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Tim Burg, CEcD
Economic Developer

tburg@shawneeforward.com
(405) 273-6092

Latest Economic Development News

Proposed State Economic Development Legislation

February 11, 2021

Iron Horse Industrial Park: Manufacturers, importers and exporters save money at Iron Horse

October 20, 2020

Savings on the horizon for Pro-Pipe USA at Iron Horse Industrial Park

July 10, 2020

U.S. Department of Commerce Awards $2.5m for Enhanced Infrastructure and Jobs

June 10, 2020

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Benefits of Investing in Shawnee

  • Location: Within 8 hours of Houston, Memphis, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Albuquerque
  • Workforce
  • Opportunity Zones
  • New Market Tax Credits

Shell Building for Sale

Shell Building Detail

  • 50,000 sqft with 30' minimum interior clearing
  • Building can be purchased "as is" for $1,750,000.00
  • Building can be finished out to the client's specifications, with those costs being added to the final sales amount
  • Expandable to 150,000+ sqft without variance
  • Located on 8.14 acres of land, zoned I-2 (Medium Industrial)
  • Shawnee Municipal Authority water with 8" water line with 40/55 psi
  • Shawnee Municipal Authority sewer with 8" gravity line in place
  • ONG Natural Gas - 4" PE line with 40 PSIG at site
  • OG&E Electric - 2.5 MVA available at site, 1/2 mile to a 138 KV line
  • 66'8" x 50' interior column spacing
  • Building's east elevation constructed at dock height
  • Building's west elevation designed/constructed for expandability
  • UL-90 roof rating
  • 4" insulation in all walls and roof
  • Interior soils stabilized for floor installation
  • One 8' x 10' dock door and one 14' x 14' drive-in door installed
  • Building design allows for more OHD installations
  • Parking, driveways, and approaches designed and rough graded
  • Current site design allows for 50 parking spaces, with more allowable
  • Project designed to reduce permitting and finish out construction time
  • Located within a Federal Opportunity Zone and a New Market Tax Credit Area
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Location

  • 30 minutes to Tinker Air Force Base
  • 37 Minutes to downtown Oklahoma City
  • 45 Minutes to WIll Rogers World Airport
  • 99 Minutes to the Port of Catoosa
  • Located adjacent to major Shawnee manufacturing facilities
  • Low tax rate: $91.86 per $1,000.00 assessed value
  • Population of over 400,000 within 30 miles of site
  • Population of over 1.5 million within the Greater OKC Region

Workforce

  • Two Career Tech campuses focused on skills training fed from over 30 K-12 schools in a 10-county area
  • One Career Tech campus focused on Aerospace/Aviation
  • Two Liberal Arts Universities located in the community

List of Shawnee Manufacturers

Our community has been home to manufacturing  businesses and industry for more than 110 years.

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  • Georg Fischer
  • Shawnee Tubing Industries
  • Eaton
  • Shawnee Milling
  • Jindal Films
  • TDK
  • Baker Hughes / GE
  • United Dynamics
  • Indaco
  • Old Castle
  • Unit Liner
  • Global Production Solutions
  • Dickson Industries
  • Industrial Axle
  • Mills Machine
  • Norwesco
  • GT Engineering
  • Shawnee Fabricators
  • Roundhouse Overalls
  • Universal Forest Products

Infrastructure

The Shawnee Regional Airport (KSNL) in a general aviation facility owned by the city near the heart of Shawnee and within a few miles of I-40. In 2011 the airport opened a new terminal building. The 4,000 sq ft (370 m2) building has a conference room and observation deck.

Will Rogers World Airport is an American passenger airport in Oklahoma City located about 6 miles (8 km) Southwest of downtown Oklahoma City. It is a civil-military airport on 8,081 acres (3,270 ha) of land. Will Rogers has non-stop flights throughout the U.S.

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