The company has been at the location for some time, with about 28,000 square feet of space, Smith said. It just signed a lease extending its occupancy for five years, he said. The expansion will give the company more room for offices, Smith said.
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Retail giant Walmart had previously occupied the company’s new space on a short-term basis, using the site as a staging area for installing and remodeling store fixtures, Smith said. Walmart no longer uses the space.
Future Metals, LLC, a raw materials distributor to the aerospace industry, has been in Dayton since January 2014.
The Tamarac, Fla.-based company called its Dayton location its ninth worldwide distribution facility and its sixth in the United States.
“Our Dayton facility opening was a strategic move in order to support our customers by streamlining first operations straight into production,” Dayton branch manager Dave Wallace said in 2014.
A message was left with a representative of an affiliated company Tuesday.
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