The company has signed a lease agreement and expects to move into the new facility in December following the completion of renovations.

The new custom-designed facility will be located in Ocala`s historic downtown area, according to the company. The facility is being designed to enhance workflow and efficiency and provide room for additional employees.

With support from the Ocala/Marion County Economic Development Corp., the city of Ocala, Marion County and Enterprise Florida have agreed to contribute funds to offset some of the costs of the new location. The funding commitments are contingent on the company maintaining and increasing jobs in the new location as well as other factors, according to Intellon.

“This is the third step in our program to increase the quality and efficiency of our facilities across the company,” said Charlie Harris, chairman and CEO of Intellon. “Over the past 24 months, we opened a new headquarters office near the Orlando airport and made significant improvements to our Toronto, Canada, facility. This move will bring our Ocala facility up to the same high standards.

“We particularly appreciate the support provided by our Ocala city and county governments as well as Enterprise Florida and the Ocala EDC, who recognized the value this new facility can have on employee morale and our ability to continue to recruit and retain high-tech professionals to the Ocala area. This move would not have been possible without their support.”

Intellon was founded in Ocala 20 years ago and currently employs approximately 60 people in Ocala. Intellon designs and markets HomePlug standards-based powerline ICs, which allow customers to use existing home electrical wiring to connect and communicate between a wide variety of products—including home gateways and routers, personal computers, set-top boxes, digital media adapters, flat-screen TVs, game consoles and security cameras—without the need to install new wires, according to the company.