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If all goes as planned, construction on the Home Depot "state-of-the-art" warehouse-distribution center near the southwest corner of U.S. 20 and Pemberville Road may begin in July or August. As many as 1,000 construction workers will be employed on the 14-month project.
Home Depot's investment in the site is estimated at $129 million to $172 million. The proposed facility will be 1.63 million square feet - larger than the Chrysler machining plant in Perrysburg Township.
With the zoning commission approval, the next step appears to be the township trustees' and county commissioners' review of an enterprise zone agreement. The company is asking for 100 percent abatement of real property taxes for 15 years.
Wade Gottschalk, executive director of the Wood County Economic Development Commission, cautioned that the project still does not have corporate approval from Home Depot.