Airport Industrial Center and its predecessor, Naval Ordnance Station Louisville, have a proud history of service to the armed forces of America dating back to World War II. The park continues to be a world-class center for repairing and manufacturing the Navy's large guns and missile systems.
Responding to the station’s selection for closure in 1995, the Louisville community successfully advocated for a unique plan to privatize the Navy’s operations, keeping the military workload in Louisville. This first of its kind, privatization-in-place project saved 1,000 quality jobs for the community and made available a number of office and manufacturing buildings for use by new employers.
In 2004, Titan Research & Development Louisville, LLC, entered into a 99-year lease with the Louisville/Jefferson County Redevelopment Authority. Among other things, the lease empowers Titan with the ability to construct new speculative or build-to-suit buildings and redevelop and lease the existing buildings to a wide variety of tenants, which will create and keep good quality jobs in Louisville.
The characteristics that made Naval Ordnance Station a world-class weapons manufacturing center for more than half a century are today making Airport Industrial Center a prime location for new and expanding businesses in the 21st Century.
