ORLANDO, FL - Chiquita is set to open a new division headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel, a spokeswoman for Chiquita confirmed that the company is moving to the busy Florida city, saying that about 200 jobs would be split between two Florida locations, with the Central Florida location slated to open in Orange County.

As we previously reported, Chiquita announced an early exit from its Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters following a merger agreement made with Cutrale/Safra. Now, according to the Sentinel’s report, the company has been hiring aggressively in the Central Florida region for the last several weeks, with several open positions still posted on the company’s website in both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.

“Chiquita is definitely making a big move here,” Dan Cabrera, a Division Director for the Orlando-based recruitment firm Parker & Lynch, said in the report. “I’ve lost two good placement candidates to Chiquita recently – a payroll administrator and an accountant.”

This appears to be good news for the Florida region, which has reportedly had a tight job market. Chiquita and Walt Disney World Resort announced an agreement in 2011 that included some brand exclusivity to the fruit company at both Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line. Now the Orlando Sentinel says that Chiquita’s Fresh Express administrative offices will be much closer and more accessible to the Disney corporation.

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