SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina officials are hoping a new tenant at an industrial park that used to house Hawker Beechcraft will be the first of many attracted to the area.
The Salina Airport Authority and city leaders on Wednesday announced a lease agreement with Universal Forest Products to move into the Salina Airport Industrial Center.
The company, which is based in Grand Rapids, Mich., builds wood packaging crates for shipping products. It signed a three-year lease.
The Salina Journal reports Hawker Beechcraft on Wednesday turned over the keys to 10 buildings at the industrial park. The Wichita airplane maker closed its Salina division in 2009, eliminating 238 jobs and an estimated $12 million in annual payroll.
