Both parcels are east of South Gettysburg Avenue near what for decades had been Delphi’s Home Avenue plant. That plant was demolished in 2014.
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Delphi Automotive Systems sold the McCall Street parcel in 2005 to McCall Properties LLC for $200,000. Delphi sold the the Maywood parcel to Maywood Real Estate LLC, also in 2005, for $565,000.
The Maywood building has a gross floor area of 102,381-square-feet, according to county records. The McCall Street structure has a gross floor area of 76,531 square feet, records show.
Hendrickson McCall LLC and Hendrickson Maywood LLC both filed incorporation papers with the state on the same day in September, with the help of a Columbus firm.
The Dayton Daily News reached out to Hendrickson International, asking a representative why the company was buying land in West Dayton.
A spokesman responded by saying: Hendrickson will have more to say in a formal press conference at the North American Vehicle Show on Oct. 29. He did not elaborate.
Hendrickson builds heavy duty vehicle suspensions and brake systems.
Nearby to the northeast off Abbey Avenue, historic Wright Co. factory buildings were added last month to the National Register of Historic Places.
Starting in 1909, the Wright Co. produced some 120 airplanes in 13 different models.
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