Michael Maroney of the Omaha Economic Development Corp. speaks to community members in January about one of multiple sites the OEDC-led private development team was seeking to buy for a business park project funded in part by a $90 million state grant. The developer, working with the Omaha Inland Port Authority on the initiative, hosted the community meeting to seek input. Tuesday, the OEDC-led group announced its first business tenant in one of the sites it has purchased. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
OMAHA — The sometimes controversial Omaha Airport Business Park project created by a 2022 Nebraska law and seeded with $90 million in public funds has landed its first major tenant.
Nebraska-based Pacific Engineering Inc. (PEI) will lease a 150,000-square-foot industrial facility at 5906 Abbott Drive, one of the structures that make up the still-developing business park initiative.
PEI, which designs and manufactures products for military defense and commercial uses, plans to create 150 “quality” jobs over the next five years with an average salary of $74,000. Operations are to begin by the year’s end…