Woodard Development proposes new facilities MVRP Beavercreek Ohio
One of region’s busiest developers is looking to expand his Dayton presence further with the proposal of two new facilities in Beavercreek. If approved, the new spaces will create construction and permanent jobs in the Miami Valley.
Woodard Development is requesting approval from the city of Beavercreek to allow for the construction of two new research and development facilities in Miami Valley Research Park (MVRP). The application is titled “Project X” and appears to be for a confidential client.
While the potential client is unknown, many residents of MVRP are technology-orientated. Miami Valley Research Park hosts many notable Dayton firms with a focus on “advanced technology companies and organizations involved in original research, prototype development, and the application of technology to products,” according to their website.
Dayton’s Woodard Development is proposing new buildings offering more than 100,000 square feet of research and development space in the Beavercreek portion of the Miami Valley Research Park on behalf of an as-yet unnamed client.
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.