings sometime in 2010. They’re also considering the addition of a training facility on some additional acreage behind the park. The site has generated a lot of interest, but unfortunately, not for any tech firms yet. “We have medical companies and doctors left and right wanting to move in here because St. Elizabeth Hospital is building a facility down the road,” Brad Walker says. “But we’ve halted that. We’re saving it for technology.” Brad is meeting next week with an architect to design a floor plan for the next building. He adds that the firms, which were operating out of an old house on the site, are “real excited about the opportunity to grow” in their new 6,100-square-foot offices. InfiniEDGE and nStrumental added 14 employees last year, bringing the staff to 40. The new facility has room for 24 software developers, double what InfiniEDGE currently employs. – Penny Brown Font