Casey's creating 101 new jobs at Ankeny headquarters

Casey's General Stores Inc. will create 101 new jobs in the next three years at its Ankeny headquarters with salaries ranging between $45,000 to over $100,000, according to a development agreement between Casey's and the city of Ankeny.

The company is planning a $35 million office expansion of its headquarters at 1 Southeast Convenience Boulevard, according to public documents. The proposed project will span 60,000 square feet and its total assessed valuation is $10 million.

The average annual salary for the new jobs is $60,000, according to the development agreement.

On Monday, the Ankeny City Council approved the agreement, which provides a range of tax credits to the project.

"We’ve been in a growth mode for quite a while," said Brian Johnson, senior vice president of store development in a previous interview with the Register. "We’re really out of space here in our existing building."

The agreement includes tax increment financing rebates over five years totaling $775,000. The expansion will also likely qualify for a five-year sliding scale industrial property tax exemption totaling $942,000.

Over those five years, Casey's will pay $166,000 in new debt service levy property taxes. Following the agreement, the estimated net new tax receipts will be $376,000 annually.

The headquarters in Ankeny employs 860 people, not counting warehouse employees or truck drivers, Johnson said. The new space will look similar to its current headquarters and would allow workers to be under one roof.

Casey's demolished a recently-acquired warehouse just north of its corporate office along Interstate 35 to make room for the new office space and parking.

Construction could start this summer and complete by winter in 2019.