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By Kristin McAllister, Staff Writer Updated 3:31 PM Saturday, March 6, 2010

Development of a proton therapy cancer treatment center at the Austin Pike interchange is projected to create 800 manufacturing and construction jobs over the next three years using workers in the Dayton region, the owner and developer said this week.

“That’s the only way to do it,” said Jon Slater, president and chief operating officer of the privately owned Loma Linda, Calif.-based Optivus Proton Therapy Inc. “You have to invest locally to be a good neighbor to the community.”

Once built, the treatment center is expected to bring 400 permanent jobs and $170 million in economic development, but most of the preconstruction — inside materials and building construction — will come from local companies, Slater said.

The center is planned for development on 23 acres of Miami Twp.-owned property at the southwest corner of the interchange at Interstate 75. The property is at the southeast corner of Wood Road and Miamisburg-Springboro Pike. It is slated to open in 2013.

“We have just one scheduled final design review and that will solidify the building,” Slater said.

Skanska USA Building, one of the world’s 10 largest construction companies and based in Stockholm, Sweden, is the project developer. The company has a branch office in Cincinnati and partnered with Dayton-based Shook Construction in building the Atrium Medical Center in Middletown.

Dean Poillucci, Skanska senior vice president of preconstruction services, is working with the Cincinnati office “to ID local contractor opportunities. It’s a partnership approach that we incorporate local labor to the maximum extent.”

Slater said the center’s final development plan likely will go before the Miami Twp. Zoning Commission late summer, with construction starting in September or October. He is planning by mid-April to meet with two local businesses about contracting local manufacturing of interior materials. He declined to identify the businesses.

The center will be one of only eight proton centers in the nation.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-9338 or  kmcallister@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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Skeptic....Please do not let your dislike of southern california cloud your judgment. Would prefer that local familys suffer because there is nothing close for there treatment or that in this economy they cant afford to travel to get proper treatment. Maybe you could help pay for some of your friends to be treated at the Mayo clinic in Minn. Oh...sorry I didn't realise I used the word friends.

nuke
1:00 PM, 3/21/2010

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"There came into Egypt a Pharaoh who did not know"

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8:51 PM, 3/10/2010

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Wow - what great economic news - it should be in BOLD FACE headlines on top of the front page, so great will be the economic impact to the region. Would have been nice to place this in the vecinity of the old St E's complex near downtown, but it will surely boost things in the south suburbs, with particularily more motel development, etc. Of course if Obamacare comes in, this type of procedures will be too expensive for older folks, when care and costs will have to be rationed.

Donnelsville Guy
11:24 PM, 3/6/2010

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This is great news for us currently in school to work in the Healthcare industry!

RF
8:24 PM, 3/6/2010

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Skeptic--you are an idiot. The company is free to choose where they want to locate the facility so the jobs are south of Dayton. No one is indentured to the City of Dayton. You must think the township officials are as stupid as you.

This is good news for the area.

Socialism Sucks
5:59 PM, 3/6/2010

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