Digital Domain Media Group's 120,000-square-foot movie animation studio where an estimated more than 500 employees eventually will work is opening in Port St. Lucie.

The studio, being built by Port St. Lucie as part of an incentive package the city offered Digital Domain in 2009 to attract the company here, is expected to be operational by December 2011. The city used bond money and money it got from developers to provide incentives, and Digital Domain is paying the city back for the cost of the building through a lease agreement. No municipal tax dollars were used as incentives, according to the city.

The studio will focus on creating original story content for feature animation films, visual effects and 3-D animation.
It also will contain open areas to educate students on field trips about digital production and how Digital Domain makes its films.
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