Dillin to Master Plan Renewable Energy Development
PERRYSBURG, OH - Dillin Corp. announced today that the property at Lake
Erie Business Park in Port Clinton, Ohio will be developed by Dillin Corp. and
marketed by Dillin Properties. The Lake Erie Business Park is a 436 acre site
located on State Rt. 2 in Port Clinton, Ohio and has made a significant
commitment to manufacturing and commercial property growth in Ottawa County
through implementation of several alternative energy initiatives.
“We’re interested in unique properties that stand out in the marketplace,” says
Larry Dillin, master developer of Levis Commons and newly announced master
developer for the Lake Erie Business Park. “The current owners, Jim McKinney
and Dave Fahrbach, have made a commitment to renewable energy. Dillin would
like to help them reposition the property from a marketing standpoint and help
continue in the creation of Ohio’s first industrial park fueled in significant measure
by renewable energy.”
The 436 acre site, most of which is available for redevelopment, has proven to
support the installation of utility-scale wind turbines and solar powered assets.
Since August of 2008, a 60 panel 13.4kW solar electric panel was installed to
partially feed Northern Manufacturing, a current tenant at the park. The power
will also soon feed Crown Battery (to be announced on July 6th at the 1st ever
Wind Cube ribbon cutting ceremony). The 17 acre rooftop of building 460 and
the existing concrete pads as well as the never ending supply of wind from Lake
Erie provide promise for the future of additional renewable energy sources to
help power the development.
In addition to Northern Manufacturing and the imminent announcement of a
Crown Battery Renewable Energy Center (CBREC), Lake Erie Business Park is
also home to Silgan Plastics, a plastic bottle manufacturer that is one of Ottawa
County’s largest employers, Fenner Dunlop, who just completed a $48 million
expansion, ARES, the US Coast Guard, Park Press, CCS&D, Gill Construction
and Dublin Commercial Property Services. Both WalMart and Whirlpool have
utilized the development for short term warehousing.
The development offers several existing, well built structures, over three miles of
privately owned and operated rail just off Norfolk Southern’s main East-West
line, two Lake Erie fresh water intakes capable of drawing over 1.5 million gallons
of water per day, , alternative energy initiatives, , a National Defense Industry
cluster as well as State Rt. 2 frontage development opportunities.
Since acquisition, the Lake Erie Business Park property has been managed and
marketed primarily by Jim McKinney and Dave Fahrbach, the two current
majority owners of the development site. They will continue to lead the property
management, maintenance and construction activity. Dillin Corp will lead the
overall implementation of the development plan, sales and leasing, as well as the
creation of renewable energy resources.
“We’re very pleased to have Dillin Corp. on our side,” stated Jim McKinney,. “We
like the vision of Dillin Corp, the leadership of Larry Dillin and we think we’ve
created a development with many competitive advantages right here in
Northwest Ohio. Now we’re ready to develop it and take it to the next level.
That’s where Dillin comes in.”
“Ohio is behind in it’s renewable energy initiatives*,” stated Dave Fahrbach, .
“We believe in the power of renewable energy and what that can do to bring jobs
to our area. We’re on the right track and we plan to keep moving in the right
direction.”
Press Release Contact Name: Cheryl Hardy
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