IDB reports spec building progress, Horizon Industrial Park positioning for Space Command-related growth
Nov 18, 2025
The Industrial Development Board reported steel framing underway for a 100,000-square-foot speculative building at the Runway Center Industrial Park (on track for March 2026 completion), outreach to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and IRIS grant pursuit, and highlighted the 129-acre Horizon Industrial Park as a site for future expansion tied to Space Command relocation activity.
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Commissioner Cunningham, presenting the Industrial Development Board (IDB) report, said the IDB's site development grant project is progressing and that steel framing for a 100,000-square-foot speculative building at Runway Center Industrial Park is now being erected. "The building remains on track for completion by March of of 26, weather permitting," he told the commission, and IDB director Elaine Middleton is engaging multiple firms that have expressed interest.
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