A second national operations center for Nexstar Financial Corp. is being established at Missouri Research Park. The 80,000-square-foot building will house the company’s network technology, national loan operations and selected customer care groups. Nexstar provides outsourced client-branded mortgage services to banks, credit unions and diversified financial services companies.

Nexstar’s corporate headquarters and existing operations facility will remain in Creve Coeur. Currently, the company has about 400 employees, of which 300 are based in St. Louis. Nexstar projects growth to 1,000 workers nationwide over the next few years.