“We are looking forward to working alongside the developers and owners of each project as they will soon call Huber Heights ‘home,’” Schommer said. “It is an exciting opportunity for us to bring in additional economic development through these investments and the jobs they will create.”
Miller-Valentine’s apartment complex, WatersoneGarden, will consist of eight separate apartment buildings, three stories each, with 66 one-bedroom units, 102 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom units. Square footage will range from 910 to 1,176 depending on the unit. The project is expected to create 220 temporary jobs and five full-time jobs upon completion.
The two-story, 90,000-square-foot senior living facility, Danbury of Huber Heights, will feature independent living, assisting living and memory care. Lemon and Lemon Inc. anticipates the development will create 400 construction jobs with an annual payroll of $8 million and, once complete, 180 full-time jobs with an annual payroll of $3 million.
“It’s pretty impressive, seeing it grow up around here,” Huber Heights resident Kevin Edwards said last week. “I’ve been in this area my whole life so I remember when there was hardly anything — just fields around.”
But in the five years since Edwards moved into the Windbrooke Subdivision, which is connected to Carriage Trails, he has gained a lot of new neighbors.
The new developments are part of the Red Buckeye Development in Carriage Trails.
Carriage Trails is a 625-acre residential development located north of I-70 between Brandt Pike and Old Troy Pike. Construction in the development began in late 2009.
“We are set out to be a destination community along the I-70 corridor,” Schommer said of his city, already 40,000 strong. “We’ve got great services, great amenities, great opportunities for people to live, learn, recreate and work. I think those are some of the core things that people look for.”
Schommer described the developers as having an “aggressive” and “anxious” timeline. They will, he said, likely break ground next month.
“The development agreement has been formalized… Now it’s time for the developers to finalize their land acquisition and move forward,” the City Manager said.
Lemon and Lemmon, Inc. has said the build-out will take 12-14 months. Miller-Valentine anticipates a spring 2016 completion date for its first building.
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