A second drone company announced plans to locate inside the former reptile tannery building in Lafayette, a move that will create over 600 jobs.
Drone Institute, which specializes in drone training and inspection services, will move into the building at 105 Dorset Ave., a $340,000 investment that will house its operations, data processing and pilot training, the office of Louisiana Economic Development announced.
The company will be housed with DMR Technologies, which will occupy about 10,000 square feet of the 90,000-square-foot building the that once housed The Reptile Tannery and the L.A. Frey and Sons plant…