Company to build $5 million office building in West Chester

WEST CHESTER TWP.

Schumacher Dugan Construction Inc. is constructing a bigger and taller follow up to the office park it opened 18 months ago.

Union Centre Office Park II will be a three-story, 48,000-square-foot office building at 9078 Union Centre Boulevard.

The class A office will cost between $5 million and $6 million to construct and dirt should start moving on the project in the next week, said Mark Schumacher, vice president with Schumacher Dugan Construction.

Were racing to get it done by Nov. 1, Schumacher said. Well start moving dirt probably next week, or if it doesnt dry out, the week after.

Union Centre Office Park II will be a story taller than Union Centre Office Park I, a two-story, 32,000 square foot office building at 9032 Union Centre Boulevard that features Millikin and Fitton Law Firm, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide Insurance, Employers Health and Re/Max.

Roughly 12,000 square feet on the new buildings top floor is pre-leased by an anchor tenant but Schumacher declined to identify that tenant. He said the company would likely not make an announcement regarding the move for several months.

Schumacher said Union Centre Boulevard was 70 percent leased within six months. The remainder of Union Centre Office Park II to fill up within a year or two once people see the project, he said.

I think people need to see it up in the air, Schumacher said. Once they see it, the calls will start coming in. Theres not much available in this West Chester market, as it is.

The building will offer Union Centre Boulevard visibility, with some tenants receiving signage along the busy roadway, he said.

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Company to build $5 million office building in West Chester