Jason Rudzinski, an agent at Mark Fornes Realty, said Wednesday a medical user is eyeing a lot at the business park for a new office building offering 5,000 to 6,000 square feet of space. Rudzinski said he couldn’t identify the company, but he hoped to have an announcement soon, maybe in a month or less.
The user would buy about an acre and half at the business park, he said.
“We’re still not technically under contract,” Rudzinski said. “We’re close.”
If the development happens, it could be first new building at the site in many years.
“That could the start of revitalizing that site,” Rudzinski said.
For years, the 165-acre site was home to Gentile Air Force Station and DESC. The Air Force gave the site to Kettering in 1995, after an early 1990s BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) process largely emptied it of government workers. DESC was moved to Columbus.
Today, the park is home to Kettering Municipal Court, the National Composites Center, General Electric Consumer Finance and other tenants. The city says the park is home to some 1,500 jobs today.
On Tuesday, Kettering City Council gave a first reading to an ordinance that would allow new development on two lots at the business park. The change will get a second reading at council’s next meeting, possibly June 10, Gorsuch said.
The potential new user is not European airplane manufacturer Airbus, Gorsuch did say. The National Composites Center has been developing a relationship with Airbus in recent years, researching composite manufacturing materials and recruiting U.S. suppliers for the company.
The park has almost 40,000 lease-able square feet, according to the city.
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