The first planting of the 106,000 trees for the Mt Pisa and Lindis River developments is set to begin in June.
Kirk said both projects included orchard infrastructure and packing, and focus on exporting premium-quality cherries.
He said earlier this year the investments were to meet "an unprecedented global demand for premium cherries".
Under its vertically integrated grower-packer-shipper model, Hortinvest retained all services in-house, including sourcing land, establishing and managing orchards and packhouses, and marketing and exporting produce, Kirk said.
He said cherries were a high-value product with proven markets, specifically the Chinese New Year market, which applied in various countries.
There was also "enormous growth potential" in new markets such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Europe and the US.
Kirk said earlier this year that Hortinvest hoped to deal with any possible staff shortage issues by long-term plans to develop "an accommodation and labour hire model" that would support its projects.