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APPLICATION " (-- BGI Industries, Inc. 1441 Southwest 33rd Place Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315 Tel: (954) 524-3200 Fax: (954) 524-3221 PROJECT PHENIX Beauty Group International (BGI) is a privately held corporation, headquartered in Lima, Peru, which manufactures and markets a complete line of high-quality cosmetics, fragrances, and costume jewelry for both men and women. The company distributes its products through a direct sales network of approximately 75,000 sales consultants in five Latin American countries: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. In addition, the company owns Cosmo International Corporation, a Fort Lauderdale-based purchasing and administrative subsidiary. Founded in 1967, BGI and its subsidiaries employ over 1,300 persons worldwide. Consolidated sales for 1995 reached approximately $100 million. Project Phenix is. a company wide effort to develop world-class manufacturing capabilities and prepare the company for the 21st century. In order to provide BGl's sales agents and their customers with the highest quality products at the lowest price, to ensure uniform product standards, and to better coordinate global product launches, the company is planning to build a 225,000 sqft state-of-the-art cosmetic facility in southeastern Florida. Approximately 25,000 sqft of this facility will be. corporate and administrative offices with the remaining 200,000 sqft evenly split between manufacturing and warehouse uses. The estimated cost of this facility is $ 20 million, of which $7 million represents equipment, $3 million land and the remaining $10 million construction cost. The Project Phenix factory will be operated by BGI Industries, Inc., a recently formed Florida corporation. This facility will serve as the company's principle cosmetics and fragrance manufacturing facility, consolidating production of BGl's current facilities in Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. One hundred percent of production will be exported to the company's sales and marketing subsidiaries in Latin America, Jewelry manufacturing will continue in BGl's two current facilities located in Columbia and Peru. The company plans to break ground for the Project Phenix facility in the first quarter of 1997 and expects to begin shipping product in the second quarter of 1998. Project Phenix will be a major engine for local economic development. The company expects initially to employ 250-300 persons, of which 40-50 will be managerial or technically trained personnel. The remaining employees will be unskilled production workers. Eventually, the company plans to operate two 8-hour shifts and employ 400 persons, The majority of the managerial and technically trained personnel, and the entire unskilled labor force, will be hired from the local population. In addition, BGI expects to purchase a significant portion of its raw material needs from local suppliers and hopes to develop strong ties to the local economy. SHUTTS & BOWEN ill u W~ ~ 91996 ~ DEe ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW IA PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS} 20 NORTH ORANGE AVENUE SUITE 1000 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32801 TELEPHONE (407) 423-3200 FACSIMILE 1407) 425-8316 ~,J~ December 6, 1996 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS City of Boynton Beach Planning Department Attn: Doris 100 East Boynton Beach Boynton Beach, Florida Boulevard 33425-0310 Re: PIO Use Approval Application Fee Dear Doris: As requested, please find enclosed my law firm check in the amount of $250.00 representing the application fee for the PID use approval. The revised Master Site Development Plans will be delivered to you Monday morning by overnight delivery directly from our civil engineer in Orlando, Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. Please call if you have any questions. JGW/smw Enclosure ORL95 32227.1 - SMW AMSTERDAM OFFICE EUROPA BOULEVARD 59 1083 AD AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS TELEPHONE 011-3120.661-0969 FACSIMILg 011-3120-642.1475 KEY LARGO OFFICE OCEAN REEF CLUB 31 OCEAN REEF DRIVE SUITE A206, OCEAN REEF PLAZA KEY LARGO, FLORIDA 33037 TELEPHONE 13051367-2881 LONDON OFFICE 48 MOUNT STREET LONDON WI Y SRE ENGLAND TELEPHONE 011-44171-493-4840 FACSIMILE 011-44171-'4-93-4-299 MIAMI OFFICE lS00 MIAMI CENTER 201 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131 MIAMlI305135B-6300 BROW ARD (305) 467 -8841 FACSIMILE (305) 381-9982 WEST PALM BEACH OFFICE ONE CLEAR LAKE CENTRE, SUITE 500 250 AUSTRALIAN A VENUE SOUTH WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33401 MAILING ADDRESS P 0_ BOX 3555 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402-3555 TELEPHONE (407) 835-8500 FACSIMILE 14071650-8530