Fri, Feb 13, 2004
Commercial Business Unit Moves to Alliance Airport
Bell Helicopter is
looking for some elbow room. Chief Executive Officer Mike
Redenbaugh announced Wednesday the relocation of the Bell
Commercial Business Unit worldwide Sales and Marketing offices and
the Bell Training Academy to the facility formerly occupied by
Gulfstream at Fort Worth (TX) Alliance Airport, located 15 miles
northwest of the DFW Airport.
In making the announcement Mr. Redenbaugh said; "This move will
further transform our Commercial Business Unit into an absolute
premier world-class organization. Locating to this upscale facility
provides more room, a better workflow, and more accurately reflects
the current pride and future growth we expect at Bell Helicopter.
In addition, there are plenty of lodging and restaurant facilities
nearby to support our many customers from around the world that
train with us."
The relocation, which
includes the sales and marketing functions and the Bell Training
Academy, is scheduled to begin within the next few weeks. The
company will transfer 300 + people into the 160,897 square foot
facility. Bell's plan is to be completely in place by second
quarter 2004.
The new facility offers a lot more elbow room, as it has 64,000+
square feet of office space, 82,000 square feet of hanger space and
15,000 square feet of warehousing space. In addition to the
facility, Bell has acquired some property west of Interstate route
35W to support flight-training operations.
The facility is being leased from Hillwood Development on a
15-year agreement. Built in 1999, the building underwent a three
million dollar improvement in 2002. It comes with 400 parking
spaces. In addition to Bell Helicopter Marketing and the Training
Academy, the facility will also serve as the delivery center and
training school for the BA609 when deliveries begin.
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