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Planning board approves Niagara Transformer campus expansions; company projects significant job growth
Summary
The board approved site-plan motions for multiple Niagara Transformer parcels (1747, 1746, 1755 Dale and associated Anderson parcels). Presenters said expansions add roughly 55,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity, bring brownfield cleanup coordination with NYS DEC, and aim to add about 70–80 manufacturing jobs over three years.
Matthew Edwards, architect for the applicant, and Stan Hatch of Niagara Transformer presented a multi-parcel campus expansion spanning properties on and north of Dale Road, including 1755, 1747, 1746 and several Anderson parcels. They said the company plans additions and renovations to expand manufacturing capacity, treat a brownfield corner with New York State DEC oversight, and increase staffing over a multi-year build-out.
Edwards said the plan includes a roughly 21,000-square-foot winding addition and a 12,000-square-foot infill on 1755, and an approximate 23,000-square-foot high-bay addition tied to welding and sandblast/paint operations on nearby parcels. Hatch told the board the campus concept lets the team aggregate parking and circulation across contiguous lots and that the project would redistribute underground utilities and add fire hydrants to improve fire access.
Hatch and Edwards said the company expects to scale up manufacturing staffing over a roughly three-year period; presenters described plans to expand manufacturing capacity by roughly 55,000 square feet and to add roughly 70–80 manufacturing positions over that period. They also described on-site consolidation of sandblasting and painting (previously done off-site) and projected limited truck movements across Dale Road — roughly one heavy truck a day for campus transfers.
Board members discussed brownfield remediation, DEC coordination and parking redistribution across the campus. The board voted on the parcels separately: motions to approve 1747 and 1755 were carried, and a motion to approve 1746 was carried subject to variance handling. The board’s approvals were recorded with the understanding that concurrent ZBA variance requests and DEC coordination remain to be completed.
