He said the lease agreement is not finalized, but he expects it to be complete in a week or two.
“From that point forward, yes, we do plan to use the facility to store specialty metals,” Gordon said.
He declined to say how many employees would work in the building. The company gives its current local address as 3300 W. Tech Blvd. in Miamisburg and has warehouse locations in a dozen U.S. cities.
SB says on its website that its customers are found in “aerospace, automotive, energy, tool and die, stainless steel distribution and high quality knife products.” The firm says it maintains supplier relationships with mills around the world.
Stu Lichter, IRG principal, declined to comment earlier Wednesday.
Timothy Downs, deputy economic development director for the city of Dayton, said city officials have shown SB representatives potential sites around the city.
Based in southern California, IRG controls industrial properties across Ohio, including the former UPS facility, the former General Motors assembly plant in Moraine and a former Delphi property west of the University of Dayton Arena.
Recently, a partner with IRG told the Dayton Daily News that the company is also looking at the purchase of a former Delphi plant at 2555 Woodman Drive in Kettering, part of which houses a Tenneco struts-producing operation.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or tgnau@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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