Tampa company plans 100 hires by 2017

TAMPA -- Transportation management services provider BlueGrace Logistics is expanding its Hillsborough County headquarters, with plans to hire 100 new employees by 2017.

The jobs, according to a release, include areas in technology, accounting, legal and professional services. BlueGrace currently has 165 employees in its Riverview headquarters, as well as other offices across the country.

Hillsborough County commissioners and state officials provided BlueGrace with $300,000 in incentives, which will be distributed over a six-year period based on the creation of jobs with a minimum average salary of a little less than $55,000.