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Industrial park land sends towns into annexation battle: Avon, Plainfield both want 882-acre distribution site.

Publication: Indianapolis Business Journal
Publication Date: 20-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A valuable piece of Hendricks County property slated for a mammoth warehouse and industrial park is pitting the neighboring towns of Avon and Plainfield against each other.

The two municipalities once were cooperating to annex the 882 acres together and share the tax dollars generated by the $700 million investment that could attract 6,000 jobs. They stopped negotiating last fall and now are employing separate tactics to claim the unincorporated land.

Locally based Browning Investments Inc. wants to build CentraLogistics Park on land running between County Road 100 South and County Road 200 South, and the proposed Ronald Reagan Parkway and County Road 900 East.

When finished, the decade-long project would boast 11 million to 15 million square feet of space, more than haft the entire Plainfield industrial market.

By comparison, it dwarfs Browning's existing 5.5-million-square-foot AirTech park in Plainfield and is the largest project the developer has undertaken.

The development is critical in furthering the economic development of Hendricks County and its stature as...

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