Development News From Southwest Indiana

The West Gate @ Crane Technology Park will is breaking ground on the first of three buildings to be constructed in the park this year.
The facility in Daviess County will include light manufacturing, office and warehouse space. EG&G, a US Department of Defense commercial contractor working with the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, will move into the building this fall.

According to Ron Arnold, executive director, Daviess County Economic Development Corporation, The 25,000 sq. ft. facility in Daviess County will include light manufacturing, office and warehousing capacity, and is expected to be occupied in the fall by EG&G, a US Department of Defense commercial contractor for the $2 billion Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) at Crane. (EG&G is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the $2 billion URS Corporation NYSE: URS)

The West Gate park, described by Purdue University officials as “the single best opportunity for the direct commercialization of technology in Indiana” because of its proximity to NSWC world class technical facilities, represents Indiana’s only multi-county park, referred to as a “super park” in tech facility literature. Adjacent areas in Daviess, Greene and Martin counties have been formally certified as joint technology parks by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC).

The building designed by FSG will be the first facility both in Daviess County and in the park. Designed to house more than 80 EG&G engineers and technology professionals, the FSG building can be expanded to 40,000 sq. ft. to accommodate expected future growth. It is expected to be the first of three park buildings constructed in 2006.

The initial construction area in the West Gate is expected to comprise about 30 acres, expanding over the next 36 months to 200 acres. In addition to the FSG-designed building, the park is expected to include additional facilities to support NSWC operations and technology growth for the region.

About The West Gate @ Crane Technology Park
Expected to eventually become a 1,000 acre technology region, the West Gate @ Crane is being developed by redevelopment commissions from Daviess, Martin and Greene counties. Formally designated by the Indiana Economic Development Corporations as Indiana’s first (and only) multi-county certified technology park, West Gate state-of-the-art facilities will serve major commercial technology companies associated with the $2 billion NSWC Crane military technical center. Facilities are also being designed for academic and training operations, with involvement from the University of Indianapolis, Purdue University, the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and other Indiana institutions of higher learning. For more information, please visit www.westgatecrane.com.