Fifty-four employees will lose their jobs when Global Contact Services in Kingsville closes its doors this summer.
The call center on Brahma Boulevard is expected to run at normal capacity until Aug. 12, when it will close, according to a letter dated June 14 that was sent to the Texas Workforce Commission. Calls Tuesday to the North Carolina-based company were not returned.

Global Contact Services opened in 2006 and offered good employment for a segment of the community that has a hard time finding work, said Dick Messbarger, executive director of the Greater Kingsville Economic Development Council.

“Its employees were predominantly single females who were head of households,” Messbarger said. “But the economy has affected this industry as it has affected its clients, which were an impressive list. They included Bank of America and AIG.”

The 28,000-square-foot, 320-cubicle former King Bowl building, is owned by the city, which has a contract with Global Contact Services for about another year, Messbarger said. The building was vacant for a year after Calling Solutions closed in 2005.