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Arlington\u2013based Circuit Systems\u2019 existing building was once a liquore store. (Photo | Courtesy City of Arlington)<\/p>\nArlington City Council unanimously gave the go-ahead Oct. 14 for a booming Arlington-based aerospace products manufacturer to greatly expand.<\/p>\n
Circuit Systems Co. Inc. will add about 23,000 square feet to its facility on West Pioneer Parkway to accommodate additional manufacturing space. The original building was a liquor store that was converted to manufacturing.<\/p>\n
Circuit Systems is a family-owned business that launched in 1983 and was incorporated in 1984. It is owned by Arlington businessman Grady King and is one of a few U.S.-based, first-tier contract manufacturers making aerospace bonding jumper cables, bus bars and grounding straps.<\/p>\n
The Planning and Zoning commission unanimously approved the expansion Sept. 24 at its regular meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The property at 5301 West Pioneer Parkway encompasses 7.168 acres north of West Pioneer Parkway and west of West Green Oaks Boulevard. A part of the property is developed with the 11,880 square-foot building and zoned planned development (PD15-5) for light industrial.<\/p>\n
Circuit Systems\u2019 products are used in all commercial and military aircraft as well as many other aerospace applications, including the F-22 and F-35 aircraft from Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, and on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
Circuit Systems representatives said the additional space will incorporate similar architectural features and materials found on its existing building.<\/p>\n
In 2015, King bought and moved into what was previously a Big Daddy\u2019s liquor store that had been vacant for a while. King had plans to expand the building, as business grew.<\/p>\n
The original planned development a decade ago took into consideration the existing building, the site constraints, and excluded some uses that would typically be allowed by right, said Nikki Moore, a land development consultant with Arlington-based technology-focused design firm MMA.<\/p>\n
She said Circuit Systems is a very clean business.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does not use a lot of chemicals, so there are no contamination or noxious odors,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n
Council member Andrew Piel said during the meeting that he was impressed with the expansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do want to say this is the best adaptive reuse of a liquor store ever in the history of mankind,\u201d Piel said.<\/p>\n
Arlington\u2013based Circuit Systems\u2019 existing building was once a liquore store. (Photo | Courtesy City of Arlington)<\/p>\n
Lance Murray is a freelance contributor covering business for the Arlington Report.<\/p>\n
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