Monroe company moving to Miamisburg

Redeveloped nuclear research facility now home to more than 300 jobs.

A cabinetry company plans to expand as it moves from Monroe to Miamisburg, becoming the latest tenant at the Mound Business Park.

The Woodworking Shop LLC has signed a deal to relocate from 415 Breaden Drive in Monroe to 1195 Mound Road, according to Mound Development Corp. President Eric Cluxton.

The deal would bring the company’s eight jobs to the park with the promise to add five more by next year and give the business further room to expand as warranted, he said.

The company, specializing in commercial and residential cabinetry, was started by Mark Sams on his family farm in 2001 and has operated a shop that is 7,500 square feet, according to its website. It will occupy 27,725 square feet on 4.8 acres in Miamisburg, city records show.

“They’ve outgrown that space dramatically,” Cluxton said. “From what I been told by the family … they’ve had to turn down job orders over the years because of their lack of capacity.

“And now, by them moving into this building, they’ll have the ability to take on more jobs,” he said.

Last week Sams signed a seven-year lease with an option to buy the business park land, Cluxton said.

The 13 jobs would translate into a payroll of about $400,000 annually, said Chris Fine, Miamisburg development director, noting that he expects the company to move as soon as it can.

Miamisburg City Council approved legislation for the deal Tuesday night.

“As a family owned and operated business, we are excited to expand at a property where the management shares our values,” Sams said in a released statement.

The addition of The Woodworking Shop further diversifies the employment base at the redeveloped nuclear research facility, which has more than a dozen businesses and nearly 300 jobs, Cluxton said.

Late last year the architectural and engineering firm of Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon Inc. moved to the park and was followed this year by The Dyrdek Group, a skateboarding company founded by Kettering native and professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek.

“Who would have thought that those types of companies would be on site when it was historically oriented for science and technology?” Cluxton asked. “We still want science, we want technology, we want laboratories. But we also have space for different types of companies.”

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