The Beavercreek Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended approval of the project, which calls for a two-phase project on nearly 12 acres at the northwest corner of Grange Hall Road and Research Boulevard, city documents indicate.
Some 50 employees would be expected in the busiest manufacturing shift of one of the buildings, documents indicate.
Now that planning commission has approved the proposal, it will go to Beavercreek’s city council next. If approval is secured there, the next steps could take place in mid- to late-August. Clearing of land could happen in the fall, with construction beginning possibly next spring, said Randy Burkett, planning and development director for the city of Beavercreek.
The sprawling research park divided between Kettering and Beavercreek continues to see new activity. In April, the Dayton Daily News reported that the Dayton Regional STEM School planned to buy more than nine acres of Kettering land at the park to build an elementary school.
And GE Aerospace last year consolidated several local facilities into one operation at the park.
Of the park’s 1,250 acres, about 450 acres are occupied. The non-profit, university-controlled park has said more than 4,000 people work there.
“Over the last decade, we’ve seen good movement” at the park, Burkett said.