6/17/14 - A site plan was approved Monday night by the Brighton City Planning Commission for the expansion of the Brighton Eberspacher facility. The presentation by the German-based auto exhaust system supplier outlined the benefits and infrastructure of the intended expansion, which will take the Brighton facility on Orndorff Drive from its present approximate 100,000 square feet, to 300,000 square feet. Currently, the facility maintains 260 employees, but the renovation of the plant will allow for the addition of approximately one hundred hourly jobs. The plant will operate on three shifts around the clock, and the new development will provide enough parking for both new and old employees. Other details of the expansion include adding more office space, additional bays for incoming trucks, a training room and a board room that sits on the second floor of a two-story lobby space. In addition to approving the prospective site plan, the Planning Commission also approved a motion for a PUD Amendment to the Summit Pointe Commercial Center and Paramount Industrial Park, which will allow for the expansion of the Eberspacher facility to take place. The commission added to the site plan by suggestion that it offer the current landscaping surrounding the plant to the city. (KT/JK)
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